Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 51.919 1992 51.809 1993 52.229 1994 52.723 1995 53.462 1996 53.391 1997 53.755 1998 53.469 1999 52.967 2000 52.329 2001 51.948 2002 51.725 2003 51.521 2004 56.889 2005 55.671 2006 51.016 2007 54.039 2008 53.775 2009 55.143 2010 53.057 2011 54.477 2012 59.883 2013 57.692 2014 54.406 2015 54.845 2016 56.482 2017 56.833 2018 59.423 2019 60.257 2020 57.109 2021 59.849 2022 58.985 2023 59.504