Population ages 40-44, female (% of female population) by country

Female population between the ages 40 to 44 as a percentage of the total female population.

Countries reporting
215
Highest
10.5%
Kuwait
Lowest
3.0%
Central African Republic
Median
6.4%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,424

What the numbers show

Population ages 40-44, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 10.5% in Kuwait; the lowest is 3.0% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, and the mean is 6.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 144 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 69.4%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 31.7%).

Population ages 40-44, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kuwait 10.5% 2025 down 1.6% rising
2 British Virgin Islands 10.3% 2025 up 12.7% rising
3 Qatar 9.8% 2025 up 28.3% rising
4 Iran 9.4% 2025 up 40.0% rising
5 Cayman Islands 9.3% 2025 down 8.2% rising
6 United Arab Emirates 9.1% 2025 up 11.7% rising
7 Hong Kong 9.0% 2025 up 5.5% rising
8 Maldives 8.8% 2025 up 45.0% rising
9 Macao 8.7% 2025 up 0.4% rising
10 Trinidad and Tobago 8.7% 2025 up 26.5% rising
11 Bahrain 8.6% 2025 up 19.2% rising
12 Cyprus 8.6% 2025 up 16.6% rising
13 Turks and Caicos Islands 8.3% 2025 down 5.7% rising
14 Poland 8.2% 2025 up 23.5% rising
15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.1% 2025 up 15.0% rising
16 Oman 8.0% 2025 up 47.7% rising
17 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.8% 2025 down 13.2% rising
18 Malta 7.8% 2025 up 22.4% rising
19 Andorra 7.8% 2025 down 19.1% rising
20 Brazil 7.8% 2025 up 11.9% rising
21 Vietnam 7.8% 2025 up 11.7% rising
22 Russia 7.7% 2025 up 15.5% rising
23 Grenada 7.7% 2025 up 43.0% rising
24 Ireland 7.7% 2025 up 3.1% rising
25 Tunisia 7.7% 2025 up 13.3% rising
26 Brunei 7.7% 2025 down 2.3% rising
27 Ukraine 7.7% 2025 up 16.6% rising
28 French Polynesia 7.7% 2025 up 5.8% rising
29 Azerbaijan 7.7% 2025 up 10.0% rising
30 Malaysia 7.7% 2025 up 23.1% rising
31 Jamaica 7.6% 2025 up 15.4% rising
32 Luxembourg 7.6% 2025 up 1.0% rising
33 Slovakia 7.6% 2025 up 4.7% rising
34 Armenia 7.6% 2025 up 29.8% rising
35 Saint Lucia 7.6% 2025 up 4.8% rising
36 Algeria 7.6% 2025 up 15.0% rising
37 Belarus 7.5% 2025 up 13.2% rising
38 Bhutan 7.5% 2025 up 41.8% rising
39 Singapore 7.5% 2025 down 1.9% rising
40 Costa Rica 7.5% 2025 up 13.4% rising
41 Turkey 7.4% 2025 up 10.1% rising
42 South Africa 7.3% 2025 up 21.5% rising
43 Saudi Arabia 7.3% 2025 up 32.0% rising
44 Myanmar 7.3% 2025 up 7.7% rising
45 Libya 7.3% 2025 down 2.8% rising
46 Indonesia 7.2% 2025 up 2.0% rising
47 Moldova 7.2% 2025 up 15.9% rising
48 South Korea 7.2% 2025 down 14.1% rising
49 Thailand 7.2% 2025 down 10.5% rising
50 Chile 7.2% 2025 up 2.9% rising
51 China 7.2% 2025 down 15.9% rising
52 Fiji 7.1% 2025 up 27.0% rising
53 Cambodia 7.1% 2025 up 42.0% rising
54 Colombia 7.1% 2025 up 7.9% rising
55 Seychelles 7.1% 2025 down 4.3% rising
56 New Caledonia 7.1% 2025 down 8.2% rising
57 Mauritius 7.1% 2025 up 2.6% rising
58 Bermuda 7.1% 2025 down 1.8% rising
59 Dominica 7.0% 2025 up 4.6% rising
60 Morocco 7.0% 2025 up 9.9% rising
61 Bahamas 7.0% 2025 down 6.2% rising
62 Antigua and Barbuda 7.0% 2025 down 7.1% rising
