Percent female population - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Female population, percent of total, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 53 countries was 50.08 percent. The highest value was in Zimbabwe: 52.38 percent and the lowest value was in the Seychelles: 44.82 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: United Nations Population Division
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Countries Percent female population, 2023 Global rank Available data
Zimbabwe 52.38 1 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 52.11 2 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 51.52 3 1960 - 2023
South Africa 51.35 4 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 51.3 5 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 51.25 6 1960 - 2023
Malawi 51.22 7 1960 - 2023
Namibia 51.16 8 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 50.98 9 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 50.91 10 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 50.65 11 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 50.6 12 1960 - 2023
Guinea 50.56 13 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 50.55 14 1960 - 2023
Angola 50.53 15 1960 - 2023
Zambia 50.51 16 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 50.44 17 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 50.42 18 1960 - 2023
Uganda 50.42 19 1960 - 2023
Sudan 50.4 20 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 50.39 21 1960 - 2023
Burundi 50.33 22 1960 - 2023
Kenya 50.28 23 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 50.27 24 1960 - 2023
Gambia 50.21 25 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 50.19 26 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 50.16 27 1960 - 2023
Botswana 50.13 28 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 50.13 29 1960 - 2023
Liberia 50.09 30 1960 - 2023
Ghana 50.05 31 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 50.02 32 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 50 33 1960 - 2023
Somalia 49.9 34 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 49.89 35 1960 - 2023
Benin 49.86 36 1960 - 2023
Chad 49.84 37 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 49.84 38 1960 - 2023
Comoros 49.71 39 1960 - 2023
Togo 49.68 40 1960 - 2023
Morocco 49.56 41 1960 - 2023
Mali 49.54 42 1960 - 2023
Egypt 49.51 43 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 49.44 44 1960 - 2023
Niger 49.23 45 1960 - 2023
Gabon 49.2 46 1960 - 2023
Libya 49.15 47 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 49.13 48 1960 - 2023
Senegal 49.12 49 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 49.08 50 1960 - 2023
Algeria 48.99 51 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 47.23 52 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 44.82 53 1960 - 2023



Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

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1. Zimbabwe
2. C.A. Republic
3. Mozambique
4. South Africa
5. Lesotho
6. Rwanda
7. Malawi
8. Namibia
9. Mauritania
10. Swaziland
11. Eritrea
12. G.-Bissau
13. Guinea
14. Tunisia
15. Angola
16. Zambia
17. Tanzania
18. Djibouti
19. Uganda
20. Sudan
21. DR Congo
22. Burundi
23. Kenya
24. S.T.&Principe
25. Gambia
26. Burkina Faso
27. Cameroon
28. Botswana
29. Sierra Leone
30. Liberia
31. Ghana
32. Mauritius
33. R. of Congo
34. Somalia
35. Ethiopia
36. Benin
37. Chad
38. Madagascar
39. Comoros
40. Togo
41. Morocco
42. Mali
43. Egypt
44. Nigeria
45. Niger
46. Gabon
47. Libya
48. Cape Verde
49. Senegal
50. Ivory Coast
51. Algeria
52. Eq. Guinea
53. Seychelles
52.38
52.11
51.52
51.35
51.30
51.25
51.22
51.16
50.98
50.91
50.65
50.60
50.56
50.55
50.53
50.51
50.44
50.42
50.42
50.40
50.39
50.33
50.28
50.27
50.21
50.19
50.16
50.13
50.13
50.09
50.05
50.02
50.00
49.90
49.89
49.86
49.84
49.84
49.71
49.68
49.56
49.54
49.51
49.44
49.23
49.20
49.15
49.13
49.12
49.08
48.99
47.23
44.82
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13.1
26.2
39.3
52.38


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