Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 57.69 1992 58.277 1993 58.942 1994 59.698 1995 59.2 1996 58.123 1997 57.191 1998 56.826 1999 58.245 2000 55.169 2001 58.234 2002 56.04 2003 57.628 2004 56.955 2005 56.023 2006 53.724 2007 54.967 2008 54.198 2009 54.635 2010 55.796 2011 56.134 2012 57.257 2013 56.434 2014 57.349 2015 59.005 2016 57.933 2017 56.751 2018 55.648 2019 54.626 2020 55.115 2021 56.12 2022 54.726 2023 54.411