63 Switzerland 7.0% 2025 down 0.6% rising
64 Sri Lanka 7.0% 2025 up 9.3% rising
65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.0% 2025 up 7.6% rising
66 Australia 7.0% 2025 up 0.1% rising
67 India 6.9% 2025 up 13.1% rising
68 Cape Verde 6.9% 2025 up 36.8% rising
69 Mexico 6.9% 2025 up 2.3% rising
70 North Macedonia 6.9% 2025 up 0.6% rising
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.9% 2025 up 6.2% rising
72 Bangladesh 6.9% 2025 up 12.6% rising
73 Montenegro 6.9% 2025 up 4.6% rising
74 Slovenia 6.9% 2025 down 0.0% rising
75 Ecuador 6.9% 2025 up 12.9% rising
76 Georgia 6.8% 2025 up 7.7% rising
77 Serbia 6.8% 2025 up 3.5% falling
78 Peru 6.8% 2025 up 8.2% rising
79 Spain 6.8% 2025 down 15.1% rising
80 Argentina 6.8% 2025 up 10.7% flat
81 Mongolia 6.8% 2025 up 0.7% rising
82 Belize 6.8% 2025 up 13.6% rising
83 Canada 6.8% 2025 up 2.9% rising
84 Nauru 6.8% 2025 up 47.5% rising
85 Palau 6.7% 2025 down 13.1% rising
86 Marshall Islands 6.7% 2025 up 22.9% rising
87 Austria 6.7% 2025 down 2.7% rising
88 Estonia 6.7% 2025 up 4.0% falling
89 Gibraltar 6.7% 2025 down 1.7% rising
90 Nicaragua 6.7% 2025 up 17.9% rising
91 Bulgaria 6.7% 2025 down 5.2% flat
92 Barbados 6.7% 2025 down 8.2% rising
93 Czechia 6.6% 2025 down 15.0% rising
94 Greenland 6.6% 2025 up 26.4% rising
95 Panama 6.6% 2025 down 1.1% rising
96 Iceland 6.6% 2025 up 3.0% rising
97 Greece 6.6% 2025 down 10.3% rising
98 Uzbekistan 6.6% 2025 up 10.5% rising
99 Croatia 6.6% 2025 up 4.1% flat
100 United Kingdom 6.6% 2025 down 1.0% rising
101 Paraguay 6.6% 2025 up 21.1% rising
102 Kazakhstan 6.6% 2025 up 1.8% rising
103 United States 6.5% 2025 up 5.4% rising
104 Latvia 6.5% 2025 up 0.1% falling
105 Zimbabwe 6.5% 2025 up 53.5% rising
106 Norway 6.4% 2025 down 7.9% rising
107 Nepal 6.4% 2025 up 24.2% rising
108 Aruba 6.4% 2025 down 13.6% rising
109 North Korea 6.4% 2025 down 20.6% rising
110 New Zealand 6.4% 2025 down 7.8% rising
111 Venezuela 6.4% 2025 up 1.6% rising
112 Belgium 6.4% 2025 down 2.1% rising
113 Liechtenstein 6.4% 2025 down 15.6% rising
114 Egypt 6.4% 2025 up 15.7% rising
115 Suriname 6.4% 2025 down 0.5% rising
116 Portugal 6.4% 2025 down 16.7% rising
117 Dominican Republic 6.4% 2025 up 3.6% rising
118 Hungary 6.3% 2025 down 14.5% rising
119 Turkmenistan 6.3% 2025 down 4.3% rising
120 Honduras 6.3% 2025 up 20.5% rising
121 Finland 6.3% 2025 up 13.6% flat
122 Laos 6.3% 2025 up 19.7% rising
123 Saint Martin (French part) 6.3% 2025 down 25.2% rising
124 Lesotho 6.3% 2025 up 69.4% flat
125 Germany 6.3% 2025 up 2.7% rising
126 Isle of Man 6.2% 2025 down 12.1% rising
127 Philippines 6.2% 2025 up 13.8% rising
128 Djibouti 6.2% 2025 up 2.2% rising
129 Lebanon 6.2% 2025 down 4.1% rising
130 Papua New Guinea 6.2% 2025 up 7.7% rising
131 El Salvador 6.2% 2025 up 0.3% rising
132 Sweden 6.1% 2025 down 6.2% flat
133 Romania 6.1% 2025 down 17.1% rising
134 Bolivia 6.1% 2025 up 12.3% rising
135 Uruguay 6.1% 2025 down 2.7% flat
136 Haiti 6.1% 2025 up 16.8% rising
137 Kyrgyzstan 6.1% 2025 up 0.8% rising
138 Northern Mariana Islands 6.1% 2025 down 31.7% rising
139 Jordan 6.0% 2025 up 6.9% rising
140 Eswatini 6.0% 2025 up 40.9% rising
141 France 6.0% 2025 down 8.7% rising
142 Curacao 6.0% 2025 down 15.0% rising
143 San Marino 6.0% 2025 down 30.8% rising
