Year % female 1970 20.5041599273682 1971 20.7018203735352 1972 20.2946605682373 1973 20.4096908569336 1974 20.3365592956543 1975 20.4375705718994 1976 21.4573001861572 1977 21.9191207885742 1978 22.6262493133545 1979 23.233699798584 1980 23.5584392547607 1981 23.8930892944336 1982 24.5160598754883 1983 24.6949691772461 1984 25.0589504241943 1985 25.6698207855225 1986 26.0178298950195 1987 26.4656105041504 1988 26.271089553833 1989 26.1968593597412 1990 25.7980403900146 1991 25.8971004486084 1992 25.6440105438232 1993 26.0923595428467 1994 27.4518508911133 1995 28.9703598022461 1996 30.4407405853271 1997 31.5041694641113 1998 33.0551605224609 1999 34.3469696044922 2000 35.3406410217285 2001 36.4821395874023 2002 36.7355995178223 2003 36.7929916381836 2004 36.8692207336426 2005 37.8999290466309 2006 37.4563217163086 2007 38.4144592285156 2008 39.1800193786621 2009 39.7853584289551 2010 40.2546806335449 2011 40.9117317199707 2012 40.5429496765137 2013 40.200569152832 2014 40.4291687011719 2015 40.5530700683594 2016 40.2282600402832 2017 40.0723114013672 2018 39.8273086547852 2019 39.7307395935059 2020 39.7554206848145 2021 39.7548408508301 2022 39.7198295593262