Year % female 1970 26.3173904418945 1971 26.4397602081299 1972 26.2889308929443 1973 26.2392501831055 1974 25.9559307098389 1975 25.8762798309326 1976 28.0156898498535 1977 28.4996204376221 1978 29.5783805847168 1979 29.7091102600098 1980 29.9894008636475 1981 29.5162792205811 1982 30.5682106018066 1983 30.2236194610596 1984 31.0037002563477 1985 31.3360290527344 1986 31.5074100494385 1987 31.4474391937256 1988 30.7647800445557 1989 30.3024196624756 1990 29.6600399017334 1991 29.7299098968506 1992 29.3687000274658 1993 29.3126792907715 1994 30.3009490966797 1995 32.8436393737793 1996 35.4637413024902 1997 37.813648223877 1998 40.3218307495117 1999 42.7136993408203 2000 44.2255783081055 2001 45.5129585266113 2002 44.9969596862793 2003 44.7213287353516 2004 44.2095794677734 2005 43.4462890625 2006 42.9840888977051 2007 44.0010185241699 2008 44.6866111755371 2009 45.8047714233398 2010 46.1637001037598 2011 46.9240188598633 2012 46.3900299072266 2013 45.788890838623 2014 45.2785415649414 2015 45.3889617919922 2016 44.9120292663574 2017 44.640251159668 2018 44.2280807495117 2019 43.998161315918 2020 43.7426109313965 2021 43.4195098876953 2022 43.13623046875