Year % of total population 1960 49.4961261694397 1961 49.4717204897054 1962 49.449154990718 1963 49.4281260269736 1964 49.4078878378742 1965 49.3873940360442 1966 49.3666706694019 1967 49.3469694134404 1968 49.3290795762151 1969 49.3145245306308 1970 49.2376777800457 1971 49.1070348171308 1972 48.9955975608919 1973 48.9035680426389 1974 48.8324781952493 1975 48.7367319749461 1976 48.5934628387216 1977 48.2705991157042 1978 47.5360528199062 1979 46.870076217357 1980 47.8429986357304 1981 48.9324222683036 1982 49.0608423657282 1983 49.0596267916188 1984 48.9599594788016 1985 48.9165486740429 1986 48.8613659245129 1987 48.6599928773823 1988 48.3399641269346 1989 48.1675232619288 1990 48.1124528408596 1991 48.0798800132783 1992 47.9446085660284 1993 47.7390008891221 1994 47.6123243948526 1995 47.5610924136084 1996 47.5621459002551 1997 47.5639699743038 1998 47.5625292032707 1999 47.5470820779051 2000 47.5011314209193 2001 47.460468821284 2002 47.4284259090216 2003 47.3876325499171 2004 47.3240960091625 2005 47.2314328150434 2006 47.1909632139518 2007 47.1664344951973 2008 47.1060680632974 2009 47.0495456950853 2010 46.9958926837558 2011 46.9385223232227 2012 46.9178115495196 2013 46.9416739663287 2014 46.9712905534618 2015 47.0001102795442 2016 47.0268954515363 2017 47.0516132999157 2018 47.076238238916 2019 47.0997957095355 2020 47.1306791095611 2021 47.1671534053408 2022 47.214138848495 2023 47.2790916802582