Year % female 1970 24.0100002288818 1971 23.9550495147705 1972 23.6947898864746 1973 23.9243297576904 1974 23.9312305450439 1975 23.8449001312256 1976 24.3150196075439 1977 24.8314399719238 1978 25.4424705505371 1979 25.7520809173584 1980 26.762580871582 1981 27.1909294128418 1982 27.4485397338867 1983 27.8384399414062 1984 28.1093807220459 1985 28.557279586792 1986 29.033239364624 1987 29.4106292724609 1988 30.5770492553711 1989 31.0458297729492 1990 31.5400905609131 1991 32.060848236084 1992 32.5783805847168 1993 33.1013488769531 1994 33.6907081604004 1995 34.259090423584 1996 34.9492683410645 1997 35.4312400817871 1998 35.9497604370117 1999 36.5218811035156 2000 36.7676887512207 2001 37.1370697021484 2002 36.8866004943848 2003 42.9115791320801 2004 43.4002990722656 2005 44.0544700622559 2006 44.4689292907715 2007 45.1178283691406 2008 45.7830009460449 2009 46.2082786560059 2010 47.1420516967773 2011 47.992259979248 2012 48.2747688293457 2013 48.8147506713867 2014 50.0734786987305 2015 50.3622093200684 2016 51.1466102600098 2017 52.3541793823242 2018 53.5963516235352 2019 54.8735618591309 2020 55.6939010620117 2021 55.792308807373 2022 55.9176902770996