Year % of total population 1960 49.7409997409997 1961 49.66945128914 1962 49.6139753506792 1963 49.5634159329477 1964 49.5132227958412 1965 49.4664974583301 1966 49.4203364705553 1967 49.3732624157509 1968 49.3282306555624 1969 49.2826249268499 1970 49.2323037536988 1971 49.1781056288907 1972 49.106274676151 1973 49.0324213477313 1974 48.969222116634 1975 48.8994592364857 1976 48.8293153326904 1977 48.7599012282333 1978 48.6870820133756 1979 48.611501417878 1980 48.534596527915 1981 48.4511921744447 1982 48.3724721104376 1983 48.2982925586137 1984 48.2213690802648 1985 48.1438211428827 1986 48.068491224482 1987 47.9867146203172 1988 47.9008991111424 1989 47.8170157857909 1990 47.7336181053227 1991 47.6438676050342 1992 47.5449551743794 1993 47.4336156258353 1994 47.3071688287779 1995 47.1731566085848 1996 47.0303079133599 1997 46.8755309388698 1998 46.7153184165232 1999 46.5497623053242 2000 46.3917015499491 2001 46.3013133661853 2002 46.2817048846388 2003 46.2601671464908 2004 46.2183715528353 2005 46.1650244800119 2006 46.0992623476588 2007 46.0297530223049 2008 45.9611739667631 2009 45.8938921087829 2010 45.8231898607103 2011 45.7436741156751 2012 45.79073852685 2013 45.9491019405788 2014 46.0699300699301 2015 46.155615313849 2016 46.2097118994489 2017 46.2413423194422 2018 47.570944446249 2019 48.2872190029362 2020 47.8709691052787 2021 47.9152875411111 2022 47.9418088228371 2023 47.9739895979217