Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) by country
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.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
76.3%
British Virgin Islands
Lowest
49.6%
Monaco
Median
63.6%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,424
What the numbers show
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 76.3% in British Virgin Islands; the lowest is 49.6% in Monaco.
The median across all reporting countries is 63.6%, and the mean is 63.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 19.9%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 12.9%).
Population ages 15-64, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Virgin Islands | 76.3% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 75.8% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 3 | Cayman Islands | 73.7% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 73.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 5 | Macao | 73.0% | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 6 | Jamaica | 72.6% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 7 | Singapore | 72.4% | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 8 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 72.3% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 9 | Qatar | 72.2% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 72.0% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 11 | Bhutan | 71.7% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 12 | Andorra | 71.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 13 | Bahrain | 71.1% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 14 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 71.1% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 15 | Brunei | 70.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 16 | Maldives | 70.4% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 17 | Bahamas | 70.0% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritius | 70.0% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 19 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 69.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | 69.8% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.6% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 22 | Malaysia | 69.6% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 23 | French Polynesia | 69.6% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 69.5% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 25 | Iran | 69.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | 68.7% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 27 | Dominica | 68.7% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 68.7% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 29 | Belize | 68.6% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 30 | China | 68.6% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.5% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 68.5% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 33 | Seychelles | 68.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 68.1% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 68.1% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 36 | Myanmar | 68.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 37 | India | 68.1% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 38 | Hong Kong | 67.9% | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 39 | Palau | 67.9% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Mexico | 67.9% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | Northern Mariana Islands | 67.7% | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 42 | Libya | 67.7% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 43 | Greenland | 67.7% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 44 | Indonesia | 67.7% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 45 | El Salvador | 67.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 46 | Turkey | 67.6% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 47 | Grenada | 67.5% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 67.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 49 | South Korea | 67.4% | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 50 | North Korea | 67.3% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 67.2% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 67.2% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 53 | New Caledonia | 67.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 54 | Vietnam | 67.0% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 55 | Nepal | 67.0% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 56 | Cuba | 67.0% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 67.0% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 58 | Philippines | 66.9% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 59 | South Africa | 66.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 60 | Peru | 66.8% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 61 | Syria | 66.8% | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 62 | Cape Verde | 66.8% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 63 | Tunisia | 66.6% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 64 | Fiji | 66.4% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 65 | Djibouti | 66.3% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 66 | Morocco | 66.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 66.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 69 | Armenia | 65.9% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 65.7% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 71 | Iceland | 65.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 72 | Curacao | 65.6% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 73 | Suriname | 65.5% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 74 | Panama | 65.5% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 75 | Ireland | 65.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 76 | Laos | 65.4% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 65.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 78 | Argentina | 65.2% | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 65.2% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 80 | Aruba | 65.2% | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 81 | Honduras | 65.2% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 82 | Barbados | 65.0% | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 83 | Venezuela | 64.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 84 | Paraguay | 64.7% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 85 | Bolivia | 64.7% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 86 | Oman | 64.6% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 87 | American Samoa | 64.4% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | Jordan | 64.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 89 | Guyana | 64.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 90 | Haiti | 64.4% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 91 | Ukraine | 64.3% | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 92 | Lebanon | 64.3% | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 64.2% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 94 | San Marino | 64.1% | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 95 | Malta | 64.1% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 96 | Norway | 64.1% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 97 | New Zealand | 64.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 98 | Cambodia | 64.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 99 | Spain | 64.1% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 100 | Gibraltar | 64.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 101 | Liechtenstein | 64.0% | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 64.0% | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 103 | Uruguay | 63.9% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 104 | Botswana | 63.9% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 105 | Canada | 63.9% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 63.8% | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 107 | Australia | 63.8% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 63.6% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 109 | Switzerland | 63.5% | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 110 | Netherlands | 63.4% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 111 | United States | 63.3% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 112 | Austria | 63.2% | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 113 | Slovakia | 63.1% | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus | 63.0% | 2025 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 115 | Algeria | 62.9% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 116 | Egypt | 62.8% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 117 | Mongolia | 62.8% | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 118 | Russia | 62.7% | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 119 | Eswatini | 62.