Year % female 1970 38.064151763916 1971 37.8390197753906 1972 37.6051406860352 1973 37.6535797119141 1974 37.5707511901855 1975 37.340648651123 1976 37.7076110839844 1977 38.3543281555176 1978 38.4119606018066 1979 39.1262893676758 1980 39.8757019042969 1981 39.8624801635742 1982 40.1726989746094 1983 40.7238502502441 1984 40.9276390075684 1985 42.0313301086426 1986 42.2956581115723 1987 42.5458602905273 1988 43.3261604309082 1989 43.6040992736816 1990 43.8681182861328 1991 44.1613502502441 1992 44.7353286743164 1993 45.0671806335449 1994 45.5458984375 1995 45.8094787597656 1996 46.3786010742188 1997 46.5173110961914 1998 47.1293296813965 1999 47.5247497558594 2000 47.5374908447266 2001 47.8749504089355 2002 48.0935096740723 2003 51.0143814086914 2004 51.7974891662598 2005 51.8613700866699 2006 52.18505859375 2007 52.1785087585449 2008 52.5543212890625 2009 52.9197883605957 2010 53.4787483215332 2011 54.0658416748047 2012 54.4764595031738 2013 54.8867301940918 2014 55.7077407836914 2015 56.3562393188477 2016 56.9834899902344 2017 57.7872505187988 2018 58.6912384033203 2019 59.6325988769531 2020 60.185001373291 2021 60.185001373291 2022 60.3505592346191