Portugal - Population, female (% of total population)

Population, female (% of total population) in Portugal was 52.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 52.71 in 2018, while its lowest value was 51.64 in 2004.

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.

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Year Value
1960 52.21
1961 52.22
1962 52.24
1963 52.25
1964 52.27
1965 52.31
1966 52.36
1967 52.43
1968 52.50
1969 52.55
1970 52.57
1971 52.55
1972 52.49
1973 52.41
1974 52.33
1975 52.24
1976 52.17
1977 52.09
1978 52.02
1979 51.97
1980 51.92
1981 51.88
1982 51.86
1983 51.85
1984 51.84
1985 51.84
1986 51.84
1987 51.85
1988 51.86
1989 51.86
1990 51.87
1991 51.86
1992 51.86
1993 51.85
1994 51.84
1995 51.83
1996 51.82
1997 51.82
1998 51.81
1999 51.80
2000 51.78
2001 51.74
2002 51.70
2003 51.66
2004 51.64
2005 51.66
2006 51.71
2007 51.80
2008 51.91
2009 52.03
2010 52.14
2011 52.26
2012 52.37
2013 52.48
2014 52.57
2015 52.64
2016 52.69
2017 52.71
2018 52.71
2019 52.70
2020 52.69

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