Year % of relevant age group 1972 34.783748626709 1973 35.7918510437012 1974 35.6241912841797 1975 35.8369293212891 1976 35.2895698547363 1977 34.4947395324707 1978 34.8468818664551 1979 34.7592391967773 1980 34.3897590637207 1981 34.7065582275391 1982 34.0611801147461 1983 33.9231185913086 1984 34.1172294616699 1985 34.3786087036133 1986 34.3851318359375 1987 34.1177787780762 1988 34.2667007446289 1989 33.8722610473633 1990 33.5866889953613 1991 33.2714614868164 1992 33.02880859375 1993 32.7063293457031 1994 32.7389297485352 1995 32.9867897033691 1996 32.9740791320801 1997 33.1534194946289 1998 33.5623016357422 1999 33.4785003662109 2000 34.3292388916016 2001 35.7104301452637 2002 37.6079292297363 2003 39.3321304321289 2004 40.9107704162598 2005 41.4486312866211 2006 42.0952987670898 2007 42.9795799255371 2008 44.689079284668 2009 43.9907913208008 2010 46.1319313049316 2011 46.3933181762695 2012 46.3221092224121 2013 45.925968170166 2014 47.2600212097168 2015 47.4984588623047 2016 47.7169799804688 2017 47.9366912841797 2018 48.2821807861328 2019 48.3660583496094 2020 48.4254684448242 2021 48.6587295532227