Population, age 15, 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
11.78 million
India
Lowest
178
Palau
Median
62,138
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605
What the numbers show
Population, age 15, female is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 11.78 million in India; the lowest is 178 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 62,138, and the mean is 310,282.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66,188.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 48.2%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 48.9%).
Population, age 15, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 11.78 million | 2015 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 8.42 million | 2015 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 2.10 million | 2015 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 2.09 million | 2015 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Nigeria | 2.02 million | 2015 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 1.84 million | 2015 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 1.74 million | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 1.73 million | 2015 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 1.16 million | 2015 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 1.02 million | 2015 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 11 | Philippines | 1.00 million | 2015 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 915,780 | 2015 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 801,150 | 2015 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 754,951 | 2015 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 673,194 | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 16 | Russia | 635,913 | 2015 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 582,242 | 2015 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 18 | Tanzania | 572,991 | 2015 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 530,937 | 2015 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 20 | Kenya | 507,632 | 2015 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 504,888 | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 22 | Sudan | 501,756 | 2015 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 474,808 | 2015 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 441,787 | 2015 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 432,449 | 2015 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 26 | Myanmar | 413,177 | 2015 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 402,566 | 2015 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 28 | Iraq | 392,552 | 2015 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 29 | Germany | 385,890 | 2015 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 30 | France | 377,628 | 2015 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 344,648 | 2015 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 344,362 | 2015 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 332,814 | 2015 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 319,974 | 2015 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 303,603 | 2015 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 36 | Morocco | 290,144 | 2015 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 37 | Algeria | 287,419 | 2015 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 38 | Ghana | 284,264 | 2015 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 39 | Madagascar | 279,238 | 2015 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 40 | Venezuela | 273,962 | 2015 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 267,612 | 2015 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 42 | South Korea | 266,946 | 2015 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 43 | Peru | 266,755 | 2015 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 265,294 | 2015 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 45 | Italy | 264,728 | 2015 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 46 | Malaysia | 262,722 | 2015 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 254,526 | 2015 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 48 | Angola | 241,361 | 2015 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 240,815 | 2015 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 227,781 | 2015 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 51 | Malawi | 213,142 | 2015 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 52 | Niger | 212,702 | 2015 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 211,920 | 2015 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 206,534 | 2015 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 191,601 | 2015 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 189,505 | 2015 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 57 | Mali | 185,879 | 2015 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 58 | Guatemala | 185,177 | 2015 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 59 | North Korea | 180,293 | 2015 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 60 | Poland | 180,074 | 2015 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 61 | Zambia | 173,486 | 2015 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 166,106 | 2015 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 163,857 | 2015 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 160,323 | 2015 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 65 | Chad | 156,347 | 2015 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 143,635 | 2015 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 139,339 | 2015 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 132,803 | 2015 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 69 | Rwanda | 126,715 | 2015 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 70 | Guinea | 126,704 | 2015 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 125,550 | 2015 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 125,507 | 2015 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 73 | Somalia | 125,203 | 2015 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 74 | Burundi | 114,259 | 2015 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 75 | Haiti | 113,092 | 2015 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 76 | Bolivia | 112,322 | 2015 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 77 | Romania | 105,136 | 2015 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 103,913 | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 101,641 | 2015 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 80 | Netherlands | 97,553 | 2015 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 92,563 | 2015 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 88,360 | 2015 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 83,635 | 2015 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 81,990 | 2015 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 77,997 | 2015 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 76,789 | 2015 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 73,520 | 2015 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 70,988 | 2015 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 70,046 | 2015 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 69,566 | 2015 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 91 | Eritrea | 66,512 | 2015 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 92 | Cuba | 64,486 | 2015 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 93 | Israel | 64,203 | 2015 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 63,867 | 2015 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 95 | Palestine | 60,409 | 2015 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 96 | Libya | 60,354 | 2015 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 97 | Central African Republic | 59,236 | 2015 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 98 | Liberia | 57,903 | 2015 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 99 | Belgium | 57,858 | 2015 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 56,149 | 2015 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 101 | Portugal | 54,662 | 2015 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 102 | Greece | 51,289 | 2015 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 103 | Congo | 51,210 | 2015 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 49,151 | 2015 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 105 | Hungary | 47,540 | 2015 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 106 | Sweden | 47,298 | 2015 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 45,662 | 2015 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 43,786 | 2015 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 109 | Czechia | 43,127 | 2015 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 110 | Austria | 41,988 | 2015 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 111 | Switzerland | 41,247 | 2015 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 112 | Mauritania | 39,790 | 2015 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 39,510 | 2015 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 37,668 | 2015 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 36,619 | 2015 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 116 | Denmark | 33,058 | 2015 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 32,919 | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 30,934 | 2015 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 119 | Norway | 30,289 | 2015 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 121 | Finland | 28,788 | 2015 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 28,441 | 2015 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 123 | New Zealand | 28,433 | 2015 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 27,651 | 2015 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 125 | Singapore | 27,030 | 2015 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 126 | Jamaica | 26,469 | 2015 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 127 | Slovakia | 26,378 | 2015 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 128 | Lesotho | 26,055 | 2015 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 129 | Namibia | 25,020 | 2015 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 130 | Uruguay | 25,013 | 2015 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 24,979 | 2015 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 132 | Albania | 24,511 | 2015 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22,694 | 2015 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 134 | Gambia | 22,687 | 2015 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 135 | Georgia | 22,544 | 2015 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 136 | Kuwait | 22,246 | 2015 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 137 | Croatia | 22,128 | 2015 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 138 | Mongolia | 21,686 | 2015 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 139 | Moldova | 21,313 | 2015 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 21,022 | 2015 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 141 | East Timor | 16,431 | 2015 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 142 | Lithuania | 15,999 | 2015 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 143 | Armenia | 15,638 | 2015 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 144 | Gabon | 14,883 | 2015 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 13,973 | 2015 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 11,783 | 2015 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 11,310 | 2015 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 9,943 | 2015 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 9,512 | 2015 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Latvia | 9,018 | 2015 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,798 | 2015 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 152 | Slovenia | 8,751 | 2015 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 8,510 | 2015 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 7,632 | 2015 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,854 | 2015 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 6,554 | 2015 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 157 | Bhutan | 6,522 | 2015 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 6,249 | 2015 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 159 | Bahrain | 6,068 | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 5,980 | 2015 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 161 | Qatar | 5,863 | 2015 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 5,134 | 2015 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 4,185 | 2015 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 164 | Belize | 3,488 | 2015 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 165 | Brunei | 3,460 | 2015 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 167 | Maldives | 2,929 | 2015 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 168 | Bahamas | 2,921 | 2015 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 2,844 | 2015 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 2,426 | 2015 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,104 | 2015 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 173 | Macao | 2,096 | 2015 | down 47.7% | rising |
| 174 | Iceland | 2,061 | 2015 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 1,713 | 2015 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 1,386 | 2015 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 1,334 | 2015 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 178 | Tonga | 1,137 | 2015 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 179 | Grenada | 1,088 | 2015 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 1,060 | 2006 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,005 | 2015 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 759 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 183 | Aruba | 727 | 2015 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 184 | Dominica | 710 | 2005 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 185 | Seychelles | 675 | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 665 | 2006 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 445 | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Bermuda | 378 | 2005 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 189 | Andorra | 376 | 2006 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 246 | 2006 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 178 | 2006 | up 29.9% | rising |
About this data
Age population, female refers to female population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.