Population ages 55-59, female (% of female population) by country
Female population between the ages 55 to 59 as a percentage of the total female population.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
9.2%
Northern Mariana Islands
Lowest
1.8%
Mali
Median
5.1%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,424
What the numbers show
Population ages 55-59, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 9.2% in Northern Mariana Islands; the lowest is 1.8% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.1%, and the mean is 5.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 158 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 69.1%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 25.4%).
Population ages 55-59, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Mariana Islands | 9.2% | 2025 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 2 | San Marino | 9.2% | 2025 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 3 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 9.1% | 2025 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Cuba | 8.9% | 2025 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 5 | China | 8.4% | 2025 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 6 | South Korea | 8.3% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 7 | Andorra | 8.1% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 8 | Italy | 8.1% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 8.0% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 10 | Liechtenstein | 8.0% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 11 | Aruba | 7.9% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 12 | North Korea | 7.8% | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 7.8% | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 7.8% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 7.8% | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 16 | Saint Martin (French part) | 7.8% | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 17 | Isle of Man | 7.7% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 18 | Austria | 7.7% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 7.7% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 7.6% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 21 | Greenland | 7.5% | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 22 | United States Virgin Islands | 7.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 23 | Cayman Islands | 7.4% | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 24 | Palau | 7.4% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 25 | Switzerland | 7.3% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 26 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.3% | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 27 | Curacao | 7.2% | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 7.2% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 29 | Bermuda | 7.1% | 2025 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 30 | Macao | 7.0% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands | 7.0% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 32 | Dominica | 7.0% | 2025 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 33 | Croatia | 7.0% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 7.0% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 35 | Slovenia | 7.0% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 36 | Lithuania | 7.0% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.9% | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 6.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Barbados | 6.8% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 6.8% | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 6.7% | 2025 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 6.7% | 2025 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 43 | Denmark | 6.7% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 44 | Latvia | 6.7% | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 45 | Japan | 6.7% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 46 | Ukraine | 6.7% | 2025 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 6.7% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 48 | Belarus | 6.7% | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 49 | Albania | 6.7% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 50 | Bahamas | 6.6% | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 51 | British Virgin Islands | 6.6% | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 52 | Serbia | 6.6% | 2025 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 53 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.6% | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 54 | Belgium | 6.5% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 55 | Norway | 6.5% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 56 | French Polynesia | 6.5% | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 57 | Saint Lucia | 6.5% | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 58 | Mauritius | 6.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 59 | Monaco | 6.4% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 60 | France | 6.4% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 61 | Montenegro | 6.3% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 62 | Gibraltar | 6.3% | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 63 | Sweden | 6.3% | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 64 | New Zealand | 6.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 65 | Cyprus | 6.2% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 66 | Estonia | 6.2% | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 67 | Finland | 6.2% | 2025 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 68 | New Caledonia | 6.2% | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 6.2% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 6.2% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 71 | Slovakia | 6.2% | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 72 | Canada | 6.2% | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 73 | Czechia | 6.1% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 74 | Seychelles | 6.1% | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 75 | Faroe Islands | 6.1% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 76 | Ireland | 6.1% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 77 | Georgia | 6.0% | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.0% | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 79 | Moldova | 6.0% | 2025 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.0% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 81 | United States | 5.9% | 2025 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.9% | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 5.9% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 84 | American Samoa | 5.9% | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 85 | Russia | 5.9% | 2025 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 5.9% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 87 | Guam | 5.9% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 88 | Armenia | 5.8% | 2025 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 89 | Brazil | 5.8% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 90 | Poland | 5.7% | 2025 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 91 | Jamaica | 5.7% | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 92 | Singapore | 5.7% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 93 | Lebanon | 5.7% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 94 | Uruguay | 5.7% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 5.7% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 96 | Tuvalu | 5.6% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 97 | Vietnam | 5.6% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 98 | Colombia | 5.6% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 99 | Iceland | 5.6% | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | 5.6% | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 101 | Brunei | 5.5% | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 102 | Indonesia | 5.5% | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 103 | Venezuela | 5.5% | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 104 | Turkey | 5.4% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 105 | Malta | 5.3% | 2025 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 106 | Myanmar | 5.2% | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 5.2% | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 108 | Mexico | 5.1% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 109 | Suriname | 5.1% | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 110 | Grenada | 5.1% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 5.0% | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 112 | Iran | 5.0% | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 113 | Argentina | 4.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 114 | Morocco | 4.9% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 115 | El Salvador | 4.9% | 2025 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 116 | Libya | 4.8% | 2025 | up 69.1% | rising |
