Year % female 1970 33.4808311462402 1971 33.2780418395996 1972 33.9931983947754 1973 34.2677307128906 1974 34.6315689086914 1975 34.8568382263184 1976 34.7587394714355 1977 34.7831497192383 1978 34.7860488891602 1979 35.4423484802246 1980 35.9786987304688 1981 36.5047912597656 1982 36.3019218444824 1983 37.0529899597168 1984 37.7164497375488 1985 38.5230598449707 1986 38.7920799255371 1987 38.3609886169434 1988 39.0349617004395 1989 40.598949432373 1990 40.473560333252 1991 40.3103790283203 1992 40.7177810668945 1993 40.7538185119629 1994 41.497688293457 1995 43.1022300720215 1996 43.0214881896973 1997 42.4814186096191 1998 42.6211814880371 1999 43.1310081481934 2000 43.181468963623 2001 42.921630859375 2002 43.9056816101074 2003 43.2146301269531 2004 44.6177406311035 2005 44.6195602416992 2006 44.7691688537598 2007 44.0415382385254 2008 44.1884384155273 2009 43.8814392089844 2010 44.4845199584961 2011 44.6506996154785 2012 44.5019493103027 2013 45.4509391784668 2014 45.8599395751953 2015 46.7258911132812 2016 46.7060089111328 2017 46.7426109313965 2018 46.6933288574219 2019 47.5886306762695 2020 48.2940483093262 2021 47.9758110046387 2022 48.0845108032227