South Africa - Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in South Africa was 65.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.45 in 2013, while its lowest value was 54.01 in 1966.

Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. 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.

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Year Value
1960 55.02
1961 54.80
1962 54.53
1963 54.26
1964 54.10
1965 54.08
1966 54.01
1967 54.09
1968 54.27
1969 54.46
1970 54.63
1971 54.66
1972 54.70
1973 54.75
1974 54.83
1975 54.97
1976 54.97
1977 55.06
1978 55.19
1979 55.30
1980 55.37
1981 55.40
1982 55.38
1983 55.35
1984 55.36
1985 55.45
1986 55.43
1987 55.52
1988 55.70
1989 55.91
1990 56.15
1991 56.59
1992 57.07
1993 57.58
1994 58.15
1995 58.76
1996 59.31
1997 59.90
1998 60.52
1999 61.18
2000 61.86
2001 62.39
2002 62.96
2003 63.53
2004 64.06
2005 64.52
2006 64.81
2007 65.02
2008 65.17
2009 65.29
2010 65.40
2011 65.40
2012 65.43
2013 65.45
2014 65.45
2015 65.41
2016 65.39
2017 65.35
2018 65.31
2019 65.30
2020 65.35

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population