Year Thousands of Persons 1956-01-01 22170.00 1957-01-01 21930.00 1958-01-01 21730.00 1959-01-01 21527.50 1960-01-01 21208.50 1961-01-01 21128.50 1962-01-01 20871.25 1963-01-01 20382.25 1964-01-01 20243.00 1965-01-01 21072.25 1966-01-01 20837.75 1967-01-01 20966.25 1968-01-01 21040.00 1969-01-01 20856.50 1970-01-01 20885.75 1971-01-01 20881.00 1972-01-01 20712.75 1973-01-01 20880.00 1974-01-01 21046.75 1975-01-01 21233.25 1976-01-01 21552.75 1977-01-01 21871.00 1978-01-01 21950.00 1979-01-01 22276.50 1980-01-01 22553.75 1981-01-01 22692.75 1982-01-01 22798.50 1983-01-01 23059.75 1984-01-01 23324.25 1985-01-01 23495.00 1986-01-01 23851.25 1987-01-01 24031.00 1988-01-01 24241.50 1989-01-01 24256.50 1990-01-01 24514.75 1991-01-01 24598.25 1992-01-01 24238.50 1993-01-01 23040.75 1994-01-01 22926.00 1995-01-01 22913.50 1996-01-01 22943.75 1997-01-01 23014.75 1998-01-01 23220.25 1999-01-01 23291.50 2000-01-01 23377.25 2001-01-01 23463.75 2002-01-01 23554.50 2003-01-01 23706.50 2004-01-01 24364.75 2005-01-01 24451.25 2006-01-01 24661.75 2007-01-01 24727.75 2008-01-01 25096.70 2009-01-01 24969.78 2010-01-01 24974.72 2011-01-01 25075.02