Year % of total population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 44.542 1992 44.188 1993 44.097 1994 44.08 1995 44.082 1996 43.702 1997 43.761 1998 43.691 1999 43.85 2000 43.961 2001 43.938 2002 43.998 2003 44.092 2004 44.02 2005 43.813 2006 43.606 2007 43.4 2008 43.853 2009 44.307 2010 44.763 2011 45.219 2012 45.676 2013 46.133 2014 46.592 2015 47.05 2016 47.51 2017 47.97 2018 48.43 2019 48.89 2020 44.226 2021 45.45 2022 45.517 2023 45.49