144 Kiribati 6.0% 2025 up 18.2% rising
145 Puerto Rico 6.0% 2025 down 7.1% rising
146 Netherlands 6.0% 2025 down 11.2% rising
147 Israel 5.9% 2025 down 4.0% rising
148 Albania 5.9% 2025 down 6.1% rising
149 Gabon 5.9% 2025 up 17.1% falling
150 Italy 5.9% 2025 down 23.1% rising
151 Cuba 5.9% 2025 down 30.6% rising
152 Guatemala 5.9% 2025 up 25.3% rising
153 Lithuania 5.8% 2025 down 10.8% flat
154 Faroe Islands 5.8% 2025 down 8.0% rising
155 Ghana 5.8% 2025 up 13.8% rising
156 United States Virgin Islands 5.7% 2025 down 9.6% rising
157 American Samoa 5.7% 2025 down 9.4% rising
158 Japan 5.7% 2025 down 24.5% falling
159 Rwanda 5.7% 2025 up 34.0% rising
160 Tonga 5.6% 2025 up 4.8% rising
161 Vanuatu 5.6% 2025 up 18.6% rising
162 Solomon Islands 5.6% 2025 up 6.1% rising
163 Tajikistan 5.6% 2025 up 9.7% rising
164 Guyana 5.6% 2025 down 11.0% rising
165 Cote d'Ivoire 5.5% 2025 up 30.4% rising
166 Namibia 5.5% 2025 up 10.4% rising
167 Denmark 5.5% 2025 down 18.9% rising
168 Syria 5.5% 2025 up 0.3% rising
169 Sao Tome and Principe 5.5% 2025 up 22.4% rising
170 Guam 5.5% 2025 down 18.9% rising
171 Comoros 5.5% 2025 up 20.8% rising
172 South Sudan 5.4% 2025 down 2.0% rising
173 Botswana 5.4% 2025 up 5.4% rising
174 Iraq 5.3% 2025 up 2.9% rising
175 Equatorial Guinea 5.3% 2025 up 9.9% flat
176 Malawi 5.2% 2025 up 53.5% falling
177 Pakistan 5.2% 2025 up 13.9% rising
178 Togo 5.2% 2025 up 8.0% rising
179 Burundi 5.2% 2025 up 39.6% falling
180 Congo 5.2% 2025 up 0.7% rising
181 Guinea-Bissau 5.2% 2025 up 9.2% falling
182 Kenya 5.1% 2025 up 13.7% rising
183 Palestine 5.1% 2025 up 17.1% rising
184 Yemen 5.1% 2025 up 24.3% falling
185 East Timor 5.0% 2025 up 16.0% falling
186 Senegal 5.0% 2025 up 13.7% flat
187 Liberia 5.0% 2025 up 9.5% flat
188 Sierra Leone 5.0% 2025 up 9.7% falling
189 Cameroon 4.9% 2025 up 13.1% falling
190 Zambia 4.9% 2025 up 14.9% rising
191 Micronesia (country) 4.9% 2025 down 6.1% rising
192 Samoa 4.8% 2025 down 9.5% rising
193 Burkina Faso 4.8% 2025 up 18.1% falling
194 Benin 4.8% 2025 up 8.6% flat
195 Madagascar 4.7% 2025 up 3.5% rising
196 Sudan 4.7% 2025 up 4.8% rising
197 Nigeria 4.7% 2025 up 8.9% falling
198 Mauritania 4.6% 2025 up 4.9% falling
199 Tanzania 4.6% 2025 up 8.8% rising
200 Monaco 4.6% 2025 down 12.2% falling
201 Angola 4.5% 2025 up 4.2% falling
202 Gambia 4.5% 2025 up 7.1% falling
203 Guinea 4.4% 2025 up 7.2% falling
204 Ethiopia 4.4% 2025 up 2.3% falling
205 Mozambique 4.4% 2025 up 9.6% falling
206 Mali 4.2% 2025 up 12.8% falling
207 Tuvalu 4.2% 2025 down 4.9% falling
208 Eritrea 4.1% 2025 down 11.5% falling
209 Somalia 4.0% 2025 up 6.2% falling
210 Afghanistan 4.0% 2025 up 3.0% falling
211 Chad 4.0% 2025 down 4.8% falling
212 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.9% 2025 down 1.7% falling
213 Uganda 3.9% 2025 up 8.1% falling
214 Niger 3.7% 2025 up 2.5% falling
215 Central African Republic 3.0% 2025 down 13.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Population ages 40-44, female (% of female population)
Unit
% of female population
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,424 data points, 1960–2025
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Female population between the ages 40 to 44 as a percentage of the total female population.