Population, age 17, 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
11.73 million
India
Lowest
162
Palau
Median
61,480
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605
What the numbers show
Population, age 17, female is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 11.73 million in India; the lowest is 162 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 61,480, and the mean is 309,656.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 72,393.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 48.6%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 53.9%).
Population, age 17, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 11.73 million | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 8.96 million | 2015 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 2.11 million | 2015 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 2.06 million | 2015 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 5 | Pakistan | 1.92 million | 2015 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 1.92 million | 2015 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 1.70 million | 2015 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 1.67 million | 2015 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 1.12 million | 2015 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 1.02 million | 2015 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 11 | Philippines | 961,070 | 2015 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 844,162 | 2015 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 781,027 | 2015 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 741,173 | 2015 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 692,463 | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 16 | Russia | 620,202 | 2015 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 598,437 | 2015 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 18 | Tanzania | 524,598 | 2015 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 521,741 | 2015 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 20 | South Africa | 498,357 | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 490,456 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 472,094 | 2015 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 444,274 | 2015 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 443,420 | 2015 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 437,949 | 2015 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 26 | Myanmar | 424,875 | 2015 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 27 | Germany | 405,660 | 2015 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 28 | Iraq | 382,461 | 2015 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 381,603 | 2015 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 30 | France | 373,114 | 2015 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 354,496 | 2015 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 344,803 | 2015 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 338,112 | 2015 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 309,417 | 2015 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 35 | Morocco | 295,661 | 2015 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 36 | South Korea | 292,956 | 2015 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 37 | Algeria | 281,075 | 2015 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 38 | Mozambique | 279,920 | 2015 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 39 | Ghana | 274,226 | 2015 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 40 | Venezuela | 270,553 | 2015 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 270,020 | 2015 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 42 | Madagascar | 267,705 | 2015 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 262,980 | 2015 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 262,377 | 2015 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 261,781 | 2015 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 258,642 | 2015 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 247,422 | 2015 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 48 | Cameroon | 224,929 | 2015 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 224,580 | 2015 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 220,514 | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 51 | Malawi | 202,938 | 2015 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 199,953 | 2015 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 198,828 | 2015 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 54 | Ukraine | 198,797 | 2015 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 55 | Niger | 196,681 | 2015 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 56 | Canada | 195,593 | 2015 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 57 | North Korea | 194,612 | 2015 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 190,792 | 2015 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 59 | Mali | 177,244 | 2015 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 176,799 | 2015 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 61 | Zambia | 165,950 | 2015 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 165,250 | 2015 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 63 | Cambodia | 162,796 | 2015 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 64 | Senegal | 157,476 | 2015 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 65 | Chad | 145,338 | 2015 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 143,771 | 2015 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 139,053 | 2015 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 135,764 | 2015 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 129,692 | 2015 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 70 | Rwanda | 119,624 | 2015 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 71 | Guinea | 119,337 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 118,646 | 2015 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 73 | Somalia | 117,976 | 2015 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 74 | Haiti | 111,894 | 2015 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 75 | Bolivia | 108,858 | 2015 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 108,249 | 2015 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 77 | Burundi | 107,771 | 2015 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 101,333 | 2015 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 98,970 | 2015 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 80 | Netherlands | 96,381 | 2015 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 81 | Togo | 87,748 | 2015 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 87,674 | 2015 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 82,351 | 2015 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 81,292 | 2015 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 78,862 | 2015 | down 25.6% | flat |
| 86 | Laos | 73,461 | 2015 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 72,845 | 2015 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 72,180 | 2015 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 70,370 | 2015 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 68,637 | 2015 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 65,532 | 2015 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 64,415 | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 64,076 | 2015 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 94 | Israel | 62,202 | 2015 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 95 | Eritrea | 60,757 | 2015 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 96 | Belgium | 58,674 | 2015 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 97 | Palestine | 57,650 | 2015 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 98 | Libya | 57,568 | 2015 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 57,484 | 2015 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 55,002 | 2015 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 101 | Liberia | 53,527 | 2015 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 102 | Greece | 52,156 | 2015 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 51,165 | 2015 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 104 | Hungary | 48,669 | 2015 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 105 | Congo | 48,011 | 2015 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 106 | Sweden | 46,271 | 2015 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 45,251 | 2015 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 44,693 | 2015 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 109 | Switzerland | 43,552 | 2015 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 110 | Austria | 43,456 | 2015 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 111 | Czechia | 42,474 | 2015 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 40,202 | 2015 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 113 | Lebanon | 39,144 | 2015 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 114 | Hong Kong | 39,128 | 2015 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 115 | Mauritania | 37,916 | 2015 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 116 | Denmark | 33,578 | 2015 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 117 | Panama | 32,360 | 2015 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 118 | Norway | 31,109 | 2015 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 30,209 | 2015 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 120 | Singapore | 30,033 | 2015 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 121 | Finland | 29,291 | 2015 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 122 | Oman | 28,869 | 2015 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 123 | New Zealand | 28,641 | 2015 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 125 | Slovakia | 27,903 | 2015 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 27,843 | 2015 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 127 | Jamaica | 26,191 | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 25,952 | 2015 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 129 | Namibia | 25,877 | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 130 | Uruguay | 25,250 | 2015 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 131 | Albania | 25,236 | 2015 | down 21.0% | flat |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,761 | 2015 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 133 | Croatia | 23,653 | 2015 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 134 | Georgia | 23,268 | 2015 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 23,149 | 2015 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 136 | Moldova | 22,630 | 2015 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 137 | Kuwait | 21,800 | 2015 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 138 | Mongolia | 21,605 | 2015 | down 33.2% | flat |
| 139 | Gambia | 21,564 | 2015 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 140 | Botswana | 21,218 | 2015 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 141 | Lithuania | 17,315 | 2015 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 142 | Armenia | 17,263 | 2015 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 143 | East Timor | 16,159 | 2015 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 144 | Gabon | 14,756 | 2015 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 14,103 | 2015 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 12,146 | 2015 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 10,742 | 2015 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 9,792 | 2015 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 9,687 | 2015 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 150 | Slovenia | 8,967 | 2015 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 151 | Latvia | 8,883 | 2015 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,878 | 2015 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 8,571 | 2015 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 7,673 | 2015 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 155 | Bhutan | 6,838 | 2015 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,544 | 2015 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 6,203 | 2015 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 6,045 | 2015 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 159 | Bahrain | 5,913 | 2015 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 5,912 | 2015 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 161 | Qatar | 5,707 | 2015 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 5,414 | 2015 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 4,252 | 2015 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 164 | Brunei | 3,459 | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 165 | Belize | 3,445 | 2015 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 167 | Maldives | 3,064 | 2015 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 168 | Bahamas | 3,050 | 2015 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 2,790 | 2015 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 170 | Macao | 2,460 | 2015 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 171 | Samoa | 2,426 | 2015 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 173 | Iceland | 2,095 | 2015 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,018 | 2015 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 1,752 | 2015 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 1,364 | 2015 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 1,302 | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 178 | Tonga | 1,167 | 2015 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 179 | Grenada | 1,127 | 2015 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 1,076 | 2006 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 957 | 2015 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 727 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 183 | Aruba | 725 | 2015 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 718 | 2005 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 185 | Dominica | 701 | 2005 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 685 | 2006 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 458 | 2005 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 188 | Bermuda | 370 | 2005 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 189 | Andorra | 365 | 2006 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 249 | 2006 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 162 | 2006 | up 31.7% | rising |
About this data
Age population, female refers to female population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.