Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, female by country

Population in thousands, age 40-44, female is the female population of 40-44 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

141

Highest

61,109

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

300

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, female is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 61,109 in China; the lowest is 3 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 300, and the mean is 1,528.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,370.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 98.4%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 45.7%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	61,109	2010	up 51.7%	rising
2	India	35,375	2010	up 27.2%	rising
3	United States	10,559	2010	down 8.3%	rising
4	Indonesia	8,298	2010	up 32.1%	rising
5	Brazil	6,715	2010	up 19.4%	rising
6	Russia	4,699	2010	down 27.1%	rising
7	Bangladesh	4,397	2010	up 37.6%	rising
8	Japan	4,344	2010	up 12.3%	rising
9	Pakistan	4,108	2010	up 25.4%	rising
10	Mexico	3,924	2010	up 40.1%	volatile
11	Germany	3,384	2010	up 10.6%	rising
12	Vietnam	3,049	2010	up 34.0%	rising
13	Thailand	2,602	2010	up 13.9%	rising
14	Turkey	2,579	2010	up 29.3%	rising
15	Philippines	2,557	2010	up 31.7%	rising
16	Italy	2,362	2010	up 16.9%	rising
17	United Kingdom	2,345	2010	up 14.1%	rising
18	France	2,112	2010	down 2.0%	rising
19	Egypt	2,080	2010	up 13.1%	rising
19	Iran	2,080	2010	up 25.9%	volatile
21	South Korea	1,998	2010	up 1.1%	rising
22	Myanmar	1,770	2010	up 30.4%	rising
23	Spain	1,758	2010	up 17.3%	rising
24	Colombia	1,726	2010	up 30.6%	volatile
25	Ukraine	1,506	2010	down 23.0%	rising
26	South Africa	1,296	2010	down 3.6%	rising
27	Canada	1,203	2010	down 7.7%	rising
28	Argentina	1,201	2010	up 8.3%	rising
29	Poland	1,176	2010	down 26.0%	rising
30	Democratic Republic of Congo	1,173	2010	up 24.1%	rising
31	Algeria	1,121	2010	up 51.5%	volatile
32	Morocco	1,041	2010	up 22.5%	rising
33	Sudan	987	2010	up 33.6%	rising
34	Venezuela	913	2010	up 30.4%	volatile
35	Peru	909	2010	up 31.0%	rising
36	Romania	862	2010	up 8.8%	rising
37	Malaysia	853	2010	up 19.3%	volatile
38	Iraq	816	2010	up 55.4%	volatile
39	Nepal	808	2010	up 33.3%	rising
40	Australia	784	2010	up 5.7%	rising
41	Sri Lanka	774	2010	up 19.8%	rising
42	Tanzania	770	2010	up 8.5%	rising
43	Saudi Arabia	705	2010	up 60.6%	volatile
44	Afghanistan	690	2010	up 52.0%	rising
45	Kenya	659	2010	up 7.0%	rising
46	Netherlands	656	2010	up 8.1%	rising
47	Chile	619	2010	up 11.7%	rising
48	Syria	554	2010	up 53.9%	volatile
49	Ghana	548	2010	up 26.0%	rising
50	Cuba	530	2010	up 53.2%	rising
51	Uganda	480	2010	up 27.0%	rising
52	Kazakhstan	469	2010	down 15.8%	rising
53	Yemen	454	2010	up 26.1%	volatile
54	Mozambique	449	2010	up 17.2%	rising
55	Greece	442	2010	up 12.5%	rising
56	Ecuador	426	2010	up 27.9%	rising
57	Cambodia	425	2010	up 23.5%	rising
58	Portugal	397	2010	up 8.5%	rising
59	Belgium	375	2010	down 3.4%	rising
59	Tunisia	375	2010	up 30.7%	rising
61	Cameroon	360	2010	up 18.0%	rising
62	Hong Kong	352	2010	up 2.6%	volatile
63	Serbia	348	2010	down 3.9%	rising
