Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 59.71 1992 57.434 1993 55.122 1994 51.357 1995 51.485 1996 52.271 1997 51.734 1998 51.314 1999 51.794 2000 52.506 2001 52.916 2002 52.477 2003 52.904 2004 52.549 2005 51.303 2006 50.714 2007 50.593 2008 51.014 2009 50.311 2010 50.818 2011 50.162 2012 50.685 2013 51.044 2014 51.926 2015 51.974 2016 52.572 2017 52.7 2018 52.316 2019 52.304 2020 51.924 2021 55.079 2022 56.131 2023 56.289