Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 53.13 1992 53.737 1993 52.962 1994 52.316 1995 51.374 1996 50.76 1997 51.553 1998 50.943 1999 50.132 2000 49.701 2001 49.201 2002 48.945 2003 48.332 2004 47.726 2005 47.131 2006 46.548 2007 45.978 2008 45.421 2009 45.847 2010 46.735 2011 52.468 2012 48.821 2013 43.66 2014 43.818 2015 46.989 2016 49.763 2017 49.609 2018 51.284 2019 52.815 2020 50.089 2021 51.788 2022 52.919 2023 52.824