Year Persons 1998-01-01 23227850 1999-01-01 23288650 2000-01-01 23396175 2001-01-01 23510450 2002-01-01 23600600 2003-01-01 23616800 2004-01-01 23486750 2005-01-01 23731050 2006-01-01 23903925 2007-01-01 24023075 2008-01-01 24215400 2009-01-01 24369300 2010-01-01 24471600 2011-01-01 24566800 2012-01-01 24691525 2013-01-01 24875250 2014-01-01 25018950 2015-01-01 25057325 2016-01-01 25063450 2017-01-01 25079775