Year % female 1978 28.0802192687988 1979 28.4128303527832 1980 28.8832092285156 1981 29.2541007995605 1982 29.982780456543 1983 31.0517101287842 1984 31.4254894256592 1985 32.8469581604004 1986 33.1379890441895 1987 33.4188499450684 1988 33.8233909606934 1989 34.2818908691406 1990 35.1846885681152 1991 35.904239654541 1992 36.6355285644531 1993 37.1987686157227 1994 37.7806091308594 1995 38.3510704040527 1996 39.4262390136719 1997 40.5013694763184 1998 41.3967399597168 1999 42.3469390869141 2000 43.3011283874512 2001 44.8948211669922 2002 44.7388305664062 2003 45.4551887512207 2004 45.6381187438965 2005 46.5485992431641 2006 47.0277099609375 2007 47.842170715332 2008 48.4795913696289 2009 49.4523086547852 2010 50.2247200012207 2011 51.7616081237793 2012 52.1991882324219 2013 52.604118347168 2014 53.4959983825684 2015 53.895881652832 2016 54.2851600646973 2017 56.0025482177734 2018 57.0569801330566 2019 57.678279876709 2020 58.1660308837891 2021 58.9115791320801 2022 59.3116683959961