Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 51.251 1992 51.263 1993 51.241 1994 51.218 1995 51.208 1996 51.205 1997 52.388 1998 53.4 1999 51.453 2000 51.437 2001 51.751 2002 51.184 2003 50.06 2004 52.488 2005 52.915 2006 53.283 2007 53.373 2008 53.596 2009 53.652 2010 53.293 2011 52.356 2012 52.259 2013 51.607 2014 52.251 2015 51.912 2016 51.998 2017 53.786 2018 53.742 2019 53.235 2020 53.197 2021 54.068 2022 54.194 2023 53.847