Population History
| 1789: 30,030 property-owners; 6,000 houses |
| 1810: 42,000, of which 32,185 Orthodox Christians |
| 1831: 60,587 property-owners; 10,000 houses |
| 1859: 122,000 |
| 1900: 282,000 |
| 1918: 383,000 |
| 1930: 639,000 |
| 1941: 992,000 |
| 1956: 1,237,000 |
| 1966: 1,452,000 |
| 2000: 2,300,000 |
| 2003: 2,082,000 |
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