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

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in South Asia was 66.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.18 in 2020, while its lowest value was 54.68 in 1967.

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 55.92
1961 55.62
1962 55.32
1963 55.06
1964 54.89
1965 54.85
1966 54.70
1967 54.68
1968 54.76
1969 54.89
1970 55.03
1971 55.04
1972 55.09
1973 55.18
1974 55.31
1975 55.48
1976 55.51
1977 55.60
1978 55.74
1979 55.91
1980 56.08
1981 56.12
1982 56.19
1983 56.29
1984 56.42
1985 56.58
1986 56.63
1987 56.74
1988 56.90
1989 57.10
1990 57.32
1991 57.46
1992 57.64
1993 57.85
1994 58.11
1995 58.40
1996 58.65
1997 58.94
1998 59.25
1999 59.60
2000 59.96
2001 60.24
2002 60.55
2003 60.88
2004 61.22
2005 61.57
2006 61.86
2007 62.15
2008 62.45
2009 62.77
2010 63.12
2011 63.43
2012 63.78
2013 64.16
2014 64.53
2015 64.86
2016 65.18
2017 65.44
2018 65.68
2019 65.92
2020 66.18

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