Year % female 1978 47.0304985046387 1979 46.7052307128906 1980 46.7379608154297 1981 46.7245597839355 1982 47.3422317504883 1983 48.0599403381348 1984 48.3300018310547 1985 48.9261703491211 1986 48.9302101135254 1987 48.8594818115234 1988 48.8987998962402 1989 48.9087791442871 1990 49.261058807373 1991 49.7283401489258 1992 49.9621391296387 1993 50.1674385070801 1994 50.4422912597656 1995 50.814811706543 1996 51.4574394226074 1997 52.0678482055664 1998 52.8281517028809 1999 53.5015716552734 2000 54.0204200744629 2001 54.5364685058594 2002 55.2430381774902 2003 55.6257095336914 2004 55.3440017700195 2005 55.6045913696289 2006 54.4215393066406 2007 54.0857315063477 2008 54.3468589782715 2009 54.8787384033203 2010 55.2007904052734 2011 56.0930595397949 2012 56.3872108459473 2013 56.5452194213867 2014 57.0037384033203 2015 57.212459564209 2016 57.3677787780762 2017 58.5568809509277 2018 59.2081489562988 2019 59.5097618103027 2020 59.1940612792969 2021 60.4933586120605 2022 60.7773208618164