Population, female - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the 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 | Nigeria | 101,670,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 57,446,750.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Egypt | 50,631,540.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 44,851,230.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | South Africa | 30,092,680.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Tanzania | 29,883,100.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Kenya | 27,052,770.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Uganda | 23,194,410.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Sudan | 21,941,970.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Algeria | 21,697,240.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Morocco | 18,593,670.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Angola | 16,605,400.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Mozambique | 16,067,200.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Ghana | 15,322,950.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Madagascar | 13,876,400.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 13,268,790.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13,077,900.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Niger | 12,036,470.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 10,458,570.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Mali | 10,105,660.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Malawi | 9,695,918.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Zambia | 9,280,950.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Senegal | 8,573,145.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Chad | 8,225,689.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Somalia | 7,969,132.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 7,770,917.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Guinea | 6,779,558.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Rwanda | 6,584,778.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Benin | 6,068,950.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Burundi | 5,990,917.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Tunisia | 5,957,866.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Togo | 4,159,333.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 3,995,746.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Libya | 3,402,550.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Congo | 2,761,414.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Liberia | 2,515,138.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 2,435,722.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Mauritania | 2,314,679.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Eritrea | 1,607,405.00 | 2011 |
| 40 | Namibia | 1,309,233.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | The Gambia | 1,218,124.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Botswana | 1,212,526.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Gabon | 1,092,874.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Lesotho | 1,085,302.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,005,303.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Mauritius | 641,234.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | 622,605.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Eswatini | 589,928.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Djibouti | 469,009.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Comoros | 430,942.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Cabo Verde | 276,871.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | São Tomé and Principe | 109,486.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 47,960.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
