Year	Number of People
1800	1783000
1820	1783000
1970	4880000
1971	4966000
1972	5055000
1973	5155000
1974	5272000
1975	5415000
1976	5585000
1977	5781000
1978	6000000
1979	6235000
1980	6483000
1981	6744000
1982	7020000
1983	7309000
1984	7608000
1985	7917000
1986	8231000
1987	8550000
1988	8891000
1989	9224000
1990	9632000
2008	17840000