The department had an area of 22,378 km2 and population estimate at 215,680 in 2005.

Current global population estimates run up to 6 million individuals.

The 2010 population estimate of this 30-county region is nearly one million people.

Many population estimates are in the range of 90,000 to 100,000 residents.

Current 2011 population estimates are around 136,000 for the City proper.

Population estimate as of December 2012 is 127,520,000, or a return to 2004 levels.

However, the mid-2007 population estimate was 530,300-representing an increase of about 17,000 residents since 2001.

The current population estimate is less than one thousand individuals.

Even in the mid-2000s, population estimates were based only on small surveys.

In 1899, there were 1017 houses and a population estimate of 24800.