Year % female 1973 27.8003597259521 1974 27.8565692901611 1975 27.741340637207 1976 27.4896793365479 1977 27.3853702545166 1978 26.6441993713379 1979 26.4950695037842 1980 26.3845500946045 1981 26.1317405700684 1982 26.366189956665 1983 26.5242805480957 1984 26.8150997161865 1985 26.9530296325684 1986 27.2716102600098 1987 27.315559387207 1988 26.5674705505371 1989 26.6992702484131 1990 26.724630355835 1991 26.9420108795166 1992 27.3229293823242 1993 27.6254501342773 1994 27.7130699157715 1995 27.377010345459 1996 27.3958797454834 1997 27.4920406341553 1998 27.613489151001 1999 27.5087299346924 2000 26.3194103240967 2001 25.9610595703125 2002 25.396110534668 2003 24.8412609100342 2004 24.7533893585205 2005 24.2344799041748 2006 25.1939907073975 2007 24.3147106170654 2008 24.9210395812988 2009 24.5934505462646 2010 24.801399230957 2011 24.601619720459 2012 25.5193500518799 2013 25.0212993621826 2014 25.1505393981934 2015 25.5747604370117 2016 25.4714508056641 2017 25.6132507324219 2018 25.9893798828125 2019 25.7290306091309 2020 26.1275901794434 2021 26.4307498931885 2022 26.2468109130859