Year % female 1970 27.7160396575928 1971 27.6357803344727 1972 29.5322704315186 1973 30.6494407653809 1974 31.4295406341553 1975 32.5278587341309 1976 32.544979095459 1977 33.1587295532227 1978 32.4652404785156 1979 32.0053100585938 1980 31.7190895080566 1981 31.8708095550537 1982 31.9517803192139 1983 32.067081451416 1984 34.1574897766113 1985 34.3908081054688 1986 35.0653686523438 1987 35.8466606140137 1988 36.5716514587402 1989 37.3598594665527 1990 38.4775581359863 1991 38.9040184020996 1992 39.4244384765625 1993 39.6539611816406 1994 40.1825103759766 1995 40.5915794372559 1996 40.837329864502 1997 40.9188804626465 1998 41.7691917419434 1999 42.5422897338867 2000 42.4292793273926 2001 42.6530685424805 2002 43.0125389099121 2003 43.6006317138672 2004 43.6557884216309 2005 44.0665702819824 2006 44.4578018188477 2007 44.7707405090332 2008 45.1236915588379 2009 45.4230918884277 2010 45.6194190979004 2011 45.7986106872559 2012 46.148811340332 2013 46.1716690063477 2014 46.2646408081055 2015 46.3952293395996 2016 46.5391616821289 2017 46.7818794250488 2018 46.9973487854004 2019 47.0562400817871 2020 47.3093109130859 2021 47.393310546875 2022 47.9134216308594