Year % female 1971 22.7326908111572 1972 24.3723106384277 1973 24.3197002410889 1974 25.4395694732666 1975 24.4375095367432 1976 24.1581001281738 1977 23.2558097839355 1978 22.8154792785645 1979 22.7231006622314 1980 24.0137500762939 1981 24.6188106536865 1982 24.7517509460449 1983 26.7672100067139 1986 30.2594890594482 1987 31.1090106964111 1988 31.1959896087646 1989 31.2528705596924 1990 31.4714794158936 1991 31.706750869751 1992 31.887939453125 1993 32.5439300537109 1994 32.3978805541992 1995 32.7904586791992 1997 33.025260925293 1999 34.6355285644531 2002 36.6867713928223 2003 37.0679512023926 2004 37.8889389038086 2005 38.2893218994141 2006 38.7545013427734 2007 39.2784004211426 2008 40.3499183654785 2009 40.6560897827148 2010 40.9107704162598 2011 40.8978004455566 2012 41.1312789916992 2013 41.5650596618652 2014 42.7789115905762 2015 43.0636100769043 2016 43.2726287841797 2017 44.0192909240723 2018 44.4249801635742 2019 44.7532005310059 2020 45.0943908691406 2021 45.3387908935547