Year % of relevant age group 1970 20.8548603057861 1971 20.9170207977295 1972 21.2667293548584 1973 21.576530456543 1974 21.8601703643799 1975 22.0720100402832 1976 22.3056297302246 1977 22.7242107391357 1978 22.9646606445312 1979 23.1943092346191 1980 23.4034595489502 1981 23.6344509124756 1982 23.796329498291 1983 23.7641201019287 1984 23.7323207855225 1985 23.7427501678467 1986 23.9122295379639 1987 23.5824298858643 1988 23.5536193847656 1989 23.8206901550293 1990 24.853120803833 1991 25.579309463501 1992 25.8906402587891 1993 25.8746204376221 1994 25.7505397796631 1995 25.6458492279053 1996 25.4526100158691 1997 25.784049987793 1998 25.910270690918 1999 25.5422191619873 2000 25.4953594207764 2001 26.7914905548096 2002 30.1453304290771 2003 33.2582015991211 2004 34.6028518676758 2005 35.7697715759277 2006 36.8680610656738 2007 38.3266487121582 2008 40.4325714111328 2009 41.661678314209 2010 42.6933708190918 2011 43.2864685058594 2012 43.6000900268555 2013 43.7749481201172 2014 43.3957405090332 2015 44.4629211425781 2016 45.032169342041 2017 45.2076110839844 2018 45.497371673584 2019 45.0924606323242 2020 45.0903587341309 2021 44.9680099487305 2022 44.3213500976562