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POPULATION STATISTICS: historical demography of all countries, their divisions and towns

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historical demographical data of the whole country

populationyear populationyear populationyear populationyear populationyear
              
235,01700 3912,01900 5707,01930 9890,0e1960m 16990,0e1990m
276,01740 3577,01901 5306,9c1931 10134,0e1961m 17240,0e1991m
349,01770 4371,01902 5788,01932 10383,0e1962m 17400,0e1992m
482,01800 4156,01903 5825,01933 10582,1c1963 17620,0e1993m
522,01805 4233,01904 5875,01934 10971,0e1964m 17865,0c1994
578,01810 4383,01905 5897,01935 11164,0e1965m 18114,0e1995m
639,01815 3985,01906 5943,01936 11439,0e1966m 18300,0e1996m
707,01820 4467,01907 5758,01937 11703,0e1967m 18552,0e1997m
751,01823 7964,01908 6045,01938 11992,0e1968m 18778,0e1998m
962,01830 4585,01909 6095,01939 12252,0e1969m 18985,0e1999m
1168,01834 4668,01910 6134,01940 12516,0e1970m 19238,6e2000m
1283,01838 4106,01911 5981,01941 12711,1c1971 19410,0c2001p
1421,61841 4784,01912 6191,01942 12861,0e1972m  2002
1442,01843 4811,01913 6271,01943 13091,0e1973m  2003
1556,01847 4838,01914 6442,01944 13284,0e1974m  2004
1627,81851 4905,01915 6650,01945 13514,0e1975m 20008,02005ep
1710,01854 4971,01916 6695,6c1946 13730,0e1976m  2006
1728,01857 5040,01917 7037,01947 13940,0e1977m  2007
1919,51861 5109,01918 7244,0e1948m 14190,0e1978m  2008
2051,01864 5179,01919 7455,0e1949m 14470,0e1979m  2009
2093,81867 5250,01920 7678,0e1950m 14750,0e1980m 21026,02010ep
2405,31871 4497,7c1921 7876,0e1951m 14846,8c1981  2011
2324,0187X 5367,01922 8074,0e1952m 15190,0e1982m  2012
2556,81876 5426,01923 8290,0e1953m 15420,0e1983m  2013
2764,01881 5452,01924 8520,0e1954m 15600,0e1984m  2014
2850,01886 5505,01925 8723,0e1955m 15840,0e1985m 22009,02015ep
2863,01887 5545,01926 8929,0e1956m 16120,0e1986m 22923,02020ep
3008,51891 5591,01927 9165,0e1957m 16360,0e1987m 23749,02025ep
3524,01893 5730,01928 9388,0e1958m 16590,0e1988m 24493,02030ep
3235,31896 5669,01929 9625,0e1959m 16810,0e1989m 26146,02050ep
              
Particulars:
Figures in italic prior to 1950 are from source "KB", these might show differences with other ones.
File created on 1996-01-22; revised on 2000-06-25; last modified on 2003-07-23 by Jan Lahmeyer

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