Year % female 1970 44.1346282958984 1971 43.0455017089844 1972 42.9378700256348 1973 42.7276496887207 1974 42.6601104736328 1975 42.5404815673828 1976 42.5908508300781 1977 43.1569404602051 1978 42.9244194030762 1979 43.5208702087402 1980 44.7947807312012 1981 45.0411911010742 1982 44.4514007568359 1983 46.0104789733887 1984 46.9964218139648 1985 48.2686004638672 1986 49.4991912841797 1987 49.2139701843262 1988 50.1221313476562 1989 51.1504287719727 1990 51.3383293151855 1991 51.0714302062988 1992 51.6015281677246 1993 51.5206718444824 1994 52.4293403625488 1995 52.0687103271484 1996 52.2758407592773 1997 51.7979583740234 1998 51.4237098693848 1999 51.4279708862305 2000 52.1133308410645 2001 52.154468536377 2002 52.3552093505859 2003 51.1854591369629 2004 51.8524703979492 2005 52.0271911621094 2006 52.1191787719727 2007 52.0368995666504 2008 52.0320281982422 2009 51.7433013916016 2010 51.6503982543945 2011 51.7953414916992 2012 51.6474914550781 2013 51.8376197814941 2014 52.2265205383301 2015 52.7340888977051 2016 52.8983383178711 2017 52.7188606262207 2018 52.4281196594238 2019 53.2530517578125 2020 54.0387115478516 2021 53.3493881225586 2022 53.330509185791