Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 49.79070823884105 1992 49.82991331600065 1993 49.77028284780057 1994 50.134301362596894 1995 50.24351020189459 1996 50.532522300634405 1997 50.878191467047884 1998 50.933326814866554 1999 51.20577358426688 2000 51.448967941226734 2001 51.48260337018201 2002 51.66544497817735 2003 51.827993247351394 2004 51.962677203216586 2005 52.29574791178681 2006 52.63340228834356 2007 52.795607784591375 2008 53.0503118225397 2009 53.08194432596985 2010 52.95029245460201 2011 52.88765518565711 2012 53.00331119712234 2013 53.0817620913913 2014 53.19960187596039 2015 53.224210678908875 2016 53.52017118423011 2017 53.814669109606456 2018 54.068894661208915 2019 54.45498322612102 2020 53.63039821238356 2021 54.00748219199441 2022 54.75892464932739 2023 55.16935333485531