About 26 million Malaysians enumerated in 2020 Census so far


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 26 million Malaysians have been enumerated for the national census exercise so far despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a Parliamentary written reply, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said out of this, a total of 28.1% of the population was enumerated online and 71.9% of the population were enumerated face-to-face as of Sept 12.

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