Year % female 1981 41.3778305053711 1982 41.7654495239258 1983 41.7082901000977 1984 41.9375 1985 41.4886283874512 1986 41.1983795166016 1987 40.6238708496094 1988 40.0337181091309 1989 39.7812118530273 1990 39.9306602478027 1991 39.6057510375977 1992 39.3736801147461 1993 38.9908599853516 1994 38.4869804382324 1995 39.6289482116699 1996 40.8531684875488 1997 41.9695014953613 1998 43.1036987304688 1999 44.1562690734863 2000 45.100700378418 2001 45.6901817321777 2002 46.5713195800781 2003 45.4376487731934 2004 44.9714012145996 2005 45.0363616943359 2006 45.4681816101074 2007 45.7566986083984 2008 46.2984504699707 2009 47.4379501342773 2010 47.3933486938477 2011 47.1792106628418 2012 46.7276306152344 2013 46.5176696777344 2014 45.8571395874023 2015 46.0088386535645 2016 45.7364387512207 2017 45.7960205078125 2018 45.8226509094238 2019 45.7197189331055 2020 45.5512084960938 2021 45.578540802002 2022 45.2305297851562