Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 45-49, female by country

Population in thousands, age 45-49, female is the female population of 45-49 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

142

Highest

50,119

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

251

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 45-49, female is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 50,119 in China; the lowest is 2 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 251, and the mean is 1,355.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25,060.

Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 139.4%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 28.4%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 45-49, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	50,119	2010	up 20.3%	rising
2	India	31,037	2010	up 34.3%	rising
3	United States	11,459	2010	up 10.3%	rising
4	Indonesia	6,862	2010	up 38.8%	rising
5	Brazil	6,409	2010	up 36.3%	rising
6	Russia	5,693	2010	down 3.9%	rising
7	Japan	3,996	2010	down 10.3%	rising
8	Bangladesh	3,715	2010	up 42.3%	rising
9	Pakistan	3,669	2010	up 37.6%	rising
10	Germany	3,539	2010	up 23.8%	rising
11	Mexico	3,221	2010	up 41.5%	volatile
12	Vietnam	2,706	2010	up 54.0%	rising
13	Thailand	2,522	2010	up 29.2%	volatile
14	United Kingdom	2,323	2010	up 24.6%	rising
15	Turkey	2,321	2010	up 40.8%	rising
16	Italy	2,312	2010	up 21.9%	rising
17	Philippines	2,187	2010	up 33.5%	rising
18	France	2,184	2010	up 3.0%	rising
19	South Korea	2,035	2010	up 41.6%	rising
20	Egypt	2,028	2010	up 27.1%	rising
21	Iran	1,817	2010	up 28.4%	volatile
22	Ukraine	1,810	2010	down 2.8%	rising
23	Spain	1,674	2010	up 32.9%	rising
24	Colombia	1,541	2010	up 39.8%	volatile
25	Myanmar	1,483	2010	up 26.4%	rising
26	Canada	1,376	2010	up 18.3%	rising
27	Poland	1,277	2010	down 19.0%	rising
29	Argentina	1,136	2010	up 9.1%	rising
30	Democratic Republic of Congo	958	2010	up 22.0%	rising
31	Algeria	937	2010	up 49.9%	volatile
32	Morocco	934	2010	up 43.0%	volatile
33	Venezuela	835	2010	up 39.2%	volatile
34	Sudan	817	2010	up 33.7%	rising
35	Malaysia	804	2010	up 38.4%	volatile
36	Peru	793	2010	up 37.4%	rising
37	Australia	777	2010	up 13.4%	rising
38	Sri Lanka	691	2010	up 31.4%	rising
38	Nepal	691	2010	up 36.8%	rising
40	Iraq	672	2010	up 61.2%	volatile
41	Tanzania	668	2010	up 12.8%	rising
42	Netherlands	652	2010	up 15.6%	rising
43	Chile	631	2010	up 42.8%	rising
44	Romania	602	2010	down 24.9%	rising
45	Kenya	576	2010	up 14.7%	rising
46	Saudi Arabia	573	2010	up 97.6%	volatile
47	Kazakhstan	571	2010	up 12.2%	rising
48	Afghanistan	567	2010	up 52.0%	rising
49	Cuba	508	2010	up 48.5%	rising
50	Ghana	468	2010	up 30.4%	rising
51	Syria	448	2010	up 54.5%	volatile
52	Yemen	408	2010	up 44.7%	volatile
53	Portugal	401	2010	up 15.6%	rising
54	Belgium	400	2010	up 12.0%	rising
54	Greece	400	2010	up 11.4%	rising
56	Hong Kong	397	2010	up 50.4%	volatile
57	Cambodia	383	2010	up 34.9%	rising
58	Mozambique	373	2010	up 19.2%	rising
59	Ecuador	369	2010	up 29.0%	rising
60	Uganda	358	2010	up 8.5%	rising
61	Austria	347	2010	up 34.5%	rising
62	Serbia	340	2010	down 15.0%	rising
63	Czechia	333	2010	down 17.0%	rising
64	Tunisia	331	2010	up 44.5%	rising
65	Cameroon	307	2010	up 18.1%	rising
