Year	Thousands Of Persons
1900	17710.0
1901	18639.0
1902	20141.0
1903	20088.0
1904	20477.0
1905	22123.0
1906	23431.0
1907	23691.0
1908	22741.0
1909	24996.0
1910	25824.0
1911	25455.0
1912	26542.0
1913	26870.0
1914	26003.0
1915	26179.0
1916	28563.0
1917	30714.0
1918	30714.0
1919	30270.0
1920	30260.0
1921	26610.0
1922	28984.0
1923	32055.0
1924	31598.0
1925	33210.0
1926	34442.0
1927	34544.0
1928	35246.0
1929	37125.0
1930	34646.0
1931	31113.0
1932	27405.0
1933	27548.0
1934	30361.0
1935	31254.0
1936	33492.0
1937	35073.0
1938	32287.0
1939	33885.0
1940	35530.0
1941	39365.0
1942	41640.0
1943	42833.0