Year % female 1970 41.3443183898926 1971 40.3115310668945 1972 40.6906318664551 1973 40.4319801330566 1974 40.625 1976 42.0998611450195 1977 42.7726707458496 1978 43.4193992614746 1979 41.9521903991699 1980 43.4237289428711 1981 43.0551414489746 1982 42.3675117492676 1983 42.3767509460449 1984 42.459400177002 1985 42.8372116088867 1986 42.8974990844727 1987 43.4348106384277 1988 43.8163604736328 1989 43.6590805053711 1991 44.6223907470703 1992 46.0459213256836 1993 46.8554992675781 1994 48.6230201721191 1995 49.7372016906738 1996 51.2751693725586 1997 52.307689666748 1998 53.1490592956543 1999 53.8280792236328 2000 55.0791816711426 2001 56.5532608032227 2002 57.2869110107422 2003 60.5160102844238 2004 61.7662391662598 2005 62.6830596923828 2006 64.3801422119141 2007 64.7080001831055 2008 66.4422225952148 2009 68.0234680175781 2010 69.8464889526367 2011 70.9700088500977 2012 72.1577301025391 2013 73.0043487548828 2014 74.6313705444336 2015 75.7222213745117 2016 76.4630584716797 2017 77.372688293457 2018 78.9483184814453 2019 80.1737899780273 2020 80.6708526611328 2021 81.4521636962891