Template:Historical populations

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Module:Historical populations

Template:Historical populations is used as an information box on pages, showing each census year with a population, and a percent gain/loss comparison. It is intended to combine the functionalities of two existing templates, Template:US Census population and Template:Histpop, the former of which is specialized for the United States, and the latter of which lacks many features of the former.

Usage

This template takes a series of parameters in the form |date |population. This template does not require any more than that. This template will take between 0 and 50 entries; any more will be ignored.

Complete template

{{Historical populations
|title       = 
|type        = 
|align       = 
|direction   =
|width       = 
|state       = 
|shading     = 
|pop_name    =
|percentages = 
|footnote    = 
|source      = 
|date |population
|date |population
|date |population
|date |population
|date |population
|date |population
|date |population
}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description
date_n	Ideally, a four-digit year, but can be anything. Usually a multiple of 10, but does not have to be.
population_n	The population of row n. Must be a plain number with no formatting (commas, etc.).
title	Optional. The title of the table. `Historical population` (Default)
type	Optional. This is designed to add functionality specific to different regions or types of information. Currently the only value that does anything is `US` (or the obsolescent `USA`). `none` (Default) `US` Will link each year to the relevant United States Census entry. Years that do not have entries will be left alone. Please think of more ideas for this feature.
align	Optional. The alignment of the table on the page. `right` (Default) `left` `center` `none`
direction	Optional. How the box is arranged on the page. `vertical` (Default) `horizontal`
clear	Optional. Use to clear any left or right floating elements nearby. `right` (Default if align = right) `left` (Default if align = left) `none` (Default if align = none) `both`
width	Optional. The width of the table (or of each block of columns). Can be any valid CSS `width` value. `15em` (Default)
state	Optional. The collapsed state of the table. Set it to `collapsed` to collapse the table by default. `none` (Default) `collapsed`
shading	Optional. Whether to mark off every five entries with a line, to facilitate reading. This works best with large, linear lists (such as the US Census, which has been taken every 10 years for over 200 years), but should probably be turned off for small or irregular lists (e.g., less than 10 entries), where it could be confusing. `on` (Default) `off`
pop_name	Optional. The text in the column header of the population data. `{{abbr\|Pop.\|Population}}` (Default, displays as Pop.)
percentages	Optional. Whether to include an automatically generated column of percent differences. This works best with linear lists (1900, 1910, 1920, etc.). Alternately, you can specify "pagr" to display annual growth rates (per annum growth rate) using the formula from Population growth. `on` (Default) `pagr` `off`
cols	Optional. Total number of columns of data (default is `1`). This is useful for very long tables, or when `\|align=none`.
source	Optional. Displayed as a footnote under the table with the text "Source:" inserted automatically. Every table should indicate the source of the data.
footnote	Optional. Free-form footnote. Can be used as a variant to, or in addition to, the source parameter.

Examples

United States

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1890	1,046,964	—
1900	1,293,697	+23.6%
1910	1,549,008	+19.7%
1920	1,823,779	+17.7%
1930	1,950,961	+7.0%
1940	1,931,334	−1.0%
1950	2,071,605	+7.3%
1960	2,002,512	−3.3%
1970	1,948,609	−2.7%
1980	1,688,210	−13.4%
1990	1,585,577	−6.1%
2000	1,517,550	−4.3%
2006 (est.)	1,448,394	−4.6%
Source: "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau.

The following code will yield the table on the right.

{{Historical populations
|type = US
|source = {{subst:Historical populations/USCensusRef}}
|1890 |1046964
|1900 |1293697
|1910 |1549008
|1920 |1823779
|1930 |1950961
|1940 |1931334
|1950 |2071605
|1960 |2002512
|1970 |1948609
|1980 |1688210
|1990 |1585577
|2000 |1517550
|2006 (est.)
      |1448394
}}

Smaller areas

Historical population
Year	Pop.
1845	749
1951	6,717
1960	6,984
1970	31,752
1980	34,758
1990	35,888
2000	39,317
Note: Sandefjord and Sandar were merged in 1970. Source: SSB

The following code will yield the table on the right.

{{Historical populations
|width = 10em
|shading = off
|percentages = off
|1845 |749
|1951 |6717
|1960 |6984
|1970 |31752
|1980 |34758
|1990 |35888
|2000 |39317
|footnote=Note: Sandefjord and [[Sandar]] were merged in 1970.
|source = [http://www.ssb.no SSB]
}}

Non-regular date ranges

Population census
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	219,928	—
1960	1,138,611	+2.93%
1970	1,330,788	+1.57%
1975	1,479,116	+2.14%
1980	1,630,485	+1.97%
1990	1,601,234	−0.18%
1995	1,654,761	+0.66%
2000	1,581,082	−0.91%
2007	1,660,714	+0.70%
2010	1,652,171	−0.17%

For non-regular date ranges, use percentages=pagr to show annual growth rate percentages.

{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| percentages = pagr
| 1903 |219928
| 1960 |1138611
| 1970 |1330788
| 1975 |1479116
| 1980 |1630485
| 1990 |1601234
| 1995 |1654761
| 2000 |1581082
| 2007 |1660714
| 2010 |1652171
}}

Two columns

For a multicolumn non-floating table use align=none and cols=2

{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| percentages = pagr
| align = none
| cols = 2
| 1903 |219928
| 1960 |1138611
| 1970 |1330788
| 1975 |1479116
| 1980 |1630485
| 1990 |1601234
| 1995 |1654761
| 2000 |1581082
| 2007 |1660714
| 2010 |1652171
}}

Population census

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	219,928	—
1960	1,138,611	+2.93%
1970	1,330,788	+1.57%
1975	1,479,116	+2.14%
1980	1,630,485	+1.97%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	1,601,234	−0.18%
1995	1,654,761	+0.66%
2000	1,581,082	−0.91%
2007	1,660,714	+0.70%
2010	1,652,171	−0.17%

Horizontal direction

For a horizontally arranged table use direction=horizontal

{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| align = none
| direction = horizontal
| 1903 |219928
| 1960 |1138611
| 1970 |1330788
| 1975 |1479116
| 1980 |1630485
| 1990 |1601234
| 1995 |1654761
| 2000 |1581082
| 2007 |1660714
| 2010 |1652171
}}

Population census
Year	1903	1960	1970	1975	1980	1990	1995	2000	2007	2010
Pop.	219,928	1,138,611	1,330,788	1,479,116	1,630,485	1,601,234	1,654,761	1,581,082	1,660,714	1,652,171
±%	—	+417.7%	+16.9%	+11.1%	+10.2%	−1.8%	+3.3%	−4.5%	+5.0%	−0.5%