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Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, female by country

Population in thousands, age 55-59, female is the female population of 55-59 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
39,922
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
2
Tonga
Median
192.5
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 39,922 in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 2 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 192.5, and the mean is 1,035.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19,961.

Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 1.3%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 39,922 2010 up 77.6% rising
2 India 21,569 2010 up 33.3% rising
3 United States 10,133 2010 up 43.5% rising
4 Russia 5,550 2010 up 84.2% rising
5 Indonesia 4,576 2010 up 25.6% rising
6 Brazil 4,416 2010 up 54.1% rising
7 Japan 4,377 2010 down 1.3% rising
8 Germany 2,754 2010 up 4.0% falling
9 Pakistan 2,434 2010 up 40.5% rising
10 Bangladesh 2,379 2010 up 46.0% rising
11 Mexico 2,166 2010 up 48.1% rising
12 France 2,088 2010 up 46.6% rising
13 Italy 1,896 2010 up 10.2% rising
14 Thailand 1,861 2010 up 55.6% volatile
15 United Kingdom 1,814 2010 up 10.6% rising
16 Ukraine 1,724 2010 up 21.9% rising
17 Viet Nam 1,657 2010 up 79.3% rising
18 Türkiye 1,557 2010 up 48.6% rising
19 Philippines 1,529 2010 up 53.4% rising
20 Egypt 1,520 2010 up 61.4% rising
21 Poland 1,511 2010 up 76.5% rising
22 Korea 1,409 2010 up 32.2% rising
23 Iran 1,313 2010 up 74.4% rising
24 Spain 1,270 2010 up 14.6% rising
25 Canada 1,160 2010 up 47.4% rising
26 Myanmar 1,080 2010 up 46.3% rising
27 Colombia 1,046 2010 up 70.9% volatile
28 Argentina 997 2010 up 24.5% rising
29 South Africa 967 2010 up 35.1% rising
30 Romania 760 2010 up 36.7% rising
31 Australia 681 2010 up 43.4% rising
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 663 2010 up 17.8% rising
33 Morocco 613 2010 up 64.8% rising
34 Algeria 591 2010 up 70.8% rising
35 Venezuela 575 2010 up 58.8% volatile
36 Malaysia 559 2010 up 77.5% volatile
37 Netherlands 551 2010 up 28.4% rising
38 Sudan 547 2010 up 28.7% rising
39 Peru 539 2010 up 43.0% rising
40 Sri Lanka 504 2010 up 34.8% rising
40 Tanzania 504 2010 up 19.1% rising
42 Nepal 460 2010 up 34.5% rising
43 Kazakhstan 453 2010 up 67.8% rising
44 Chile 429 2010 up 36.6% rising
45 Kenya 423 2010 up 65.9% rising
46 Hungary 406 2010 up 23.4% rising
47 Czechia 392 2010 up 19.9% rising
48 Iraq 386 2010 up 37.9% rising
49 Serbia 378 2010 up 45.4% rising
50 Afghanistan 369 2010 up 40.8% rising
51 Greece 354 2010 up 22.9% rising
52 Portugal 353 2010 up 20.1% rising
53 Belgium 348 2010 up 32.3% rising
54 Ghana 322 2010 up 30.9% rising
55 Cuba 320 2010 up 18.1% rising
56 Bulgaria 284 2010 up 15.0% rising
56 Sweden 284 2010 up 0.4% rising
58 Uganda 278 2010 up 18.8% rising
59 Syria 277 2010 up 68.9% volatile
60 Hong Kong (China) 270 2010 up 132.8% rising
61 Ecuador 269 2010 up 54.6% rising
62 Cambodia 263 2010 up 34.2% rising
62 Mozambique 263 2010 up 15.9% rising
64 Saudi Arabia 255 2010 up 31.4% volatile
65 Yemen 254 2010 up 59.7% volatile
66 Austria 252 2010 up 0.4% falling
67 Switzerland 245 2010 up 7.0% rising
