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

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in Nigeria was 53.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.70 in 1960, while its lowest value was 52.12 in 1987.

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:

Year Value
1960 55.70
1961 55.47
1962 55.33
1963 55.26
1964 55.22
1965 55.23
1966 55.00
1967 54.86
1968 54.77
1969 54.72
1970 54.69
1971 54.47
1972 54.28
1973 54.14
1974 54.03
1975 53.95
1976 53.70
1977 53.53
1978 53.41
1979 53.33
1980 53.27
1981 52.96
1982 52.71
1983 52.52
1984 52.39
1985 52.33
1986 52.18
1987 52.12
1988 52.14
1989 52.23
1990 52.38
1991 52.41
1992 52.51
1993 52.67
1994 52.88
1995 53.11
1996 53.18
1997 53.30
1998 53.45
1999 53.62
2000 53.78
2001 53.74
2002 53.73
2003 53.74
2004 53.76
2005 53.79
2006 53.65
2007 53.55
2008 53.49
2009 53.45
2010 53.44
2011 53.34
2012 53.27
2013 53.24
2014 53.27
2015 53.35
2016 53.36
2017 53.45
2018 53.59
2019 53.77
2020 53.97

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