Population, age 16, 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
11.75 million
India
Lowest
171
Palau
Median
61,574
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605
What the numbers show
Population, age 16, female is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 11.75 million in India; the lowest is 171 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 61,574, and the mean is 309,783.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 68,720.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 48.3%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 52.1%).
Population, age 16, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 11.75 million | 2015 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 2 | China | 8.72 million | 2015 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 2.09 million | 2015 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 2.07 million | 2015 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 5 | Nigeria | 1.97 million | 2015 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 1.89 million | 2015 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 1.71 million | 2015 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 1.70 million | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 1.14 million | 2015 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 1.02 million | 2015 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 11 | Philippines | 979,469 | 2015 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 878,528 | 2015 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 791,346 | 2015 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 739,763 | 2015 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 684,653 | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 16 | Russia | 621,904 | 2015 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 592,476 | 2015 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 18 | Tanzania | 547,287 | 2015 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 515,011 | 2015 | down 39.8% | flat |
| 20 | South Africa | 500,949 | 2015 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 497,010 | 2015 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 489,117 | 2015 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 459,211 | 2015 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 442,547 | 2015 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 435,156 | 2015 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 26 | Myanmar | 419,268 | 2015 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 27 | Germany | 396,331 | 2015 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 392,536 | 2015 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 29 | Iraq | 388,089 | 2015 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 30 | France | 375,412 | 2015 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 348,764 | 2015 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 345,213 | 2015 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 335,681 | 2015 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 314,654 | 2015 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 35 | Morocco | 292,847 | 2015 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 36 | Mozambique | 291,025 | 2015 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 280,996 | 2015 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 38 | South Korea | 280,098 | 2015 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 39 | Ghana | 278,742 | 2015 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 40 | Madagascar | 273,850 | 2015 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 41 | Venezuela | 272,075 | 2015 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 267,941 | 2015 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 264,114 | 2015 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 44 | Italy | 262,646 | 2015 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 261,302 | 2015 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 260,072 | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 250,867 | 2015 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 48 | Angola | 232,178 | 2015 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 231,791 | 2015 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 224,016 | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 51 | Malawi | 208,329 | 2015 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 205,845 | 2015 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 53 | Niger | 204,677 | 2015 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 201,570 | 2015 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 193,329 | 2015 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 191,626 | 2015 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 57 | North Korea | 188,226 | 2015 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 184,655 | 2015 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 59 | Mali | 181,873 | 2015 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 180,912 | 2015 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 61 | Zambia | 169,963 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 164,433 | 2015 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 63 | Senegal | 161,588 | 2015 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 160,862 | 2015 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 65 | Chad | 150,727 | 2015 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 143,535 | 2015 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 139,607 | 2015 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 134,023 | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 127,209 | 2015 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 70 | Guinea | 122,940 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 122,782 | 2015 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 121,999 | 2015 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 73 | Somalia | 121,992 | 2015 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 74 | Haiti | 112,693 | 2015 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 75 | Burundi | 110,642 | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 76 | Bolivia | 110,432 | 2015 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 77 | Romania | 107,208 | 2015 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 102,670 | 2015 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 98,780 | 2015 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 80 | Netherlands | 96,746 | 2015 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 90,102 | 2015 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 88,043 | 2015 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 82,708 | 2015 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 82,168 | 2015 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 77,892 | 2015 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 74,521 | 2015 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 73,315 | 2015 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 72,321 | 2015 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 70,623 | 2015 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 69,112 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 64,901 | 2015 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 64,128 | 2015 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 93 | Eritrea | 63,343 | 2015 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 94 | Israel | 63,293 | 2015 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 59,855 | 2015 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 96 | Palestine | 59,238 | 2015 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 97 | Libya | 58,941 | 2015 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 98 | Central African Republic | 58,393 | 2015 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 99 | Belgium | 58,151 | 2015 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 100 | Liberia | 55,695 | 2015 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 101 | Portugal | 54,815 | 2015 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 102 | Greece | 51,685 | 2015 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 50,131 | 2015 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 104 | Congo | 49,514 | 2015 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 105 | Hungary | 47,726 | 2015 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 106 | Sweden | 45,971 | 2015 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 44,941 | 2015 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 43,858 | 2015 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 109 | Austria | 42,564 | 2015 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 110 | Switzerland | 42,301 | 2015 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 111 | Czechia | 42,062 | 2015 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 39,831 | 2015 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritania | 38,840 | 2015 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 38,577 | 2015 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 37,820 | 2015 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 116 | Denmark | 33,279 | 2015 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 32,678 | 2015 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 118 | Norway | 30,716 | 2015 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 30,247 | 2015 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 120 | Finland | 28,908 | 2015 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 122 | Singapore | 28,503 | 2015 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 123 | New Zealand | 28,455 | 2015 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 28,404 | 2015 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 28,100 | 2015 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 126 | Slovakia | 26,994 | 2015 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 127 | Jamaica | 26,286 | 2015 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 26,047 | 2015 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 129 | Namibia | 25,433 | 2015 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 130 | Uruguay | 25,116 | 2015 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 131 | Albania | 24,782 | 2015 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 24,050 | 2015 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23,990 | 2015 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 134 | Croatia | 22,950 | 2015 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 135 | Georgia | 22,638 | 2015 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 136 | Gambia | 22,130 | 2015 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 137 | Kuwait | 22,006 | 2015 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 138 | Moldova | 21,877 | 2015 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 139 | Mongolia | 21,431 | 2015 | down 32.9% | flat |
| 140 | Botswana | 21,110 | 2015 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 141 | Lithuania | 16,570 | 2015 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 16,379 | 2015 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 143 | Armenia | 16,276 | 2015 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 144 | Gabon | 14,793 | 2015 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 14,004 | 2015 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 11,895 | 2015 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 11,040 | 2015 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 9,847 | 2015 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 9,562 | 2015 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 150 | Slovenia | 8,849 | 2015 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,809 | 2015 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 152 | Latvia | 8,805 | 2015 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 8,570 | 2015 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 7,714 | 2015 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,706 | 2015 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 6,670 | 2015 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 6,350 | 2015 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 6,150 | 2015 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 159 | Bahrain | 5,943 | 2015 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 5,899 | 2015 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 161 | Qatar | 5,769 | 2015 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 5,241 | 2015 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 4,257 | 2015 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 164 | Belize | 3,471 | 2015 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 165 | Brunei | 3,438 | 2015 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 167 | Bahamas | 2,992 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 168 | Maldives | 2,980 | 2015 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 2,820 | 2015 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 2,450 | 2015 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 172 | Macao | 2,262 | 2015 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 173 | Iceland | 2,072 | 2015 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,061 | 2015 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 1,729 | 2015 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 1,364 | 2015 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 1,322 | 2015 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 178 | Tonga | 1,159 | 2015 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 179 | Grenada | 1,106 | 2015 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 1,075 | 2006 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 973 | 2015 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 742 | 2006 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 183 | Aruba | 726 | 2015 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 184 | Dominica | 718 | 2005 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 185 | Seychelles | 682 | 2005 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 677 | 2006 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 454 | 2005 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 188 | Bermuda | 375 | 2005 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 189 | Andorra | 356 | 2006 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 246 | 2006 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 171 | 2006 | up 33.6% | rising |
About this data
Age population, female refers to female population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.