Population, female (% of total population) - Country Ranking

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. 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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Nepal 54.19 2020
2 Hong Kong SAR, China 54.12 2020
3 Latvia 53.91 2020
4 Lithuania 53.72 2020
5 Ukraine 53.67 2020
6 Russia 53.65 2020
7 Belarus 53.44 2020
8 El Salvador 53.19 2020
9 Armenia 52.97 2020
10 Portugal 52.69 2020
11 Estonia 52.62 2020
12 Puerto Rico 52.62 2020
13 Hungary 52.40 2020
14 Georgia 52.34 2020
15 Zimbabwe 52.28 2020
16 Moldova 52.11 2020
17 Sri Lanka 52.05 2020
18 Macao SAR, China 51.94 2020
19 Myanmar 51.81 2020
20 Croatia 51.79 2020
21 Antigua and Barbuda 51.73 2020
22 Uruguay 51.68 2020
23 Guinea 51.62 2020
24 France 51.60 2020
25 Barbados 51.60 2020
26 Botswana 51.56 2020
27 Poland 51.55 2020
28 Namibia 51.53 2020
29 Kazakhstan 51.47 2020
30 Bulgaria 51.44 2020
31 The Bahamas 51.41 2020
32 Mozambique 51.41 2020
33 Romania 51.38 2020
34 Thailand 51.34 2020
35 Italy 51.31 2020
36 Slovak Republic 51.31 2020
37 Argentina 51.21 2020
38 Senegal 51.20 2020
39 Cambodia 51.18 2020
40 Japan 51.17 2020
41 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 51.09 2020
42 Guinea-Bissau 51.08 2020
43 Mexico 51.08 2020
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.03 2020
45 Serbia 51.02 2020
46 Greece 50.92 2020
47 Colombia 50.90 2020
48 Brazil 50.87 2020
49 Spain 50.85 2020
50 New Zealand 50.85 2020
51 Eswatini 50.85 2020
52 Rwanda 50.84 2020
53 Kiribati 50.82 2020
54 Venezuela 50.82 2020
55 Turkmenistan 50.77 2020
56 Czech Republic 50.77 2020
57 St. Lucia 50.76 2020
58 South Africa 50.74 2020
59 Mongolia 50.74 2020
60 Guatemala 50.73 2020
61 Nicaragua 50.72 2020
62 Uganda 50.71 2020
63 Austria 50.71 2020
64 Chile 50.69 2020
65 Finland 50.68 2020
66 Malawi 50.68 2020
67 Lesotho 50.66 2020
68 Mauritius 50.66 2020
69 Haiti 50.66 2020
70 Turkey 50.63 2020
71 Trinidad and Tobago 50.63 2020
72 United Kingdom 50.59 2020
73 Germany 50.57 2020
74 Montenegro 50.55 2020
75 Kyrgyz Republic 50.53 2020
76 Angola 50.52 2020
77 United States 50.52 2020
78 Zambia 50.48 2020
79 Belgium 50.44 2020
80 Central African Republic 50.43 2020
81 Tunisia 50.41 2020
82 The Gambia 50.41 2020
83 Switzerland 50.39 2020
84 Burundi 50.38 2020
85 Morocco 50.37 2020
86 Jamaica 50.37 2020
87 Canada 50.37 2020
88 Ireland 50.36 2020
89 Cuba 50.35 2020
90 Peru 50.33 2020
91 Kenya 50.31 2020
92 Denmark 50.29 2020
93 Belize 50.26 2020
94 Togo 50.24 2020
95 Israel 50.23 2020
96 Slovenia 50.20 2020
97 Australia 50.20 2020
98 Netherlands 50.18 2020
99 Somalia 50.14 2020
100 Uzbekistan 50.11 2020
101 Madagascar 50.11 2020
102 Sierra Leone 50.09 2020
103 Dem. Rep. Congo 50.08 2020
104 Chad 50.08 2020
105 Vietnam 50.07 2020
106 Benin 50.06 2020
107 Dominican Republic 50.05 2020
108 Azerbaijan 50.05 2020
109 Congo 50.04 2020
110 Sudan 50.04 2020
111 Costa Rica 50.04 2020
112 Honduras 50.03 2020
113 Burkina Faso 50.03 2020
114 Tanzania 50.03 2020
115 Cyprus 50.01 2020
116 Eritrea 50.01 2011
117 Ecuador 49.99 2020
118 Cameroon 49.98 2020
119 North Macedonia 49.98 2020
120 Ethiopia 49.97 2020
121 São Tomé and Principe 49.96 2020
122 Tonga 49.95 2020
123 Syrian Arab Republic 49.94 2020
124 Panama 49.94 2020
125 Korea 49.94 2020
126 Sweden 49.91 2020
127 Mali 49.90 2020
128 Malta 49.85 2020
129 Bolivia 49.82 2020
130 Lao PDR 49.81 2020
131 Cabo Verde 49.80 2020
132 Philippines 49.78 2020
133 Mauritania 49.78 2020
134 Iceland 49.77 2020
135 Suriname 49.74 2020
136 New Caledonia 49.74 2020
137 Liberia 49.73 2020
138 Niger 49.72 2020
139 Guyana 49.71 2020
140 Lebanon 49.66 2020
141 Indonesia 49.65 2020
142 Grenada 49.64 2020
143 Yemen 49.62 2020
144 Tajikistan 49.61 2020
145 Côte d'Ivoire 49.58 2020
146 Comoros 49.56 2020
147 Libya 49.52 2020
148 Iran 49.51 2020
149 Algeria 49.48 2020
150 Egypt 49.48 2020
151 Timor-Leste 49.47 2020
152 Norway 49.46 2020
153 Bangladesh 49.44 2020
154 Luxembourg 49.43 2020
155 Iraq 49.39 2020
156 Jordan 49.37 2020
157 Fiji 49.35 2020
158 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 49.33 2020
159 Nigeria 49.32 2020
160 Ghana 49.31 2020
161 Vanuatu 49.31 2020
162 Paraguay 49.19 2020
163 Solomon Islands 49.15 2020
164 Albania 49.10 2020
165 Gabon 49.10 2020
166 Papua New Guinea 48.94 2020
167 Seychelles 48.71 2020
168 China 48.71 2020
169 Afghanistan 48.68 2020
170 Malaysia 48.62 2020
171 Pakistan 48.54 2020
172 Samoa 48.24 2020
173 Brunei 48.12 2020
174 India 48.04 2020
175 Singapore 47.66 2020
176 Djibouti 47.47 2020
177 Bhutan 46.85 2020
178 Equatorial Guinea 44.38 2020
179 Saudi Arabia 42.17 2020
180 Kuwait 38.78 2020
181 Bahrain 35.33 2020
182 Oman 34.00 2020
183 United Arab Emirates 30.88 2020
184 Qatar 24.85 2020

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Development Relevance: Females comprise almost one-half of the world population. Female population relative to male population is a primary demographic indicator, reflecting historical events such as wars and the socio-demographic and ethno-cultural characteristics of the population.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population structure by age and sex in the World Bank's estimates is based on the population structure by age and sex in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual