Year % of total population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 46.42581080569836 1992 46.38571918157559 1993 46.48872064333836 1994 46.55513388917433 1995 46.19865899788302 1996 45.86792316963089 1997 45.77870752068915 1998 45.62647158688533 1999 46.08407595922087 2000 45.75605077072226 2001 45.313627492537016 2002 44.72827324425989 2003 44.869194170386976 2004 45.04564238057527 2005 45.22302863315902 2006 45.118530800503706 2007 45.01001408787283 2008 44.249735865108136 2009 44.43693101414587 2010 44.54309718881872 2011 43.94747119473683 2012 43.65272974591133 2013 43.71480882775184 2014 43.32296966995381 2015 43.090267692515205 2016 43.293244458520114 2017 42.9603999064398 2018 42.59399818738945 2019 42.21824526510726 2020 40.56899167281421 2021 40.931898273956726 2022 41.985328750367785 2023 42.21715184509921