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 120 | United Kingdom | 62.6% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 121 | Micronesia (country) | 62.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 122 | Montenegro | 62.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 123 | Poland | 62.4% | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 62.4% | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 62.3% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 126 | Denmark | 62.3% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 62.3% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 128 | Moldova | 62.2% | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 129 | Belgium | 62.1% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 130 | Lesotho | 62.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 131 | Georgia | 62.0% | 2025 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 132 | Kiribati | 62.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 133 | Bermuda | 61.9% | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 134 | Isle of Man | 61.8% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 135 | Romania | 61.7% | 2025 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 136 | East Timor | 61.6% | 2025 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 137 | Hungary | 61.5% | 2025 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 138 | Italy | 61.5% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 139 | Czechia | 61.4% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61.3% | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 141 | Sweden | 61.3% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 142 | Marshall Islands | 61.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 61.1% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 144 | Greece | 61.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 145 | Lithuania | 61.0% | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 146 | Faroe Islands | 61.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 147 | Portugal | 60.9% | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 148 | Slovenia | 60.9% | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 149 | Ghana | 60.9% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 150 | Serbia | 60.9% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 151 | Kenya | 60.8% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 60.7% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 153 | Germany | 60.6% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 154 | Iraq | 60.6% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 155 | Bulgaria | 60.5% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 156 | Tonga | 60.5% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 157 | Guam | 60.4% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 158 | Croatia | 60.3% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 60.0% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 160 | France | 59.9% | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 161 | Saint Martin (French part) | 59.7% | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 162 | Israel | 59.7% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 163 | Finland | 59.5% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 164 | South Sudan | 59.5% | 2025 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 165 | Namibia | 59.4% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 166 | Rwanda | 59.4% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 167 | Nauru | 59.4% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 168 | United States Virgin Islands | 59.3% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 169 | Pakistan | 59.3% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 170 | Estonia | 59.2% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 171 | Senegal | 59.2% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 172 | Palestine | 59.2% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 173 | Latvia | 59.1% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 59.1% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 175 | Tuvalu | 59.1% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 176 | Gabon | 58.9% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 58.7% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 178 | Guinea-Bissau | 58.6% | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 179 | Comoros | 58.6% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 180 | Eritrea | 58.4% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 181 | Vanuatu | 58.3% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 58.2% | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 183 | Liberia | 57.9% | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 184 | Malawi | 57.8% | 2025 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 185 | Madagascar | 57.7% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 186 | Zimbabwe | 57.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 187 | Sudan | 57.4% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 188 | Gambia | 57.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 189 | Togo | 57.2% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 190 | Congo | 57.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 191 | Zambia | 57.1% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | 57.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 193 | Yemen | 56.5% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 194 | Cote d'Ivoire | 56.5% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 195 | Japan | 56.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 196 | Guinea | 56.4% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 197 | Burkina Faso | 56.4% | 2025 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 198 | Nigeria | 56.3% | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 199 | Samoa | 56.3% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 200 | Cameroon | 56.2% | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 201 | Benin | 55.7% | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 202 | Mauritania | 55.4% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 203 | Afghanistan | 55.1% | 2025 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 204 | Uganda | 54.9% | 2025 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 205 | Tanzania | 54.8% | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 206 | Burundi | 53.7% | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 207 | Mozambique | 53.7% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 208 | Angola | 53.4% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 209 | Chad | 52.2% | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 210 | Mali | 51.7% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 211 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 51.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 212 | Somalia | 51.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 213 | Central African Republic | 51.1% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 214 | Niger | 51.0% | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 215 | Monaco | 49.6% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 69.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 68.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 68.2%
- South Asia 67.9%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 67.9%
- Upper middle income 67.8%
- Late-demographic dividend 67.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 67.5%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 67.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 67.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 67.4%
- Caribbean small states 67.4%
About this data
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.