Year % female 1971 51.9228210449219 1972 51.2934799194336 1973 50.0557708740234 1974 50.0386009216309 1975 49.6337089538574 1976 48.5630187988281 1977 46.7633285522461 1978 45.4164199829102 1979 45.0442695617676 1980 44.9620895385742 1981 44.8691291809082 1982 45.0462303161621 1983 45.3576202392578 1984 45.5597114562988 1985 46.0944519042969 1986 46.1827507019043 1987 46.3203201293945 1988 46.4096298217773 1989 46.5784683227539 1990 46.8405914306641 1991 47.0326614379883 1992 47.1603012084961 1993 47.2911911010742 1994 47.5556297302246 1995 47.8886985778809 1996 48.3894882202148 1997 48.8242683410645 1998 49.4837684631348 1999 50.1373481750488 2000 50.3579483032227 2001 50.6575202941895 2002 51.0359001159668 2003 51.3369903564453 2004 51.0396614074707 2005 51.0533981323242 2006 50.4334907531738 2007 50.2624816894531 2008 50.4827919006348 2009 50.9502601623535 2010 51.2405700683594 2011 51.8154182434082 2012 52.5112609863281 2013 52.9537086486816 2014 52.8533592224121 2015 52.9877395629883 2016 53.0079803466797 2017 53.8566284179688 2018 54.2462997436523 2019 54.5546188354492 2020 54.4160690307617 2021 55.361888885498 2022 55.6743812561035