Year per 1000 people 1960 1.1 1961 1.1 1962 1.1 1963 1.1 1964 1.1 1965 1.2 1966 1.2 1967 1.2 1968 1.2 1969 1.2 1970 1.2 1971 1.3 1972 1.4 1973 1.4 1974 1.5 1975 1.6 1976 1.7 1977 1.7 1978 1.8 1979 1.8 1980 1.9 1981 2 1982 2 1983 2.1 1984 2.2 1985 2.2 1986 2.3 1987 2.4 1988 2.4 1989 2.4 1990 2.5 1991 2.6 1998 2.9 1999 3.1 2000 3.2 2001 3.3 2002 3.1 2003 3.149 2005 3.71 2007 3.921 2014 3.424 2015 3.478