Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 56.527 1992 57.056 1993 57.27 1994 57.201 1995 56.927 1996 56.859 1997 56.715 1998 56.602 1999 56.504 2000 56.491 2001 56.398 2002 56.236 2003 55.997 2004 55.901 2005 55.805 2006 55.709 2007 55.612 2008 53.977 2009 53.713 2010 54.164 2011 54.903 2012 54.364 2013 53.824 2014 54.367 2015 53.885 2016 52.831 2017 53.866 2018 51.908 2019 55.744 2020 53.497 2021 51.141 2022 53.293 2023 52.765