Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 48.161171207372945 1992 48.1888401452206 1993 47.94417659295847 1994 48.47865544064763 1995 48.62413379209867 1996 48.84938188226891 1997 49.189595299092794 1998 49.22543895348101 1999 49.40066111455364 2000 49.49325727308519 2001 49.46147868059447 2002 49.55818632004639 2003 49.71442055485217 2004 49.67827900905368 2005 49.996291786421686 2006 50.27156306492763 2007 50.39308091594046 2008 50.65670380828436 2009 50.90055275863575 2010 50.89099556783417 2011 50.9573480347104 2012 51.22236039956396 2013 51.30574360303932 2014 51.31391408178512 2015 51.40783089998317 2016 51.689575240833385 2017 51.944610113788535 2018 52.213677381824894 2019 52.6206403047516 2020 51.34428465539225 2021 52.083815510598335 2022 52.763720091475136 2023 53.23111327999736