Population, age 12, female by country
Age population, female refers to female population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
11.83 million
India
Lowest
194
Palau
Median
64,374
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605
What the numbers show
Population, age 12, female is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 11.83 million in India; the lowest is 194 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 64,374, and the mean is 312,621.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 60,972.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 52.5%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 49.8%).
Population, age 12, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 11.83 million | 2015 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 2 | China | 7.72 million | 2015 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 2.17 million | 2015 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 2.13 million | 2015 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 5 | United States | 2.10 million | 2015 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 1.83 million | 2015 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 1.76 million | 2015 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 8 | Pakistan | 1.74 million | 2015 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 1.23 million | 2015 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 1.06 million | 2015 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.04 million | 2015 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 1.01 million | 2015 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 13 | Egypt | 832,705 | 2015 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 791,513 | 2015 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 15 | Russia | 691,707 | 2015 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 16 | Tanzania | 645,076 | 2015 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 17 | Turkey | 642,481 | 2015 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 18 | Iran | 580,307 | 2015 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 19 | Kenya | 565,877 | 2015 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 554,051 | 2015 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 21 | Uganda | 524,928 | 2015 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 22 | Sudan | 515,117 | 2015 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 511,838 | 2015 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 436,748 | 2015 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 436,205 | 2015 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | 426,205 | 2015 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 27 | Iraq | 404,288 | 2015 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 397,198 | 2015 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 29 | France | 383,481 | 2015 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 30 | Germany | 358,735 | 2015 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 31 | Nepal | 342,241 | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 32 | Yemen | 337,865 | 2015 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 33 | Mozambique | 337,296 | 2015 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 335,421 | 2015 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 35 | Argentina | 325,434 | 2015 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 36 | Algeria | 306,486 | 2015 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 37 | Ghana | 299,297 | 2015 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 38 | Madagascar | 295,131 | 2015 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 39 | Morocco | 284,674 | 2015 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 40 | Venezuela | 279,461 | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 278,036 | 2015 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 275,130 | 2015 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 43 | Angola | 269,677 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 44 | Italy | 269,343 | 2015 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 45 | Malaysia | 268,783 | 2015 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 46 | Cote d'Ivoire | 264,897 | 2015 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 47 | Cameroon | 264,729 | 2015 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 48 | Peru | 263,324 | 2015 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 49 | Syria | 239,829 | 2015 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 50 | Niger | 238,347 | 2015 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 230,739 | 2015 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 52 | South Korea | 227,817 | 2015 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 53 | Malawi | 226,958 | 2015 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 221,948 | 2015 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 55 | Mali | 199,838 | 2015 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 56 | Guatemala | 196,954 | 2015 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 57 | Ukraine | 190,199 | 2015 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 58 | Zambia | 183,632 | 2015 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 59 | Canada | 183,037 | 2015 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 60 | Senegal | 178,923 | 2015 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 61 | Chad | 173,484 | 2015 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 62 | Poland | 169,465 | 2015 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 162,312 | 2015 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 159,147 | 2015 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 65 | North Korea | 157,255 | 2015 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 143,920 | 2015 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 67 | Rwanda | 141,399 | 2015 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 68 | Guinea | 138,015 | 2015 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 69 | Ecuador | 137,945 | 2015 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 70 | Benin | 136,294 | 2015 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 71 | Somalia | 135,656 | 2015 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 72 | Australia | 129,468 | 2015 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 73 | Burundi | 128,011 | 2015 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 74 | Chile | 120,805 | 2015 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 75 | Bolivia | 116,929 | 2015 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 76 | Haiti | 114,680 | 2015 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 111,643 | 2015 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 107,052 | 2015 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 79 | Romania | 101,777 | 2015 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 80 | Togo | 99,553 | 2015 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 81 | Netherlands | 98,651 | 2015 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 89,122 | 2015 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 85,711 | 2015 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 84,189 | 2015 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 81,566 | 2015 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 78,703 | 2015 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 87 | Eritrea | 75,954 | 2015 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 88 | El Salvador | 73,798 | 2015 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 89 | Paraguay | 70,756 | 2015 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 90 | Jordan | 68,903 | 2015 