4-29  Numbers of Retired and Resigned Persons at Year-end from 1988 to 2009
				(person)
Year	Total	Retired Veterans	Retired Persons	Resigned Persons
1988	1104248	155487	842019	106742
1989	1123554	161620	874501	87433
1990	1175300	170717	923046	81537
1991	1264803	190162	994391	80250
1992	1338000	193000	1058000	88000
1993	1417000	189000	1148000	79000
1994	1424000	180000	1167000	76000
1995	1503000	179000	1250000	74000
1996	1564415	171479	1318084	74852
1997	1632000	164000	1385000	83000
1998	1698000	158000	1463000	77000
1999	1756000	150000	1529000	77000
2000	1803820	144063	1592549	67208
2001	1880547	141761	1684005	54781
2002	2005227	130318	1830820	44089
2003	2121128	124002	1948428	48698
2004	2244567	118302	2077937	48328
2005	2487619	114650	2372969
2006	2617076	104437	2512563
2007	2821703	99016	2722687
2008	3050455	93560	2956895
2009	3260326	88574	3171752
a)Data in this table exclude the number of  retired or resigned  people whose pensions are paid by civil affair departments.