Year % of total population 1960 55.9062523354985 1961 55.7335350396823 1962 55.5448121776515 1963 55.3526865940595 1964 55.1715970055593 1965 55.0025461086063 1966 54.8401083541762 1967 54.68270035106 1968 54.5430886881182 1969 54.4313879601899 1970 54.3416781582155 1971 54.2757757728783 1972 54.2346579946155 1973 54.208695694643 1974 54.196613522235 1975 54.1971444252582 1976 54.2048348845088 1977 54.2091480073541 1978 54.2083564907021 1979 54.2062856825424 1980 54.1975484800569 1981 54.185640082054 1982 54.1676311783934 1983 54.1389344341977 1984 54.1048122250633 1985 54.0582591115075 1986 54.0004428845649 1987 53.9421500792741 1988 53.891736388066 1989 53.8635354430925 1990 53.8578808362191 1991 53.8681370858287 1992 53.8987255542207 1993 53.9600945701013 1994 54.0519801999191 1995 54.1457291808925 1996 54.2157616718233 1997 54.262131139603 1998 54.2968732549606 1999 54.3299382488354 2000 54.3595273622483 2001 54.3867137381429 2002 54.4146879986794 2003 54.4290258383449 2004 54.4347262113515 2005 54.4504931807302 2006 54.4670320470908 2007 54.4718809698109 2008 54.4693761009518 2009 54.4585928847063 2010 54.4384805356098 2011 54.414739905266 2012 54.3763841303912 2013 54.318316739569 2014 54.256133272403 2015 54.184657785944 2016 54.1012913255596 2017 54.0175725959173 2018 53.9336546757386 2019 53.8494329669642 2020 53.7645778818925 2021 53.6800683487387 2022 53.6152413393989 2023 53.569888936303