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 91 | Laos | 67,283 | 2015 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 92 | Israel | 66,641 | 2015 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 93 | Liberia | 65,070 | 2015 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 94 | Libya | 64,787 | 2015 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 95 | Palestine | 63,962 | 2015 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 63,008 | 2015 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 62,993 | 2015 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 98 | Central African Republic | 61,705 | 2015 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 99 | Belgium | 56,818 | 2015 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 100 | Congo | 55,820 | 2015 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 101 | Portugal | 54,405 | 2015 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 102 | Sweden | 50,533 | 2015 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 103 | Greece | 50,502 | 2015 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 47,458 | 2015 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 47,002 | 2015 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 46,879 | 2015 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 107 | Hungary | 46,780 | 2015 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 108 | Czechia | 45,865 | 2015 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 109 | Belarus | 44,236 | 2015 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritania | 42,447 | 2015 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 111 | Austria | 40,284 | 2015 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 38,676 | 2015 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 38,100 | 2015 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 35,174 | 2015 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 115 | Panama | 33,557 | 2015 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 116 | Hong Kong | 33,241 | 2015 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 32,991 | 2015 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 118 | Denmark | 32,054 | 2015 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 29,887 | 2015 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 121 | Norway | 28,993 | 2015 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 122 | Finland | 28,373 | 2015 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 123 | New Zealand | 28,258 | 2015 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 27,994 | 2015 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 125 | Jamaica | 26,674 | 2015 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 126 | Lesotho | 25,970 | 2015 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 127 | Oman | 25,876 | 2015 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 128 | Slovakia | 24,902 | 2015 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 129 | Uruguay | 24,574 | 2015 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 130 | Gambia | 24,263 | 2015 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 131 | Namibia | 23,808 | 2015 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 132 | Albania | 23,768 | 2015 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 133 | Kuwait | 23,233 | 2015 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 134 | Mongolia | 22,480 | 2015 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 135 | Singapore | 22,414 | 2015 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 136 | Georgia | 22,185 | 2015 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 137 | Botswana | 20,843 | 2015 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 138 | Moldova | 20,114 | 2015 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 139 | Croatia | 20,017 | 2015 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19,288 | 2015 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 141 | East Timor | 16,965 | 2015 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 142 | Gabon | 15,118 | 2015 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 143 | Lithuania | 14,577 | 2015 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 144 | Armenia | 14,213 | 2015 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 145 | Eswatini | 13,826 | 2015 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 146 | Comoros | 12,082 | 2015 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 11,380 | 2015 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 148 | Djibouti | 10,179 | 2015 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 149 | Latvia | 9,826 | 2015 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 150 | Mauritius | 9,274 | 2015 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,933 | 2015 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 152 | Slovenia | 8,602 | 2015 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 8,287 | 2015 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 154 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,335 | 2015 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 155 | Guyana | 7,222 | 2015 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 7,119 | 2015 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 6,512 | 2015 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 158 | Estonia | 6,375 | 2015 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 159 | Bahrain | 6,352 | 2015 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 160 | Qatar | 6,133 | 2015 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 161 | Bhutan | 6,092 | 2015 | down 21.6% | flat |
| 162 | Cyprus | 4,869 | 2015 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 163 | Suriname | 4,021 | 2015 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 164 | Brunei | 3,552 | 2015 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 165 | Belize | 3,523 | 2015 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 2,913 | 2015 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 168 | Maldives | 2,832 | 2015 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 169 | Bahamas | 2,719 | 2015 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 2,333 | 2015 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,210 | 2015 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 172 | Iceland | 2,024 | 2015 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 174 | Macao | 1,697 | 2015 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 175 | Barbados | 1,665 | 2015 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 1,447 | 2015 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 1,358 | 2015 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,093 | 2015 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 179 | Tonga | 1,074 | 2015 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 180 | Kiribati | 1,021 | 2006 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 181 | Grenada | 1,018 | 2015 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 808 | 2006 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 183 | Aruba | 721 | 2015 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 711 | 2005 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 185 | Dominica | 698 | 2005 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 628 | 2006 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 420 | 2005 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 188 | Bermuda | 392 | 2005 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 189 | Andorra | 334 | 2006 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 264 | 2006 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 194 | 2006 | up 19.8% | rising |
About this data
Age population, female refers to female population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.