Year % of total population 1960 49.7205509509379 1961 49.7590492357513 1962 49.7726502781484 1963 49.7762287236698 1964 49.7792725545175 1965 49.787389641218 1966 49.7940881122203 1967 49.7958022648552 1968 49.7967853284008 1969 49.8041604506263 1970 49.815651150908 1971 49.8177912889385 1972 49.8092898535434 1973 49.801846687631 1974 49.7952315987369 1975 49.7850958178471 1976 49.7731110288285 1977 49.7604359531036 1978 49.7577271823839 1979 49.7751721561933 1980 49.7965286769101 1981 49.8260496077612 1982 49.874044248803 1983 49.9222408457708 1984 49.96463694069 1985 50.0116522223797 1986 50.0693609096875 1987 50.1474229444745 1988 50.2510555941487 1989 50.3161644342141 1990 50.313940483862 1991 50.2926411027147 1992 50.2825244652838 1993 50.2887159094114 1994 50.3232007210208 1995 50.3585714357552 1996 50.3687552817956 1997 50.3689957831408 1998 50.358050891804 1999 50.3408145138917 2000 50.3141458496398 2001 50.307702914951 2002 50.3282268406459 2003 50.3176670148445 2004 50.2374779077341 2005 50.1043866664596 2006 49.9875082825518 2007 49.9934171805624 2008 50.1077173797815 2009 50.2380554478963 2010 50.3340527363283 2011 50.4078445576313 2012 50.4590375831133 2013 50.4836960690651 2014 50.5245483341472 2015 50.532389149892 2016 50.509925382566 2017 50.4933931339894 2018 50.4745158089543 2019 50.4671244127116 2020 50.4598049501033 2021 50.4480875062117 2022 50.4392598289227 2023 50.4308835292524