Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 37.97 1992 38.875 1993 39.559 1994 40.169 1995 40.541 1996 40.561 1997 41.005 1998 41.662 1999 43.167 2000 43.643 2001 41.864 2002 42.571 2003 42.951 2004 44.25 2005 45.691 2006 45.815 2007 46.534 2008 46.912 2009 46.947 2010 47.713 2011 47.034 2012 47.1 2013 47.766 2014 48.077 2015 48.004 2016 47.77 2017 48.737 2018 49.533 2019 49.841 2020 49.336 2021 50.042 2022 50.829 2023 50.551