Year % of total population 1960 48.9571448375765 1961 48.9860745863213 1962 49.0111383435657 1963 49.032747236096 1964 49.0526119223511 1965 49.0718639148804 1966 49.0893167627384 1967 49.1042034062312 1968 49.1182946304097 1969 49.131874942604 1970 49.1444046810035 1971 49.1558017644444 1972 49.1666017844177 1973 49.1768528810059 1974 49.186343374838 1975 49.1956195014489 1976 49.204165781912 1977 49.2155774109079 1978 49.2298163919141 1979 49.2425676374179 1980 49.2544364066183 1981 49.2655143235397 1982 49.2751864822636 1983 49.2840832018108 1984 49.292817721691 1985 49.3009362174749 1986 49.3093206776384 1987 49.318394574026 1988 49.327052441037 1989 49.3347206307256 1990 49.3404199130744 1991 49.3439087765071 1992 49.3471964906016 1993 49.3499475093985 1994 49.3515931095591 1995 49.3532019446103 1996 49.3549607471121 1997 49.35753750098 1998 49.361152969055 1999 49.3655966351128 2000 49.3079844760222 2001 49.1929176476755 2002 49.0841751943517 2003 48.9837086258844 2004 48.8905113505584 2005 48.8040674698081 2006 48.7239155389823 2007 48.6471178628677 2008 48.5737139307648 2009 48.5042104100746 2010 48.4906659234325 2011 48.5298466807289 2012 48.5674815810487 2013 48.6025876986702 2014 48.6357961239489 2015 48.6691019260363 2016 48.7037823326456 2017 48.7387057577219 2018 48.7725418266355 2019 48.8049818284466 2020 48.8368205378838 2021 48.8693768255638 2022 48.9017647684008 2023 48.9332228651625