Year % female 1970 29.5603504180908 1971 29.8906307220459 1972 30.9118499755859 1973 30.7868194580078 1974 31.1405296325684 1975 31.8048095703125 1976 31.511079788208 1977 32.1026191711426 1978 31.5382804870605 1979 31.6566295623779 1980 31.9072895050049 1981 32.3836097717285 1982 33.1216583251953 1983 33.7970809936523 1984 34.4592590332031 1985 34.6724891662598 1986 35.2983207702637 1987 36.0854415893555 1988 36.7701988220215 1989 37.6312713623047 1990 38.7440299987793 1991 38.9859504699707 1992 39.6563491821289 1993 40.0365905761719 1994 40.4107398986816 1995 40.6953010559082 1996 41.0278587341309 1997 41.2388916015625 1998 42.0993118286133 1999 42.8945693969727 2000 42.7128295898438 2001 42.9766082763672 2002 43.3447608947754 2003 43.9529418945312 2004 44.1606712341309 2005 44.6780395507812 2006 44.9756813049316 2007 45.2754592895508 2008 45.8211402893066 2009 45.8479995727539 2010 46.1083488464355 2011 46.2300186157227 2012 46.5279388427734 2013 46.6441307067871 2014 46.4346084594727 2015 46.9735412597656 2016 46.9247207641602 2017 47.1783714294434 2018 47.7932891845703 2019 48.0374183654785 2020 48.183650970459 2021 48.3206787109375 2022 48.7755088806152