Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 46.311 1992 46.194 1993 44.238 1994 42.353 1995 40.372 1996 39.664 1997 38.776 1998 40.185 1999 41.141 2000 41.436 2001 40.986 2002 41.229 2003 42.224 2004 42.066 2005 42.989 2006 43.279 2007 42.92 2008 42.697 2009 42.706 2010 43.556 2011 43.651 2012 44.546 2013 44.711 2014 46.047 2015 46.95 2016 47.632 2017 47.984 2018 48.309 2019 48.368 2020 48.164 2021 52.413 2022 53.606 2023 53.976