Year % of relevant age group 1970 23.1316108703613 1971 23.0378494262695 1972 23.2627792358398 1973 23.3587303161621 1974 23.3913402557373 1975 23.3899002075195 1976 23.4523296356201 1977 23.6414909362793 1978 23.7536792755127 1979 23.7887401580811 1980 23.9908294677734 1981 24.1318397521973 1982 24.3225803375244 1983 24.4982109069824 1984 24.7434902191162 1985 24.9512500762939 1986 25.0418300628662 1987 24.7654094696045 1988 24.6177196502686 1989 24.5136909484863 1990 24.5373706817627 1991 24.7386302947998 1992 24.5742301940918 1993 25.0104694366455 1994 25.2336292266846 1995 26.2089405059814 1996 26.5482406616211 1997 26.744140625 1998 27.0285396575928 1999 27.107250213623 2000 27.3667392730713 2001 28.5106105804443 2002 30.7264194488525 2003 31.2014102935791 2004 31.7151203155518 2005 32.8079795837402 2006 34.0712013244629 2007 35.5188598632812 2008 37.3418006896973 2009 38.5921401977539 2010 39.8223991394043 2011 40.7577896118164 2012 41.2583084106445 2013 41.7088508605957 2014 42.3889007568359 2015 43.0759582519531 2016 43.2805099487305 2017 43.4545402526855 2018 43.6674613952637 2019 43.8217887878418 2020 44.3522186279297 2021 44.8440895080566