Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 60.596 1992 60.889 1993 60.831 1994 60.694 1995 60.495 1996 57.433 1997 59.68 1998 58.604 1999 58.681 2000 58.208 2001 57.109 2002 51.304 2003 49.098 2004 48.732 2005 46.904 2006 47.874 2007 47.499 2008 46.845 2009 46.667 2010 46.216 2011 46.117 2012 46.272 2013 46.031 2014 46.226 2015 45.298 2016 44.503 2017 45.952 2018 45.713 2019 45.643 2020 45.428 2021 41.114 2022 42.363 2023 42.366