Year % of total population 1960 51.2606039034229 1961 51.3092475969506 1962 51.3573709867205 1963 51.3977206192726 1964 51.4388965371175 1965 51.4790309708313 1966 51.5226708775096 1967 51.5325787702661 1968 51.4946661872228 1969 51.4500511782769 1970 51.4071967069053 1971 51.3651255915544 1972 51.318958274993 1973 51.2719206277384 1974 51.2526220831024 1975 51.2575285899205 1976 51.2594684000379 1977 51.2191304892172 1978 51.1467675392561 1979 51.0755807929041 1980 51.0061215204533 1981 50.9344732874874 1982 50.8609216865605 1983 50.7821119600747 1984 50.7039640493909 1985 50.629024779764 1986 50.5583139331259 1987 50.5380318712009 1988 50.5651476939728 1989 50.6002297238232 1990 50.6436942275163 1991 50.6928593071407 1992 50.7455168245013 1993 50.7960439030274 1994 50.8347454653017 1995 50.8636986506896 1996 50.8957532811019 1997 50.8931232490214 1998 50.8638978518497 1999 50.8413249396952 2000 50.8191768271883 2001 50.7964344540258 2002 50.7803167507996 2003 50.7738722344603 2004 50.7664038996154 2005 50.7587590999025 2006 50.7514831905076 2007 50.688309983308 2008 50.5639097744361 2009 50.4470618980064 2010 50.352476649004 2011 50.2560147196848 2012 50.1590668080594 2013 50.0583626703023 2014 49.9568585523231 2015 49.8624224948644 2016 49.7734303310093 2017 49.6921690461509 2018 49.6138849262958 2019 49.5412144715153 2020 49.4926558610599 2021 49.4637652451965 2022 49.4562877837878 2023 49.471574513097