Census years | Total | Urban | Rural | ||||||
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households | persons in the households | average number of members per household | households | persons in the households | average number of members per household | households | persons in the households | average number of members per household | |
1900 | 663 978 | 3 719 654 | 5.6 | 163 579 | 721 330 | 4.4 | 500 399 | 2 998 324 | 6.0 |
1905 | 707 501 | 4 010 437 | 5.7 | 177 361 | 762 296 | 4.3 | 530 140 | 3 248 141 | 6.1 |
1910 | 773 544 | 4 256 206 | 5.5 | 198 007 | 787 580 | 4.0 | 575 537 | 3 468 626 | 6.0 |
1920 | 916 113 | 4 829 884 | 5.3 | 241 073 | 942 173 | 3.9 | 675 040 | 3 887 711 | 5.8 |
1926 | 1 098 364 | 5 440 109 | 5.0 | 304 329 | 1 103 354 | 3.6 | 794 035 | 4 336 755 | 5.5 |
1934 | 1 284 993 | 6 027 408 | 4.7 | 365 059 | 1 276 770 | 3.5 | 919 934 | 4 750 638 | 5.2 |
1946 | 1 750 679 | 6 910 672 | 3.9 | 585 533 | 1 747 671 | 3.0 | 1 165 146 | 5 163 001 | 4.4 |
1956 | 2 237 895 | 7 588 524 | 3.4 | 906 988 | 2 513 048 | 2.8 | 1 330 907 | 5 075 476 | 3.8 |
1965 | 2 542 480 | 8 119 894 | 3.2 | 1 290 554 | 3 761 896 | 2.9 | 1 251 926 | 4 357 998 | 3.5 |
1975 | 2 755 022 | 8 608 514 | 3.1 | 1 654 379 | 4 989 228 | 3.0 | 1 100 643 | 3 619 286 | 3.3 |
1985 | 3 030 303 | 8 909 421 | 3.0 | 1 999 456 | 5 787 188 | 2.9 | 1 030 847 | 3 122 233 | 3.1 |
1992 | 2 964 577 | 8 418 624 | 2.8 | 1 989 211 | 5 657 765 | 2.8 | 975 366 | 2 760 859 | 2.8 |
2001 | 2 921 887 | 7 848 395 | 2.7 | 1 994 781 | 5 416 424 | 2.7 | 927 106 | 2 431 971 | 2.6 |
2011 | 3 005 589 | 7 296 459 | 2.4 | 2 202 498 | 5 287 323 | 2.4 | 803 091 | 2 009 136 | 2.5 |