Year % of total population 1960 49.5118667554739 1961 49.5867281057661 1962 49.6545101206278 1963 49.7157960026291 1964 49.7693213570291 1965 49.8165252629296 1966 49.8597369464999 1967 49.8974878804314 1968 49.9287296976478 1969 49.955606781252 1970 49.9788979973563 1971 49.9996190265432 1972 50.0195132892228 1973 50.0385468071484 1974 50.0598416330682 1975 50.0861253226748 1976 50.120093883718 1977 50.1590343183183 1978 50.1981720454243 1979 50.2411863140131 1980 50.2897232500705 1981 50.3399362545834 1982 50.3867485914521 1983 50.432648847363 1984 50.4815426829672 1985 50.5311545393971 1986 50.581889251421 1987 50.6337672227977 1988 50.678485406787 1989 50.7133823692643 1990 50.7427881182215 1991 50.7675388017995 1992 50.7864233276876 1993 50.7961637430131 1994 50.7987405102452 1995 50.7965708866318 1996 50.7865843598229 1997 50.7729638257422 1998 50.7579175344288 1999 50.7387112101124 2000 50.7190502207143 2001 50.7018776264503 2002 50.6839326675049 2003 50.6637288054982 2004 50.6429516375565 2005 50.6201106801126 2006 50.5961803416443 2007 50.5749062536365 2008 50.5567443284507 2009 50.5404875728902 2010 50.5132262028302 2011 50.474057505152 2012 50.4348727480886 2013 50.3956034910743 2014 50.3569754545041 2015 50.3207131866043 2016 50.2832513115257 2017 50.2479463566959 2018 50.2188439331103 2019 50.1902957032937 2020 50.1654983523245 2021 50.1446900520547 2022 50.1223403625612 2023 50.0976399855251