Year Millions of Persons 1960-01-01 20.92 1961-01-01 21.06 1962-01-01 21.00 1963-01-01 20.65 1964-01-01 20.58 1965-01-01 20.07 1966-01-01 19.75 1967-01-01 19.99 1968-01-01 19.98 1969-01-01 19.84 1970-01-01 19.93 1971-01-01 19.94 1972-01-01 19.89 1973-01-01 20.17 1974-01-01 20.48 1975-01-01 20.50 1976-01-01 20.70 1977-01-01 20.77 1978-01-01 20.84 1979-01-01 21.07 1980-01-01 21.37 1981-01-01 21.36 1982-01-01 21.40 1983-01-01 21.47 1984-01-01 21.47 1985-01-01 21.67 1986-01-01 21.82 1987-01-01 21.87 1988-01-01 22.10 1989-01-01 22.25 1990-01-01 22.61 1991-01-01 23.03 1992-01-01 22.87 1993-01-01 22.25 1994-01-01 21.89 1995-01-01 21.84 1996-01-01 21.97 1997-01-01 22.04 1998-01-01 22.25 1999-01-01 22.49 2000-01-01 22.93 2001-01-01 23.39 2002-01-01 23.79 2003-01-01 24.15 2004-01-01 24.26 2005-01-01 24.40 2006-01-01 24.87 2007-01-01 25.19 2008-01-01 25.26 2009-01-01 24.84 2010-01-01 24.66 2011-01-01 24.74