Year % of total population 1960 47.8734169810769 1961 47.8097951384717 1962 47.7562692476903 1963 47.7111909675234 1964 47.671064285384 1965 47.4705547528351 1966 47.1084012490106 1967 46.7470620659625 1968 46.3886862723224 1969 46.0347651503144 1970 45.7284497605717 1971 45.6385037218256 1972 45.8395374408914 1973 46.1830121446156 1974 46.5392462646533 1975 46.8731883560232 1976 47.1861528344624 1977 47.4779669082293 1978 47.747806082925 1979 47.9956351426973 1980 48.2163442995681 1981 48.3945511917106 1982 48.4590067145059 1983 48.4397817702554 1984 48.4146219420108 1985 48.3764876561424 1986 48.3266243407959 1987 48.2676027831109 1988 48.2032424409644 1989 48.1372021040647 1990 48.071897032667 1991 48.0070752666987 1992 48.0098824870926 1993 48.0814655649945 1994 48.1484412827293 1995 48.2063753454511 1996 48.2652611699509 1997 48.3274812054683 1998 48.3914044762967 1999 48.456097869538 2000 48.5204561707253 2001 48.582974351989 2002 48.6436079838229 2003 48.7029405051172 2004 48.7618371403136 2005 48.8193989138882 2006 48.8832915781789 2007 48.9542073954093 2008 49.0222784608333 2009 49.0813798165639 2010 49.1299271775964 2011 49.1635805752196 2012 49.1858832182217 2013 49.2021298186335 2014 49.2124761544097 2015 49.2284954131386 2016 49.2509403098772 2017 49.2749725210672 2018 49.305440259051 2019 49.3339606081045 2020 49.3523017968098 2021 49.3634541185888 2022 49.3787391228972 2023 49.4014245602074