Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 46.133026121382926 1992 45.97736057860109 1993 45.832878975479396 1994 45.936857886864686 1995 45.86698505089525 1996 45.88084511988449 1997 46.05265697576521 1998 46.33213335649239 1999 46.80394055625738 2000 47.07966172427498 2001 47.071703596537546 2002 47.11237004554962 2003 47.49100644742933 2004 47.66066927375761 2005 48.08585313085499 2006 48.496366072004406 2007 48.78648504370083 2008 49.143716366313754 2009 49.409854377044326 2010 49.5764788852224 2011 49.76486464944972 2012 50.197124164157295 2013 50.34760046992711 2014 50.48620182694516 2015 50.45915443778918 2016 50.73639280546077 2017 50.96936426561957 2018 51.07159997417243 2019 51.276531921977195 2020 50.51916288458061 2021 51.16902836166715 2022 51.84842802516002 2023 52.143901560806476