Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 50.412 1992 51.397 1993 51.781 1994 51.662 1995 51.671 1996 51.553 1997 52.396 1998 51.668 1999 49.944 2000 49.054 2001 50.226 2002 51.384 2003 50.837 2004 50.74 2005 50.685 2006 52.237 2007 53.135 2008 55.024 2009 54.539 2010 53.907 2011 53.045 2012 54.319 2013 54.018 2014 53.409 2015 54.107 2016 54.972 2017 55.147 2018 55.775 2019 55.659 2020 56 2021 54.291 2022 55.524 2023 55.68