Year % of total population 1960 49.8558100716851 1961 49.8512424047286 1962 49.8007221869569 1963 49.7100209800489 1964 49.6471020471304 1965 49.6092740189803 1966 49.5709666347526 1967 49.5265118444794 1968 49.4744955945402 1969 49.4184180317612 1970 49.362230797172 1971 49.3105049154903 1972 49.3332561901144 1973 49.4248494314096 1974 49.511937321143 1975 49.5954220081247 1976 49.6784685700779 1977 49.7630958243695 1978 49.8472053104992 1979 49.9364005914745 1980 49.998133890678 1981 50.0246102926895 1982 50.0466487139798 1983 50.0657601691051 1984 50.0829811534772 1985 50.0977604211059 1986 50.1149419428502 1987 50.1349318537444 1988 50.1530565302047 1989 50.1660299735528 1990 50.1763753888496 1991 50.1857055971306 1992 50.1951034632354 1993 50.2039656703167 1994 50.2112306235172 1995 50.1601878063937 1996 50.0585804602622 1997 49.9656647243131 1998 49.8788302735902 1999 49.7970063214995 2000 49.7189967390261 2001 49.642999298309 2002 49.5710821399894 2003 49.5065306284489 2004 49.5033021787329 2005 49.5544535275658 2006 49.6026037166945 2007 49.6476912411497 2008 49.6902262060389 2009 49.7302712843087 2010 49.7707295634339 2011 49.8120062447251 2012 49.851552827305 2013 49.8885533569644 2014 49.9236416105827 2015 49.9557756635823 2016 49.9945825371956 2017 50.0416128422848 2018 50.086994601787 2019 50.1188570400516 2020 50.1443832209071 2021 50.1803469905463 2022 50.2258753478739 2023 50.2745348471526