Year % female 1970 50.1940383911133 1971 50.6748008728027 1972 51.3447799682617 1973 51.7324714660645 1974 52.4580192565918 1975 52.9658088684082 1976 53.0683517456055 1977 53.3808517456055 1978 53.8403015136719 1979 53.8988609313965 1980 54.1899681091309 1981 54.3450508117676 1982 54.4097290039062 1983 54.7163314819336 1984 55.005931854248 1985 55.3128395080566 1986 55.7504692077637 1987 56.3567085266113 1988 57.044319152832 1989 57.4989585876465 1990 58.0098686218262 1991 58.6116981506348 1992 58.967830657959 1993 59.4037094116211 1994 59.5792808532715 1995 60.0065689086914 1996 60.4123611450195 1997 60.7618103027344 1998 61.2225303649902 1999 62.053768157959 2000 62.5133285522461 2001 60.8194313049316 2002 64.6686935424805 2003 66.0579223632812 2004 66.0512084960938 2005 66.65625 2006 62.3568992614746 2007 59.9985504150391 2008 60.1754302978516 2009 60.332160949707 2010 60.0862617492676 2011 59.8884010314941 2012 60.0087203979492 2013 59.7000694274902 2014 59.3380813598633 2015 59.2299118041992 2016 59.0929107666016 2017 58.878849029541 2018 58.7894897460938 2019 58.3382682800293 2020 58.5022087097168 2021 58.8607292175293 2022 59.0078887939453