Year % female 1978 48.8788795471191 1979 48.6413993835449 1980 48.7892189025879 1981 48.8882293701172 1982 49.6072807312012 1983 50.586109161377 1984 50.817008972168 1985 51.5409812927246 1986 51.4523086547852 1987 51.3766212463379 1988 51.32080078125 1989 51.3789405822754 1990 51.9440002441406 1991 52.2225494384766 1992 52.4821014404297 1993 52.8022994995117 1994 53.130931854248 1995 53.4876098632812 1996 54.0226707458496 1997 54.7971687316895 1998 55.5353889465332 1999 56.0964813232422 2000 56.710620880127 2001 57.9849090576172 2002 58.5297584533691 2003 58.7789192199707 2004 58.3713989257812 2005 58.4084892272949 2006 57.0764198303223 2007 56.0333404541016 2008 56.4984817504883 2009 57.0829582214355 2010 57.4514389038086 2011 57.7001609802246 2012 57.969181060791 2013 58.4822998046875 2014 58.9241905212402 2015 59.4590682983398 2016 59.9619483947754 2017 60.5314712524414 2018 61.0378608703613 2019 61.5138206481934 2020 61.2107315063477 2021 62.6192092895508 2022 62.9343490600586