Year Millions of Persons 1960-01-01 20.35 1961-01-01 20.35 1962-01-01 20.34 1963-01-01 20.50 1964-01-01 20.72 1965-01-01 20.78 1966-01-01 20.94 1967-01-01 21.00 1968-01-01 20.94 1969-01-01 21.26 1970-01-01 21.55 1971-01-01 21.65 1972-01-01 21.78 1973-01-01 22.09 1974-01-01 22.29 1975-01-01 22.11 1976-01-01 22.29 1977-01-01 22.49 1978-01-01 22.61 1979-01-01 22.75 1980-01-01 22.85 1981-01-01 22.81 1982-01-01 22.85 1983-01-01 22.82 1984-01-01 22.69 1985-01-01 22.63 1986-01-01 22.75 1987-01-01 22.94 1988-01-01 23.16 1989-01-01 23.56 1990-01-01 23.77 1991-01-01 23.80 1992-01-01 23.63 1993-01-01 23.36 1994-01-01 23.46 1995-01-01 23.68 1996-01-01 23.81 1997-01-01 23.97 1998-01-01 24.38 1999-01-01 24.94 2000-01-01 25.59 2001-01-01 25.97 2002-01-01 26.10 2003-01-01 26.14 2004-01-01 26.18 2005-01-01 26.35 2006-01-01 26.63 2007-01-01 27.01 2008-01-01 27.14 2009-01-01 26.78 2010-01-01 26.77 2011-01-01 26.89