Year % of female population 1960 17.2486858483909 1961 17.3920913623723 1962 17.5291151965925 1963 17.6561413988337 1964 17.7672025792855 1965 17.8654874115274 1966 17.9506074265818 1967 18.0096355013211 1968 18.0428788182929 1969 18.0541524740849 1970 18.0500703530317 1971 18.0341055220005 1972 18.002622822958 1973 17.9644861908594 1974 17.9340527586276 1975 17.9085215153875 1976 17.8862045828736 1977 17.8711536339868 1978 17.8566189528853 1979 17.8359000964093 1980 17.808420022087 1981 17.7835601638219 1982 17.7692165178459 1983 17.7709029572255 1984 17.7781615582949 1985 17.7780987483009 1986 17.7628127430939 1987 17.7320259197038 1988 17.6917720950756 1989 17.6472589492522 1990 17.611481048723 1991 17.5278318726126 1992 17.4563000458831 1993 17.2767149855113 1994 17.1452530110286 1995 16.7957107558822 1996 16.6917939113817 1997 17.0599133304862 1998 17.249323812386 1999 17.2077118045456 2000 17.0626587941766 2001 16.667593085212 2002 16.1871782916321 2003 15.8250450786315 2004 15.6344479211868 2005 15.7022551608669 2006 15.8436635398602 2007 15.9134959336498 2008 15.7669693952337 2009 15.5712625593596 2010 15.3675359135843 2011 15.1574243297696 2012 14.9924836014792 2013 14.8265418666705 2014 14.6627612915004 2015 14.4758489571013 2016 14.2354173644798 2017 13.9733777424465 2018 13.694137387176 2019 13.4442303594561 2020 13.2434509294784 2021 13.0920504646569 2022 12.9900319051911 2023 12.9162037717442