Year % of female population 1960 41.3421657842829 1961 41.8377940052755 1962 42.3594613972891 1963 42.912253509928 1964 43.5222617725545 1965 44.0850261312413 1966 44.5645989072507 1967 45.0219078177052 1968 45.4499747394973 1969 45.8464595112436 1970 46.2987338943352 1971 46.6613747847597 1972 46.7513354601092 1973 46.7033115201378 1974 46.6247476718898 1975 46.5322545455381 1976 46.431258330659 1977 46.3050382332035 1978 46.1583805295793 1979 46.0169487092172 1980 45.8746033099232 1981 45.745836714943 1982 45.6411327150065 1983 45.5525936385926 1984 45.50147678714 1985 45.5118891735289 1986 45.5894600875151 1987 45.7000371569124 1988 45.8036683630859 1989 45.895463234629 1990 45.9704485231814 1991 46.0486546386593 1992 46.1084825336378 1993 46.1330679459827 1994 46.1366656044305 1995 46.1150915935635 1996 46.0697725284339 1997 45.9939325021112 1998 45.884530047426 1999 45.7553680969719 2000 45.617686783855 2001 45.477294131945 2002 45.3427950545494 2003 45.2234458663128 2004 45.1226241537472 2005 45.0461753667656 2006 44.9943268903057 2007 44.9629005625096 2008 44.9576888696228 2009 44.9699003398372 2010 44.9822898740835 2011 44.9884788413006 2012 44.9951559198692 2013 45.0072144383085 2014 45.0173887705567 2015 45.0138620459823 2016 44.9744047822035 2017 44.899618036223 2018 44.8055774690226 2019 44.686178286097 2020 44.56633953915 2021 44.4352049653104 2022 44.2683708647752 2023 44.0628867109594