Year Number of People 1800 928400 1820 928400 1950 2072000 1951 2128000 1952 2188000 1953 2250000 1954 2316000 1955 2386000 1956 2457000 1957 2532000 1958 2609000 1959 2689000 1960 2771000 1961 2856000 1962 2943000 1963 3033000 1964 3125000 1965 3221000 1966 3319000 1967 3421000 1968 3526000 1969 3635000 1970 3749000 1971 3867000 1972 3989000 1973 4116000 1974 4250000 1975 4390000 1976 4536000 1977 4689000 1978 4848000 1979 5011000 1980 5179000 1981 5343000 1982 5503000 1983 5669000 1984 5859000 1985 6081000 1986 6356000 1987 6672000 1988 6960000 1989 7125000 1990 7110000 1991 6871000 1992 6453000 1993 5984000 1994 5648000 1995 5570000 1996 5804000 1997 6298000 1998 6944000 1999 7583000 2000 8098000 2001 8457000 2002 8696000 2003 8858000 2004 9010000 2005 9202000 2006 9441000 2007 9711000 2008 10000000 2009 10310000 2010 10620000 2011 10940000 2012 11270000 2013 11610000 2050 26000000 2100 42320000