Year % female 1970 33.2890396118164 1971 33.3630485534668 1972 33.9336090087891 1973 34.0746803283691 1974 34.5817985534668 1975 34.9500312805176 1976 35.2660903930664 1977 35.6079902648926 1978 35.644401550293 1979 35.6526184082031 1980 35.8127899169922 1981 35.9656982421875 1982 36.1363792419434 1983 36.1765594482422 1984 36.8010406494141 1985 37.3528594970703 1986 37.7695198059082 1987 38.3249397277832 1988 38.7387199401855 1989 39.0798187255859 1990 39.4371910095215 1991 39.7397994995117 1992 39.9714088439941 1993 40.0317192077637 1994 40.3213500976562 1995 40.6736907958984 1996 41.0701599121094 1997 41.0905914306641 1998 41.5647201538086 1999 42.2114295959473 2000 42.1679992675781 2001 41.6577606201172 2002 42.0282402038574 2003 42.4806098937988 2004 42.4067687988281 2005 42.963680267334 2006 43.8200988769531 2007 44.7862892150879 2008 45.0124092102051 2009 45.5479011535645 2010 45.9091300964355 2011 47.0659713745117 2012 47.9279098510742 2013 48.7363700866699 2014 48.2811012268066 2015 48.3544883728027 2016 48.188720703125 2017 49.3248596191406 2018 49.8389701843262 2019 50.1613616943359 2020 50.4261512756348 2021 50.7606391906738 2022 51.0324897766113