Saturday 20 July 2013

Demographics

Historical population Year Pop.   ±%   1918 18,000 —     1924 30,000 +66.7% 1944 50,000 +66.7% 1952 80,000 +60.0% 1960 150,000 +87.5% 1972 500,000 +233.3% 1978 760,000 +52.0% 1987 1,389,000 +82.8% 1992 2,776,000 +99.9% 1997 3,100,000 +11.7% 2001 4,137,000 +33.5% 2009 4,873,723 +17.8% 2013 5,899,528 +21.0% Source: Census data Population

The city has experienced very high rates of population growth, from 150,000 inhabitants in the 1960s to over 5 million, according to the most recent sources.

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