Year % female 1971 15.226300239563 1972 15.7684898376465 1973 16.5291404724121 1974 17.671630859375 1975 18.390209197998 1976 19.801700592041 1977 19.9546604156494 1978 21.3163509368896 1979 22.9757099151611 1980 24.7146797180176 1981 25.6759700775146 1982 26.2004699707031 1983 27.1552295684814 1984 28.0242195129395 1985 28.7928695678711 1986 29.6121807098389 1987 30.4002094268799 1988 30.9754600524902 1989 31.5206604003906 1990 32.4782600402832 1991 34.2372894287109 1992 35.3981781005859 1993 35.8010406494141 1994 36.3725509643555 1995 37.379940032959 1996 37.9939918518066 1997 39.223030090332 1998 39.5668716430664 1999 40.8469390869141 2000 44.0117492675781 2001 45.4755783081055 2002 47.6830787658691 2003 49.091251373291 2004 49.9374618530273 2005 50.7344703674316 2006 51.7168617248535 2007 52.5086784362793 2008 53.5948181152344 2009 54.457820892334 2010 55.3204193115234 2011 56.5309295654297 2012 57.7904205322266 2013 58.0681610107422 2014 58.5151405334473 2015 59.1874198913574 2016 59.4853096008301 2017 59.9610481262207 2018 60.5856590270996 2019 61.2912712097168 2020 62.0912704467773 2021 62.9411811828613 2022 63.7250099182129