The population development on Shetland has through the times been affected by deaths at sea and epidemics.

The table below presents the population development of Mauritius since 1900.

The population development over time is given in the following table.

This shows how uncertain the numbers are, and how unpredictable the African population development is.

The following table shows the population development of Möchaltorf.

The most useful and comprehensive account of the background to recent population developments is provided by Joshi (1989).

While the population development was comparable to other cities of the same type until ca. 2001 the increase in Halle is substantially higher since then.

Trustworthy figures about population development only go back to 1525.

Such fluctuations did not characterize population development at the castle itself.

The following table shows population development over the centuries for Thallichtenberg.