Year % of total population 1960 49.8437895204487 1961 49.7009464408813 1962 49.6737965008875 1963 49.6349797949115 1964 49.5767908018034 1965 49.4883364344831 1966 49.3644078047445 1967 49.2136340384552 1968 49.0610328238474 1969 48.9529527935597 1970 48.9799990049256 1971 49.1002742571736 1972 49.2156070696468 1973 49.3255632594178 1974 49.4294886551903 1975 49.5316103472444 1976 49.6338405731287 1977 49.7320982255476 1978 49.8241672553493 1979 49.9097127542732 1980 49.9894538410167 1981 50.0630079023738 1982 50.1307678689263 1983 50.1998607911191 1984 50.2700125248214 1985 50.3340764833003 1986 50.39171265553 1987 50.4582591994787 1988 50.5298473517036 1989 50.5922987180032 1990 50.6500156653708 1991 50.6927519879274 1992 50.7286716722184 1993 50.78715964618 1994 50.851331422428 1995 50.8715662373305 1996 50.8588054938523 1997 50.8463570998496 1998 50.8439653009228 1999 50.8571521464671 2000 50.8678752099388 2001 50.8752987544791 2002 50.8798828326265 2003 50.8688149892559 2004 50.8494829159147 2005 50.8291904784746 2006 50.8094844150034 2007 50.7906958326104 2008 50.7709924642448 2009 50.7514414861349 2010 50.7337619523215 2011 50.7168214037192 2012 50.701107482794 2013 50.6862622338117 2014 50.6716316595448 2015 50.6574955006131 2016 50.6420978594703 2017 50.625718586094 2018 50.6116146199408 2019 50.5988794813113 2020 50.5885579143489 2021 50.5807944371535 2022 50.5724425367881 2023 50.5630652671687