Numbers of Retired and Resigned Persons at Year-end in Major Years
				(person)
Year	Total	Retired Veterans	Retired Persons	Resigned Persons
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
2010	3450734	79974	3370760
2011	3730537	71844	3623657	35036
2012	4163329	68132	4058431	36766
2013	4591639	62261	4492295	37083
2014	5115111	56939	5020415	37757
2015	5543745	49531	5454932	39282
a)Data in this table exclude the number of  retired or resigned  people whose pensions are paid by civil affair departments.