Year % of female population 1960 42.2988945356313 1961 42.2201933711154 1962 42.1530598965645 1963 42.1452467407768 1964 42.2135861868332 1965 42.3170151587409 1966 42.4086071428669 1967 42.5322341932022 1968 42.7186972846684 1969 42.9408071463052 1970 43.1987650911779 1971 43.5053843902318 1972 43.8229772818206 1973 44.0768300359002 1974 44.2278831714463 1975 44.3326154577874 1976 44.4774878216016 1977 44.6275271597446 1978 44.74862448041 1979 44.8619409506634 1980 44.9756484386969 1981 45.079338994348 1982 45.1338550393108 1983 45.0440693172585 1984 44.8359316593097 1985 44.7156012345254 1986 44.7073086003134 1987 44.8258502088308 1988 45.0628649736317 1989 45.2958792707619 1990 45.511827115263 1991 45.7404593615878 1992 45.9363306956061 1993 46.0842831067936 1994 46.2209492244304 1995 46.3190378671388 1996 46.4105830531406 1997 46.5447419280184 1998 46.695600905477 1999 46.8062647481508 2000 46.8506415238254 2001 46.8230395201053 2002 46.7172478453736 2003 46.5563459478668 2004 46.3731895501728 2005 46.1695137461082 2006 45.9170904556971 2007 45.6318289096358 2008 45.3229442969081 2009 44.9578680837382 2010 44.5322676575883 2011 44.0586828361332 2012 43.5487556755327 2013 43.0230843214991 2014 42.490539306812 2015 41.9729259639396 2016 41.4686298189249 2017 40.9707856679381 2018 40.5166587862224 2019 40.1137349843804 2020 39.7346319046491 2021 39.3745956431225 2022 39.0300085833412 2023 38.6939968185823