Population ages 20-24, female (% of female population) by country
Female population between the ages 20 to 24 as a percentage of the total female population.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
11.4%
Syria
Lowest
3.2%
Hong Kong
Median
7.3%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,424
What the numbers show
Population ages 20-24, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 11.4% in Syria; the lowest is 3.2% in Hong Kong.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.3%, and the mean is 7.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 160 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 67.1%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong (down 47.1%).
Population ages 20-24, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syria | 11.4% | 2025 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 2 | East Timor | 10.6% | 2025 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 3 | South Sudan | 10.4% | 2025 | up 28.7% | flat |
| 4 | Eritrea | 10.2% | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 10.2% | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 6 | Kenya | 10.0% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 10.0% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 8 | Uganda | 9.9% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.8% | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 9.8% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 11 | Guatemala | 9.8% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 12 | Malawi | 9.8% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 13 | Djibouti | 9.7% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 9.7% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 9.6% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 9.6% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 17 | Senegal | 9.6% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 18 | Botswana | 9.6% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 19 | Nepal | 9.5% | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 20 | Bhutan | 9.5% | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 9.5% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 22 | Honduras | 9.5% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 9.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 24 | Liberia | 9.5% | 2025 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 25 | Zambia | 9.4% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Madagascar | 9.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 27 | Micronesia (country) | 9.4% | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 9.3% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.3% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 30 | Tonga | 9.3% | 2025 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 31 | Sudan | 9.3% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 32 | Lesotho | 9.3% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 33 | Eswatini | 9.3% | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 34 | Solomon Islands | 9.3% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 35 | Belize | 9.3% | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 36 | Tanzania | 9.3% | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 37 | Gambia | 9.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 38 | Niger | 9.2% | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 39 | Guinea | 9.2% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Pakistan | 9.2% | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 41 | Haiti | 9.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 42 | Mali | 9.1% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 43 | Philippines | 9.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 44 | Cameroon | 9.1% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 45 | Mozambique | 9.0% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 46 | Iraq | 9.0% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 47 | Ghana | 9.0% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 48 | Somalia | 9.0% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 49 | Mauritania | 9.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 50 | Chad | 9.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 9.0% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 52 | Laos | 9.0% | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 53 | Palestine | 8.9% | 2025 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 54 | Benin | 8.9% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 55 | Yemen | 8.9% | 2025 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 56 | Comoros | 8.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 57 | Bolivia | 8.9% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 58 | Jordan | 8.8% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 59 | Togo | 8.8% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 60 | India | 8.7% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 61 | Burundi | 8.7% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 62 | Marshall Islands | 8.7% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 8.7% | 2025 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 64 | Malaysia | 8.7% | 2025 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 65 | Congo | 8.6% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.6% | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 8.6% | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 68 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.6% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 69 | Angola | 8.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 70 | El Salvador | 8.5% | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 71 | Suriname | 8.4% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 8.4% | 2025 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 73 | Ecuador | 8.3% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 74 | Gabon | 8.3% | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 75 | Egypt | 8.3% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 76 | Libya | 8.3% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 77 | Singapore | 8.2% | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 78 | American Samoa | 8.2% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 8.1% | 2025 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 8.1% | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.1% | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 82 | Mexico | 8.1% | 2025 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 83 | Namibia | 8.1% | 2025 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 84 | Venezuela | 8.1% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 85 | Paraguay | 8.0% | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 86 | Fiji | 8.0% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 87 | Peru | 8.0% | 2025 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 8.0% | 2025 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 89 | Myanmar | 8.0% | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 90 | Guyana | 7.9% | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 91 | Jamaica | 7.9% | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 92 | Cambodia | 7.9% | 2025 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 93 | Cape Verde | 7.8% | 2025 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 94 | Colombia | 7.8% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 95 | Brunei | 7.8% | 2025 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 96 | Panama | 7.7% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 97 | South Africa | 7.6% | 2025 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 98 | Lebanon | 7.6% | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 99 | Kiribati | 7.6% | 2025 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 100 | Indonesia | 7.6% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 101 | Morocco | 7.6% | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 102 | Tuvalu | 7.5% | 2025 | down 16.2% | flat |
