Year % of total population 1960 51.0835875556756 1961 51.042605476566 1962 51.0012981045226 1963 50.9606698220416 1964 50.9206901374053 1965 50.8807289932809 1966 50.842438052553 1967 50.8064026012916 1968 50.7696950650724 1969 50.7335541720376 1970 50.69867581863 1971 50.663472415886 1972 50.6277549072289 1973 50.589033610202 1974 50.547522942733 1975 50.5054528484762 1976 50.4628745119904 1977 50.4211708853068 1978 50.3801091324146 1979 50.3411666643782 1980 50.3038706464342 1981 50.2670795734898 1982 50.2314375536936 1983 50.1972735670687 1984 50.1651727199089 1985 50.2570271025306 1986 50.4733257597877 1987 50.6969967205744 1988 50.9089180042431 1989 50.9742926547946 1990 50.8972546355941 1991 50.8151098949554 1992 50.7722665078795 1993 50.7952350954195 1994 50.8080902234031 1995 50.7632552327324 1996 50.7108158260985 1997 50.7136342584986 1998 50.7804291349166 1999 50.8754330877857 2000 50.9071260663561 2001 50.8416227037469 2002 50.758320970443 2003 50.6767036963102 2004 50.5953357670201 2005 50.5129132093498 2006 50.4281949047364 2007 50.3415159247737 2008 50.2522107951709 2009 50.1614627434661 2010 50.0773507077547 2011 50.0050804007132 2012 49.9408902186949 2013 49.8834526909856 2014 49.8348855945007 2015 49.7950097271688 2016 49.7625416059335 2017 49.7365028947877 2018 49.7145089488189 2019 49.6958713625775 2020 49.6868295951246 2021 49.68091491502 2022 49.6750809597352 2023 49.6739650041411