|  | Population, 1871. | Increase from 1871 to 1881. | Population, 1881. | Increase from 1881 to 1891. | Population, 1891. | Increase from 1851 to 1891. | 
    
      | Numerical. | Centesimal. | Numerical. | Centesimal. | Numerical. | Centesimal. | 
  
  
    
      | Total | 731,528 | 130,818 | 17.88 | 862,346 | 278,059 | 32.24 | 1,140,405 | 1,063,060 | 1374.44 | 
    
      | Males | 401,050 | 51,033 | 12.72 | 452,083 | 146,331 | 32.37 | 598,414 | 552,212 | 1195.21 | 
    
      | Females | 330,478 | 79,785 | 24.14 | 410,263 | 131,728 | 32.11 | 541,991 | 510,848 | 1640.33 |