Year Number of People 1800 470000 1820 470000 1870 755000 1913 1387000 1950 1683000 1951 1724000 1952 1766000 1953 1809000 1954 1852000 1955 1897000 1956 1941000 1957 1987000 1958 2034000 1959 2081000 1960 2130000 1961 2180000 1962 2230000 1963 2283000 1964 2336000 1965 2391000 1966 2447000 1967 2504000 1968 2563000 1969 2625000 1970 2691000 1971 2763000 1972 2839000 1973 2915000 1974 2984000 1975 3042000 1976 3087000 1977 3121000 1978 3151000 1979 3187000 1980 3235000 1981 3297000 1982 3372000 1983 3458000 1984 3551000 1985 3648000 1986 3749000 1987 3854000 1988 3963000 1989 4076000 1990 4192000 1991 4312000 1992 4435000 1993 4557000 1994 4678000 1995 4795000 1996 4908000 1997 5017000 1998 5121000 1999 5221000 2000 5317000 2001 5409000 2002 5497000 2003 5582000 2004 5667000 2005 5753000 2006 5842000 2007 5931000 2008 6022000 2009 6112000 2010 6201000 2011 6288000 2012 6374000 2013 6459000 2050 8384000 2100 6956000