Year Millions of Persons 1960-01-01 6.24 1961-01-01 6.33 1962-01-01 6.51 1963-01-01 6.66 1964-01-01 6.90 1965-01-01 7.15 1966-01-01 7.44 1967-01-01 7.67 1968-01-01 7.83 1969-01-01 8.08 1970-01-01 8.17 1971-01-01 8.37 1972-01-01 8.63 1973-01-01 9.07 1974-01-01 9.45 1975-01-01 9.63 1976-01-01 9.82 1977-01-01 9.99 1978-01-01 10.29 1979-01-01 10.74 1980-01-01 11.06 1981-01-01 11.38 1982-01-01 11.02 1983-01-01 11.10 1984-01-01 11.38 1985-01-01 11.73 1986-01-01 12.08 1987-01-01 12.41 1988-01-01 12.79 1989-01-01 13.07 1990-01-01 13.16 1991-01-01 12.93 1992-01-01 12.81 1993-01-01 12.87 1994-01-01 13.13 1995-01-01 13.36 1996-01-01 13.48 1997-01-01 13.77 1998-01-01 14.11 1999-01-01 14.46 2000-01-01 14.82 2001-01-01 15.00 2002-01-01 15.36 2003-01-01 15.73 2004-01-01 15.98 2005-01-01 16.19 2006-01-01 16.47 2007-01-01 16.87 2008-01-01 17.15 2009-01-01 16.88 2010-01-01 17.11 2011-01-01 17.37