Year % of total population 1960 49.9098504833324 1961 49.8664876348317 1962 49.8138835113792 1963 49.7483275732881 1964 49.692415367564 1965 49.6535514583673 1966 49.6193262186458 1967 49.5879406044019 1968 49.5632685809981 1969 49.5511899119881 1970 49.5500106888078 1971 49.5579992357844 1972 49.5722532458129 1973 49.5893490951956 1974 49.61048152143 1975 49.6351355462694 1976 49.6613273526758 1977 49.6912142068776 1978 49.7267361871628 1979 49.7647395112002 1980 49.8040942807002 1981 49.8444607337205 1982 49.8858319830896 1983 49.9253764948511 1984 49.9621248019069 1985 49.9990486474576 1986 50.0115215773589 1987 50.0243421145942 1988 50.0601102521805 1989 50.0960740538527 1990 50.1323090834094 1991 50.1663482142979 1992 50.1988911975949 1993 50.2316145659271 1994 50.2603102608465 1995 50.2875024862856 1996 50.3155409373814 1997 50.3418060106445 1998 50.3669298726901 1999 50.3910116021638 2000 50.4143552690204 2001 50.4372381644548 2002 50.45994148821 2003 50.4816656008116 2004 50.5027201030067 2005 50.5225140428273 2006 50.5390120811436 2007 50.5536328848332 2008 50.5688755507951 2009 50.5826920302299 2010 50.5941695799045 2011 50.6052455662494 2012 50.6155325220907 2013 50.6255521327044 2014 50.6351099674475 2015 50.634310713307 2016 50.6256575373603 2017 50.6169644403287 2018 50.5966139635283 2019 50.571319825588 2020 50.5543171385644 2021 50.5385162612133 2022 50.5190313780489 2023 50.4979691478839