Year % female 1970 20.7084293365479 1971 21.9383106231689 1972 22.6706504821777 1973 23.3885498046875 1974 25.0562191009521 1979 29.2958202362061 1980 30.2747097015381 1983 43.1428604125977 1988 35.8040504455566 1989 36.3644218444824 1990 40.6431083679199 1991 37.5513610839844 1992 37.3086891174316 1993 38.4029884338379 1994 37.8203582763672 1998 42.0089416503906 1999 40.7660102844238 2000 40.8359413146973 2001 42.1506690979004 2002 52.7683296203613 2003 46.4729690551758 2004 43.840690612793 2005 44.3207588195801 2007 43.7340507507324 2008 43.7359085083008 2009 44.833438873291 2010 44.8790283203125 2011 45.0550918579102 2012 45.1763305664062 2013 45.1105690002441 2014 45.411678314209 2015 45.5536308288574 2016 45.5249290466309 2017 45.7072105407715 2018 45.9364204406738 2019 46.2140808105469 2020 46.2661781311035 2021 46.4928703308105 2022 46.7082901000977