| Year |
Population |
| 1250 |
1,200 |
| 1307 |
7,000 |
| 1400 |
8,500 |
| 1576 |
12,000 |
| 1600 |
9,000 |
| 1631 |
8,100 |
| 1648 |
6,000 |
| 1685 |
17,500 |
| 1709 |
57,000 |
| 1750 |
113,289 |
| 1775 |
136,137 |
| 1800 |
172,132 |
| 1825 |
219,968 |
| December 3,1840 ¹ |
322,626 |
| December 3,1846 ¹ |
408,500 |
| December 3,1849 ¹ |
418,733 |
|
| Year |
Population |
| December 3,1852 ¹ |
426,600 |
| December 3,1855 ¹ |
442,500 |
| December 3,1858 ¹ |
463,600 |
| December 3,1861 ¹ |
524,900 |
| December 3,1864 ¹ |
632,700 |
| December 3,1867 ¹ |
702,400 |
| December 1,1871 ¹ |
826,341 |
| December 1,1875 ¹ |
969,050 |
| December 1,1880 ¹ |
1,122,330 |
| December 1,1885 ¹ |
1,315,287 |
| December 1,1890 ¹ |
1,578,794 |
| December 2,1895 ¹ |
1,678,924 |
| December 1,1900 ¹ |
1,888,848 |
| December 1,1905 ¹ |
2,042,402 |
| December 1,1910 ¹ |
2,071,257 |
| December 1,1916 ¹ |
1,712,679 |
|
| Year |
Population |
| December 5,1917 ¹ |
1,681,916 |
| October 8,1919 ¹ |
1,902,509 |
| June 16,1925 ¹ |
4,024,286 |
| June 16,1933 ¹ |
4,242,501 |
| May 17,1939 ¹ |
4,338,756 |
| August 12,1945 ¹ |
2,807,405 |
| October 29,1946 ¹ |
3,170,832 |
| December 31,1950 |
3,336,026 |
| December 31,1960 |
3,274,016 |
| December 31,1970 |
3,208,719 |
| December 31,1980 |
3,048,759 |
| December 31,1990 |
3,433,695 |
| December 31,2000 |
3,382,169 |
| September 30,2005 |
3,394,000 |
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