Year Millions of Persons 1995-01-01 5.10 1996-01-01 5.13 1997-01-01 5.09 1998-01-01 5.00 1999-01-01 4.89 2000-01-01 4.85 2001-01-01 4.84 2002-01-01 4.87 2003-01-01 4.83 2004-01-01 4.81 2005-01-01 4.92 2006-01-01 4.98 2007-01-01 5.09 2008-01-01 5.20 2009-01-01 5.14 2010-01-01 5.05 2011-01-01 5.07