Year % of female population 1960 42.5548584711122 1961 42.5023443657556 1962 42.4839206693301 1963 42.5334240980259 1964 42.7380918344764 1965 43.0379864056452 1966 43.3299388493199 1967 43.6211460241562 1968 43.9028042805448 1969 44.165709856003 1970 44.4038567840199 1971 44.6104143304274 1972 44.7851760432658 1973 44.9269762204928 1974 45.0380794976013 1975 45.120516915373 1976 45.1747910910076 1977 45.2239040811142 1978 45.2654118716439 1979 45.2738698621501 1980 45.2521667737087 1981 45.2116772456526 1982 45.1522411133109 1983 45.0796133455792 1984 45.001589432043 1985 44.9184873493167 1986 44.8315120926089 1987 44.7394433299629 1988 44.6445138910001 1989 44.6809282699991 1990 44.7081834772068 1991 44.6029632611355 1992 44.2070578330286 1993 43.8021052499777 1994 43.6617161430868 1995 43.7225399495374 1996 43.9655229272781 1997 44.0370467264253 1998 43.9309000491641 1999 43.7723981457699 2000 43.5725339073681 2001 43.4377882922806 2002 43.3459393742048 2003 43.220105172539 2004 43.0742561534531 2005 42.9213443867194 2006 42.7667057821733 2007 42.5950935220203 2008 42.4352205548393 2009 42.3716002905938 2010 42.4405297827675 2011 42.632676055086 2012 42.9097274987518 2013 42.9537086183182 2014 42.745623666573 2015 42.5236794854371 2016 42.2800360604729 2017 42.0090110042022 2018 41.7114952297307 2019 41.3839342945676 2020 41.0334226045762 2021 40.6730931162688 2022 40.2853769766256 2023 39.8602050420202