Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 58.199 1992 55.753 1993 54.707 1994 54.663 1995 53.706 1996 53.511 1997 53.831 1998 52.533 1999 51.774 2000 52.265 2001 51.731 2002 50.952 2003 52.008 2004 52.978 2005 53.329 2006 54.51 2007 53.899 2008 54.763 2009 54.689 2010 55.04 2011 55.585 2012 55.312 2013 55.275 2014 54.474 2015 55.791 2016 56.178 2017 56.924 2018 57.264 2019 57.455 2020 57.369 2021 57.821 2022 60.17 2023 61.139