Year % of female population 1960 43.0116387322426 1961 43.1981721506977 1962 43.4591927761374 1963 43.7406008194388 1964 44.0530986030402 1965 44.405991098443 1966 44.7480219411168 1967 45.0225774284532 1968 45.2285808707446 1969 45.3657248555269 1970 45.4443789065591 1971 45.4767365159972 1972 45.4812017070061 1973 45.4569059184787 1974 45.384293900697 1975 45.2570864239691 1976 45.0821392851948 1977 44.8830754903846 1978 44.6824059450055 1979 44.423063643286 1980 43.996232289314 1981 43.5396088666594 1982 43.2836867322856 1983 43.2685424604557 1984 43.4515338718798 1985 43.6097046309913 1986 43.6876135711236 1987 43.77510725216 1988 43.8717684984456 1989 44.0004510382418 1990 44.1286925101513 1991 44.2430031509162 1992 44.5226309317469 1993 44.7401404599902 1994 44.7426827081985 1995 44.6460302513734 1996 44.4218428095564 1997 44.1386697853394 1998 43.796419428298 1999 43.4200605446608 2000 42.936155490137 2001 42.4167969275889 2002 42.0595233882532 2003 41.7607806600112 2004 41.3952585242642 2005 41.0026105621823 2006 40.5966181841408 2007 40.1895587618395 2008 39.810326570843 2009 39.4469906840467 2010 39.1025765882682 2011 38.8223441771417 2012 38.6429585366449 2013 38.5326666047679 2014 38.4243712241696 2015 38.2566218160066 2016 38.0272923259272 2017 37.7456026054008 2018 37.4184828448439 2019 37.0900615685396 2020 36.7553502035071 2021 36.4093068781787 2022 36.0317226053801 2023 35.6180750931149