Year % of female population 1960 56.2276101012924 1961 56.0481248645133 1962 55.8868805243818 1963 55.740232261118 1964 55.7286423586821 1965 55.8404729896935 1966 55.943538350691 1967 56.0204758684134 1968 56.04782041308 1969 55.9808315820144 1970 55.8456105415455 1971 55.7068502403565 1972 55.5769336130743 1973 55.4452339756713 1974 55.300826608602 1975 55.1350713450211 1976 54.9380169697659 1977 54.754680998613 1978 54.6019904997232 1979 54.4864346974307 1980 54.3819827562308 1981 54.25476471636 1982 54.131917178533 1983 54.6233051279437 1984 55.4924330744732 1985 55.9866152962847 1986 56.1464550159729 1987 56.0592070752265 1988 55.8426114861935 1989 55.5816130960754 1990 55.307688560251 1991 55.0377054502907 1992 54.7860600917856 1993 54.5632623311151 1994 54.3359145292569 1995 54.1186505464636 1996 53.9557391923966 1997 53.8407237281566 1998 53.7680645094554 1999 53.77889260555 2000 53.7825480722462 2001 53.8249262511915 2002 54.050885120121 2003 54.4111208689863 2004 54.8428984325879 2005 55.269608573325 2006 55.6204802908141 2007 55.855655078914 2008 55.9708957857783 2009 55.984316056791 2010 55.9225143580148 2011 55.9718661550869 2012 56.1162499967055 2013 56.1794323818928 2014 56.1561402680532 2015 56.0443620020942 2016 55.8523572393736 2017 55.635356694041 2018 55.4720475964755 2019 55.4233436527003 2020 55.4418430208433 2021 55.6063782396489 2022 55.9721612045779 2023 56.434829588276