Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 44.71312625955481 1992 44.286540895705954 1993 44.16388408572036 1994 44.22282813227861 1995 44.200284290956475 1996 44.230696109153264 1997 44.3973881841704 1998 44.36376533777696 1999 44.72200233677753 2000 44.98728462770593 2001 44.85497982155934 2002 45.14393881175322 2003 45.96001311364248 2004 45.86205483196717 2005 46.28318497044429 2006 46.73701741902748 2007 46.79495759735625 2008 47.11584441251704 2009 47.300505109087176 2010 47.62576327866954 2011 47.484065946878474 2012 47.73574930646658 2013 47.838614355047824 2014 47.93074307143616 2015 48.32962569050295 2016 48.2135548893216 2017 48.504580282875935 2018 48.64630769454966 2019 49.16984714692468 2020 48.24971653099144 2021 48.6061470151336 2022 49.628432792025365 2023 50.08963594858929