Year % female 1970 29.0294399261475 1971 28.932689666748 1972 28.3382892608643 1973 28.34840965271 1974 29.0297203063965 1975 29.0314998626709 1976 29.2530708312988 1977 30.0938091278076 1978 31.0146999359131 1979 31.8536396026611 1980 33.2953796386719 1981 33.8551483154297 1982 34.3247184753418 1983 34.7022514343262 1984 34.7551612854004 1985 35.3009414672852 1986 35.7840194702148 1987 36.0816307067871 1988 37.7887496948242 1989 38.047721862793 1990 38.5438499450684 1991 38.4465103149414 1992 38.8866386413574 1993 39.2108688354492 1994 40.0466804504395 1995 39.9388885498047 1996 40.6857414245605 1997 40.3650283813477 1998 40.2345390319824 1999 40.4830894470215 2000 41.3064308166504 2001 41.3591499328613 2002 41.3373908996582 2003 41.1081085205078 2004 41.7347412109375 2005 42.1682014465332 2006 42.9525108337402 2007 43.3708992004395 2008 43.9708709716797 2009 44.0791282653809 2010 44.9565811157227 2011 45.8629188537598 2012 45.7552604675293 2013 46.0331382751465 2014 46.6223793029785 2015 47.4144897460938 2016 47.7143287658691 2017 47.8394889831543 2018 47.4699897766113 2019 48.0140800476074 2020 48.5433197021484 2021 48.4399604797363 2022 48.4176292419434