Year % of total population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 42.569 1992 42.555 1993 42.522 1994 42.468 1995 42.394 1996 42.314 1997 42.222 1998 42.116 1999 41.996 2000 41.865 2001 41.754 2002 41.633 2003 41.505 2004 41.38 2005 41.686 2006 41.993 2007 42.301 2008 42.609 2009 42.918 2010 43.227 2011 43.537 2012 43.848 2013 44.159 2014 44.47 2015 44.392 2016 44.328 2017 44.25 2018 44.16 2019 44.063 2020 43.644 2021 43.895 2022 44.12 2023 44.207