Year % of total population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1960 59.4 1961 58.84285599297355 1962 58.8 1963 58.7 1964 58.7 1965 58.9 1966 59.2 1967 59.6 1968 59.6 1969 60.1 1970 60.403642470238935 1971 59.99555697346245 1972 60.39999999999999 1973 60.800000000000004 1974 61.300000000000004 1975 61.2 1976 61.594297281447176 1977 62.257467815675305 1978 63.155769936796595 1979 63.69720145336559 1980 63.848458877759555 1981 64.01065219135033 1982 64.03874920687987 1983 64.0711482973673 1984 64.46349265066024 1985 64.88311056269396 1986 65.37930029964821 1987 65.68631460986454 1988 65.99429909469832 1989 66.57653084416485 1990 66.56503161390603 1991 66.23989757121477 1992 66.32951054531327 1993 66.20306146804685 1994 66.50654025579917 1995 66.52720242555377 1996 66.64686040210191 1997 66.96912867573728 1998 66.88878350286429 1999 66.92674186109222 2000 66.94332689191718 2001 66.73150446563297 2002 66.61032545947151 2003 66.37746680012887 2004 66.14550726217803 2005 66.15828032001521 2006 66.28211762923395 2007 66.18472498966494 2008 66.15760683480131 2009 65.56852747459335 2010 64.95073580651464 2011 64.396975752123 2012 64.02557117599687 2013 63.61874367388308 2014 63.24024275370929 2015 63.01630640741856 2016 63.11169243956909 2017 63.184239635222426 2018 63.17816042542024 2019 63.41275066119843 2020 62.01844946008773 2021 62.054874276760536 2022 62.57955544335224 2023 62.93374128224485