Year % of total population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1961 54.04 1971 58.02 1976 61.503 1977 61.858 1978 62.741 1979 63.671 1980 64.27 1981 65.035 1982 64.396 1983 64.726 1984 65.047 1985 65.646 1986 66.106 1987 66.473 1988 66.849 1989 67.263 1990 67.145 1991 66.577 1992 65.701 1993 65.338 1994 65.155 1995 64.824 1996 64.673 1997 64.872 1998 65.126 1999 65.529 2000 65.762 2001 65.907 2002 66.862 2003 67.561 2004 67.487 2005 67.142 2006 67.192 2007 67.46 2008 67.596 2009 67.276 2010 67.052 2011 66.906 2012 66.844 2013 66.82 2014 66.311 2015 66.178 2016 65.923 2017 66.047 2018 65.795 2019 66.053 2020 64.319 2021 65.39 2022 65.437 2023 65.614