Year Persons 1998-01-01 2749975 1999-01-01 2755600 2000-01-01 2731875 2001-01-01 2699075 2002-01-01 2670200 2003-01-01 2668850 2004-01-01 2689550 2005-01-01 2658500 2006-01-01 2631275 2007-01-01 2609450 2008-01-01 2611625 2009-01-01 2652600 2010-01-01 2647275 2011-01-01 2667725 2012-01-01 2673050 2013-01-01 2705325 2014-01-01 2706300 2015-01-01 2698500 2016-01-01 2689250 2017-01-01 2633300