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Total sample population, female by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
659.74 million
China
Lowest
4,116
Austria
Median
5.57 million
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,548

What the numbers show

Total sample population, female is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 659.74 million in China; the lowest is 4,116 in Austria.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.57 million, and the mean is 28.19 million.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 96,110.3%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 99.8%).

Total sample population, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 659.74 million 2013 up 8.9% rising
2 India 548.36 million 2019 up 11.1% rising
3 United States 162.42 million 2018 up 5.4% volatile
4 Brazil 108.44 million 2021 up 6.5% rising
5 Nigeria 104.98 million 2018 up 42.5% rising
6 Pakistan 101.86 million 2020 up 16.5% rising
7 Indonesia 100.59 million 2019 up 5.6% rising
8 Bangladesh 80.34 million 2016 up 19.5% rising
9 Russia 78.42 million 2019 up 0.3% rising
10 Mexico 65.10 million 2020 up 10.9% rising
11 Philippines 53.55 million 2019 up 17.1% rising
12 Ethiopia 48.85 million 2021 up 26.7% rising
13 Egypt 47.69 million 2019 up 27.5% rising
14 Germany 41.09 million 2011 up 96,110.3% volatile
15 Kazakhstan 39.30 million 2018 up 362.1% volatile
16 Thailand 35.02 million 2021 up 1.7% rising
17 United Kingdom 32.82 million 2016 up 7.5% volatile
18 France 32.38 million 2016 up 6.0% rising
19 Italy 31.10 million 2016 up 3.0% volatile
20 Turkey 31.10 million 2019 down 12.5% falling
21 Tanzania 29.66 million 2020 up 52.8% rising
22 South Africa 29.65 million 2020 up 13.3% rising
23 Colombia 25.30 million 2021 up 11.6% rising
24 Kenya 23.71 million 2019 up 31.5% rising
25 Spain 23.37 million 2016 up 5.9% volatile
26 South Korea 22.38 million 2017 up 11.3% rising
27 Uganda 21.18 million 2016 up 45.9% rising
28 Ukraine 20.16 million 2020 down 15.4% falling
29 Poland 19.85 million 2019 up 2.1% rising
30 Peru 17.24 million 2021 up 12.1% rising
31 Morocco 17.19 million 2013 up 10.5% rising
32 Argentina 14.87 million 2021 up 13.4% rising
33 Ghana 14.61 million 2016 up 25.4% volatile
34 Nepal 13.95 million 2014 up 14.2% rising
35 Venezuela 13.43 million 2006 up 23.8% rising
36 Sri Lanka 11.63 million 2019 up 8.9% rising
37 Niger 11.37 million 2018 up 79.6% rising
38 Mozambique 10.80 million 2014 up 13.4% rising
39 Madagascar 10.71 million 2012 up 44.9% rising
40 Mali 10.04 million 2018 up 53.5% rising
41 Romania 9.99 million 2018 down 8.8% falling
42 Malawi 9.42 million 2019 up 44.9% rising
43 Guatemala 9.34 million 2019 up 34.9% rising
44 Chile 9.34 million 2017 up 12.6% rising
45 Ecuador 9.11 million 2021 up 23.1% rising
46 Senegal 8.55 million 2018 up 36.3% volatile
47 Netherlands 8.42 million 2016 up 2.9% volatile
48 Zambia 7.91 million 2015 up 50.2% rising
49 Cambodia 7.61 million 2012 up 30.9% rising
50 Rwanda 6.61 million 2021 up 16.9% rising
51 Guinea 6.33 million 2018 up 25.9% rising
52 Bolivia 6.02 million 2021 up 11.8% rising
53 Tunisia 5.67 million 2015 up 9.0% rising
54 Greece 5.47 million 2016 down 0.2% rising
55 Portugal 5.44 million 2016 down 0.3% rising
56 Czechia 5.26 million 2016 up 1.1% volatile
57 Belarus 5.20 million 2020 down 5.1% falling
58 Dominican Republic 5.10 million 2013 up 17.3% rising
59 Hungary 5.07 million 2016 down 3.2% flat
60 Sweden 4.92 million 2016 up 4.9% rising
61 Honduras 4.74 million 2019 up 16.4% rising
62 Jordan 4.22 million 2016 up 55.7% volatile
63 Togo 4.00 million 2018 up 51.0% volatile
64 Bulgaria 3.68 million 2016 up 92,445.8% volatile
65 Paraguay 3.57 million 2021 up 9.6% rising
66 Serbia 3.57 million 2018 down 9.9% falling
67 El Salvador 3.55 million 2019 up 9.5% rising
68 Kyrgyzstan 3.48 million 2020 up 22.2% rising
69 Nicaragua 3.20 million 2014 up 22.3% rising
70 Laos 3.06 million 2018 up 7.8% rising
71 Denmark 2.85 million 2016 up 4.8% rising
72 Finland 2.75 million 2016 up 3.9% volatile
73 Slovakia 2.69 million 2016 down 5.6% volatile
74 Costa Rica 2.67 million 2021 up 14.1% rising
75 Tajikistan 2.65 million 2013 down 20.2% volatile
76 Norway 2.62 million 2016 up 11.6% rising
77 Ireland 2.37 million 2016 up 11.3% volatile
78 Panama 2.25 million 2021 up 20.3% rising
79 Croatia 2.14 million 2016 down 1.4% flat
80 Georgia 1.96 million 2020 down 1.4% volatile
81 Puerto Rico 1.84 million 2005 down 43.6% rising
82 Uruguay 1.82 million 2021 up 4.9% rising
83 Mongolia 1.66 million 2021 up 17.3% rising
84 Lithuania 1.56 million 2016 down 14.0% falling
85 Albania 1.43 million 2019 up 12.4% falling
86 Armenia 1.42 million 2020 down 17.5% falling
87 Moldova 1.41 million 2021 down 20.4% volatile
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.28 million 2019 down 20.1% falling
89 Namibia 1.11 million 2015 up 27.0% rising
90 Gambia 1.06 million 2020 up 5,237.8% volatile
91 Latvia 1.05 million 2016 down 13.3% volatile
92 North Macedonia 1.04 million 2020 up 1.1% rising
93 Slovenia 1.02 million 2016 down 0.5% volatile
94 Estonia 692,609 2016 down 3.9% rising
95 Trinidad and Tobago 662,032 2011 up 18.1% rising
96 Mauritius 660,299 2017 up 3,028.6% volatile
97 Cyprus 433,696 2016 up 12.3% rising
98 Montenegro 300,262 2013 down 6.0% falling
99 Luxembourg 286,911 2016 up 26.0% volatile
100 Malta 211,414 2016 up 4.1% flat
101 Iceland 157,845 2015 up 11.5% rising
102 Belize 121,962 1999 up 16.8% rising
103 Jamaica 11,848 2002 down 99.8% volatile
104 Palestine 10,207 2017 down 99.0% volatile
105 Belgium 5,289 2003 up 2.8% flat
106 Austria 4,116 2003 up 1.0% flat

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
Total sample population, female
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,548 data points, 1970–2021
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