 Complete the following phrase:  Another problem with the figures is that those numbers were drawn from a period of about 20 to 30 years, mostly from 1890 to 1915. German official figures representing the Armenian population within the Empire were about 1.9 million to 2 million. side of 1.8 million. Ludovic de Contenson, present the figure of 1,150,000 for Asiatic Turkey, and call them statistics without any sources. His numbers suggest that they might actually be the Ottoman census statistics, without correction. Another problem arises, and it is the fact that the Ottoman census statistics have maintained constant increase for the Armenian population from the period where between 18941897, an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 Armenians lost their lives during the 