Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 46.23 1992 47.217 1993 48.208 1994 49.193 1995 50.17 1996 51.143 1997 52.113 1998 53.078 1999 54.036 2000 54.988 2001 55.931 2002 55.969 2003 56.007 2004 56.046 2005 56.086 2006 56.128 2007 56.17 2008 56.216 2009 56.263 2010 56.31 2011 56.356 2012 56.33 2013 56.311 2014 56.3 2015 56.297 2016 56.302 2017 56.316 2018 57.381 2019 54.966 2020 54.557 2021 55.056 2022 55.149 2023 55.425