Year % female 1972 51.4936599731445 1973 50.3039398193359 1974 50.258918762207 1975 49.8456382751465 1976 48.7900505065918 1977 47.0353813171387 1978 45.6985397338867 1979 45.3131713867188 1980 45.2023696899414 1981 45.0848808288574 1982 45.2471885681152 1983 45.5231018066406 1984 45.7000503540039 1985 46.1826210021973 1986 46.2714385986328 1987 46.3815002441406 1988 46.4620895385742 1989 46.6253318786621 1990 46.9476318359375 1991 47.1524314880371 1992 47.3220291137695 1993 47.4470100402832 1994 47.6852684020996 1995 47.9804916381836 1996 48.4425010681152 1997 48.8405685424805 1998 49.472240447998 1999 50.0775299072266 2000 50.2643203735352 2001 50.4956207275391 2002 50.8473091125488 2003 51.1080513000488 2004 50.7694892883301 2005 50.7622718811035 2006 50.1073417663574 2007 49.8936386108398 2008 50.0632781982422 2009 50.4088516235352 2010 50.6388702392578 2011 51.1625900268555 2012 51.7583618164062 2013 52.0652313232422 2014 51.9335708618164 2015 52.0073318481445 2016 51.9686508178711 2017 52.68994140625 2018 53.0657386779785 2019 53.2994995117188 2020 53.1903800964355 2021 54.0426483154297 2022 54.3041114807129