Year % female 1970 30.7502098083496 1971 30.7856502532959 1972 31.0096397399902 1973 31.3656597137451 1974 31.5751094818115 1975 31.884090423584 1976 32.1344909667969 1977 32.5932998657227 1978 33.139518737793 1979 33.8475303649902 1980 34.3646087646484 1981 34.7859802246094 1982 35.4219589233398 1983 35.8658714294434 1984 36.166690826416 1985 36.6147384643555 1986 36.8422393798828 1987 37.4947700500488 1988 37.482120513916 1989 37.6355590820312 1990 37.8696594238281 1991 37.2091598510742 1992 37.476749420166 1993 37.6687889099121 1994 38.4975090026855 1995 37.9197616577148 1996 38.0825805664062 1997 37.3940315246582 1998 36.6173210144043 1999 36.8571701049805 2000 38.1516914367676 2001 38.2448501586914 2002 38.0091590881348 2003 37.9873313903809 2004 38.7454795837402 2005 38.9981994628906 2006 39.857250213623 2007 40.0131301879883 2008 40.4438285827637 2009 40.266788482666 2010 40.8598899841309 2011 40.9853706359863 2012 40.7972984313965 2013 41.3803596496582 2014 41.7597618103027 2015 42.3291282653809 2016 42.3517608642578 2017 42.3598098754883 2018 42.2320213317871 2019 43.034969329834 2020 43.7224617004395 2021 43.7794418334961 2022 43.9183502197266