Year % of females ages 15 and above 1975 50.649341583252 1976 50.8851089477539 1977 51.2799301147461 1978 52.3290901184082 1979 53.4384803771973 1980 54.1964797973633 1981 55.4320297241211 1982 56.3334007263184 1983 57.5197906494141 1984 58.6647491455078 1985 59.6737785339355 1986 60.6005783081055 1987 61.6411895751953 1988 64.490478515625 1989 65.3241119384766 1990 65.8314895629883 1991 66.8091430664062 1992 67.5142135620117 1993 68.1265411376953 1994 68.757698059082 1995 69.4446563720703 1996 70.1253509521484 1997 74.2128372192383 1998 75.7658462524414 1999 76.2607879638672 2000 76.7589721679688 2001 77.2455596923828 2002 77.7758636474609 2003 78.5155563354492 2004 79.0159912109375 2005 78.877571105957 2006 79.368049621582 2007 80.4697570800781 2008 80.9737014770508 2009 81.5287017822266 2010 82.6526184082031 2011 83.0524978637695 2012 83.5954818725586 2013 83.6618576049805 2014 84.4365005493164 2015 84.6464385986328 2016 85.1535873413086 2017 85.4462203979492 2018 85.5339889526367 2019 85.6540222167969 2020 86.1236267089844 2021 86.3695983886719 2022 86.805061340332