Year % female 1970 50.5563507080078 1971 50.9180717468262 1972 51.5452117919922 1973 51.8955192565918 1974 52.548038482666 1975 52.9966888427734 1976 53.0647315979004 1977 53.2333793640137 1978 53.6318283081055 1979 53.6685218811035 1980 53.8958511352539 1981 54.0296096801758 1982 53.9510688781738 1983 54.3070487976074 1984 54.5741081237793 1985 55.0493812561035 1986 55.4842987060547 1987 56.2191009521484 1988 56.8653793334961 1989 57.3164710998535 1990 57.753791809082 1991 58.3915100097656 1992 58.5594215393066 1993 59.1105804443359 1994 59.388111114502 1995 59.8703918457031 1996 60.2963905334473 1997 60.7646102905273 1998 61.2707595825195 1999 62.1215782165527 2000 62.5728416442871 2001 60.9512901306152 2002 64.5829925537109 2003 65.8952484130859 2004 65.8696594238281 2005 66.4523086547852 2006 62.2910614013672 2007 60.0273208618164 2008 60.1698112487793 2009 60.3446006774902 2010 60.1260108947754 2011 59.8994216918945 2012 60.0354881286621 2013 59.7865104675293 2014 59.438850402832 2015 59.391471862793 2016 59.2287406921387 2017 59.0416793823242 2018 58.9412117004395 2019 58.5258903503418 2020 58.6679382324219 2021 59.0285987854004 2022 59.1563491821289