Year % of total population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1961 60.97 1966 61.85 1971 61.04 1978 47.1 1979 47.13 1980 47.05 1981 59.63 1983 58.941 1984 59.79 1985 61.046 1986 61.063 1987 61.461 1988 61.949 1989 62.885 1990 63.023 1991 62.657 1992 62.387 1993 61.887 1994 61.741 1995 61.573 1996 61.685 1997 61.861 1998 61.757 1999 61.672 2000 61.91 2001 61.546 2002 61.791 2003 61.874 2004 61.882 2005 62.096 2006 62.508 2007 62.331 2008 62.555 2009 62.329 2010 62.103 2011 62.097 2012 62.277 2013 62.32 2014 62.462 2015 62.547 2016 62.694 2017 62.663 2018 62.876 2019 62.912 2020 62.8 2021 62.171 2022 62.193 2023 62.2