Oman - Population, female (% of total population)

Population, female (% of total population) in Oman was 34.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.98 in 1968, while its lowest value was 33.98 in 2019.

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:

Year Value
1960 50.47
1961 50.56
1962 50.65
1963 50.73
1964 50.80
1965 50.87
1966 50.93
1967 50.97
1968 50.98
1969 50.95
1970 50.87
1971 50.73
1972 50.54
1973 50.30
1974 49.98
1975 49.59
1976 49.14
1977 48.64
1978 48.14
1979 47.69
1980 47.30
1981 46.97
1982 46.68
1983 46.42
1984 46.18
1985 45.95
1986 45.76
1987 45.59
1988 45.36
1989 44.96
1990 44.34
1991 43.47
1992 42.46
1993 41.52
1994 40.89
1995 40.69
1996 40.96
1997 41.59
1998 42.44
1999 43.26
2000 43.86
2001 44.19
2002 44.27
2003 44.13
2004 43.85
2005 43.44
2006 42.95
2007 42.37
2008 41.64
2009 40.74
2010 39.68
2011 38.51
2012 37.33
2013 36.26
2014 35.41
2015 34.79
2016 34.38
2017 34.13
2018 34.01
2019 33.98
2020 34.00

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

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population