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536:12th Census
93:pop. %
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1079:Isle of Man
1014:recognition
988:Switzerland
923:Netherlands
646:17 February
539:18.09.2023
502:01.10.2011
498:11th Census
463:01.04.2001
459:10th Census
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385:07.01.1979
346:01.04.1969
307:02.10.1960
268:02.10.1955
229:03.09.1950
190:30.09.1945
151:25.05.1930
117:15.11.1923
88:Households
72:Population
958:San Marino
918:Montenegro
898:Luxembourg
878:Kazakhstan
781:Azerbaijan
603:References
556:1,211,665
553:1,190,448
542:2,402,113
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480:1,538,832
477:1,530,443
466:3,069,275
441:1,544,343
438:1,638,074
427:3,182,417
420:9th Census
402:1,253,200
399:1,337,400
388:2,590,600
381:8th Census
363:1,005,224
360:1,062,931
349:2,068,155
342:7th Census
310:1,626,315
303:6th Census
271:1,391,499
264:5th Census
232:1,218,943
225:4th Census
193:1,122,044
186:3rd Census
147:2nd Census
113:1st Census
107:Ave. size
80:By gender
24:Since the
1069:Gibraltar
893:Lithuania
710:. INSTAT.
619:. Scan TV
1104:Category
1089:Svalbard
1074:Guernsey
1021:Abkhazia
973:Slovenia
968:Slovakia
943:Portugal
801:Bulgaria
689:2 August
685:. INSTAT
623:30 March
586:See also
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525:722,600
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282:713,316
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204:570,361
174:146,249
168:404,659
165:428,959
154:833,618
135:143,065
129:392,762
126:421,618
120:814,380
101:Females
41:and the
39:Eurostat
998:Ukraine
948:Romania
908:Moldova
866:Ireland
861:Iceland
856:Hungary
846:Germany
841:Georgia
831:Finland
826:Estonia
821:Denmark
806:Croatia
791:Belgium
786:Belarus
776:Austria
771:Armenia
766:Andorra
761:Albania
545:-14.9%
430:+20.5%
391:+22.4%
352:+23.9%
313:+15.5%
274:+13.2%
157:+26.1%
85:per km
83:Density
77:change
51:tablets
30:Albania
1084:Jersey
1026:Kosovo
993:Turkey
983:Sweden
963:Serbia
953:Russia
938:Poland
933:Norway
913:Monaco
883:Latvia
851:Greece
836:France
811:Cyprus
597:INSTAT
531:53.1%
508:-8.3%
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483:106.7
469:-3.6%
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414:33.5%
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297:27.5%
258:20.5%
235:+8.2%
219:21.3%
196:+3.4%
141:15.9%
104:Total
98:Males
1059:Ă…land
978:Spain
903:Malta
873:Italy
708:(PDF)
683:(PDF)
666:(PDF)
578:Notes
559:83.6
522:98.1
405:90.1
366:71.9
327:56.5
288:48.4
249:42.4
210:39.0
171:28.9
132:28.3
91:Urban
70:Total
67:Date
43:UNECE
691:2024
648:2014
625:2017
565:3.2
528:3.9
489:4.2
450:4.7
411:5.6
372:6.0
333:5.8
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216:5.7
177:5.7
138:5.7
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