Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 53.179 1992 52.979 1993 52.795 1994 52.773 1995 52.848 1996 52.7 1997 52.511 1998 52.541 1999 52.742 2000 53.465 2001 54.047 2002 54.503 2003 54.861 2004 55.165 2005 55.515 2006 55.908 2007 56.354 2008 56.831 2009 57.296 2010 57.735 2011 58.166 2012 58.533 2013 58.825 2014 59.079 2015 59.304 2016 59.501 2017 59.436 2018 59.024 2019 59.331 2020 59.067 2021 59.427 2022 59.463 2023 59.244