Year % female 1971 51.4551696777344 1972 50.8522605895996 1973 49.6458396911621 1974 49.6362190246582 1975 49.2323608398438 1976 48.1917991638184 1977 46.4452896118164 1978 45.1241111755371 1979 44.7424087524414 1980 44.6297988891602 1981 44.5135383605957 1982 44.6748085021973 1983 44.9652214050293 1984 45.142391204834 1985 45.6506996154785 1986 45.7439308166504 1987 45.8825187683105 1988 45.9621315002441 1989 46.1263999938965 1990 46.4223403930664 1991 46.614990234375 1992 46.7518081665039 1993 46.8756217956543 1994 47.1203002929688 1995 47.427360534668 1996 47.8990097045898 1997 48.3234786987305 1998 48.9589996337891 1999 49.5802192687988 2000 49.7611694335938 2001 49.9991989135742 2002 50.3480911254883 2003 50.6124000549316 2004 50.279670715332 2005 50.2543487548828 2006 49.5908203125 2007 49.3805694580078 2008 49.5639305114746 2009 49.9217300415039 2010 50.1646499633789 2011 50.6672210693359 2012 51.2654495239258 2013 51.5801582336426 2014 51.4607887268066 2015 51.5370407104492 2016 51.5000991821289 2017 52.2360496520996 2018 52.6463584899902 2019 52.8674583435059 2020 52.6996688842773 2021 53.5761985778809 2022 53.8353385925293