Year % of working-age population 1960 47.04730437011771 1961 46.51767877248347 1962 46.03669368214642 1963 45.53569536953566 1964 44.98704868092862 1965 44.48055158651087 1966 44.4116938640968 1967 44.47032404824385 1968 44.4226145522837 1969 44.45006021352402 1970 44.519484116019385 1971 44.64917675993269 1972 44.97493206034394 1973 45.43462303396147 1974 45.834560044323226 1975 46.149373106311785 1976 46.3837595621718 1977 46.58521876500842 1978 46.63011999675272 1979 46.42589605478869 1980 45.91583380819067 1981 45.09766807179209 1982 44.16886359474598 1983 43.349058604772935 1984 42.76327089354481 1985 42.488397656612406 1986 42.496363846766485 1987 42.611326636124176 1988 42.73614943788687 1989 42.853427973493815 1990 42.961007790300734 1991 43.174926071752246 1992 43.32503471399566 1993 43.366336006828575 1994 43.53343715483557 1995 43.80729628125093 1996 44.18654963355227 1997 44.6199636227534 1998 44.89293586759005 1999 45.014692055328055 2000 45.21340422625742 2001 45.63935929367337 2002 46.11477866981642 2003 46.48916898051006 2004 46.80385250211408 2005 46.99522630974225 2006 47.07259502380742 2007 47.12757976276467 2008 47.14628902261781 2009 47.13063579354059 2010 47.15211785673274 2011 47.270044860357984 2012 47.56340556873206 2013 48.316584194184294 2014 49.469154934566944 2015 50.549885868340574 2016 51.19571564502454 2017 51.673912423556615 2018 52.24562495216845 2019 52.91646639947739 2020 53.549228673368944 2021 53.81945374416818 2022 53.83169536543993 2023 53.910337464182504