Year % female 1970 27.1170997619629 1971 27.844690322876 1972 28.35032081604 1973 28.839469909668 1974 29.7998294830322 1975 29.8338603973389 1976 30.8942394256592 1977 30.6446704864502 1978 32.2299880981445 1979 31.8737506866455 1980 33.4174995422363 1981 34.7291984558105 1982 36.3096809387207 1983 38.2079010009766 1984 37.8760681152344 1985 37.8516387939453 1986 37.7045211791992 1987 37.9726600646973 1988 37.5368003845215 1989 37.778751373291 1990 39.0474700927734 1991 38.1498794555664 1992 38.2615814208984 1993 38.7010803222656 1994 38.6026802062988 1995 39.0809097290039 1996 39.7854614257812 1997 40.2008018493652 1998 40.7335510253906 1999 40.4914093017578 2000 40.8488807678223 2001 41.1216011047363 2002 44.260009765625 2003 42.3963394165039 2004 42.1818389892578 2005 43.7860412597656 2006 44.2329216003418 2007 43.730110168457 2008 45.1820182800293 2009 46.8855400085449 2010 46.2446212768555 2011 44.4684715270996 2012 44.0954704284668 2013 42.9747200012207 2014 43.0389099121094 2015 43.1767501831055 2016 43.286548614502 2017 43.5734405517578 2018 43.814868927002 2019 44.0972709655762 2020 44.2432289123535 2021 44.9737586975098 2022 44.6138916015625