Arab World - Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in Arab World was 61.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 61.83 in 2015, while its lowest value was 51.65 in 1972.

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 53.56
1961 53.16
1962 52.80
1963 52.48
1964 52.25
1965 52.12
1966 51.88
1967 51.76
1968 51.73
1969 51.74
1970 51.78
1971 51.68
1972 51.65
1973 51.66
1974 51.71
1975 51.77
1976 51.76
1977 51.78
1978 51.83
1979 51.91
1980 52.01
1981 52.08
1982 52.18
1983 52.31
1984 52.46
1985 52.63
1986 52.67
1987 52.76
1988 52.87
1989 53.02
1990 53.18
1991 53.41
1992 53.64
1993 53.98
1994 54.36
1995 54.83
1996 55.26
1997 55.72
1998 56.19
1999 56.67
2000 57.17
2001 57.63
2002 58.11
2003 58.59
2004 59.06
2005 59.50
2006 59.91
2007 60.29
2008 60.63
2009 60.92
2010 61.16
2011 61.37
2012 61.54
2013 61.66
2014 61.75
2015 61.83
2016 61.76
2017 61.74
2018 61.73
2019 61.73
2020 61.72

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