Year % of female population 1960 16.6709892497571 1961 16.757730978059 1962 16.8427206145823 1963 16.9207908625239 1964 16.9935592947108 1965 17.0635626024741 1966 17.1274007534259 1967 17.1832552383234 1968 17.2356937729952 1969 17.2723549127933 1970 17.285108948646 1971 17.2876819180591 1972 17.2845430947931 1973 17.2847417838412 1974 17.3076399626799 1975 17.3670571687845 1976 17.4625353955781 1977 17.5942247218154 1978 17.7636312278903 1979 17.9521915482787 1980 18.1285318130856 1981 18.2802371192603 1982 18.3952654304627 1983 18.4582395395427 1984 18.4906554527364 1985 18.5253985559236 1986 18.562853867497 1987 18.5895203301173 1988 18.5924251534916 1989 18.5559720440357 1990 18.4769998742588 1991 18.3843160698256 1992 18.2921353378222 1993 18.2012618266283 1994 18.1231066747293 1995 18.0598441995237 1996 18.0140721570339 1997 17.9783661467418 1998 17.9386332085499 1999 17.8956036892126 2000 17.8513907518842 2001 17.7978220279785 2002 17.7403636639358 2003 17.7053858326318 2004 17.694187053411 2005 17.6995246239127 2006 17.7428364857441 2007 17.820613367197 2008 17.894762349751 2009 17.9450147539029 2010 17.9658498176221 2011 17.9389435318328 2012 17.8648346479495 2013 17.7621951851546 2014 17.6278153442356 2015 17.4517774047553 2016 17.2235198380394 2017 16.9434514336084 2018 16.6437148375178 2019 16.3499503701269 2020 16.0671423875427 2021 15.8157503535171 2022 15.6075326382705 2023 15.4152576746435