Canary Islands Population Close to 2 Million at the Beginning of 2005

The population of the Canary Islands at January 1, 2005, was 1,968,280 people, some 2.8% more than in 2004, according to information released by the Canarian Statistics Institute.

Tenerife and Gran Canaria have the largest numbers of inhabitants, with 838,877 y 802,247, respectively. Tenerife saw a rise of 3.2% in the population between 2004 and 2005, while, in Fuerteventura the numbers rose most rapidly with an 8.3% increase in the year.

La población residente en Canarias se sitúa cerca de los 2 millones de habitantes, un 2,8 % más que en 2004

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