Year Thousands of Persons 2000-01-01 7570.00 2001-01-01 7400.00 2002-01-01 7628.00 2003-01-01 7350.00 2004-01-01 7281.00 2005-01-01 7965.00 2006-01-01 8204.00 2007-01-01 7951.00 2008-01-01 8199.00 2009-01-01 7988.75 2010-01-01 7819.00 2011-01-01 8014.50