Year % of total population 1960 50.2795607678845 1961 50.2811865819897 1962 50.2818266779367 1963 50.2817460978082 1964 50.2822378121324 1965 50.2829543844752 1966 50.2841608543543 1967 50.2856839325261 1968 50.2867771231407 1969 50.2875378422413 1970 50.298476571685 1971 50.3077062856959 1972 50.303842514751 1973 50.2831421380279 1974 50.2448301225163 1975 50.2036169161578 1976 50.1595930905357 1977 50.1218734770438 1978 50.0925445112775 1979 50.0638043376633 1980 50.045265356864 1981 50.0345074798922 1982 50.0205177080338 1983 50.0023530154132 1984 49.9790154812548 1985 49.9563823866476 1986 49.9382312447024 1987 49.922109624137 1988 49.9076868825702 1989 49.8940567401199 1990 49.8820689165126 1991 49.8727317346504 1992 49.8639577271872 1993 49.8556809972934 1994 49.8536687550957 1995 49.8561314537515 1996 49.857049964139 1997 49.8567220699894 1998 49.8560900350009 1999 49.8570921893557 2000 49.8617397274803 2001 49.8709619936162 2002 49.8847811500359 2003 49.9020303155943 2004 49.9215653193989 2005 49.9429873600162 2006 49.9655474679292 2007 49.9877886267763 2008 49.9476969963221 2009 49.8497862377085 2010 49.762901078401 2011 49.6909072448308 2012 49.632399963576 2013 49.585421312809 2014 49.5543463188697 2015 49.5432823466294 2016 49.5557784931438 2017 49.5675497601904 2018 49.565177482609 2019 49.5605510713358 2020 49.5407682914716 2021 49.5176531865742 2022 49.5074595322563 2023 49.5015198069183