Year % female 1971 31.7901191711426 1972 32.8125 1973 33.6798286437988 1974 38.6740303039551 1975 41.7460289001465 1976 44.8733406066895 1977 46.2702713012695 1978 46.9682388305664 1979 48.5973587036133 1980 50.6208915710449 1981 50.3078804016113 1982 51.4529914855957 1983 50.7713890075684 1984 53.0769195556641 1985 55.0086402893066 1986 52.9342308044434 1987 56.8977394104004 1988 56.3545684814453 1989 56.9404182434082 1990 54.7333717346191 1991 56.1883316040039 1992 56.7132110595703 1993 59.0128784179688 1994 59.1420402526855 1995 58.5277290344238 1998 56.404899597168 1999 56.544620513916 2001 55.1594314575195 2002 54.9602813720703 2003 55.7033805847168 2004 55.1717681884766 2005 55.7332801818848 2006 56.1451606750488 2008 55.6174812316895 2009 54.4706115722656 2010 55.0446815490723 2011 55.0668182373047 2012 54.9816398620605 2013 53.7764701843262 2014 54.6332511901855 2015 54.3563385009766 2016 52.6403694152832 2017 53.3205299377441 2018 53.7584686279297 2019 56.4305801391602 2020 55.1089401245117 2021 54.9684906005859 2022 51.3929290771484