Year Millions of Persons 1960-01-01 23.87 1961-01-01 24.15 1962-01-01 24.28 1963-01-01 24.34 1964-01-01 24.67 1965-01-01 24.92 1966-01-01 24.98 1967-01-01 24.69 1968-01-01 24.58 1969-01-01 24.59 1970-01-01 24.52 1971-01-01 24.51 1972-01-01 24.58 1973-01-01 24.97 1974-01-01 25.03 1975-01-01 24.93 1976-01-01 24.79 1977-01-01 24.81 1978-01-01 24.94 1979-01-01 25.20 1980-01-01 25.09 1981-01-01 24.43 1982-01-01 23.95 1983-01-01 23.78 1984-01-01 24.29 1985-01-01 24.59 1986-01-01 24.75 1987-01-01 25.24 1988-01-01 26.07 1989-01-01 26.75 1990-01-01 26.87 1991-01-01 26.16 1992-01-01 25.54 1993-01-01 25.30 1994-01-01 25.50 1995-01-01 25.82 1996-01-01 26.06 1997-01-01 26.53 1998-01-01 26.80 1999-01-01 27.17 2000-01-01 27.48 2001-01-01 27.71 2002-01-01 27.92 2003-01-01 28.18 2004-01-01 28.48 2005-01-01 28.77 2006-01-01 29.03 2007-01-01 29.23 2008-01-01 29.44 2009-01-01 28.96 2010-01-01 29.04 2011-01-01 29.18