Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 50.62651647332141 1992 50.57844693943202 1993 50.41548517647898 1994 50.5354639909728 1995 50.50711203329671 1996 50.44159474008647 1997 50.44416765856585 1998 50.50215820135267 1999 50.49194826389358 2000 50.41332429536866 2001 50.1337559221726 2002 49.806627932830025 2003 49.60369138596276 2004 49.36829375273658 2005 49.192994723935236 2006 48.9027757633828 2007 48.78787732158526 2008 48.41304405896996 2009 48.18898893899467 2010 47.80146162241297 2011 47.56553677638848 2012 47.30622033336585 2013 47.119017433123865 2014 46.96929504183941 2015 46.96755803557007 2016 46.85175146117246 2017 46.73163250174996 2018 46.546241743290864 2019 46.48839027107554 2020 45.16148210466729 2021 46.02064634909502 2022 46.32079835110473 2023 47.30552578463748