64	Austria	347	2010	up 15.3%	rising
65	Cote d'Ivoire	345	2010	up 4.9%	rising
66	Hungary	340	2010	down 8.8%	rising
67	Czechia	337	2010	down 2.6%	rising
68	Sweden	318	2010	up 10.4%	rising
69	Guatemala	315	2010	up 40.6%	rising
70	Dominican Republic	314	2010	up 31.4%	volatile
71	Senegal	300	2010	up 42.2%	rising
72	Niger	297	2010	up 37.5%	rising
73	Switzerland	290	2010	up 4.3%	rising
74	Mali	281	2010	up 40.5%	rising
75	Bolivia	263	2010	up 28.9%	rising
76	Bulgaria	255	2010	down 11.1%	flat
77	Malawi	227	2010	up 0.9%	rising
78	El Salvador	225	2010	up 42.4%	rising
79	Israel	214	2010	up 12.0%	rising
80	Haiti	203	2010	up 16.0%	rising
81	Denmark	202	2010	up 9.2%	rising
81	Singapore	202	2010	up 2.5%	volatile
83	Rwanda	200	2010	up 25.0%	rising
84	Honduras	197	2010	up 41.7%	volatile
85	Benin	195	2010	up 25.8%	rising
86	Libya	186	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
87	Zimbabwe	183	2010	down 30.2%	rising
88	Tajikistan	182	2010	up 20.5%	rising
89	Slovakia	181	2010	down 11.7%	rising
90	Paraguay	180	2010	up 27.7%	volatile
92	Jordan	179	2010	up 90.4%	volatile
93	Papua New Guinea	178	2010	up 45.9%	rising
94	Norway	176	2010	up 12.1%	rising
95	Finland	174	2010	down 7.9%	rising
96	Zambia	169	2010	down 12.0%	rising
97	Laos	161	2010	up 28.8%	rising
98	Burundi	156	2010	up 9.9%	rising
98	Kyrgyzstan	156	2010	up 1.3%	rising
100	Costa Rica	155	2010	up 25.0%	volatile
100	Croatia	155	2010	down 9.9%	rising
100	New Zealand	155	2010	up 5.4%	rising
103	Nicaragua	149	2010	up 38.0%	rising
104	Togo	143	2010	up 27.7%	rising
105	Sierra Leone	140	2010	up 32.1%	rising
106	United Arab Emirates	123	2010	up 98.4%	volatile
106	Lithuania	123	2010	down 8.9%	rising
108	Panama	118	2010	up 37.2%	volatile
109	Moldova	110	2010	down 35.3%	rising
109	Uruguay	110	2010	up 2.8%	rising
111	Albania	106	2010	up 1.0%	rising
112	Armenia	96	2010	down 29.9%	rising
113	Kuwait	95	2010	up 58.3%	volatile
114	Mongolia	93	2010	up 34.8%	volatile
115	Jamaica	91	2010	up 19.7%	rising
116	Mauritania	81	2010	up 42.1%	rising
117	Congo	80	2010	up 25.0%	rising
118	Latvia	77	2010	down 15.4%	flat
119	Central African Republic	73	2010	down 13.1%	rising
120	Slovenia	70	2010	down 9.1%	rising
121	Liberia	69	2010	up 13.1%	rising
122	Mauritius	48	2010	up 6.7%	rising
123	Estonia	44	2010	down 15.4%	flat
123	Namibia	44	2010	up 2.3%	rising
123	Trinidad and Tobago	44	2010	down 4.3%	rising
126	Gambia	43	2010	up 34.4%	rising
127	Gabon	34	2010	up 25.9%	rising
128	Cyprus	33	2010	up 10.0%	rising
129	Botswana	29	2010	down 32.6%	rising
130	Bahrain	28	2010	up 47.4%	volatile
131	Fiji	26	2010	up 4.0%	rising
131	Guyana	26	2010	up 13.0%	rising
133	Lesotho	25	2010	down 45.7%	rising
133	Qatar	25	2010	up 38.9%	volatile
135	Macao	24	2010	unchanged	volatile
137	Brunei	15	2010	up 36.4%	volatile
138	Eswatini	13	2010	down 43.5%	rising
140	Barbados	11	2010	unchanged	rising
141	Iceland	10	2010	unchanged	rising
142	Belize	8	2010	up 60.0%	volatile
142	Maldives	8	2010	up 33.3%	rising
144	Tonga	3	2010	up 50.0%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, 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 40-44, female is the female population of 40-44 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.