Demographics
| Census population of the County Borough of Bolton | |||||||||
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| Year | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1939 † | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 |
| Population | 146,487 | 168,215 | 180,851 | 178,683 | 177,250 | 163,823 | 167,167 | 160,789 | 154,223 |
| Sources: (a) Encyclopædia Britannica. (b) Vision of Britain. † The 1939 population is estimated from the National Registration Act figures. The 1941 census did not take place because of the Second World War. |
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