Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, female by country

Population in thousands, age 15+, female is the female population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

142

Highest

535,035

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

3,746

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, female is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 535,035 in China; the lowest is 34 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,746, and the mean is 16,608.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15,736.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 72.7%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 4.6%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	535,035	2010	up 14.0%	rising
2	India	405,900	2010	up 24.1%	rising
3	United States	128,026	2010	up 11.7%	rising
4	Indonesia	87,129	2010	up 18.4%	rising
5	Brazil	74,737	2010	up 19.3%	rising
6	Russia	64,871	2010	down 0.5%	rising
7	Japan	57,243	2010	up 2.6%	rising
8	Pakistan	54,603	2010	up 34.5%	rising
9	Bangladesh	50,848	2010	up 29.5%	rising
10	Mexico	42,445	2010	up 23.3%	rising
11	Germany	36,891	2010	up 2.7%	rising
12	Vietnam	33,325	2010	up 25.9%	rising
13	Philippines	30,466	2010	up 28.5%	rising
14	Turkey	28,227	2010	up 20.0%	rising
15	Egypt	27,585	2010	up 27.3%	rising
16	Iran	27,562	2010	up 29.6%	rising
17	Thailand	26,746	2010	up 14.5%	rising
18	France	26,152	2010	up 4.4%	rising
19	Italy	26,067	2010	up 1.4%	rising
20	United Kingdom	25,897	2010	up 4.8%	rising
21	Ukraine	21,162	2010	down 4.4%	rising
22	South Korea	20,601	2010	up 10.5%	rising
23	Myanmar	19,912	2010	up 22.0%	rising
24	Spain	19,207	2010	up 7.6%	rising
25	Colombia	17,862	2010	up 22.8%	rising
26	Democratic Republic of Congo	17,777	2010	up 31.4%	rising
27	Poland	17,033	2010	up 4.8%	rising
29	Argentina	15,800	2010	up 14.8%	rising
30	Canada	14,351	2010	up 13.5%	rising
31	Algeria	12,870	2010	up 28.5%	rising
32	Sudan	12,547	2010	up 27.8%	rising
33	Tanzania	12,462	2010	up 25.8%	rising
34	Morocco	12,111	2010	up 22.5%	rising
35	Kenya	11,052	2010	up 27.4%	volatile
36	Peru	10,559	2010	up 24.3%	rising
37	Venezuela	10,318	2010	up 27.3%	rising
38	Iraq	9,838	2010	up 38.0%	volatile
39	Nepal	9,795	2010	up 31.6%	rising
40	Malaysia	9,611	2010	up 27.4%	rising
41	Romania	9,403	2010	up 0.8%	rising
42	Afghanistan	9,346	2010	up 53.0%	rising
43	Australia	8,833	2010	up 14.8%	rising
44	Uganda	8,560	2010	up 40.0%	rising
45	Sri Lanka	8,244	2010	up 14.9%	rising
46	Saudi Arabia	8,156	2010	up 44.8%	volatile
47	Ghana	7,601	2010	up 30.6%	rising
48	Syria	6,951	2010	up 37.9%	volatile
49	Netherlands	6,949	2010	up 5.5%	rising
50	Chile	6,789	2010	up 19.4%	rising
51	Yemen	6,718	2010	up 46.2%	volatile
52	Mozambique	6,441	2010	up 20.1%	rising
53	Kazakhstan	6,182	2010	up 7.3%	rising
54	Cote d'Ivoire	5,799	2010	up 27.0%	volatile
55	Cameroon	5,427	2010	up 25.7%	rising
56	Cambodia	5,335	2010	up 31.8%	rising
57	Ecuador	4,977	2010	up 22.9%	rising
58	Greece	4,912	2010	up 3.5%	rising
59	Portugal	4,713	2010	up 5.1%	rising
60	Cuba	4,712	2010	up 7.0%	rising
61	Czechia	4,548	2010	up 2.2%	rising
62	Belgium	4,518	2010	up 3.2%	rising
63	Hungary	4,515	2010	up 0.3%	rising
64	Serbia	4,391	2010	up 2.4%	rising
65	Guatemala	4,380	2010	up 34.7%	rising
66	Zimbabwe	4,182	2010	up 12.8%	rising
67	Mali	4,155	2010	up 34.6%	rising
