Year Thousands of Persons 1990-01-01 18.5 1991-01-01 19.5 1992-01-01 19.4 1993-01-01 19.0 1994-01-01 19.4 1995-01-01 19.8 1996-01-01 20.5 1997-01-01 22.0 1998-01-01 23.0 1999-01-01 24.7 2000-01-01 26.6 2001-01-01 27.1 2002-01-01 27.8 2003-01-01 27.7 2004-01-01 28.3 2005-01-01 29.0 2006-01-01 29.4 2007-01-01 30.0 2008-01-01 30.5 2009-01-01 30.1 2010-01-01 30.4 2011-01-01 31.1 2012-01-01 31.9 2013-01-01 32.9 2014-01-01 33.2 2015-01-01 33.2 2016-01-01 31.9 2017-01-01 30.5