Year % female 1970 35.586669921875 1971 34.8489608764648 1972 35.7390785217285 1973 36.3753089904785 1974 36.630500793457 1975 36.5790100097656 1976 37.5642395019531 1977 37.4238090515137 1978 37.0370216369629 1979 37.0446090698242 1980 38.1922798156738 1981 38.3439407348633 1982 37.428150177002 1983 38.396240234375 1984 39.5819892883301 1985 40.6602401733398 1986 41.5330009460449 1987 40.3318481445312 1988 41.4083404541016 1989 42.8815498352051 1990 42.3974609375 1991 42.8352394104004 1992 44.0784606933594 1993 44.4675598144531 1994 45.5013694763184 1995 45.9904518127441 1996 47.0311584472656 1997 47.7914199829102 1998 48.476131439209 1999 48.9587287902832 2000 49.1251602172852 2001 49.0120582580566 2002 49.456371307373 2003 48.5224113464355 2004 50.7359313964844 2005 50.8820915222168 2006 50.8081283569336 2007 50.155948638916 2008 50.8092498779297 2009 50.6629981994629 2010 51.2352905273438 2011 51.8614196777344 2012 52.4083099365234 2013 52.6554985046387 2014 52.8603096008301 2015 53.8624992370605 2016 54.2520790100098 2017 55.3519706726074 2018 55.4565811157227 2019 56.9259300231934 2020 57.9019508361816 2021 56.8592185974121 2022 56.8528785705566