Samoa - Population, female (% of total population)

Population, female (% of total population) in Samoa was 48.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.33 in 1963, while its lowest value was 47.80 in 1989.

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 49.25
1961 49.29
1962 49.32
1963 49.33
1964 49.32
1965 49.30
1966 49.25
1967 49.18
1968 49.10
1969 49.06
1970 49.05
1971 49.07
1972 49.13
1973 49.19
1974 49.24
1975 49.26
1976 49.24
1977 49.18
1978 49.10
1979 48.99
1980 48.86
1981 48.70
1982 48.53
1983 48.34
1984 48.18
1985 48.04
1986 47.94
1987 47.86
1988 47.82
1989 47.80
1990 47.80
1991 47.83
1992 47.87
1993 47.92
1994 47.97
1995 47.99
1996 47.99
1997 47.96
1998 47.92
1999 47.90
2000 47.90
2001 47.93
2002 47.98
2003 48.05
2004 48.12
2005 48.18
2006 48.24
2007 48.29
2008 48.33
2009 48.36
2010 48.38
2011 48.38
2012 48.37
2013 48.35
2014 48.33
2015 48.30
2016 48.29
2017 48.27
2018 48.26
2019 48.25
2020 48.24

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