Year Persons 2000-01-01 2332750 2001-01-01 2347700 2002-01-01 2364475 2003-01-01 2352800 2004-01-01 2365475 2005-01-01 2387200 2006-01-01 2435750 2007-01-01 2496425 2008-01-01 2579475 2009-01-01 2579500 2010-01-01 2592050 2011-01-01 2619750 2012-01-01 2668775 2013-01-01 2693800 2014-01-01 2721400 2015-01-01 2759575 2016-01-01 2767650 2017-01-01 2758700