Riyadh, January 30, 2019, SPA -- Minister of Economy and Planning and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Organization for Statistics Mohammed bin Mezyad Al-Tuwaijri announced royal approval of the evening of Tuesday, 22 Rajab 1441 H corresponding to March 17, 2020 to be the actual beginning of the fifth census of population, housing and establishments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and that this date shall be the approved date for the time reference of all census work, data and information. This came during his speech at the inauguration ceremony of the identity of the 2020 census, which was held today by the General Authority for Statistics in Riyadh at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. --SPA 23:52 LOCAL TIME 20:52 GMT 0024 www.spa.gov.sa/w829209