Year % of total population 1960 55.6679518205674 1961 55.6781767162865 1962 55.6545529122144 1963 55.5544031475432 1964 55.3588089666658 1965 55.181437356666 1966 55.0609089463053 1967 54.9394111770484 1968 54.8177753558491 1969 54.6933256071706 1970 54.57664379518 1971 54.4429336882438 1972 54.2828726547156 1973 54.1146605472482 1974 53.9334673214054 1975 53.7435483744838 1976 53.5478685146682 1977 53.3603571503685 1978 53.1688231100092 1979 52.9699779253255 1980 52.7913023566862 1981 52.6058495714827 1982 52.4035007387088 1983 52.1943042965411 1984 52.016423779164 1985 51.8927196856776 1986 51.8133815490083 1987 51.7946619235634 1988 51.8328866757637 1989 51.916304034745 1990 52.0429248953911 1991 52.1843854195981 1992 52.3379603600625 1993 52.5192897571385 1994 52.7089375874161 1995 52.8844446831039 1996 53.043405882122 1997 53.2001194943223 1998 53.352733365611 1999 53.464559637341 2000 53.5092650742591 2001 53.4988712110461 2002 53.4443147416711 2003 53.3573395792461 2004 53.2645694395668 2005 53.1628569038175 2006 53.0460205247546 2007 52.9317600031742 2008 52.8215827478254 2009 52.7219458675309 2010 52.647079661747 2011 52.5956210147558 2012 52.5619079146422 2013 52.5542152258646 2014 52.5894239697763 2015 52.660172222587 2016 52.7653415319508 2017 52.9188577433807 2018 53.0969166027638 2019 53.2820402543837 2020 53.4955822386776 2021 53.732346480655 2022 53.9809030481191 2023 54.2518183895318