Year % female 1970 20.1715507507324 1971 20.2042102813721 1972 20.099760055542 1973 20.3789291381836 1974 20.5702705383301 1975 20.5800590515137 1976 20.7887096405029 1977 21.2917308807373 1978 20.9119300842285 1979 21.3098392486572 1980 21.3512592315674 1981 21.7514591217041 1982 19.1908893585205 1983 19.9709491729736 1984 21.0562496185303 1985 22.2280693054199 1986 23.8656692504883 1987 25.0282001495361 1988 24.9886703491211 1989 25.2556495666504 1990 25.4180297851562 1991 24.8411102294922 1992 25.8307304382324 1993 26.4079303741455 1994 27.0509300231934 1995 26.3810901641846 1996 26.1672992706299 1997 25.9614791870117 1998 25.605770111084 1999 25.2377700805664 2000 25.6421298980713 2001 25.871919631958 2002 23.8817901611328 2003 25.4871597290039 2004 23.8691997528076 2005 22.6159191131592 2006 26.6774005889893 2007 23.6446208953857 2008 27.5868396759033 2009 29.2246894836426 2010 31.2720203399658 2011 33.8470611572266 2012 32.1843414306641 2013 33.5680885314941 2014 32.0895690917969 2015 32.6508102416992 2016 31.8665199279785 2017 32.2747611999512 2018 32.7488708496094 2019 34.4009399414062 2020 35.8305816650391 2021 35.9660301208496 2022 35.9110908508301