Passage: Antananarivo has been the largest city on the island since at least the late 18th century, when its population was estimated at 15,000. By 1810, the population had grown to 80,000 before declining dramatically between 1829 and 1842 during the reigns of Radama I and especially Ranavalona I. Because of a combination of war, forced labor, disease and harsh measures of justice, the population of Imerina fell from 750,000 to 130,000 during this period. In the final years of the Kingdom of Imerina, the population had recovered to between 50,000 and 75,000; most of the population were slaves who were largely captured in provincial military campaigns. In 1950, Antananarivos population was around 175,000. By the late 1990s the population of the metropolitan area had reached 1.4 million, and – while the city itself now has a population (2013) of about 1,300,000 – with suburbs lying outside the city limits it had grown to almost 2.1 million in 2013. The metropolitan area is thus home to 10 percent of the islands residents. Rural migration to the capital propels this growth; the citys population exceeds that of the other five provincial capitals combined.
By how many did the population grow between the 18th century and 1810? How many causes were there for the population decline from 1829 to 1842? How many fewer people were in the population in 1842 than in 1829? How many greater was the population in 1950 than it was in 1810? How many million total people were in the population of the city and outlying suburbs in 2013? How many more millions of people lived in the city of Antananarivos in 2013 compared to 2011? How many more people lived in Antananarivo by 1810 compared to  the late 18th century? How many more people lived in Antananarivo in 1810 compared to the late 18th century? How many more people were in the city of Antananarivos in the 1950 than in Imerina in 1842? How many people did the population lose between 1829 and 1842 due to war, forced labor, disease, and harsh measures of justice? How many people did the population of Imerina fall by between 1829 and 1842? How many people were lost in Imerina between 1829 and 1842? How many percent of the island's population lives outside the metropolitan area of Antananarivo? In the late 1990s, how many more people lived in the metropolitan area than the city itself?