Year % of female population 1960 40.8155117167105 1961 41.2539711263924 1962 41.7448757043748 1963 42.300037287955 1964 42.8726882210944 1965 43.3122177007733 1966 43.6216211274944 1967 43.8891770555725 1968 44.0988233857 1969 44.2447282144178 1970 44.338692709757 1971 44.3997033382508 1972 44.4433121817961 1973 44.4810474641724 1974 44.5187749154999 1975 44.5631646596727 1976 44.6216013794785 1977 44.7002849926388 1978 44.8028216479026 1979 44.9264889979115 1980 45.0600751861225 1981 45.2002396973374 1982 45.3600327025718 1983 45.5280952125724 1984 45.6803097193374 1985 45.8099232201644 1986 45.9095683294648 1987 45.9740560924825 1988 46.003533248555 1989 45.9965607911133 1990 45.9586622928945 1991 45.8991721402285 1992 45.8755793344122 1993 45.8809755929592 1994 45.82917535106 1995 45.7031740832978 1996 45.516690985014 1997 45.2745666734361 1998 44.9842682670401 1999 44.8210840949155 2000 44.8124981483127 2001 44.8000914158022 2002 44.7412798911064 2003 44.465584018482 2004 43.9530576330088 2005 43.4169850132236 2006 42.9292488197151 2007 42.4643757407404 2008 42.0097422630538 2009 41.5618593741737 2010 41.1255530045948 2011 40.7075575256396 2012 40.3073993192632 2013 39.9266675260316 2014 39.5739471724782 2015 39.2539591471466 2016 38.9691402965347 2017 38.7251320170467 2018 38.5257111243818 2019 38.3396384502107 2020 38.1405711466046 2021 37.936283770152 2022 37.7129628629029 2023 37.4502734444566