Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 57.396 1992 56.191 1993 55.458 1994 54.722 1995 54.631 1996 54.551 1997 54.855 1998 55.054 1999 56.112 2000 56.147 2001 56.656 2002 56.931 2003 56.617 2004 56.367 2005 56.791 2006 57.068 2007 57.374 2008 57.374 2009 56.943 2010 55.937 2011 55.784 2012 55.963 2013 55.505 2014 55.481 2015 55.591 2016 54.987 2017 55.188 2018 55.856 2019 55.765 2020 55.224 2021 55.924 2022 57.255 2023 57.722