user: Question: How many people lived in the census division spread out on 9909.31 km2 in 1996?
Columns: ['Census division', 'Area (km²)', 'Pop. (2011)', 'Pop. (2006)', 'Pop. (2001)', 'Pop. (1996)']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'real', 'real', 'real', 'real']
Sample row: ['Division No. 6', '12645.88', 1311022.0, 1160936.0, 1021060.0, 880859.0]
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "Pop. (1996)" FROM "Table" WHERE "Area (km²)" = '9909.31';