Year % female 1970 26.9703903198242 1971 26.8304805755615 1972 27.8701992034912 1973 28.3894996643066 1974 29.1567306518555 1975 29.5563907623291 1976 29.7931900024414 1977 30.6179790496826 1978 31.0983905792236 1979 32.2242202758789 1980 32.9748001098633 1981 33.7780799865723 1982 33.6075286865234 1983 35.2940788269043 1984 36.2768516540527 1985 37.3436012268066 1986 38.2149810791016 1987 37.6650581359863 1988 38.631519317627 1989 40.347728729248 1990 40.2332191467285 1991 39.8606796264648 1992 40.3235282897949 1993 40.3806800842285 1994 41.566650390625 1995 41.3003807067871 1996 41.5766105651855 1997 41.2264518737793 1998 40.8510513305664 1999 40.6810111999512 2000 41.673168182373 2001 41.8059310913086 2002 42.087890625 2003 41.9005508422852 2004 43.0152397155762 2005 43.4419784545898 2006 43.492259979248 2007 43.2597503662109 2008 43.3912696838379 2009 43.3276596069336 2010 43.903751373291 2011 44.2467918395996 2012 44.0505905151367 2013 45.1048812866211 2014 45.6766891479492 2015 46.434139251709 2016 46.4412307739258 2017 46.5827484130859 2018 46.5935211181641 2019 47.5717887878418 2020 48.3484306335449 2021 47.9659614562988 2022 48.0902099609375