Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 51.957 1992 51.921 1993 51.688 1994 52.589 1995 53.588 1996 53.78 1997 53.571 1998 53.628 1999 53.619 2000 54.504 2001 55.049 2002 55.255 2003 55.926 2004 55.691 2005 56.977 2006 57.539 2007 58.09 2008 58.545 2009 58.76 2010 58.626 2011 58.875 2012 58.779 2013 58.696 2014 58.664 2015 59.108 2016 59.343 2017 59.848 2018 60.505 2019 60.957 2020 60.192 2021 61.216 2022 61.332 2023 61.518