context: At the end of 2017, Tampere had 231,853 inhabitants, of whom 225,346 were in urban settlements, 3,123 in sparsely populated areas and the coordinates of the place of residence of 3,384 were unknown. The degree of settlement is calculated from the inhabitants whose coordinates of the place of residence are known; Tampere has a conurbation rate of 98.6%. [90] The urban population of Tampere is divided into three different agglomerations: [91]
question: What was the population of Tampere in 2017?
answers.text: 231,853