The bulk of the population originates from immigrants who came to the island since the colonial times, mainly of Bengali, Hindustani and Tamil backgrounds.

Ovid, on the other hand, supposes that the island was not uninhabited at the time of the birth of Aeacus, and states that, in the reign of Aeacus, Hera, jealous of Aegina, ravaged the island bearing the name of the latter by sending a plague or a fearful dragon into it, by which nearly all its inhabitants were carried off, and that Zeus restored the population by changing the ants into men.

There are over 30 Dayak sub-ethnic groups living in Borneo, making the population of this island one of the most varied of human social groups.

The island then was not the popular tourist destination it later became ; the author George Woodbury described it as " no city of homes ; it was a place of temporary sojourn and refreshment for a literally floating population ," continuing, " The only permanent residents were the piratical camp followers, the traders, and the hangers-on ; all others were transient.

Saumarez's convoy of prizes stopped first at Malta, where Saumarez provided assistance to a rebellion on the island among the Maltese population.

Introduction of pigs by guano miners at the beginning of the 20th century reduced the crab population on the island, which in turn allowed grassland to gradually cover about 80 percent of the land surface ( Sachet, 1962 ).

The local Indian population left their mark also on the language with some 400 Taíno terms and place-names of the island.

Cyprus: population growth 1961-2003 ( numbers for the entire island, excluding in recent years some 150, 000 Turkish immigrants residing in Northern Cyprus ).

Population density figures conceal a great disparity between the republic's most crowded island, Nzwani, which had a density of 470 persons per square kilometer in 1991 ; Ngazidja, which had a density of 250 persons per square kilometer in 1991 ; and Mwali, where the 1991 population density figure was 120 persons per square kilometer.

By comparison, estimates of the population density per square kilometer of the Indian Ocean's other island microstates ranged from 241 ( Seychelles ) to 690 ( Maldives ) in 1993.

A comprehensive Chinese-assisted treatment campaign has apparently eliminated malaria from the Comorian island of Moheli ( population 36, 000 ).

Crete is the most populous island in Greece with a population of more than 500, 000 people.

The Cook Islands was not the only island group visited by the traders, but Penrhyn Atoll was their first port of call and it has been estimated that three-quarters of the population was taken to Callao, Peru.

The January 2007 estimated population of the island was 281, 000, while the figure for the March 1999 census, when most of the studies – though not the linguistic survey work referenced in this article – were performed, was about 261, 000 ( see under Corsica ).

The 2001 population of 341, 000 speakers on the island given by Ethnologue exceeds either census.

As the population of the Maldives is separated across around 200 inhabited islands, there is a cable TV operator for nearly every island.

It is the fourth largest island in the Caribbean with a population of people mainly from African descent.

Dominica is the only island in the eastern Caribbean to retain some of its pre-Columbian population — the Carib Indians — about 3, 000 of whom live on the island's east coast.

Home to a diverse population hailing from across the Japanese archipelago the island witnessed the birth of a unique culture with the drum at the center of it all.

The Greek island of Syros, whose population is divided almost equally between Catholics and Orthodox, is one of the few places where the two Churches share a common date for Easter, with the Catholics accepting the Orthodox date-a practice helping considerably in maintaining good relations between the two communities.

The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area ( IBA ) by BirdLife International because it supports a large and diverse population of breeding seabirds and other waterbirds.

An example of an introductory population model describes a closed population, such as on an island, where immigration and emigration does not take place.

In these island models, the rate of population change is described by:

According to the 2010 revison of the World Population Prospects the total population was 19 082 000 in 2010, compared to only 4 148 000 in 1950.

The Gross Domestic Product of Armenia stood at 8. 8 billion US dollars in 2010 ; with a population of 3. 2 million, this amounts to a GDP per capita of $ 2, 676 ( purchasing power parity $ 5, 178 ).

The population was 9, 477 at the 2010 census.

The 2010 census places the population at 113, 934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan.

The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) includes all of Washtenaw County, which had a population of 344, 791 as of 2010.

Minorities in the U. S. spend a combined $ 142 billion on food and by 2010, America's ethnic population is expected to grow by 40 percent.

The population was 8, 616 at the 2010 census and is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Over the last 10 years ( 2000 – 2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 11 %.

According to the 2010 census, its population was 5, 145, a decrease of 17. 8 % from 6, 260 in 2000.

As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 255.

As of 2010, Bonn had a population of 324, 900 of whom about 100, 000 (~ 30 %) were of non-German origin / ethnicity.

With of land and a population of only 333, 200 inhabitants ( 2010 est.

According to the 2010 revison of the World Population Prospects the total population was 2 007 000 in 2010, compared to only 413 000 in 1950.

According to the 2010 revison of the World Population Prospects the total population was 16 469 000 in 2010, compared to only 4 284 000 in 1950.

According to the 2010 revison of the World Population Prospects the total population was 8 383 000 in 2010, compared to only 2 456 000 in 1950.

In 2010, there were 1. 33 billion journeys on the National Rail network, making the British network the fifth most used in the world ( Great Britain ranks 23rd in world population ).

Boone's population was 17, 122 in 2010.

Borneo has 19, 800, 000 inhabitants ( in mid 2010 ), a population density of 26 inhabitants per square km.

The following is a list of top 20 urban areas in Borneo by population based on 2010 statistic calculations.

The population was 112, 580 at the 2010 census.

The 2010 United States Census reported that Berkeley had a population of 112, 580.