Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 61.689 1992 62.391 1993 61.855 1994 58.296 1995 57.468 1996 58.758 1997 59.024 1998 59.513 1999 60.038 2000 60.222 2001 59.659 2002 60.235 2003 59.724 2004 60.383 2005 60.391 2006 60.93 2007 60.654 2008 59.903 2009 59.644 2010 58.85 2011 58.589 2012 58.148 2013 57.596 2014 57.019 2015 56.737 2016 57.563 2017 57.616 2018 57.567 2019 57.987 2020 57.75 2021 58.071 2022 59.441 2023 59.519