Year % of total population 1960 49.7962351112541 1961 49.8152006245792 1962 49.8347280933843 1963 49.8549412362683 1964 49.8755168758259 1965 49.8959936887079 1966 49.9163831817578 1967 49.9363237963517 1968 49.9551515981656 1969 49.972533701996 1970 49.9885244159195 1971 50.0033332690194 1972 50.0167297963221 1973 50.0285314755756 1974 50.0393813905232 1975 50.0493959702408 1976 50.0580437370431 1977 50.0649322862457 1978 50.0697899279176 1979 50.0728772219656 1980 50.0741379715425 1981 50.0736877968484 1982 50.0719863541196 1983 50.0685303278483 1984 50.062469866533 1985 50.0550462281928 1986 50.043596314979 1987 50.0253275425376 1988 50.0013261145353 1989 49.972767383586 1990 49.9413414635381 1991 49.9081467204815 1992 49.874376230865 1993 49.8416324724138 1994 49.8109119470064 1995 49.7819063671798 1996 49.7539935292015 1997 49.7267184715971 1998 49.6999294810562 1999 49.6738307830396 2000 49.6489046894777 2001 49.6252473305868 2002 49.6032980628639 2003 49.583842850183 2004 49.566258073445 2005 49.5497921173711 2006 49.5327767037595 2007 49.5142124123303 2008 49.495533673353 2009 49.478735991675 2010 49.4642082708298 2011 49.4498840062302 2012 49.4347425999811 2013 49.4191370591201 2014 49.4035866658831 2015 49.3898733880637 2016 49.3805657020421 2017 49.3769305304878 2018 49.3761252849988 2019 49.3735440321422 2020 49.3604186805976 2021 49.3341189965278 2022 49.3033025546659 2023 49.2821046482945