The community once numbered 50,000 but is now estimated at below 50.

The Tremembé population are estimated to have once numbered 20,000.

A work force that once numbered 250 now stands at 132.

The staff, which once numbered more than 50, has been cut to less than a dozen.

These deer once numbered from about 5,000 animals in the beginning of the 20th century.

Today, it is estimated that 80,000 are left of a group that once numbered half a million.

It once numbered 550 men though its present size is not known.

They once numbered more than 400, but he did not say how many there are today.

My family- those you see around me- once numbered in the dozens.

Nearly all of the country's monasteries, which once numbered over 6 500, are in ruins.