Population, female (% of total population) - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Latvia 53.91 2020
2 Lithuania 53.72 2020
3 Ukraine 53.67 2020
4 Belarus 53.44 2020
5 Portugal 52.69 2020
6 Estonia 52.62 2020
7 Hungary 52.40 2020
8 Moldova 52.11 2020
9 Croatia 51.79 2020
10 France 51.60 2020
11 Poland 51.55 2020
12 Bulgaria 51.44 2020
13 Romania 51.38 2020
14 Italy 51.31 2020
15 Slovak Republic 51.31 2020
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.03 2020
17 Serbia 51.02 2020
18 Greece 50.92 2020
19 Spain 50.85 2020
20 Czech Republic 50.77 2020
21 Austria 50.71 2020
22 Finland 50.68 2020
23 Turkey 50.63 2020
24 United Kingdom 50.59 2020
25 Germany 50.57 2020
26 Montenegro 50.55 2020
27 Belgium 50.44 2020
28 Switzerland 50.39 2020
29 Ireland 50.36 2020
30 Denmark 50.29 2020
31 Slovenia 50.20 2020
32 Netherlands 50.18 2020
33 Cyprus 50.01 2020
34 North Macedonia 49.98 2020
35 Sweden 49.91 2020
36 Malta 49.85 2020
37 Iceland 49.77 2020
38 Norway 49.46 2020
39 Luxembourg 49.43 2020
40 Albania 49.10 2020

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Development Relevance: Females comprise almost one-half of the world population. Female population relative to male population is a primary demographic indicator, reflecting historical events such as wars and the socio-demographic and ethno-cultural characteristics of the population.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population structure by age and sex in the World Bank's estimates is based on the population structure by age and sex in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual