Year Thousands of Persons 1990-01-01 16.4 1991-01-01 16.6 1992-01-01 17.2 1993-01-01 17.4 1994-01-01 17.4 1995-01-01 17.1 1996-01-01 17.8 1997-01-01 18.4 1998-01-01 18.3 1999-01-01 19.0 2000-01-01 19.4 2001-01-01 18.7 2002-01-01 17.3 2003-01-01 16.7 2004-01-01 17.2 2005-01-01 17.4 2006-01-01 16.7 2007-01-01 16.6 2008-01-01 16.1 2009-01-01 14.7 2010-01-01 14.1 2011-01-01 14.2 2012-01-01 14.3 2013-01-01 14.3 2014-01-01 14.6 2015-01-01 14.6 2016-01-01 15.4 2017-01-01 15.2