Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 53.58385642003086 1992 53.16406156051818 1993 51.673222557765335 1994 51.417135954695 1995 51.03196293278333 1996 50.32634247573873 1997 49.63034780680722 1998 49.24368175624055 1999 50.47932288571646 2000 50.0245418423134 2001 49.5771440593171 2002 49.43236332362352 2003 48.913028916613136 2004 48.448868590107274 2005 48.35951336513847 2006 48.32876791640333 2007 48.44968750696501 2008 48.48370460894284 2009 48.710982280626034 2010 48.824141254004836 2011 48.9924607051781 2012 48.99129250882883 2013 48.934620624709254 2014 48.91508762452208 2015 48.89616093135836 2016 48.98905432441388 2017 49.02667086680835 2018 49.06638697031753 2019 48.90273362852198 2020 47.93433531503223 2021 48.47956840109204 2022 49.27678779527692 2023 48.92039290259059