Year % female 1971 53.5209083557129 1972 52.8393096923828 1973 51.5226516723633 1974 51.4731903076172 1975 51.061939239502 1976 49.8986396789551 1977 47.9606399536133 1978 46.5603218078613 1979 46.2210083007812 1980 46.1563110351562 1981 46.0303115844727 1982 46.3757400512695 1983 46.7436218261719 1984 46.9937515258789 1985 47.4489593505859 1986 47.4572410583496 1987 47.5391006469727 1988 47.6630401611328 1989 47.8070602416992 1990 48.063720703125 1991 48.3497314453125 1992 48.5393600463867 1993 48.6348190307617 1994 48.896900177002 1995 49.2567100524902 1996 49.823600769043 1997 50.267448425293 1998 50.9963493347168 1999 51.680419921875 2000 51.9153785705566 2001 52.2287788391113 2002 52.7038917541504 2003 53.0289993286133 2004 52.6717109680176 2005 52.804630279541 2006 51.9570388793945 2007 51.7726707458496 2008 51.9016494750977 2009 52.3460884094238 2010 52.6680488586426 2011 53.4021797180176 2012 54.1464385986328 2013 54.8199005126953 2014 54.7152786254883 2015 54.8375587463379 2016 54.7511100769043 2017 55.6642303466797 2018 56.0229187011719 2019 56.2340698242188 2020 56.0445404052734 2021 57.0284881591797 2022 57.4113693237305