68 Côte d’Ivoire 241 2010 up 31.0% volatile
69 Cameroon 222 2010 up 18.7% rising
70 Tunisia 220 2010 up 67.9% rising
71 Slovak Republic 201 2010 up 45.7% rising
72 Finland 196 2010 up 30.7% rising
73 Israel 189 2010 up 75.0% rising
74 Guatemala 183 2010 up 44.1% rising
75 Singapore 176 2010 up 120.0% volatile
76 Denmark 175 2010 up 1.7% rising
76 Dominican Republic 175 2010 up 42.3% volatile
78 Zimbabwe 171 2010 up 23.9% rising
79 Croatia 168 2010 up 38.8% rising
80 Bolivia 157 2010 up 38.9% rising
80 Niger 157 2010 up 42.7% rising
80 Senegal 157 2010 up 24.6% rising
83 Malawi 154 2010 up 27.3% rising
84 Norway 146 2010 up 22.7% rising
85 Mali 142 2010 up 10.1% rising
86 Moldova 134 2010 up 45.7% rising
87 Haiti 129 2010 up 21.7% rising
88 New Zealand 127 2010 up 36.6% rising
89 Zambia 124 2010 up 6.9% rising
90 El Salvador 122 2010 up 40.2% rising
91 Ireland 120 2010 up 37.9% rising
92 Benin 117 2010 up 46.2% rising
93 Paraguay 113 2010 up 82.3% rising
94 Lithuania 110 2010 up 4.8% rising
95 Burundi 109 2010 up 51.4% rising
96 Kyrgyzstan 108 2010 up 145.5% rising
97 Rwanda 105 2010 up 29.6% rising
98 Honduras 104 2010 up 52.9% rising
99 Libya 101 2010 up 57.8% volatile
100 Armenia 100 2010 up 117.4% rising
101 Costa Rica 95 2010 up 69.6% volatile
102 Uruguay 91 2010 up 11.0% rising
103 Tajikistan 90 2010 up 109.3% rising
104 Sierra Leone 84 2010 up 27.3% rising
104 Togo 84 2010 up 37.7% rising
106 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 83 2010 up 40.7% rising
107 Nicaragua 80 2010 up 63.3% rising
108 Latvia 78 2010 down 1.3% rising
108 Papua New Guinea 78 2010 up 59.2% rising
110 Albania 77 2010 up 30.5% rising
111 Slovenia 74 2010 up 42.3% rising
112 Panama 68 2010 up 47.8% volatile
113 Jordan 67 2010 up 26.4% volatile
114 Central African Republic 59 2010 up 15.7% rising
115 Estonia 48 2010 up 17.1% rising
116 Congo 47 2010 up 23.7% rising
116 Jamaica 47 2010 up 27.0% rising
118 Mauritania 41 2010 up 20.6% rising
119 Mongolia 40 2010 up 37.9% rising
120 Liberia 39 2010 up 25.8% rising
121 Mauritius 36 2010 up 71.4% rising
122 Trinidad and Tobago 35 2010 up 45.8% rising
123 Kuwait 30 2010 up 100.0% volatile
123 Lesotho 30 2010 up 20.0% rising
125 Namibia 29 2010 up 31.8% rising
126 Botswana 28 2010 up 40.0% rising
127 Cyprus 26 2010 up 30.0% rising
128 Gambia 25 2010 up 31.6% volatile
129 Gabon 21 2010 up 50.0% rising
130 United Arab Emirates 19 2010 up 72.7% volatile
131 Fiji 17 2010 up 30.8% rising
131 Macau (China) 17 2010 up 183.3% volatile
133 Guyana 15 2010 up 50.0% rising
134 Luxembourg 14 2010 up 27.3% rising
134 Malta 14 2010 up 27.3% rising
134 Eswatini 14 2010 up 16.7% rising
137 Bahrain 11 2010 up 120.0% volatile
138 Barbados 9 2010 up 80.0% rising
138 Iceland 9 2010 up 50.0% rising
140 Qatar 7 2010 up 133.3% volatile
141 Brunei 6 2010 up 200.0% volatile
142 Maldives 5 2010 up 66.7% rising
143 Belize 4 2010 up 100.0% rising
144 Tonga 2 2010 unchanged rising

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Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, 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
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Population in thousands, age 55-59, female is the female population of 55-59 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.