65	Sweden	307	2010	up 6.2%	rising
67	Switzerland	303	2010	up 21.2%	rising
67	Cote d'Ivoire	303	2010	up 7.1%	rising
67	Hungary	303	2010	down 28.4%	rising
70	Dominican Republic	275	2010	up 47.1%	volatile
71	Bulgaria	258	2010	down 14.0%	rising
72	Guatemala	255	2010	up 28.8%	rising
73	Senegal	247	2010	up 40.3%	rising
74	Niger	242	2010	up 35.2%	rising
75	Bolivia	221	2010	up 27.7%	rising
76	Singapore	220	2010	up 34.1%	volatile
77	Mali	218	2010	up 33.7%	rising
78	Malawi	201	2010	up 8.1%	rising
79	Denmark	200	2010	up 10.5%	rising
79	Israel	200	2010	up 7.5%	rising
81	Slovakia	191	2010	down 8.2%	rising
82	Finland	186	2010	down 6.5%	rising
83	Zimbabwe	181	2010	down 18.1%	rising
84	El Salvador	176	2010	up 35.4%	rising
85	Tajikistan	175	2010	up 71.6%	rising
86	Haiti	172	2010	up 12.4%	rising
87	Croatia	167	2010	down 0.6%	rising
88	Kyrgyzstan	166	2010	up 41.9%	rising
88	Rwanda	166	2010	up 35.0%	rising
90	Norway	163	2010	up 9.4%	rising
91	Benin	162	2010	up 27.6%	rising
92	Honduras	161	2010	up 45.0%	volatile
92	New Zealand	161	2010	up 23.8%	rising
94	Paraguay	158	2010	up 31.7%	volatile
95	Ireland	154	2010	up 29.4%	rising
96	Papua New Guinea	148	2010	up 59.1%	rising
97	Costa Rica	147	2010	up 51.5%	volatile
98	Zambia	144	2010	down 10.0%	rising
99	Burundi	141	2010	up 14.6%	rising
99	Libya	141	2010	up 34.3%	volatile
99	Lithuania	141	2010	up 23.7%	rising
99	Moldova	141	2010	down 10.2%	rising
103	Laos	134	2010	up 44.1%	rising
104	Jordan	133	2010	up 92.8%	volatile
105	Armenia	131	2010	up 23.6%	rising
106	Nicaragua	122	2010	up 38.6%	rising
107	Togo	121	2010	up 30.1%	rising
108	Sierra Leone	119	2010	up 33.7%	rising
109	Uruguay	110	2010	up 15.8%	rising
110	Albania	105	2010	up 31.2%	rising
111	Panama	101	2010	up 44.3%	volatile
112	Latvia	87	2010	up 4.8%	rising
113	Mongolia	85	2010	up 88.9%	volatile
114	Jamaica	84	2010	up 58.5%	rising
115	United Arab Emirates	79	2010	up 139.4%	volatile
116	Slovenia	75	2010	down 1.3%	rising
117	Kuwait	69	2010	up 81.6%	volatile
119	Mauritania	66	2010	up 46.7%	rising
120	Congo	65	2010	up 18.2%	rising
121	Liberia	58	2010	up 16.0%	rising
122	Mauritius	49	2010	up 25.6%	rising
123	Estonia	48	2010	down 5.9%	rising
123	Trinidad and Tobago	48	2010	up 26.3%	rising
125	Namibia	41	2010	up 20.6%	rising
126	Gambia	37	2010	up 37.0%	rising
127	Cyprus	33	2010	up 26.9%	rising
128	Botswana	30	2010	down 16.7%	rising
128	Lesotho	30	2010	down 21.1%	rising
130	Gabon	29	2010	up 26.1%	rising
131	Bahrain	26	2010	up 116.7%	volatile
131	Fiji	26	2010	up 30.0%	rising
133	Macao	25	2010	up 47.1%	volatile
134	Guyana	24	2010	up 41.2%	rising
135	Luxembourg	20	2010	up 33.3%	rising
136	Qatar	18	2010	up 63.6%	volatile
137	Eswatini	14	2010	down 26.3%	rising
138	Malta	13	2010	down 7.1%	rising
139	Barbados	12	2010	up 33.3%	rising
140	Brunei	11	2010	up 37.5%	volatile
140	Iceland	11	2010	up 22.2%	rising
142	Belize	7	2010	up 75.0%	volatile
142	Maldives	7	2010	up 40.0%	rising
144	Tonga	2	2010	unchanged	rising

Regions and income groups

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

South Africa 1,225
Central African Republic 68

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 45-49, 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 45-49, female is the female population of 45-49 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.