Year Persons 2000-01-01 7973400 2001-01-01 7767825 2002-01-01 7502000 2003-01-01 7409325 2004-01-01 7536950 2005-01-01 7782475 2006-01-01 8056100 2007-01-01 8379150 2008-01-01 8691800 2009-01-01 8694250 2010-01-01 8538450 2011-01-01 8620225 2012-01-01 8624700 2013-01-01 8617725 2014-01-01 8754775 2015-01-01 8845375 2016-01-01 8911150 2017-01-01 9045375