Year Millions of Persons 1960-01-01 25.01 1961-01-01 25.77 1962-01-01 26.51 1963-01-01 27.26 1964-01-01 27.98 1965-01-01 28.70 1966-01-01 29.44 1967-01-01 30.13 1968-01-01 30.84 1969-01-01 31.54 1970-01-01 32.24 1971-01-01 32.88 1972-01-01 33.51 1973-01-01 34.10 1974-01-01 34.69 1975-01-01 35.28 1976-01-01 35.85 1977-01-01 36.41 1978-01-01 36.97 1979-01-01 37.53 1980-01-01 38.12 1981-01-01 38.72 1982-01-01 39.33 1983-01-01 39.91 1984-01-01 40.41 1985-01-01 40.81 1986-01-01 41.21 1987-01-01 41.62 1988-01-01 42.03 1989-01-01 42.45 1990-01-01 42.87 1991-01-01 43.30 1992-01-01 43.75 1993-01-01 44.19 1994-01-01 44.64 1995-01-01 45.09 1996-01-01 45.52 1997-01-01 45.95 1998-01-01 46.29 1999-01-01 46.62 2000-01-01 47.01 2001-01-01 47.36 2002-01-01 47.62 2003-01-01 47.86 2004-01-01 48.04 2005-01-01 48.14 2006-01-01 48.37 2007-01-01 48.60 2008-01-01 48.95 2009-01-01 49.18 2010-01-01 49.41 2011-01-01 49.78