Year % of female population 1960 39.3008545620767 1961 39.5376440022929 1962 39.7788425427435 1963 40.0368278609225 1964 40.2337186794807 1965 40.3539403587547 1966 40.4793072145421 1967 40.6249327265999 1968 40.791027332176 1969 40.9713813224235 1970 41.1731872750279 1971 41.4137015306254 1972 41.6766900755828 1973 41.9285574682267 1974 42.1535002924123 1975 42.348891336522 1976 42.501575596072 1977 42.6315791708581 1978 42.7723873965315 1979 42.9295226590847 1980 43.1021742714116 1981 43.286715181957 1982 43.4786537084799 1983 43.6711790914282 1984 43.8753274187241 1985 44.1115925598631 1986 44.381844061611 1987 44.6904936719405 1988 45.0070733779437 1989 45.2672150866387 1990 45.5002200751863 1991 45.7205941753706 1992 45.8778714508595 1993 45.9664382366736 1994 45.9948729911609 1995 46.0113003888071 1996 46.007432884578 1997 45.9527462519062 1998 45.8700163684015 1999 45.7661393567329 2000 45.6431473086454 2001 45.5408634989698 2002 45.4184029672624 2003 45.3403786785762 2004 45.341094515027 2005 45.3156422175179 2006 45.3865159418772 2007 45.5167161049514 2008 45.5899424118199 2009 45.6507096400337 2010 45.7526086572761 2011 46.0565178739112 2012 46.5930287723138 2013 47.1758165795967 2014 47.9195842676966 2015 48.377800258531 2016 48.3094765697557 2017 48.2345549352201 2018 48.1589645196824 2019 48.0002957588375 2020 47.765374736984 2021 47.7245018551601 2022 47.6593553583912 2023 47.351352800075