For the first time in almost three decades, Iraq is undertaking a census, instructed to keep 43-46 million people from work and school for two days.
Politicians argue the planned census is essential for the country's economic development. However, others worry about the political sensitivities and potential dangers.
The situation in Iraq is explosive because none of the central issues among the different components of Iraqi society have been resolved.
The last census occurred 27 years ago under the dictator Saddam Hussein, with no census successfully conducted since the US invasion in 2003.
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