Year Thousands of Persons 1990-01-01 16.7 1991-01-01 16.8 1992-01-01 17.3 1993-01-01 17.6 1994-01-01 17.6 1995-01-01 17.7 1996-01-01 18.6 1997-01-01 18.5 1998-01-01 18.0 1999-01-01 18.7 2000-01-01 20.2 2001-01-01 20.6 2002-01-01 21.4 2003-01-01 27.2 2004-01-01 28.5 2005-01-01 29.5 2006-01-01 29.7 2007-01-01 30.5 2008-01-01 31.4 2009-01-01 32.6 2010-01-01 34.3 2011-01-01 36.0 2012-01-01 37.6 2013-01-01 38.6 2014-01-01 37.5 2015-01-01 36.7 2016-01-01 37.0 2017-01-01 36.4