Year % of female population ages 15+ (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 48.128 1992 47.873 1993 47.623 1994 47.799 1995 47.685 1996 47.85 1997 48.206 1998 48.436 1999 48.987 2000 48.884 2001 49.334 2002 49.397 2003 49.781 2004 49.481 2005 51.152 2006 52.029 2007 52.453 2008 52.559 2009 52.951 2010 53.052 2011 53.99 2012 54.022 2013 54.571 2014 54.759 2015 54.708 2016 55.645 2017 55.915 2018 55.965 2019 56.596 2020 55.56 2021 55.471 2022 56.149 2023 56.448