Year % of total population 1960 51.5577240262575 1961 51.4800079336884 1962 51.4018686418634 1963 51.328307319065 1964 51.2588814249263 1965 51.1890706662602 1966 51.1208933600851 1967 51.058504348606 1968 50.9995915322867 1969 50.9445404599352 1970 50.8919430529146 1971 50.8398220874171 1972 50.7884087964401 1973 50.734677517301 1974 50.68029244939 1975 50.6267908812123 1976 50.5753771982423 1977 50.5275660821158 1978 50.4813744785808 1979 50.4372511513823 1980 50.3927258630691 1981 50.3467387446419 1982 50.3004933840905 1983 50.2537623907201 1984 50.2072254501498 1985 50.1608048318789 1986 50.1139493043322 1987 50.0687733033778 1988 50.0273315936079 1989 49.9893100011133 1990 49.9526121161761 1991 49.9167374637853 1992 49.8837880321128 1993 49.8676713370031 1994 49.8686401416157 1995 49.8755895782397 1996 49.8893842927826 1997 49.9074329585741 1998 49.927581057251 1999 49.9528669770824 2000 49.9830976675584 2001 50.0087906403741 2002 50.0282418840746 2003 50.0462211239569 2004 50.0631924858327 2005 50.0737221546505 2006 50.0751796935241 2007 50.0727655782491 2008 50.0671119396714 2009 50.0575798458398 2010 50.0449968471977 2011 50.0308836375157 2012 50.01687452596 2013 50.005493400477 2014 49.9964298080222 2015 49.9861338260427 2016 49.977582833671 2017 49.9752893051399 2018 49.9766807430704 2019 49.9792461085241 2020 49.9755090397324 2021 49.9672270389677 2022 49.9593648451821 2023 49.9511488244891