Antwerp

Antwerp (Dutch name: Antwerpen; French name: Anvers) is a city and a municipality in Belgium, its chief centre of commerce and a strong fortified position; it is capital of Antwerp province, in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions. Antwerp's total population is ca. 457,749 (January 2005). Its total area is 204.51 km² with a population density of 2,238.23 inhabitants per km². The agglomeration has a population of ca. 800,000 (municipality: 457,749 (2005), metropolitan area: ca. 1,225,000 (2004)).

Historical population

1500: around 44/49,000 inhabitants (Braudel 1985)

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1575: around 100,000 inhabitants

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1590: fewer than 40,000 inhabitants

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1800: 45,500 inhabitants

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1830: 73,500

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1856: 111,700

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1880: 179,000

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1900: 275,100

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1925: 308,000

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