Year	Persons (Millions)
1980	23.183
1981	22.964
1982	22.943
1983	22.947
1984	22.914
1985	22.920
1986	23.083
1987	23.002
1988	23.167
1989	23.340
1990	23.544
1991	23.568
1992	23.408
1993	23.200
1994	23.127
1995	23.482
1996	23.440
1997	23.358
1998	23.611
1999	23.917
2000	24.491
2001	24.890
2002	25.186
2003	25.355
2004	25.497
2005	25.705
2006	25.903
2007	26.333
2008	26.635
2009	26.422
2010	26.508
2011	26.504
2012	26.567
2013	26.547
2014	26.605
2015	26.632
2016	26.740
2017	27.035
2018	27.235
2019	27.326
2020	27.229
2021	27.723
2022	28.268
2023	28.248
2024	28.283
2025	28.398