68	Niger	4,111	2010	up 38.8%	rising
69	Tunisia	4,092	2010	up 22.8%	rising
70	Senegal	4,002	2010	up 34.7%	rising
71	Sweden	3,889	2010	up 5.5%	rising
72	Malawi	3,872	2010	up 21.8%	rising
73	Austria	3,621	2010	up 3.5%	rising
74	Dominican Republic	3,482	2010	up 21.9%	rising
75	Zambia	3,481	2010	up 20.2%	rising
76	Hong Kong	3,451	2010	up 19.3%	rising
77	Bulgaria	3,379	2010	down 3.3%	rising
78	Bolivia	3,268	2010	up 27.5%	rising
79	Switzerland	3,242	2010	up 5.5%	rising
80	Rwanda	3,043	2010	up 36.1%	rising
81	Haiti	2,992	2010	up 22.0%	rising
82	Benin	2,771	2010	up 39.9%	rising
83	Israel	2,722	2010	up 21.5%	rising
84	El Salvador	2,623	2010	up 24.7%	rising
85	Burundi	2,614	2010	up 45.8%	rising
86	Honduras	2,538	2010	up 35.6%	volatile
87	Slovakia	2,394	2010	up 5.9%	rising
88	Tajikistan	2,316	2010	up 29.3%	rising
89	Denmark	2,298	2010	up 3.6%	rising
90	Finland	2,283	2010	up 4.2%	rising
91	Paraguay	2,212	2010	up 34.2%	rising
92	Libya	2,202	2010	up 29.1%	volatile
93	Togo	2,062	2010	up 35.6%	rising
94	Kyrgyzstan	2,040	2010	up 22.5%	rising
95	Laos	2,032	2010	up 32.4%	rising
96	Croatia	2,030	2010	up 3.5%	rising
97	Jordan	1,974	2010	up 38.1%	volatile
98	Papua New Guinea	1,971	2010	up 31.3%	rising
99	Nicaragua	1,962	2010	up 34.6%	rising
100	Norway	1,952	2010	up 6.6%	rising
101	Singapore	1,935	2010	up 23.2%	rising
102	Ireland	1,784	2010	up 17.9%	rising
102	Sierra Leone	1,784	2010	up 34.9%	rising
104	Costa Rica	1,711	2010	up 29.1%	rising
104	New Zealand	1,711	2010	up 12.2%	rising
106	Moldova	1,585	2010	down 4.6%	rising
107	Lithuania	1,565	2010	up 2.7%	rising
108	Uruguay	1,429	2010	up 8.3%	rising
109	Armenia	1,354	2010	up 8.6%	rising
111	Albania	1,245	2010	up 14.2%	rising
112	Panama	1,244	2010	up 24.5%	rising
113	Congo	1,229	2010	up 30.9%	rising
114	United Arab Emirates	1,152	2010	up 72.7%	volatile
115	Latvia	1,073	2010	down 0.6%	rising
116	Mauritania	1,027	2010	up 33.6%	rising
117	Mongolia	1,019	2010	up 25.0%	rising
118	Liberia	1,000	2010	up 21.8%	rising
119	Jamaica	986	2010	up 10.8%	rising
120	Kuwait	886	2010	up 49.9%	volatile
121	Slovenia	873	2010	up 1.7%	rising
122	Namibia	671	2010	up 22.9%	rising
123	Estonia	614	2010	down 0.3%	rising
124	Lesotho	611	2010	up 2.3%	rising
125	Botswana	563	2010	up 1.3%	rising
126	Trinidad and Tobago	541	2010	up 10.2%	rising
127	Gambia	529	2010	up 33.9%	volatile
128	Mauritius	507	2010	up 13.2%	rising
129	Gabon	472	2010	up 25.9%	rising
130	Cyprus	376	2010	up 20.1%	rising
131	Eswatini	323	2010	up 4.5%	rising
132	Fiji	305	2010	up 13.8%	rising
133	Guyana	286	2010	up 6.3%	rising
134	Bahrain	249	2010	up 29.7%	volatile
135	Macao	218	2010	up 21.1%	rising
136	Luxembourg	209	2010	up 14.8%	rising
137	Qatar	208	2010	up 49.6%	volatile
138	Malta	175	2010	up 10.8%	rising
139	Brunei	145	2010	up 33.0%	volatile
140	Iceland	121	2010	up 11.0%	rising
141	Barbados	119	2010	up 8.2%	rising
142	Maldives	112	2010	up 43.6%	rising
143	Belize	97	2010	up 34.7%	rising
144	Tonga	34	2010	up 9.7%	rising

Regions and income groups

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

South Africa 16,747
Central African Republic 1,298

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, female
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population in thousands, age 15+, female is the female population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.