| 117 | Mongolia | 4.8% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 118 | Guyana | 4.7% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 4.7% | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 120 | Dominican Republic | 4.7% | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 121 | Fiji | 4.6% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 122 | Malaysia | 4.6% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 123 | Peru | 4.6% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 124 | Ecuador | 4.6% | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 125 | Algeria | 4.6% | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 126 | India | 4.6% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 127 | Israel | 4.4% | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 128 | Cape Verde | 4.4% | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.3% | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 130 | Tonga | 4.3% | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 131 | Maldives | 4.3% | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 132 | Kuwait | 4.3% | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 133 | Cambodia | 4.2% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 134 | South Africa | 4.2% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 4.2% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 136 | Paraguay | 4.2% | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 137 | Philippines | 4.2% | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 138 | Marshall Islands | 4.1% | 2025 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 139 | Micronesia (country) | 4.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 140 | Bhutan | 4.1% | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 141 | Bahrain | 4.1% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 142 | Belize | 4.0% | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 143 | Kiribati | 4.0% | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 144 | Djibouti | 3.9% | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 145 | Nicaragua | 3.9% | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 146 | Jordan | 3.8% | 2025 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 147 | Egypt | 3.8% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 148 | Nepal | 3.8% | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 149 | Samoa | 3.8% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 150 | Bolivia | 3.7% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 3.7% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 152 | Laos | 3.7% | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 153 | Syria | 3.6% | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 154 | Haiti | 3.5% | 2025 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 3.5% | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 3.4% | 2025 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 157 | Honduras | 3.3% | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | 3.3% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 159 | Ghana | 3.2% | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 160 | Iraq | 3.2% | 2025 | up 52.0% | falling |
| 161 | Eswatini | 3.2% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 162 | Botswana | 3.1% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 163 | South Sudan | 3.1% | 2025 | up 36.2% | flat |
| 164 | Guatemala | 3.1% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 165 | Eritrea | 3.0% | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 166 | Pakistan | 3.0% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 167 | Saudi Arabia | 3.0% | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 3.0% | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 169 | East Timor | 2.9% | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 170 | Congo | 2.9% | 2025 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 171 | Gabon | 2.9% | 2025 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.9% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 173 | Namibia | 2.9% | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 174 | Comoros | 2.9% | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 2.9% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 176 | Nauru | 2.8% | 2025 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 177 | Gambia | 2.8% | 2025 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 178 | Palestine | 2.8% | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 179 | Qatar | 2.7% | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 180 | Liberia | 2.7% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 181 | Sierra Leone | 2.7% | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 182 | Sudan | 2.7% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.7% | 2025 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 2.6% | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 185 | Kenya | 2.6% | 2025 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 186 | Togo | 2.6% | 2025 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 187 | Senegal | 2.6% | 2025 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 188 | Madagascar | 2.6% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 189 | Rwanda | 2.6% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 190 | Benin | 2.5% | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 191 | Guinea | 2.5% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 193 | Mauritania | 2.5% | 2025 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 194 | Angola | 2.5% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 195 | Nigeria | 2.4% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 196 | Lesotho | 2.4% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 197 | Oman | 2.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 198 | Burkina Faso | 2.4% | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 199 | Cameroon | 2.3% | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.3% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 201 | Yemen | 2.2% | 2025 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 202 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.2% | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 203 | Zambia | 2.2% | 2025 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 2.1% | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 205 | Tanzania | 2.1% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 206 | Central African Republic | 2.1% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 207 | Malawi | 2.1% | 2025 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 208 | Chad | 2.1% | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 209 | Somalia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 210 | Niger | 2.0% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 211 | Mozambique | 2.0% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 212 | Zimbabwe | 2.0% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 213 | Uganda | 1.9% | 2025 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 214 | Burundi | 1.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 215 | Mali | 1.8% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Channel Islands 8.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 7.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 7.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 7.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 7.3%
- Euro area 7.3%
- European Union 7.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 6.7%
- Upper middle income 6.7%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 6.5%
- High income 6.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 6.4%
About this data
Female population between the ages 55 to 59 as a percentage of the total female population.