Year % female 1970 75.8652877807617 1971 75.7714614868164 1972 75.5925064086914 1973 76.0642395019531 1974 75.9963607788086 1975 76.0018463134766 1976 76.5656967163086 1977 76.4025192260742 1978 76.3250503540039 1979 76.2241592407227 1980 76.1752624511719 1981 76.0656814575195 1982 76.1389923095703 1983 76.3623504638672 1984 76.7324829101562 1985 76.8582611083984 1986 76.980110168457 1987 77.1618881225586 1988 77.3132476806641 1989 77.5624923706055 1990 77.9140777587891 1991 78.2126998901367 1992 78.5613784790039 1993 78.8117065429688 1994 79.3591918945312 1995 79.4993362426758 1996 79.5525512695312 1997 79.9693374633789 1998 81.4303436279297 1999 81.3228225708008 2000 81.7096710205078 2001 81.9816970825195 2002 81.9736175537109 2003 81.9800415039062 2004 82.1059188842773 2005 82.3179321289062 2006 82.4743194580078 2007 82.5646514892578 2008 82.8487396240234 2009 82.8570709228516 2010 83.3182983398438 2011 83.3403472900391 2012 83.4505767822266 2013 83.5254669189453 2014 83.5481491088867 2015 83.5274963378906 2016 83.6023330688477 2017 83.6371994018555 2018 83.7363586425781 2019 83.5675811767578 2020 83.6235885620117 2021 83.8863677978516 2022 83.942741394043