Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 50.63423461046566 1992 50.581618807088304 1993 50.37742444102805 1994 50.472918947361535 1995 50.45368700465476 1996 50.42340895608473 1997 50.46980448616672 1998 50.498086395667194 1999 50.64713404142994 2000 50.63757845811369 2001 50.39114274697293 2002 50.15871921690006 2003 50.011734502816665 2004 49.86772205962392 2005 49.80603330945216 2006 49.64844650725993 2007 49.59039590005231 2008 49.34240986683762 2009 49.17098328161878 2010 48.83564909848705 2011 48.64513869269827 2012 48.46033322543608 2013 48.30764171313018 2014 48.20412436855545 2015 48.18953083186209 2016 48.145845977131046 2017 48.07236702329611 2018 47.96645193993079 2019 47.958001170424396 2020 46.74885595031589 2021 47.5083808469871 2022 47.84527669335809 2023 48.678397569231585