Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 50.03162737505862 1992 49.97689719910276 1993 49.81210579747329 1994 49.93941656585407 1995 49.888552989651366 1996 49.81473578574067 1997 49.81825567697564 1998 49.88139090816936 1999 49.861826731134315 2000 49.770127111210584 2001 49.471781424909345 2002 49.126087468910754 2003 48.914047520412375 2004 48.66328656910496 2005 48.4794808993981 2006 48.19742908031901 2007 48.09670180159946 2008 47.71092217366242 2009 47.48440055020482 2010 47.078990958494636 2011 46.82917804937593 2012 46.56608447470037 2013 46.35295814059965 2014 46.17619597404915 2015 46.15586551581932 2016 46.01783113950622 2017 45.87449237094649 2018 45.67381488216978 2019 45.61526956201126 2020 44.215321439851365 2021 45.11957244818961 2022 45.46039740704423 2023 46.5298302903475