Year % female 1970 33.4510192871094 1971 33.2479209899902 1972 33.9618186950684 1973 34.2379493713379 1974 34.6024894714355 1975 34.8292999267578 1976 34.7314186096191 1977 34.7577095031738 1978 34.7631912231445 1979 35.4225196838379 1980 35.9604187011719 1981 36.4872817993164 1982 36.2849502563477 1983 37.0368499755859 1984 37.7010116577148 1985 38.5075416564941 1986 38.7761116027832 1987 38.3450889587402 1988 39.0196800231934 1989 40.5847587585449 1990 40.4587593078613 1991 40.2958602905273 1992 40.7038688659668 1993 40.7401885986328 1994 41.4837303161621 1995 43.0886917114258 1996 43.0080299377441 1997 42.4669609069824 1998 42.6063690185547 1999 43.1175003051758 2000 43.1677703857422 2001 42.907829284668 2002 43.8931198120117 2003 43.2032318115234 2004 44.6073417663574 2005 44.609619140625 2006 44.7592582702637 2007 44.0313110351562 2008 44.1795387268066 2009 43.8733291625977 2010 44.4765281677246 2011 44.6426811218262 2012 44.4933815002441 2013 45.443790435791 2014 45.8532409667969 2015 46.7195281982422 2016 46.6999397277832 2017 46.7368011474609 2018 46.6878318786621 2019 47.5837593078613 2020 48.2894401550293 2021 47.971378326416 2022 48.079891204834