Year % of total population 1960 49.4793979029318 1961 49.4912876889241 1962 49.5428979677913 1963 49.589328936672 1964 49.6138518699318 1965 49.6319097364114 1966 49.6525607765248 1967 49.6733369407178 1968 49.687651270921 1969 49.6984802111515 1970 49.7180873032975 1971 49.7461488272053 1972 49.769178277676 1973 49.787994332702 1974 49.8127742028447 1975 49.8515718534954 1976 49.8991813120776 1977 49.9481483073253 1978 49.9948870889522 1979 50.0356564193572 1980 50.069153932574 1981 50.0849159801989 1982 50.0802752028965 1983 50.0731193163188 1984 50.0720884322425 1985 50.06530601592 1986 50.0623676837411 1987 50.0782231700861 1988 50.1004816499286 1989 50.1155889517562 1990 50.1319773348233 1991 50.1578707905224 1992 50.184446629189 1993 50.2073021421703 1994 50.2265198446503 1995 50.2451230486654 1996 50.2720070371783 1997 50.3044716937576 1998 50.3329513424791 1999 50.356052255393 2000 50.375042795067 2001 50.382543396524 2002 50.377616497647 2003 50.3709198624763 2004 50.3621018681202 2005 50.3494717434017 2006 50.3296472424187 2007 50.29578757023 2008 50.2527523578478 2009 50.2225762447825 2010 50.2193497955963 2011 50.2281698010568 2012 50.2367190075493 2013 50.2574357961666 2014 50.2949158142121 2015 50.337364415701 2016 50.3728327606627 2017 50.3920646218144 2018 50.3982108335605 2019 50.3930485933564 2020 50.3771496207779 2021 50.3579961474613 2022 50.3451811682079 2023 50.3390412786572