The population which kept its independence during the Venice Republic was later severely hit by World War I.

* 1980 – Lansing's population declines for the first time losing 989 to hit 130, 414.

* 1995 – The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7. 6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2, 000 people, half of the total population.

However, population increase slowed after a large recession hit the province in 1893, thus slowing growth drastically but only for a few years.

According to papers published by the United States Census Bureau, the world population hit 6. 5 billion ( 6, 500, 000, 000 ) on 24 February 2006.

Toledo continued to expand in population and industry into the early 20th century, but because of a dependency on manufacturing, the city was hit hard by the Great Depression.

Thirty seconds later, incoming Soviet ICBMs begin to hit military and population targets, including Kansas City.

When potato blight hit the island in 1846, much of the rural population was left without food because cash crops were being exported to pay rents.

In 1878 Memphis was hit with an unusually large amount of rain, which led to an increase in the mosquito population.

However, in 1709 Tórshavn was hit by a plague of smallpox, killing nearly the entire population.

Leitrim was first hit by the recession caused by the mechanisation of linen weaving in the 1830s and its 155, 000 residents ( as of the 1841 census ) were ravaged by the Great Famine and the population dropped to 112, 000 by 1851.

Maine was hit very hard during the year of 1617, with a fatality rate of 75 %, and the population of the Eastern Abenaki fell to about 5, 000.

Nomads such as the Tuareg and Fulani, who make up about 20 % of Niger's 12. 9 million population, had been so badly hit by the Niger food crisis that their already fragile way of life is at risk.

The dust bowl had a severe impact on Roberts County, and its population continued to drop until it hit 887 in 2000.

The county took a big hit during the Great Depression, when population declined.

The 1893 Silver Panic hit the town hard ; by 1900 the population was 811.

Hospital population hit a high in 1955 at over 3, 000 patients and 700 employees.

According to FBI's data of 2007, its murder rate hit 101. 9 per population of 100, 000, surpassing that of cities such as Gary, Indiana ( 48. 3 per pop.

In fact, the mines encroached on the village from the east, north and west and it was determined that some of the ore body actually went under the town whose population had hit 20, 000 by 1915.

In the late 50's and early 60's, Selfridge hit its peak population.

Lower Makefield has experienced explosive growth over the past decades, however the housing crisis severely hit the township during the 2000s, and development slowed considerably, resulting in a slight population decrease.

Hard times came in the early 1890s when a drought hit, but by the time 1900 arrived the town had a respectable population.

The population hit a high of 1700.

By 1910, the population hit 104, 000 and Spokane eclipsed Walla Walla as the commercial center of the Inland Northwest.

Although only half the size and population of West Berlin, East Berlin included most of the historic center of the city.

Polish language productions for Chicago's large Polish speaking population can be seen at the historic Gateway Theatre in Jefferson Park.

The Assembly eventually replaced the historic provinces with 83 départements, uniformly administered and roughly equal in area and population.

The Assembly also replaced France's historic provinces with eighty-three departments, uniformly administered and approximately equal to one another in extent and population.

Therefore, the logical basis for the theory is deeply flawed, since it presumes that early Americans, despite being only a slight fraction of the population of industrial era America and armed with rudimentary tools, were many times more destructive than later historic humans who engaged in the often deliberate eradication of species.

The city was resettled with Poles, many of whom had themselves been expelled from Kresy ( see: Polish population transfers ( 1944 – 1946 )), and historic buildings were restored.

Though it is the largest area of the city by both physical size and population, it has often been regarded by Southside citizens as Lansing's most overlooked and forgotten area, as most of Lansing's attention in recent decades has been put into the revitalization of the city's historic core located mostly on small parts of both the East and Westsides.

Within Sweden's current borders, the historic population has been estimated to the following values:

Fredric Jameson has said that " Stalinism was [...] a success and fulfilled its historic mission, socially as well as economically " given that it " modernised the Soviet Union, transforming a peasant society into an industrial state with a literate population and a remarkable scientific superstructure.

In 2009, there were 270, 098 people residing in Venice's comune ( the population estimate of 272, 000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia ; around 60, 000 in the historic city of Venice ( Centro storico ); 176, 000 in Terraferma ( the Mainland ), mostly in the large frazioni of Mestre and Marghera ; 31, 000 live on other islands in the lagoon ).

In 2009, there were 270, 098 people residing in Venice's comune ( the population estimate of 272, 000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia ; around 60, 000 in the historic city of Venice ( Centro storico ); 176, 000 in Terraferma ( the Mainland ); and 31, 000 live on other islands in the lagoon ), of whom 47. 4 % were male and 52. 6 % were female.

But the population in the historic old city declines at a significantly faster rate: from about 120, 000 in 1980 to about 60, 000 in 2009.

Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia, with an endangered remnant population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times.

With 142, 722 inhabitants in a 2007 census, Brest is at the centre of Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area ( with a population of 300, 300 in total ), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the 22nd most populous city in France ; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany.

The city's total population is 117, 073 ( 1 January 2008 ), of which around 20, 000 live in the historic centre.

In the province of British Columbia, the city of Vancouver since 2002 has established a new bilingual Mandarin Chinese-English immersion programme at the elementary school level in order accommodate Vancouver's both historic and present strong ties to the Chinese-speaking world, already in itself having a very sizeable Chinese population local to the city.

Located in the historic region of Transylvania, Sighişoara has a population of 26, 370 according to the 2011 census.

Since the exit of mining in the 1970s, Warren has seen a steady decline in its standard of living, but its residential district still houses a significant portion of the population and it boasts ownership of many public services including City Hall, Greenway Elementary School, Bisbee High School, and the historic Warren Ballpark.

In L. Neil Smith's North American Confederacy series of novels, beginning with The Probability Broach, an alternate-history LaPorte is one of the major cities of North America, occupying roughly half the area of Larimer County, and with a population of over two million people ; whereas the city of Denver does not exist: In its place are the two small historic settlements of Saint Charles Town and Auraria.

Considerable recent development has greatly increased the population of this historic town.

Murray is situated west of the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, which offers hiking, elk and bison viewing, birding, 1850s historic buildings, planetarium, nature center, off-highway vehicle riding, fishing, boating, swimming, camping, and a large wildlife population.

Moving the county seat to La Plata in 1895 drew population away but left the town with its historic significance intact.