Year % female 1978 28.7581596374512 1979 29.1159706115723 1980 29.5790691375732 1981 29.9489307403564 1982 30.6085891723633 1983 31.6073703765869 1984 31.9677391052246 1985 33.1087799072266 1986 33.350830078125 1987 33.596809387207 1988 33.9589881896973 1989 34.3596382141113 1990 35.1899604797363 1991 35.8930816650391 1992 36.6056289672852 1993 37.2568588256836 1994 37.8738708496094 1995 38.346118927002 1996 39.287899017334 1997 40.2639617919922 1998 41.069278717041 1999 41.9290390014648 2000 42.8061294555664 2001 44.212818145752 2002 44.1946411132812 2003 44.9020500183105 2004 45.1338806152344 2005 45.9787712097168 2006 46.4409217834473 2007 47.2195091247559 2008 47.8216705322266 2009 48.7023086547852 2010 49.3924598693848 2011 50.7327194213867 2012 51.1265411376953 2013 51.4576683044434 2014 52.2391204833984 2015 52.6175689697266 2016 52.9546890258789 2017 54.462459564209 2018 55.421989440918 2019 56.0290908813477 2020 56.5102615356445 2021 57.2453308105469 2022 57.6486701965332