Year % female 1970 58.9238891601562 1971 59.669979095459 1972 58.7934608459473 1973 58.3899917602539 1974 58.1351203918457 1975 57.9919395446777 1976 57.5042686462402 1977 56.9837188720703 1978 56.287841796875 1979 55.7143592834473 1980 55.5994110107422 1981 54.6878700256348 1982 54.3635711669922 1983 53.5100517272949 1984 53.097728729248 1985 52.8091697692871 1986 52.5371017456055 1987 52.3222618103027 1988 51.839771270752 1989 51.7490310668945 1990 52.1650886535645 1991 51.8733100891113 1992 51.695068359375 1993 51.3405494689941 1994 51.464958190918 1995 51.2403793334961 1996 49.9637794494629 1997 49.778678894043 1998 49.9030303955078 1999 49.4780311584473 2000 49.8390502929688 2001 49.8232002258301 2002 49.9050903320312 2003 49.7593383789062 2004 50.1143989562988 2005 49.4947090148926 2006 49.6457290649414 2007 49.5929908752441 2008 49.5027885437012 2009 49.5915298461914 2010 49.5792503356934 2011 48.9964790344238 2012 48.7864608764648 2013 48.7515983581543 2014 48.4845504760742 2015 48.2133483886719 2016 47.5483818054199 2017 47.3807411193848 2018 48.7807083129883 2019 49.4781608581543 2020 49.0852584838867 2021 48.9547805786133 2022 48.4883308410645