From the 1970s, the population diminished and the municipality's economic status sank.

In comparison with 1939 the Latvian population had diminished by about 300,000.

The population has been diminishing since 1995 when it was 1,535.

This was also discontinued as the population of Thornton diminished.

The population of the city diminished nearly twice and was less than 80 thousand people in August 1943.

Since the start of the 20th century the population of the town has gradually diminished to just under 60,000.

This tradition continued until the late 70's, when the local expatriate population diminished.

The rural population has diminished from 9,762 in 1980 to 4,404 in 2007.

He is a black sheep in a world in which the population of that species has slowly diminished.

By the 1860s the gold started to run out and the town's population and importance diminished.