Year % of total population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 89.587 1992 89.035 1993 88.302 1994 87.558 1995 86.936 1996 86.11 1997 85.19 1998 84.263 1999 83.482 2000 82.673 2001 81.861 2002 81.031 2003 80.18 2004 79.318 2005 78.397 2006 77.414 2007 77.642 2008 77.847 2009 78.133 2010 78.403 2011 78.555 2012 78.7 2013 78.845 2014 78.952 2015 79.313 2016 79.536 2017 79.641 2018 79.66 2019 79.499 2020 78.587 2021 78.8 2022 78.842 2023 78.81