Year % of total population 1960 56.9396907824855 1961 56.4894788707901 1962 55.9609046482555 1963 55.3954031943903 1964 54.8765196532737 1965 54.540601142491 1966 54.3093085245387 1967 54.188629036385 1968 54.1478809738503 1969 54.1744425891366 1970 54.6356515547116 1971 55.5500584690114 1972 56.5758193241637 1973 57.6107048139516 1974 58.7017838085074 1975 59.7962439271989 1976 60.8349763065961 1977 61.8272634051139 1978 62.8076080398819 1979 63.7948404823691 1980 64.640350877193 1981 65.3680741733691 1982 66.1211522545853 1983 66.8804128452086 1984 67.6120096899699 1985 68.3096774193548 1986 68.9892095244532 1987 69.6439792844915 1988 70.2239569201227 1989 70.75900032144 1990 71.3572183267698 1991 72.0085587315521 1992 72.6082332223249 1993 73.1028513407793 1994 73.5036205936182 1995 73.8339125663069 1996 74.1178879026716 1997 74.3500379437308 1998 74.560513174455 1999 74.7551899725813 2000 74.8162436804216 2001 74.8273636263991 2002 74.9308115365138 2003 75.0721003134796 2004 75.2409658507502 2005 75.4475511754572 2006 75.6688876434813 2007 75.8897818599311 2008 76.1076227920897 2009 76.2706386699999 2010 76.3266664817332 2011 76.3091977221942 2012 76.2952866690116 2013 76.3296227581942 2014 76.3455032362595 2015 76.291638620282 2016 76.1896730356842 2017 76.0415847501612 2018 75.8661611491277 2019 75.6993377082892 2020 75.5825614131525 2021 75.3903956792298 2022 75.0740479292051 2023 74.7525609580147