Year % female 1970 49.8372993469238 1971 50.3147811889648 1972 50.953498840332 1973 51.251579284668 1974 52.1687202453613 1975 52.6978912353516 1976 52.7989387512207 1977 53.0147285461426 1978 53.4000091552734 1979 53.4434394836426 1980 53.6771392822266 1981 53.8023910522461 1982 53.7687797546387 1983 54.0690307617188 1984 54.3601303100586 1985 54.8316307067871 1986 55.2878608703613 1987 56.0584487915039 1988 56.7284202575684 1989 57.1951904296875 1990 57.6463317871094 1991 58.2917098999023 1992 58.4604988098145 1993 59.0594215393066 1994 59.3574600219727 1995 59.8638916015625 1996 60.2920989990234 1997 60.7896614074707 1998 61.3087196350098 1999 62.1980094909668 2000 62.6527099609375 2001 60.8730087280273 2002 64.8154830932617 2003 66.2114868164062 2004 66.1820373535156 2005 66.8037567138672 2006 62.2543716430664 2007 59.7105102539062 2008 59.8472099304199 2009 60.0066795349121 2010 59.7450408935547 2011 59.4669494628906 2012 59.5821418762207 2013 59.3010711669922 2014 58.9213600158691 2015 58.8267211914062 2016 58.6300315856934 2017 58.3951187133789 2018 58.2735214233398 2019 57.7210083007812 2020 57.8206481933594 2021 58.1611709594727 2022 58.2558517456055