Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 47.548 1992 47.58 1993 47.597 1994 47.985 1995 48.058 1996 48.046 1997 48.5 1998 51.662 1999 48.766 2000 45.841 2001 46.94 2002 48.038 2003 49.134 2004 52.701 2005 51.888 2006 52.671 2007 51.926 2008 51.998 2009 49.638 2010 47.987 2011 47.043 2012 48.057 2013 48.106 2014 47.668 2015 51.889 2016 55.391 2017 56.156 2018 54.465 2019 54.39 2020 48.295 2021 53.717 2022 54.288 2023 53.185