Year Thousands of Persons 1988-01-01 13537.00 1989-01-01 13664.00 1990-01-01 13990.00 1991-01-01 14666.00 1992-01-01 15003.00 1993-01-01 15046.00 1994-01-01 15553.00 1995-01-01 15858.00 1996-01-01 16183.00 1997-01-01 16465.00 1998-01-01 16849.00 1999-01-01 17025.00 2000-01-01 16929.00 2001-01-01 17038.75 2002-01-01 17069.00 2003-01-01 17102.25 2004-01-01 17827.25 2005-01-01 16713.25 2006-01-01 16839.25 2007-01-01 17100.50 2008-01-01 17466.75 2009-01-01 17894.50 2010-01-01 18257.00 2011-01-01 18861.00