Year % female 1970 41.0828399658203 1971 40.9918403625488 1972 41.2788505554199 1973 41.019458770752 1974 41.2532806396484 1975 41.2830581665039 1976 41.2879295349121 1977 41.3341407775879 1978 41.0641403198242 1979 40.6943702697754 1980 40.5348892211914 1981 40.3684196472168 1982 39.8086395263672 1983 39.5741691589355 1984 39.8419990539551 1985 40.3055000305176 1986 40.5387802124023 1987 41.0207405090332 1988 41.2088012695312 1989 41.6604499816895 1990 41.8811187744141 1991 41.7102508544922 1992 41.7911415100098 1993 41.9187202453613 1994 42.2061195373535 1995 42.4036712646484 1996 42.5163192749023 1997 42.6258392333984 1998 42.9196891784668 1999 43.317928314209 2000 43.0008392333984 2001 43.1865386962891 2002 42.8299102783203 2003 43.0425605773926 2004 42.6492805480957 2005 42.5163803100586 2006 43.3974494934082 2007 43.5772285461426 2008 44.0346412658691 2009 44.6281700134277 2010 45.0420989990234 2011 45.5372695922852 2012 46.7010498046875 2013 47.6245994567871 2014 46.7906494140625 2015 46.851879119873 2016 46.9503211975098 2017 47.4966087341309 2018 47.9001388549805 2019 48.5597686767578 2020 49.0013618469238 2021 49.2872695922852 2022 49.5543594360352