Year % of total population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1963 54.49 1970 29.27 1971 56.9 1981 36.75 1985 58.39 1986 57.34 1990 61.45 1992 56.62 1993 56.72 1994 57.04 1995 54.88 1996 55.4 1997 55.24 1998 58.82 1999 57.31 2000 55.57 2001 48.8 2002 50.3 2003 55.63 2004 53.98 2005 54.26 2006 50.94 2007 55.52 2008 50.08 2009 52.29 2010 53.295 2011 52.867 2012 52.57 2013 52.053 2014 51.599 2015 53.669 2016 53.725 2017 53.991 2018 51.721 2019 52.249 2020 50.495 2021 49.836 2022 49.727