Population, female by country
Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
709.09 million
India
Lowest
4,633
Tuvalu
Median
3.50 million
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,394
What the numbers show
Population, female is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 709.09 million in India; the lowest is 4,633 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.50 million, and the mean is 18.94 million.
Over the past decade 180 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 48.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 32.6%).
Population, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 709.09 million | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 690.54 million | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 170.05 million | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 142.19 million | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 125.91 million | 2025 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Nigeria | 117.35 million | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 108.16 million | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 89.32 million | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 76.96 million | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 67.96 million | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 67.60 million | 2025 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Japan | 63.22 million | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 58.61 million | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 58.54 million | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 56.85 million | 2025 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Vietnam | 51.84 million | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 17 | Iran | 45.47 million | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 18 | Turkey | 43.03 million | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 42.26 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 36.78 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 21 | Tanzania | 35.57 million | 2025 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 22 | France | 35.40 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 35.26 million | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 33.24 million | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 30.10 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 26 | Kenya | 28.94 million | 2025 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | 27.56 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 27.07 million | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 29 | Sudan | 26.06 million | 2025 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 30 | South Korea | 25.90 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 31 | Uganda | 25.89 million | 2025 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Spain | 25.13 million | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 33 | Iraq | 23.41 million | 2025 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Algeria | 23.25 million | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 35 | Argentina | 23.09 million | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 21.70 million | 2025 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Canada | 20.97 million | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 38 | Ukraine | 20.84 million | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 20.61 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Angola | 19.72 million | 2025 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Morocco | 19.06 million | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 42 | Poland | 18.79 million | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 18.36 million | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 44 | Mozambique | 18.33 million | 2025 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 45 | Ghana | 17.55 million | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 46 | Peru | 17.38 million | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 47 | Malaysia | 17.16 million | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 48 | Madagascar | 16.32 million | 2025 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Cote d'Ivoire | 16.08 million | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Nepal | 15.49 million | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 14.99 million | 2025 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 14.63 million | 2025 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Venezuela | 14.43 million | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 54 | Australia | 13.91 million | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 55 | Niger | 13.74 million | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 56 | North Korea | 13.42 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 57 | Syria | 12.79 million | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 58 | Mali | 12.49 million | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 12.08 million | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Malawi | 11.37 million | 2025 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 11.23 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 62 | Zambia | 11.07 million | 2025 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 10.69 million | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 64 | Chad | 10.47 million | 2025 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Chile | 9.99 million | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 66 | Somalia | 9.81 million | 2025 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Romania | 9.81 million | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 68 | Guatemala | 9.42 million | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 69 | Senegal | 9.32 million | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 70 | Ecuador | 9.17 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 71 | Netherlands | 9.10 million | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 72 | Cambodia | 9.10 million | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 8.86 million | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 74 | Guinea | 7.62 million | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 7.46 million | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 76 | Benin | 7.38 million | 2025 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Burundi | 7.24 million | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 78 | Bolivia | 6.28 million | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 6.25 million | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 80 | South Sudan | 6.19 million | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 6.05 million | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 82 | Haiti | 6.02 million | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 5.79 million | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 84 | Portugal | 5.66 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 85 | Jordan | 5.59 million | 2025 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Cuba | 5.54 million | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 87 | Czechia | 5.52 million | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 5.48 million | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 5.47 million | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 90 | Greece | 5.37 million | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 91 | Sweden | 5.26 million | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 5.23 million | 2025 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 5.22 million | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 94 | Israel | 5.08 million | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 95 | Hungary | 4.94 million | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 96 | Belarus | 4.85 million | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 97 | Austria | 4.67 million | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 98 | Switzerland | 4.57 million | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 99 | Sierra Leone | 4.42 million | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 100 | Togo | 4.39 million | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 4.17 million | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Hong Kong | 4.12 million | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 103 | Laos | 3.92 million | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 3.88 million | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.71 million | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 106 | Libya | 3.67 million | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 3.56 million | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 108 | Paraguay | 3.50 million | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 109 | Serbia | 3.44 million | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 110 | El Salvador | 3.34 million | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 3.32 million | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 112 | Congo | 3.24 million | 2025 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Denmark | 3.02 million | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 3.00 million | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 115 | Singapore | 2.95 million | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 116 | Liberia | 2.87 million | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 117 | Central African Republic | 2.86 million | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 118 | Finland | 2.85 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 119 | Norway | 2.78 million | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 120 | Slovakia | 2.77 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 121 | Ireland | 2.77 million | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 122 | Palestine | 2.73 million | 2025 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 123 | Mauritania | 2.71 million | 2025 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 124 | New Zealand | 2.68 million | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 2.61 million | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 126 | Panama | 2.29 million | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 2.10 million | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 128 | Oman | 2.07 million | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Croatia | 2.01 million | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 130 | Kuwait | 1.89 million | 2025 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Eritrea | 1.83 million | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 132 | Mongolia | 1.79 million | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 133 | Uruguay | 1.74 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 1.69 million | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 135 | Armenia | 1.65 million | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.64 million | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 137 | Namibia | 1.58 million | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 138 | Lithuania | 1.52 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 139 | Jamaica | 1.43 million | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 140 | Gambia | 1.42 million | 2025 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Botswana | 1.29 million | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 142 | Gabon | 1.28 million | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 143 | Moldova | 1.27 million | 2025 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 1.21 million | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 145 | Albania | 1.19 million | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 147 | Slovenia | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 148 | Latvia | 990,297 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 934,812 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 917,139 | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Qatar | 859,219 | 2025 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Estonia | 716,019 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 153 | East Timor | 703,273 | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 692,080 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 155 | Cyprus | 680,291 | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 156 | Eswatini | 639,179 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 157 | Mauritius | 623,563 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 158 | Bahrain | 607,514 | 2025 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Djibouti | 597,272 | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Fiji | 470,027 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 161 | Comoros | 438,969 | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 162 | Guyana | 429,164 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 409,870 | 2025 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Bhutan | 371,188 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 165 | Macao | 370,199 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 341,071 | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 167 | Montenegro | 323,108 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 168 | Suriname | 320,340 | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 169 | Malta | 278,675 | 2025 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 259,172 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 171 | Brunei | 218,895 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 172 | Bahamas | 210,739 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 173 | Belize | 209,590 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 174 | Maldives | 202,826 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 175 | Iceland | 191,342 | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 166,024 | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 149,630 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 178 | Barbados | 147,106 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 139,706 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 120,885 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 181 | Samoa | 108,833 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 91,291 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 183 | Guam | 83,462 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 184 | Curacao | 81,811 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 185 | Kiribati | 70,182 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 186 | Grenada | 58,537 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 187 | Aruba | 57,403 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 188 | Micronesia (country) | 57,227 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 189 | Seychelles | 55,161 | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 190 | Tonga | 54,743 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 191 | United States Virgin Islands | 54,558 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49,360 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49,104 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 194 | Isle of Man | 42,491 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 195 | Andorra | 40,544 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 196 | Cayman Islands | 37,781 | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Bermuda | 33,005 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 198 | Dominica | 32,978 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 199 | Greenland | 26,987 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 200 | Faroe Islands | 26,558 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 201 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24,488 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 202 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23,416 | 2025 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 203 | American Samoa | 22,823 | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 204 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 22,579 | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 20,923 | 2025 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 206 | Liechtenstein | 20,634 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 207 | Northern Mariana Islands | 20,507 | 2025 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 208 | Gibraltar | 20,157 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 209 | Monaco | 19,590 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 210 | Marshall Islands | 17,721 | 2025 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 211 | San Marino | 17,336 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 212 | Saint Martin (French part) | 13,394 | 2025 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 213 | Palau | 8,157 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 214 | Nauru | 5,907 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 215 | Tuvalu | 4,633 | 2025 | down 13.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.09 billion
- IDA & IBRD total 3.48 billion
- Low & middle income 3.37 billion
- Middle income 2.98 billion
- IBRD only 2.48 billion
- Early-demographic dividend 1.77 billion
- Upper middle income 1.53 billion
- Lower middle income 1.45 billion
- East Asia & Pacific 1.19 billion
- Late-demographic dividend 1.16 billion
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.06 billion
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.05 billion
About this data
Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.