Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 58.428 1992 58.15 1993 57.687 1994 57.243 1995 56.879 1996 56.615 1997 56.406 1998 56.237 1999 56.077 2000 55.876 2001 55.595 2002 55.243 2003 54.885 2004 54.585 2005 54.348 2006 54.199 2007 54.2 2008 54.207 2009 54.941 2010 55.179 2011 55.298 2012 55.338 2013 55.447 2014 55.548 2015 55.651 2016 55.719 2017 55.772 2018 55.765 2019 57.625 2020 57.689 2021 58.156 2022 56.491 2023 56.001