Year % female 1970 25.9763298034668 1971 26.0791606903076 1972 25.9470996856689 1973 25.8867301940918 1974 25.6396808624268 1975 25.5608901977539 1976 27.3046092987061 1977 27.7095203399658 1978 28.6537094116211 1979 28.8730392456055 1980 29.1504993438721 1981 28.8107109069824 1982 29.7389392852783 1983 29.4873504638672 1984 30.0988101959229 1985 30.4662609100342 1986 30.6464099884033 1987 30.6690902709961 1988 30.0803203582764 1989 29.6821708679199 1990 29.1142196655273 1991 29.1851196289062 1992 28.8709106445312 1993 28.845630645752 1994 29.8409595489502 1995 32.245491027832 1996 34.7107086181641 1997 36.9288482666016 1998 39.333740234375 1999 41.5783805847168 2000 43.0136184692383 2001 44.3062896728516 2002 43.9337501525879 2003 43.7166709899902 2004 43.2994918823242 2005 42.823169708252 2006 42.3467292785645 2007 43.3725891113281 2008 44.0758590698242 2009 45.1227989196777 2010 45.4868316650391 2011 46.2246208190918 2012 45.7083206176758 2013 45.1486701965332 2014 44.7435493469238 2015 44.8611106872559 2016 44.4127998352051 2017 44.1611709594727 2018 43.7723388671875 2019 43.5659294128418 2020 43.3470306396484 2021 43.0553016662598 2022 42.8000984191895