Year % female 1970 47.1697006225586 1971 46.9296607971191 1972 46.236930847168 1973 45.8759498596191 1974 45.5274200439453 1975 44.9716911315918 1976 45.125789642334 1977 44.1856689453125 1978 46.4672813415527 1979 46.522518157959 1980 46.1764907836914 1981 46.2126007080078 1982 46.0092315673828 1983 46.1650314331055 1984 46.881778717041 1985 48.246509552002 1986 48.8565711975098 1987 49.5938682556152 1988 50.4365615844727 1989 50.6758689880371 1990 51.4291381835938 1991 51.609130859375 1992 52.0714988708496 1993 52.4576187133789 1994 52.9600105285645 1995 53.4340705871582 1996 53.858829498291 1997 54.00537109375 1998 54.2690811157227 1999 54.531608581543 2000 54.8585510253906 2001 55.1950302124023 2002 55.4836502075195 2003 56.6625900268555 2004 57.1017608642578 2005 57.6959991455078 2006 57.7458114624023 2007 57.7541007995605 2008 58.1247711181641 2009 58.4427604675293 2010 58.8621215820312 2011 59.2555885314941 2012 59.5290794372559 2013 59.7967109680176 2014 60.4016914367676 2015 61.088680267334 2016 61.5491409301758 2017 62.4397583007812 2018 63.4099807739258 2019 64.1415863037109 2020 64.6138000488281 2021 64.8754501342773 2022 65.1732482910156