Year % female 1970 45.2887496948242 1976 48.3617286682129 1993 50.2325592041016 1996 52.7102203369141 1997 51.8049392700195 1999 51.2386703491211 2000 52.909740447998 2001 53.6324195861816 2002 54.1737213134766 2003 53.1628189086914 2004 56.1923408508301 2005 55.8512191772461 2006 54.7382583618164 2007 55.217170715332 2008 55.9884910583496 2009 55.8041114807129 2010 56.4701309204102 2011 55.7743301391602 2012 55.7350006103516 2013 55.7446784973145 2014 55.6233215332031 2015 55.5735092163086 2016 54.6860885620117 2017 55.4585990905762 2022 55.2451286315918 2023 55.2362518310547