Year % of land area 1961 35.88948703313998 1962 36.09795628444864 1963 36.319190457447625 1964 36.54512216719279 1965 36.807775413347855 1966 37.060832977207035 1967 37.324000718495434 1968 37.57375678037363 1969 37.871672877474516 1970 38.20046690943415 1971 38.444885005199716 1972 38.8119453246399 1973 39.2080392588797 1974 39.70754779364764 1975 40.0516517022403 1976 39.53112985348902 1977 39.999775786426866 1978 40.422106761884265 1979 40.67923618715066 1980 40.9998254363127 1981 41.36970651103202 1982 42.0189992703305 1983 42.72190930938683 1984 43.394622172424214 1985 44.3707528326443 1986 44.91275091272713 1987 45.49039364648197 1988 45.96551014248442 1989 46.43508296931392 1990 46.89241669091453 1991 47.07259370551586 1992 47.092792211852235 1993 47.103492611042334 1994 47.36620607832535 1995 47.43396310302418 1996 47.49058317834212 1997 48.22056837230821 1998 48.278686610474495 1999 48.511403185783145 2000 48.499133976617856 2001 48.67497946176013 2002 48.80913805943986 2003 47.935511864177705 2004 48.070335178154316 2005 48.137525659776664 2006 48.329608431643486 2007 48.47995457791023 2008 48.58401824020739 2009 48.68738517911411 2010 48.695328279479575 2011 48.74183283630765 2012 48.7270357804232 2013 48.74024093970462 2014 48.70239893118642 2015 48.810026149498015 2016 48.883941933887684 2017 49.08355626465772 2018 49.07185987855859 2019 49.054958771394745 2020 49.043277617942216 2021 49.032136001402925