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I haven't reversed the population growth of the Clan Homeworlds yet for 3052 but it is possible I am sure. Just have to take their average rate of growth and rewind it ten years or so. And don't forget migration to the InnerSphere (see Clan Ghost Bear). Its on my to do list.

Also don't forget Deep Periphery Base Worlds on the Exodus Road which supply the Clan Occupation Zones.

I cross-checked my numbers and now the only problem I have for 3062 is Kirin.
Sarna gives me a population of 37,000,000 inhabitants while the sourcebook Clans: Warriors of Kerensky gives me 8,800,000 (and both at the same period give or take 2 years).

Takiro, I checked and the Deep Periphery worlds are mostly small holdings or outposts. The only ones worth of anything are already in my list.

Regarding Clan Ghost Bear, I made an estimate with 2 Leviathians doing only that (500,000 people per trip) and 6 months for one trip, this would make 1,000,000 people relocated per year, which would make a population under 30,000,000 inhabitants in 3060 (since Clans: Warriors of Kerensky gives me 24,294,000 in Clan space), which is obviously too low since the next one (Clan Steel Viper) is a little over 57,000,000 inhabitants.

Should I increase the size of the fleet being used? If I look at Field Manual Warden Clans, they mention 5 Transport Ships in Clan Ghost Bear Fleet: 2 Leviathans, 2 Carracks and 1 Volga.
Converting their cargo space in people being transported on the basis of the ratios for the Leviathan, gives me 760,000 inhabitants per trip and 7,600,000 inhabitants relocated between 3055 and 3060, with a total population of circa 32,000,000 inhabitants.

Still not enough.

What number of Clan denizens are in the Deep Periphery for operations? I doubt these are permanent settlements rather temporary bases.

I only found mentions of small outposts.

How denizens many left with Wolf in Exile?

I looked right now at the population of Arc-Royal and between 3055 and 3067, the population only increased by 2 millions, which is not even logical given the potential growth rate (even with 1% per year, the first year gives them more than these 2 millions). Most of the population would be mercenaries that don't settle, which would mean that these 2 millions are what is Clan Wolf-in-Exile.

What is the average population for Clan? Say 50 million or so, right?

I took a look and without Clans Ghost Bear, Smoke Jaguar (death by that time), Nova Cat (in the Inner Sphere) and Wolf-in-Exile, we are at 83 millions.

I'll have to source Kirin. Warriors of Kerensky (3061?) followed by FM Update (3067) I believe has population numbers but gotta check that.

FM Updates says 8,800,000. Perhaps something happened on Kirin that I don't remember.

I'd say 50 or 60 million is the average Clan population in the 3050s as a ballpark figure, could be wrong. Its just a guess.

I will do the maths and let you know if your guess was right.

So here is my final take on the population of the Clans in 3050 (based on recalculation and some guesses from my part). Let me know what you think of it.

Blood Spirit      59,000,000
Cloud Cobra      51,000,000
Coyote         65,000,000
Diamond Shark   56,000,000
Fire Mandrill      70,000,000
Ghost Bear      85,000,000
Goliath Scorpion   58,000,000
Hell’s Horses      82,000,000
Ice Hellion      79,000,000
Jade Falcon      94,000,000
Snow Raven      80,000,000
Star Adder      85,000,000
Steel Viper      53,000,000
Wolf            87,000,000
Burrock         79,000,000
Nova Cat         85,000,000
Smoke Jaguar      81,000,000

Bearing in mind I haven't had a chance to check these figures in detail they look pretty good.

What do you need to do so?

Could you break it down by planet for the year 3052 and 3053? That would be most helpful for me.

I can trigger the numbers (this is when a spreadsheet is your friend). However to try to be as accurate as possible, I would like to have the info on how the different Clans are spread on each world in 3052.
Do you know where I can find such a list? I have the data for 3060 but it is missing some Clans that are no longer there or in Clan space.

I'll have to look around for that and see what I can find. Wouldn't the numbers be the same if you did it by planet with the populations??

Probably but I would have to rework them again as the different Clans have different growth rates.