Year % of females ages 15 and above 1975 37.3530883789062 1976 37.6553688049316 1977 38.3404006958008 1978 39.0699081420898 1979 39.7571411132812 1980 39.8815803527832 1981 40.955150604248 1982 41.9796104431152 1983 42.7737884521484 1984 43.7816505432129 1985 44.5723190307617 1986 45.3783302307129 1987 46.3379096984863 1988 46.720588684082 1989 47.5342903137207 1990 48.6445007324219 1991 49.2944107055664 1992 50.241828918457 1993 51.0430488586426 1994 51.9929809570312 1995 52.9865493774414 1996 53.935489654541 1997 54.7364616394043 1998 57.5922088623047 1999 58.4225196838379 2000 59.2753791809082 2001 59.9456787109375 2002 60.6783409118652 2003 61.694019317627 2004 62.6845817565918 2005 62.1933784484863 2006 62.8372001647949 2007 63.8809509277344 2008 64.7356033325195 2009 65.8554534912109 2010 68.1740493774414 2011 68.4508285522461 2012 69.084358215332 2013 69.6980514526367 2014 70.9281616210938 2015 71.7644271850586 2016 72.5756301879883 2017 73.0892868041992 2018 73.5040969848633 2019 73.8940582275391 2020 74.4787826538086 2021 74.9784927368164 2022 75.7668533325195