Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 54.282243572611804 1992 54.12469697684484 1993 53.50133419302778 1994 52.89195363690419 1995 52.148005265340345 1996 51.106323226561024 1997 51.0111319156404 1998 50.69007209157496 1999 50.5907842011945 2000 50.65542041385006 2001 50.533116335439296 2002 48.79139528755107 2003 48.17481325567498 2004 47.82086788617894 2005 47.4722655778567 2006 47.44004691373926 2007 47.336734914935306 2008 47.44854279093185 2009 47.65579437609921 2010 47.965467021209456 2011 47.868611238097614 2012 48.29001811300736 2013 48.39280541656552 2014 48.83477820110987 2015 48.7905319719935 2016 48.738878943204575 2017 49.329514182651735 2018 49.38884307057764 2019 49.325252567374356 2020 48.97358842910938 2021 49.380224582679276 2022 50.415757303757985 2023 50.54069149932499