Andrei said the statistics institute decided to set up a group of experts in demography and communications, who will be tasked with making a correct methodological evaluation and ensuring a correct use of population census data.
The population census was intensely politicized ever since the collection of data when the opposition parties in 2011 boycotted the process, arguing the data requested by statisticians were to be used for electoral purposes.
Romania’s stable population is 19,043,767 people, including both Romanian and foreign citizens with domicile or residence in Romania, according to the preliminary results of the 2011 population and housing census published in early August 2012 by the statistics institute.
The census was carried out between October 20 and October 31, 2011.