Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 51.171 1992 51.6 1993 52.259 1994 52.997 1995 53.642 1996 53.747 1997 54.108 1998 53.984 1999 53.004 2000 53.301 2001 53.4 2002 52.357 2003 53.719 2004 52.959 2005 51.15 2006 50.566 2007 49.987 2008 50.377 2009 53.924 2010 54.419 2011 54.948 2012 56.015 2013 55.308 2014 55.009 2015 55.265 2016 54.728 2017 54.351 2018 53.255 2019 52.402 2020 51.122 2021 51.693 2022 50.942 2023 51.417