1. AREA AND POPULATION
1.12 POPULATION CHANGES DURING THE                                                        90-YEARS PERIOD, 1911-2001
Census Year	Population	Inter-Censal change      in Population		Exponential Growth Rate	Persons per sq.km.
		Number	Percent
1911	5638749	…..	….	-	38.31
1920	5573788	-64961	-1.15	-0.13	37.87
1930	5532574	-41214	-0.74	-0.07	37.59
1941	6283649	751075	13.58	1.16	42.69
1952/1954	8256625	1972976	31.4	2.27	56.1
1961	9412996	1156371	14.01	1.64	63.96
1971	11555983	2142987	22.77	2.05	78.52
1981	15022839	3466856	30	2.62	102.07
1991	18491097	3468258	23.09	2.08	125.64
2001	23151423	4660326	25.2	2.25	157.3
Source: CBS