Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 50.95763181287009 1992 50.87730830003072 1993 50.626019716758755 1994 50.64413896032965 1995 50.58305602286882 1996 50.45952975191699 1997 50.41977127621126 1998 50.43878887597737 1999 50.55291717740179 2000 50.481643325479446 2001 50.176093795906056 2002 49.84722732225304 2003 49.623515460142855 2004 49.42189138655136 2005 49.27164089625769 2006 49.010213726091486 2007 48.91846223732036 2008 48.570305619287375 2009 48.36587619140102 2010 47.990863085971895 2011 47.777022260410824 2012 47.53022367953516 2013 47.33824556252765 2014 47.19521543354475 2015 47.17345448703674 2016 47.05817047938032 2017 46.93170139710841 2018 46.750613005088226 2019 46.663487498427166 2020 45.36108751761379 2021 46.192755390253424 2022 46.49656227238892 2023 47.40610372632809