Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) - Country Ranking - Africa
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.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 69.73 | 2020 |
| 2 | Libya | 67.68 | 2020 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 66.95 | 2020 |
| 4 | Seychelles | 66.87 | 2020 |
| 5 | Morocco | 66.13 | 2020 |
| 6 | Cabo Verde | 65.99 | 2020 |
| 7 | Djibouti | 65.58 | 2020 |
| 8 | South Africa | 65.35 | 2020 |
| 9 | Botswana | 62.73 | 2020 |
| 10 | Algeria | 62.61 | 2020 |
| 11 | Lesotho | 61.94 | 2020 |
| 12 | Egypt | 60.80 | 2020 |
| 13 | Namibia | 59.83 | 2020 |
| 14 | Ghana | 59.70 | 2020 |
| 15 | Kenya | 59.08 | 2020 |
| 16 | Gabon | 58.40 | 2020 |
| 17 | Eswatini | 58.39 | 2020 |
| 18 | Comoros | 57.93 | 2020 |
| 19 | Rwanda | 57.73 | 2020 |
| 20 | Mauritania | 57.13 | 2020 |
| 21 | Madagascar | 57.05 | 2020 |
| 22 | Sudan | 56.85 | 2020 |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 56.75 | 2020 |
| 24 | Togo | 56.54 | 2020 |
| 25 | Liberia | 56.51 | 2020 |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 56.45 | 2020 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 56.38 | 2020 |
| 28 | Equatorial Guinea | 56.31 | 2020 |
| 29 | Eritrea | 56.15 | 2011 |
| 30 | Congo | 55.99 | 2020 |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 55.76 | 2020 |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 55.59 | 2020 |
| 33 | Senegal | 55.42 | 2020 |
| 34 | Cameroon | 55.29 | 2020 |
| 35 | São Tomé and Principe | 55.23 | 2020 |
| 36 | Guinea | 55.04 | 2020 |
| 37 | Benin | 54.98 | 2020 |
| 38 | Malawi | 54.80 | 2020 |
| 39 | Zambia | 54.23 | 2020 |
| 40 | The Gambia | 54.23 | 2020 |
| 41 | Nigeria | 53.97 | 2020 |
| 42 | Tanzania | 53.92 | 2020 |
| 43 | Mozambique | 53.79 | 2020 |
| 44 | Central African Republic | 53.73 | 2020 |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 53.53 | 2020 |
| 46 | Burundi | 52.80 | 2020 |
| 47 | Uganda | 52.68 | 2020 |
| 48 | Angola | 51.89 | 2020 |
| 49 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 51.38 | 2020 |
| 50 | Somalia | 51.29 | 2020 |
| 51 | Chad | 51.06 | 2020 |
| 52 | Mali | 50.91 | 2020 |
| 53 | Niger | 48.27 | 2020 |
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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.
