Year % female 1970 22.287670135498 1971 21.8042907714844 1972 23.8435497283936 1973 24.2102394104004 1974 24.2269802093506 1975 24.645959854126 1976 24.8996200561523 1977 26.2897396087646 1978 28.0323104858398 1979 29.309549331665 1980 30.1986694335938 1981 31.3897590637207 1982 30.6733093261719 1983 32.0647583007812 1984 33.4753189086914 1985 34.6635513305664 1986 35.1801109313965 1987 33.1801681518555 1988 35.112720489502 1989 37.4806518554688 1990 36.2519111633301 1991 36.1821708679199 1992 37.7908897399902 1993 38.114818572998 1994 39.0843696594238 1995 39.0191497802734 1996 39.7136192321777 1997 39.3254699707031 1998 38.8837013244629 1999 38.372631072998 2000 38.625171661377 2001 38.4284706115723 2002 38.913158416748 2003 38.860710144043 2004 41.3561706542969 2005 40.469669342041 2006 40.9232902526855 2007 38.0505294799805 2008 37.9278793334961 2009 38.5110702514648 2010 39.4091300964355 2011 40.5879287719727 2012 39.73583984375 2013 41.6262512207031 2014 42.180980682373 2015 43.2052688598633 2016 43.7373008728027 2017 44.4947319030762 2018 44.9201812744141 2019 46.0852813720703 2020 47.0698318481445 2021 46.784351348877 2022 47.0801887512207