| 103 | Samoa | 7.5% | 2025 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 104 | Nauru | 7.4% | 2025 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 105 | Israel | 7.4% | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 106 | Oman | 7.3% | 2025 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 107 | French Polynesia | 7.3% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 108 | Argentina | 7.3% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.2% | 2025 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 110 | Mauritius | 7.2% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 7.2% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 7.2% | 2025 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 7.1% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 114 | Brazil | 7.1% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 115 | Turkey | 7.0% | 2025 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 116 | Faroe Islands | 7.0% | 2025 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 7.0% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 118 | Bahamas | 6.9% | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 119 | Grenada | 6.9% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 120 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.8% | 2025 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 121 | Bahrain | 6.8% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 122 | Uruguay | 6.7% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 123 | Northern Mariana Islands | 6.7% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 124 | Iceland | 6.6% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 125 | Guam | 6.6% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 126 | Seychelles | 6.6% | 2025 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 127 | Dominica | 6.6% | 2025 | down 29.1% | flat |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 6.6% | 2025 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 129 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.6% | 2025 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.5% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 131 | United States | 6.5% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 132 | Ireland | 6.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 133 | Chile | 6.4% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 134 | North Korea | 6.4% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 135 | Gibraltar | 6.4% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 136 | Maldives | 6.4% | 2025 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 137 | Iran | 6.3% | 2025 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 138 | Vietnam | 6.3% | 2025 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 139 | Algeria | 6.3% | 2025 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 140 | Turkmenistan | 6.3% | 2025 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 141 | Netherlands | 6.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 142 | Qatar | 6.3% | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 143 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.3% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 144 | Tunisia | 6.3% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 145 | Thailand | 6.2% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 146 | Barbados | 6.2% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 147 | Albania | 6.2% | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 148 | New Zealand | 6.1% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 149 | Kuwait | 6.1% | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 150 | Norway | 6.1% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 151 | Palau | 6.1% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 152 | Greenland | 6.1% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 153 | British Virgin Islands | 6.1% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 154 | Denmark | 6.0% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 155 | Mongolia | 6.0% | 2025 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.0% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 157 | Curacao | 6.0% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 6.0% | 2025 | down 34.0% | flat |
| 159 | Puerto Rico | 5.9% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 160 | Canada | 5.9% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 161 | France | 5.9% | 2025 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 162 | Aruba | 5.9% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 163 | Australia | 5.8% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 164 | Kazakhstan | 5.8% | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 165 | Montenegro | 5.8% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 166 | Cuba | 5.6% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 167 | Andorra | 5.6% | 2025 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 5.6% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 169 | Armenia | 5.6% | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 170 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.6% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 171 | Sweden | 5.6% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 172 | Belgium | 5.6% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 173 | North Macedonia | 5.5% | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 174 | Finland | 5.4% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 175 | Luxembourg | 5.4% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 176 | Cyprus | 5.4% | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 177 | Cayman Islands | 5.3% | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 178 | Liechtenstein | 5.3% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 179 | China | 5.2% | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 180 | United States Virgin Islands | 5.2% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 181 | Macao | 5.2% | 2025 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 182 | Spain | 5.1% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 183 | Romania | 5.1% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 184 | Portugal | 5.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 185 | Georgia | 5.0% | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 186 | South Korea | 5.0% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 187 | Serbia | 5.0% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 188 | Isle of Man | 5.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 189 | Hungary | 4.9% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 190 | Austria | 4.9% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 191 | Switzerland | 4.9% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 192 | Lithuania | 4.9% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 193 | Italy | 4.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 194 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.9% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 195 | Bermuda | 4.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 196 | San Marino | 4.9% | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 197 | Czechia | 4.8% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 198 | Croatia | 4.8% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 199 | Greece | 4.8% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 200 | Moldova | 4.7% | 2025 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 201 | Russia | 4.7% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 202 | Japan | 4.7% | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 203 | Saint Martin (French part) | 4.7% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 204 | Germany | 4.7% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 205 | Ukraine | 4.7% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 206 | Malta | 4.7% | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 207 | Slovenia | 4.6% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 208 | Estonia | 4.5% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 209 | Slovakia | 4.5% | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 210 | Monaco | 4.5% | 2025 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 211 | Bulgaria | 4.4% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 212 | Latvia | 4.4% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 213 | Poland | 4.4% | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 214 | Belarus | 4.3% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 3.2% | 2025 | down 47.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 9.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 9.3%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 9.3%
- Pre-demographic dividend 9.3%
- Africa Western and Central 9.3%
- IDA only 9.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 9.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 9.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 9.3%
- IDA total 9.3%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 9.2%
- IDA blend 9.2%
About this data
Female population between the ages 20 to 24 as a percentage of the total female population.