rate of Nintendo employees

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With Nintendo having just released a full year financial statement, it's time for an update to the number of employees at Nintendo:

Year ended:
March 31, 2003: 2,977 employees
March 31, 2004: 2,985 employees [+8]
March 31, 2005: 3,074 employees [+89]
March 31, 2006: 3,150 employees [+76] (Wii)
March 31, 2007: 3,373 employees [+223]
March 31, 2008: 3,768 employees [+395]
March 31, 2009: 4,130 employees [+362]
March 31, 2010: 4,425 employees [+295]
March 31, 2011: 4,712 employees [+287] (Nintendo 3DS)
March 31, 2012: 4,928 employees [+216] (Wii U)
March 31, 2013: 5,080 employees [+152]
March 31, 2014: 5,222 employees [+142]
March 31, 2015: 5,120 employees [-102]
March 31, 2016: 5,064 employees [-56]
March 31, 2017: 5,166 employees [+102] (Nintendo Switch)
March 31, 2018: 5,501 employees [+335]
March 31, 2019: 5,944 employees [+443]
March 31, 2020: 6,200 employees [+256]
March 31, 2021: 6,574 employees [+374]
March 31, 2022: 6,717 employees [+143]
March 31, 2023: 7,317 employees [+600]

Full-year financial statement March 31, 2021: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/210506e.pdf
Full-year financial statement March 31, 2022: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2022/220510e.pdf
Full-year financial statement March 31, 2023: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/230509e.pdf