Year % of female population 1960 41.7917032363851 1961 42.0074234597684 1962 42.2318650018714 1963 42.413570358121 1964 42.5655808107259 1965 42.7343963909931 1966 42.9032988828409 1967 43.0752073443301 1968 43.2504580578943 1969 43.4291101263783 1970 43.6082107553994 1971 43.7881158489509 1972 43.9728308147112 1973 44.1502540183983 1974 44.3145681134508 1975 44.4942007402073 1976 44.6671758908913 1977 44.7911406269817 1978 44.8540796518601 1979 44.8388556460867 1980 44.7421850480871 1981 44.5785753583884 1982 44.3622065218397 1983 44.0850881719889 1984 43.847131181343 1985 43.7089295840422 1986 43.606719216736 1987 43.5135122994268 1988 43.4384049194888 1989 43.3588424191776 1990 43.251468175501 1991 43.1311649081042 1992 43.0256674956595 1993 42.8980263758467 1994 42.7986898231883 1995 42.7486838139762 1996 42.6926452185876 1997 42.7776313897513 1998 42.8048008704631 1999 42.6304872281356 2000 42.04301537012 2001 41.528068806228 2002 41.5105316204528 2003 41.377368509023 2004 41.0945203644534 2005 40.8175582871645 2006 40.5619460338429 2007 40.3966491279649 2008 40.4208484987763 2009 40.3102579953475 2010 40.2301220089483 2011 40.4442875758319 2012 40.7536820403099 2013 41.1123427545447 2014 41.3985826885093 2015 41.6142761117396 2016 41.7213936935682 2017 41.7143299594099 2018 41.6422873475234 2019 41.4934028737034 2020 41.2698145796211 2021 40.9933414847544 2022 40.6404016295791 2023 40.1991476410305