The resident population has actually increased by a quarter in the past five years.
Earlier this year HWDT warned that the UK's only known resident population of killer whales was at risk of becoming extinct.
The overall number of people with second addresses - 1, 570, 224 - represents 2.8% of the usual resident population in England and Wales.
The proportion of the usually resident population born outside Northern Ireland rose from 9% (151, 000) in 2001 to 11% (202, 000) in 2011.
And then there are, of course, your average millionaires more of whom can be found among Singapore's resident population than anywhere in the world.
The self-sufficient, car-free island is just 3 miles (4.8km) long and 1.5 miles (2.4km) wide and has a resident population of about 600.
The census reveals 48% of the resident population are either Protestant or brought up Protestant, a drop of 5% from the 2001 census.
Britain's prominent role in Iraq and Afghanistan, coupled with a large resident population of Pakistani descent, puts it at greater risk of attack than others.
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The waters also support the UK's only resident population of killer whales and two feeding and breeding hotspots for basking sharks, the world's second biggest fish.
From 2005 to 2011, the resident population grew 9.3%, or 320, 000 people, but the number of dwelling units increased only by 6.4%, or about 70, 000 units.
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The total resident population is 14, 957 with main activities being forestry and small scale farming, traditional bee keeping and, increasingly, tourism (180, 000 visitors from May to September).
It "paves the way" for the creation of a single ambulance service, with a workforce of about 4, 000, serving a resident population of more than 5.3 million people.
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But it seems there were Iron Age settlements hundreds of years before the arrival of the Romans who, rather than being an aggressive conquering force, forged working relationships with the resident population.
The former Rhodesia has a history of conflict, with white settlers dispossessing the resident population, guerrilla armies forcing the white government to submit to elections, and the post-independence leadership committing atrocities in southern areas where it lacked the support of the Matabele people.
Yet legally resident foreigners make up only 5% of Italy's population (6% if one includes illegal immigrants who get into most trouble with the law).
If these odds sound unpromising, head to Knysna Elephant Park, a pioneering elephant rehabilitation centre, 22km east of Knysna, where you can learn more about the plight of the diminished local population through various activities, including guided walks with the resident nellies.
Cedric Fair, a 42-year-old lifelong Pontiac resident, said it was a treat for a small city whose population in the 1970s barely rose above the Silverdome's capacity to claim an NFL franchise as its own.
Not surprising considering they have one-sixth of the world's population as a captive audience, as well as a sizable Non-Resident Indian (NRI) following.
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