Census Year,Population 1778,430859 1825,507126 1837,700000 1852,787000 1880,1224602 1893,1364678 1914,2183166 1921,2004900 1950,2870272 1964,4287997 1973,5160221 1981,6054227 1994,8321067 2002,11183388 2018,14901286