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Chart 24.1  Population growth

Chart 24.1 (data) Population growth
  Total population growth Net migration Natural increase
  number
1981 324,316 122,712 201,604
1982 318,646 118,526 200,120
1983 271,125 74,053 197,072
1984 262,281 61,907 200,374
1985 256,682 59,502 197,180
1986 278,327 86,299 192,028
1987 348,988 158,565 190,423
1988 347,819 167,703 180,116
1989 487,699 292,072 195,627
1990 417,024 206,352 210,672
1991 336,937 126,447 210,490
1992 358,027 151,887 206,140
1993 337,620 147,247 190,373
1994 340,015 160,320 179,695
1995 325,769 153,160 172,609
1996 330,233 167,546 162,687
1997 305,708 165,616 140,092
1998 259,203 131,768 127,435
1999 256,090 135,427 120,663
2000 294,452 174,769 119,683
2001 340,734 232,741 107,993
2002 351,336 243,675 107,661
2003 290,997 185,176 106,618
2004 293,969 189,528 107,670
2005 302,147 198,936 105,145
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2006 276,711 182,772 108,603
2007 274,391 182,499 90,220
2008 273,352 183,132 88,845
2009 272,554 183,709 87,694
2010 271,920 184,226 86,535
2011 270,267 183,732 85,220
2012 270,976 185,756 83,659
2013 271,441 187,782 81,860
2014 271,664 189,804 79,792
2015 271,615 191,823 77,512
2016 271,354 193,842 74,958
2017 270,817 195,859 72,119
2018 269,993 197,874 68,904
2019 268,794 199,890 65,259
2020 267,154 201,895 61,140
2021 265,037 203,897 56,486
2022 262,371 205,885 51,280
2023 259,152 207,872 45,508
2024 255,346 209,838 39,223
2025 251,019 211,796 32,479
2026 246,217 213,738 25,312
2027 240,968 215,656 17,814
2028 235,361 217,547 10,140
2029 229,543 219,403 2,297
2030 223,534 221,237 -5,662
2031 217,375 223,037 -13,599