Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 53.507 1992 53.437 1993 53.371 1994 53.307 1995 53.246 1996 53.186 1997 53.127 1998 53.066 1999 53.006 2000 52.949 2001 52.893 2002 52.837 2003 52.781 2004 52.728 2005 52.675 2006 52.623 2007 52.73 2008 52.438 2009 52.147 2010 51.855 2011 51.563 2012 51.271 2013 50.98 2014 50.69 2015 50.4 2016 50.113 2017 49.827 2018 49.542 2019 49.26 2020 48.151 2021 47.791