Year % of total population 1960 52.5059636357556 1961 52.2359910546439 1962 52.0228990903384 1963 51.8474487213789 1964 51.7311355625466 1965 51.7648691613568 1966 51.8906927197558 1967 52.0027317109454 1968 52.1008402171882 1969 52.185620702653 1970 52.2575791250524 1971 52.3158195773139 1972 52.3616907215916 1973 52.3962568020175 1974 52.4501899378621 1975 52.5172176597653 1976 52.5602136149536 1977 52.5564529088067 1978 52.4930704147997 1979 52.4021166936258 1980 52.297583416515 1981 52.1651700489542 1982 52.0082311164428 1983 51.841518284129 1984 51.6600710674539 1985 51.4669857511428 1986 51.2647608140545 1987 51.0531148068652 1988 50.790968626182 1989 50.4754399834664 1990 50.1764978060379 1991 50.2928430734676 1992 50.8190742223083 1993 50.9789178804932 1994 50.8178039157143 1995 50.6783591020853 1996 50.5636705498197 1997 50.4693888132016 1998 50.3852616564613 1999 50.3069540755007 2000 50.2371562575783 2001 50.1705868325949 2002 50.0953368640922 2003 50.0036097548128 2004 49.866059353757 2005 49.6244205282512 2006 49.293581912537 2007 49.0592855320859 2008 49.050152996502 2009 49.1504843505609 2010 49.2617083419618 2011 49.3770789699053 2012 49.4776965861788 2013 49.5635629996845 2014 49.6391190027075 2015 49.6925600301048 2016 49.7339158531537 2017 49.7917852540002 2018 49.8673601584469 2019 49.9496771242115 2020 50.0444472583339 2021 50.1511639129075 2022 50.2655119806432 2023 50.3930318159873