
Source: Ministry of Social Development, Statistical Report, 2003, 2008.
|
Year
|
Number of people
|
|
1978
|
387,439
|
|
1979
|
397,010
|
|
1980
|
405,834
|
|
1981
|
418,901
|
|
1982
|
430,175
|
|
1983
|
441,789
|
|
1984
|
451,128
|
|
1985
|
459,813
|
|
1986
|
465,079
|
|
1987
|
473,401
|
|
1988
|
479,985
|
|
1989
|
485,962
|
|
1990
|
495,500
|
|
1991
|
506,047
|
|
1992
|
504,561
|
|
1993
|
488,893
|
|
1994
|
483,940
|
|
1995
|
476,566
|
|
1996
|
467,771
|
|
1997
|
460,717
|
|
1998
|
455,639
|
|
1999
|
448,743
|
|
2000
|
464,854
|
|
2001
|
446,706
|
|
2002
|
450,435
|
|
2003
|
457,278
|
|
2004
|
464,624
|
|
2005
|
475,215
|
|
2006
|
488,825
|
|
2007
|
502,717
|
|
2008
|
514,276
|
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