Year Millions of Persons 1960-01-01 26.09 1961-01-01 26.45 1962-01-01 26.55 1963-01-01 26.61 1964-01-01 26.63 1965-01-01 26.78 1966-01-01 26.70 1967-01-01 25.83 1968-01-01 25.85 1969-01-01 26.26 1970-01-01 26.59 1971-01-01 26.71 1972-01-01 26.86 1973-01-01 27.18 1974-01-01 26.92 1975-01-01 26.25 1976-01-01 26.14 1977-01-01 26.20 1978-01-01 26.46 1979-01-01 26.97 1980-01-01 27.42 1981-01-01 27.45 1982-01-01 27.24 1983-01-01 26.99 1984-01-01 27.23 1985-01-01 27.61 1986-01-01 28.14 1987-01-01 28.53 1988-01-01 28.94 1989-01-01 29.48 1990-01-01 30.41 1991-01-01 38.71 1992-01-01 38.18 1993-01-01 37.70 1994-01-01 37.67 1995-01-01 37.80 1996-01-01 37.77 1997-01-01 37.72 1998-01-01 38.15 1999-01-01 38.72 2000-01-01 39.38 2001-01-01 39.49 2002-01-01 39.26 2003-01-01 38.92 2004-01-01 39.03 2005-01-01 38.98 2006-01-01 39.19 2007-01-01 39.86 2008-01-01 40.35 2009-01-01 40.36 2010-01-01 40.55 2011-01-01 41.10