Year % female 1971 25.0134906768799 1972 25.0057201385498 1973 25.097749710083 1974 25.373140335083 1975 25.6658992767334 1976 26.1629104614258 1977 26.3853607177734 1978 27.3358497619629 1979 27.7043590545654 1980 27.9243106842041 1981 28.013500213623 1982 28.5323791503906 1983 28.6014995574951 1984 29.1022090911865 1985 29.8905391693115 1986 29.8809394836426 1987 29.826789855957 1988 30.0847797393799 1989 30.1432094573975 1990 29.9912300109863 1991 30.6073398590088 1992 31.0210399627686 1993 31.5856800079346 1994 32.8317108154297 1995 34.1514282226562 1996 35.3776893615723 1997 36.2969284057617 1998 37.2612495422363 1999 37.8541488647461 2000 38.5251998901367 2001 38.4617614746094 2002 38.3083915710449 2003 38.2919082641602 2004 38.7490310668945 2005 38.8698081970215 2006 38.8956413269043 2007 38.9395217895508 2008 38.7060585021973 2009 38.5115585327148 2010 38.4778709411621 2011 38.5157814025879 2012 38.509838104248 2013 38.3010292053223 2014 38.5535202026367 2015 38.8845901489258 2016 39.2858505249023 2017 40.1484107971191 2018 40.5824890136719 2019 40.7545585632324 2020 41.1029586791992 2021 41.4697189331055 2022 41.6195602416992