Year % of total population 1960 49.3529897311324 1961 49.3524833255878 1962 49.3625583190607 1963 49.3668669846592 1964 49.3565075748878 1965 49.3479181796175 1966 49.3418310121194 1967 49.3394068124789 1968 49.3392184455934 1969 49.3414713233856 1970 49.3468541458978 1971 49.3542236161726 1972 49.3649516253663 1973 49.3788663385416 1974 49.4081880441769 1975 49.4501646352798 1976 49.4882027020033 1977 49.5233771693249 1978 49.5564271880099 1979 49.5914277762316 1980 49.6323751280887 1981 49.6762230001664 1982 49.7219062156979 1983 49.7684023160051 1984 49.8127999349443 1985 49.85498198099 1986 49.8954367930485 1987 49.9336944215681 1988 49.9684046055901 1989 49.9989030726366 1990 50.0265967124841 1991 50.0536709317197 1992 50.0794982620443 1993 50.1029604106123 1994 50.1251052943562 1995 50.145856908832 1996 50.1649314401475 1997 50.176389340298 1998 50.1811538269485 1999 50.1866272563434 2000 50.1928702544517 2001 50.1965774632603 2002 50.1961345327171 2003 50.1927996955563 2004 50.1845040200812 2005 50.1891005762886 2006 50.2130211366408 2007 50.2392512399551 2008 50.2656595382457 2009 50.2927641241555 2010 50.3186884055427 2011 50.3451429454889 2012 50.3738552234566 2013 50.4023941550814 2014 50.4280385100159 2015 50.4376111155065 2016 50.4320117805433 2017 50.4265340672088 2018 50.4230960536838 2019 50.418459209881 2020 50.4115843390967 2021 50.4046635601585 2022 50.3976439260373 2023 50.3898265852339