Year % of total population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 46.38464704037233 1992 46.342193870228826 1993 46.443233795299186 1994 46.50790846784821 1995 46.15265096554512 1996 45.825324233682096 1997 45.73230857253812 1998 45.57706948140474 1999 46.02887772231223 2000 45.70908960446155 2001 45.23960394679456 2002 44.65286828318386 2003 44.816678441333075 2004 44.9866668910254 2005 45.16575145526144 2006 45.06159198272109 2007 44.96490388759946 2008 44.205973490745585 2009 44.392214482212644 2010 44.501164689384694 2011 43.92326506137464 2012 43.63401716055775 2013 43.69641908454039 2014 43.31128439715093 2015 43.098901366993175 2016 43.29796880796154 2017 42.970766683041354 2018 42.60261883764824 2019 42.239098759253274 2020 40.57280292672079 2021 40.95724097219189 2022 42.01691193480145 2023 42.21715184509921