Year Persons 1972-01-01 8142000 1973-01-01 8348000 1974-01-01 8537500 1975-01-01 8640500 1976-01-01 8743800 1977-01-01 8875400 1978-01-01 8765400 1979-01-01 8618225 1980-01-01 8359400 1981-01-01 8132975 1982-01-01 8076225 1983-01-01 7978050 1984-01-01 7661875 1985-01-01 7639575 1986-01-01 7949125 1987-01-01 8303025 1988-01-01 8721650 1989-01-01 9207100 1990-01-01 9600350 1991-01-01 9758125 1992-01-01 9463075 1993-01-01 9076575 1994-01-01 9034325 1995-01-01 9342475 1996-01-01 9681025 1997-01-01 10193125 1998-01-01 10736675 1999-01-01 11559475 2000-01-01 12375875 2001-01-01 12948075 2002-01-01 13632725 2003-01-01 14299125 2004-01-01 14877725 2005-01-01 15721825 2006-01-01 16386500 2007-01-01 16965500 2008-01-01 16859050 2009-01-01 15878325 2010-01-01 15587825 2011-01-01 15390200 2012-01-01 14568500 2013-01-01 14065375 2014-01-01 14282975 2015-01-01 14771275 2016-01-01 15225950 2017-01-01 15713400