Year Persons 1960-01-01 3166000 1961-01-01 3237000 1975-01-01 4033000 1976-01-01 4064000 1977-01-01 4130000 1978-01-01 4175000 1979-01-01 4229000 1980-01-01 4362000 1981-01-01 4433000 1982-01-01 4388000 1983-01-01 4351700 1984-01-01 4386000 1985-01-01 4535700 1986-01-01 4571000 1987-01-01 5119500 1988-01-01 5191100 1989-01-01 5304100 1990-01-01 5486600 1991-01-01 5674300 1992-01-01 5860900 1993-01-01 5859300 1994-01-01 5875400 1995-01-01 5920300 1996-01-01 6081400 1997-01-01 6295700 1998-01-01 6538700 1999-01-01 6729800 2000-01-01 6970475 2001-01-01 7130575 2002-01-01 7209975 2003-01-01 7173800 2004-01-01 7126675 2005-01-01 7101350 2006-01-01 7204125 2007-01-01 7344250 2008-01-01 7456850 2009-01-01 7427175 2010-01-01 7107600 2011-01-01 7030525 2012-01-01 7056675 2013-01-01 6947450 2014-01-01 6859925 2015-01-01 6909150 2016-01-01 6999600 2017-01-01 7154400