Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
How many people lived in the census division with an area of 15767.99 km2 in 1996?

### Inputs:
table_name: table, columns: ['Census division', 'Area (km²)', 'Pop. (2011)', 'Pop. (2006)', 'Pop. (2001)', 'Pop. (1996)']

### Response:
SELECT Pop. (1996) FROM table WHERE Area (km²) = 15767.99