Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 47.789 1992 46.283 1993 46.559 1994 47.24 1995 47.516 1996 47.794 1997 48.035 1998 48.676 1999 48.813 2000 48.949 2001 50.632 2002 51.917 2003 51.578 2004 51.8 2005 51.901 2006 52.612 2007 53.054 2008 53.129 2009 53.222 2010 51.89 2011 52.928 2012 53.518 2013 54.471 2014 54.53 2015 54.719 2016 54.773 2017 55.121 2018 55.205 2019 55.006 2020 54.277 2021 54.145 2022 52.872 2023 52.336