The population in the area has always been small and continues to be so to this day.
You may well be right and the population continues to grow.
This population has continued growing and was over 7.4 million in 2009.
As the years go by, the population continues to increase.
The population continued growing to over 5 million in 2001-2006.
However, the population in the north end continued to grow.
The white population continues to own 87 % of all land.
As the population continues to grow, the needs of the people increase.
The city's population continued to decline until the late 1990s.
If the world's population continues to increase, one day there will not be enough food for everyone.