Year % female 1970 31.0426406860352 1971 30.7827491760254 1972 30.7149505615234 1973 30.9071502685547 1974 31.5916404724121 1975 31.5610504150391 1976 31.9831409454346 1977 32.5529899597168 1978 33.1165504455566 1979 33.7270393371582 1980 35.1059684753418 1981 35.5799102783203 1982 35.5425682067871 1983 36.1588706970215 1984 36.597599029541 1985 37.2874794006348 1986 37.7957191467285 1987 37.5615196228027 1988 39.0557098388672 1989 39.7901916503906 1990 39.918628692627 1991 40.0210914611816 1992 40.7899513244629 1993 41.1897315979004 1994 42.1135292053223 1995 42.1961784362793 1996 43.0405311584473 1997 43.1151695251465 1998 43.2915992736816 1999 43.5687789916992 2000 44.1843795776367 2001 44.1516304016113 2002 44.1931800842285 2003 43.8138809204102 2004 44.921760559082 2005 45.2017097473145 2006 45.546070098877 2007 45.4836311340332 2008 46.0206718444824 2009 46.0929489135742 2010 46.8590698242188 2011 47.7167205810547 2012 47.614860534668 2013 48.0450286865234 2014 48.5062713623047 2015 49.34619140625 2016 49.6412887573242 2017 50.0713806152344 2018 49.8749694824219 2019 50.6246490478516 2020 51.2277717590332 2021 50.9141082763672 2022 50.8938789367676