Year % female 1970 43.8064994812012 1971 43.8647994995117 1972 43.9112091064453 1973 44.1237182617188 1974 44.2809295654297 1975 44.1901817321777 1976 44.3321189880371 1977 44.3171691894531 1978 43.5621795654297 1979 42.7110214233398 1980 43.1774406433105 1981 42.8247299194336 1982 39.9950981140137 1983 39.9594993591309 1984 39.6595497131348 1985 40.6065483093262 1986 40.971118927002 1987 41.1474685668945 1988 41.2429809570312 1989 41.769660949707 1990 42.2332382202148 1991 42.1016082763672 1992 42.5466499328613 1993 43.1480484008789 1994 44.0800514221191 1995 44.4306411743164 1996 44.4833793640137 1997 44.7056884765625 1998 44.8976402282715 1999 45.0943717956543 2000 45.4712295532227 2001 46.3162803649902 2002 46.0844306945801 2003 47.2362594604492 2004 47.2194213867188 2005 47.3625793457031 2006 48.6354904174805 2007 48.5864715576172 2008 49.7808799743652 2009 50.8282585144043 2010 51.393970489502 2011 50.54833984375 2012 51.6963806152344 2013 50.7090797424316 2014 50.4907608032227 2015 50.6973991394043 2016 51.2436485290527 2017 52.197208404541 2018 51.7106513977051 2019 52.9690017700195 2020 54.0771903991699 2021 54.0546798706055 2022 54.0997200012207