Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 45.255313528537165 1992 45.03798639307841 1993 45.05531561185379 1994 45.140929555221035 1995 45.1762748505225 1996 45.18682236193059 1997 45.34473719623659 1998 45.28477254196967 1999 45.5431610964015 2000 45.78929792528093 2001 45.743353379073376 2002 45.96397660200457 2003 46.629456381310675 2004 46.61614326627302 2005 46.93726855129626 2006 47.4067031863581 2007 47.60038322095847 2008 48.00330157308614 2009 48.29959202832342 2010 48.709716003942816 2011 48.7797053477643 2012 48.96820432334666 2013 49.03691010262969 2014 49.08848266296699 2015 49.39617274192506 2016 49.33512999451901 2017 49.564099985560304 2018 49.70797555895227 2019 49.96384729285851 2020 48.87648667046865 2021 49.34630953580856 2022 50.24925957463069 2023 50.700942923947856