Year % of female population 1960 42.5022445509943 1961 42.7123587313161 1962 43.0119298977313 1963 43.360954590653 1964 43.7361559394975 1965 44.1432588516312 1966 44.6206099147276 1967 45.1826966944548 1968 45.4246311738294 1969 45.2554409027187 1970 45.0232472305807 1971 44.7716622254893 1972 44.4823790369304 1973 44.1292512673713 1974 43.7706947290887 1975 43.4916265628023 1976 43.226925282397 1977 43.1295645445703 1978 43.3205433817312 1979 43.674160861898 1980 44.0343586775012 1981 44.267528392065 1982 44.3462594018286 1983 44.3134307086723 1984 44.1952435946391 1985 43.9907170997209 1986 44.1096078524426 1987 44.3336238706191 1988 44.1574152955409 1989 43.6845129680285 1990 43.0035812591112 1991 42.1905027270661 1992 41.3040508477014 1993 40.3736822773817 1994 39.3968079294928 1995 38.3575682195799 1996 37.5674152346275 1997 36.8668230807382 1998 35.8765843570951 1999 34.738812084415 2000 33.5830894954495 2001 32.5206830994247 2002 31.6111959990799 2003 30.8518689548103 2004 30.2027860017278 2005 29.4458453013875 2006 28.0467234631003 2007 26.1953632674681 2008 24.6131813485469 2009 23.6202954977229 2010 23.3034142831133 2011 23.3267762114129 2012 23.3736843105453 2013 23.4619902651283 2014 23.581082337194 2015 23.7014016002283 2016 23.7895557370632 2017 23.831784083405 2018 23.8352863331164 2019 23.8141853370349 2020 23.8781288446811 2021 23.9827977039071 2022 23.9709585780943 2023 23.8376979798584