Year % of females ages 15 and above 1975 46.7765998840332 1976 46.9883193969727 1977 47.3626518249512 1978 48.2944984436035 1979 49.2849388122559 1980 49.9775085449219 1981 51.0584297180176 1982 51.8922500610352 1983 52.9580116271973 1984 53.9938583374023 1985 54.9212188720703 1986 55.7782783508301 1987 56.7677307128906 1988 59.2980308532715 1989 60.1026382446289 1990 60.6552391052246 1991 61.6143798828125 1992 62.255199432373 1993 62.8580207824707 1994 63.5191688537598 1995 64.1976318359375 1996 64.8812713623047 1997 68.4357681274414 1998 69.9433364868164 1999 70.487663269043 2000 70.7514266967773 2001 71.3014831542969 2002 71.796012878418 2003 72.473747253418 2004 73.0465087890625 2005 72.8878936767578 2006 73.50537109375 2007 74.0380096435547 2008 74.4926681518555 2009 74.9894180297852 2010 76.2049789428711 2011 76.5856475830078 2012 77.1513900756836 2013 77.3421096801758 2014 78.1250228881836 2015 78.4618225097656 2016 79.1627197265625 2017 79.5448608398438 2018 79.740119934082 2019 79.9843673706055 2020 80.359001159668 2021 80.5986328125 2022 80.9572677612305