Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 51.50923847231645 1992 51.42918259745033 1993 51.11671168494657 1994 51.11782578582968 1995 51.09129824394063 1996 50.91938514927026 1997 50.85316351820031 1998 50.84742775817833 1999 50.99560544819853 2000 50.9180200680159 2001 50.57069884481879 2002 50.184833418229054 2003 49.9058488146238 2004 49.651193257900864 2005 49.467325155316466 2006 49.1782184071601 2007 49.09819921751242 2008 48.686979695951685 2009 48.432098758037114 2010 47.96090835503756 2011 47.703845761312365 2012 47.42664940764668 2013 47.152705926201705 2014 46.959822497475244 2015 46.87000911507986 2016 46.743360494029545 2017 46.534017472997874 2018 46.33630655480672 2019 46.20006112875089 2020 44.641807401627105 2021 45.59839891753652 2022 46.030667153067256 2023 47.18002313570024