Population, age 18, 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
11.72 million
India
Lowest
151
Palau
Median
60,220
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605
What the numbers show
Population, age 18, female is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 11.72 million in India; the lowest is 151 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 60,220, and the mean is 309,978.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77,597.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 48.6%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 51.1%).
Population, age 18, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 11.72 million | 2015 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 2 | China | 9.10 million | 2015 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 2.14 million | 2015 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 2.05 million | 2015 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 5 | Pakistan | 1.93 million | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 1.88 million | 2015 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 1.68 million | 2015 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 1.67 million | 2015 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 1.10 million | 2015 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 1.03 million | 2015 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 11 | Philippines | 951,541 | 2015 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 813,440 | 2015 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 769,860 | 2015 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 768,337 | 2015 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 694,121 | 2015 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 16 | Russia | 636,270 | 2015 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 597,778 | 2015 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 18 | Iran | 561,929 | 2015 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 19 | Tanzania | 507,171 | 2015 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 20 | South Africa | 498,216 | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 481,222 | 2015 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 457,046 | 2015 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 444,760 | 2015 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 24 | Thailand | 440,637 | 2015 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 429,969 | 2015 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 26 | Myanmar | 429,431 | 2015 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 27 | Germany | 412,935 | 2015 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 28 | Iraq | 375,311 | 2015 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 29 | France | 370,889 | 2015 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 369,031 | 2015 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 362,200 | 2015 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 342,332 | 2015 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 339,639 | 2015 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 34 | South Korea | 305,023 | 2015 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 35 | Yemen | 304,003 | 2015 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 36 | Morocco | 298,274 | 2015 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 290,877 | 2015 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 273,289 | 2015 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 39 | Mozambique | 271,532 | 2015 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 271,391 | 2015 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 271,191 | 2015 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 42 | Venezuela | 269,591 | 2015 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 267,078 | 2015 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 261,146 | 2015 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 45 | Madagascar | 260,452 | 2015 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 259,247 | 2015 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 244,354 | 2015 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 48 | Cameroon | 221,710 | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 219,335 | 2015 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 217,351 | 2015 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ukraine | 209,482 | 2015 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 52 | Canada | 202,287 | 2015 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 199,402 | 2015 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 54 | Poland | 198,894 | 2015 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 55 | North Korea | 198,514 | 2015 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 56 | Malawi | 196,748 | 2015 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 194,286 | 2015 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 58 | Niger | 188,649 | 2015 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 59 | Guatemala | 173,015 | 2015 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 60 | Mali | 171,444 | 2015 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 61 | Cambodia | 166,688 | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 166,359 | 2015 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 63 | Zambia | 161,262 | 2015 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 64 | Senegal | 154,058 | 2015 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 144,567 | 2015 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 66 | Chad | 140,309 | 2015 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 67 | Australia | 138,223 | 2015 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 68 | Ecuador | 137,328 | 2015 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 133,319 | 2015 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 70 | Rwanda | 117,344 | 2015 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 71 | Guinea | 115,984 | 2015 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 115,503 | 2015 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 73 | Somalia | 112,712 | 2015 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 74 | Haiti | 110,445 | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 75 | Bolivia | 107,863 | 2015 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 107,547 | 2015 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 77 | Burundi | 105,702 | 2015 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 103,477 | 2015 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 99,916 | 2015 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 80 | Netherlands | 96,841 | 2015 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 81 | Honduras | 87,220 | 2015 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 82 | Togo | 85,601 | 2015 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 82,521 | 2015 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 81,390 | 2015 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 79,231 | 2015 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 86 | Laos | 74,223 | 2015 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 72,003 | 2015 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 69,707 | 2015 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 68,780 | 2015 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 68,749 | 2015 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 91 | Paraguay | 68,142 | 2015 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 92 | Cuba | 66,548 | 2015 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 64,713 | 2015 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 94 | Israel | 60,884 | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 95 | Belgium | 59,557 | 2015 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 96 | Eritrea | 59,055 | 2015 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 97 | Central African Republic | 56,480 | 2015 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 98 | Libya | 56,247 | 2015 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 99 | Palestine | 55,434 | 2015 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 55,221 | 2015 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 101 | Greece | 52,697 | 2015 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 52,165 | 2015 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 103 | Liberia | 51,375 | 2015 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 104 | Hungary | 50,754 | 2015 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 105 | Sweden | 49,076 | 2015 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 47,139 | 2015 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 107 | Congo | 46,845 | 2015 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 46,628 | 2015 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 109 | Czechia | 45,146 | 2015 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 110 | Switzerland | 45,082 | 2015 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 111 | Austria | 44,805 | 2015 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 40,621 | 2015 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 113 | Hong Kong | 40,551 | 2015 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 114 | Lebanon | 39,155 | 2015 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritania | 37,058 | 2015 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 116 | Denmark | 34,024 | 2015 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 117 | Panama | 31,933 | 2015 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 118 | Singapore | 31,635 | 2015 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 119 | Norway | 31,443 | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 31,160 | 2015 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 121 | Finland | 30,057 | 2015 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 122 | Slovakia | 29,198 | 2015 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 123 | New Zealand | 29,073 | 2015 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 28,837 | 2015 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 27,659 | 2015 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 127 | Namibia | 26,346 | 2015 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 128 | Jamaica | 26,265 | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 129 | Albania | 25,941 | 2015 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 130 | Lesotho | 25,735 | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 131 | Uruguay | 25,436 | 2015 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,707 | 2015 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 133 | Georgia | 24,701 | 2015 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 134 | Croatia | 24,136 | 2015 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 135 | Moldova | 23,618 | 2015 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 136 | Mongolia | 22,424 | 2015 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 22,272 | 2015 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 138 | Kuwait | 21,624 | 2015 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 139 | Botswana | 21,333 | 2015 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 140 | Gambia | 20,998 | 2015 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 141 | Armenia | 18,709 | 2015 | down 42.2% | flat |
| 142 | Lithuania | 18,287 | 2015 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 143 | East Timor | 15,630 | 2015 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 144 | Gabon | 14,799 | 2015 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 14,301 | 2015 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 12,615 | 2015 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 10,415 | 2015 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 148 | Mauritius | 9,922 | 2015 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 149 | Djibouti | 9,808 | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 150 | Latvia | 9,393 | 2015 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 151 | Slovenia | 9,105 | 2015 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9,018 | 2015 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 8,488 | 2015 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 7,466 | 2015 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 155 | Bhutan | 7,035 | 2015 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,363 | 2015 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 6,153 | 2015 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 158 | Estonia | 6,059 | 2015 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 159 | Bahrain | 6,034 | 2015 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 5,933 | 2015 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 161 | Qatar | 5,689 | 2015 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 5,672 | 2015 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 4,130 | 2015 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 164 | Brunei | 3,543 | 2015 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 165 | Belize | 3,407 | 2015 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 166 | Maldives | 3,188 | 2015 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 168 | Bahamas | 3,086 | 2015 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 2,748 | 2015 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 170 | Macao | 2,695 | 2015 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 172 | Samoa | 2,332 | 2015 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 173 | Iceland | 2,133 | 2015 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,973 | 2015 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 1,788 | 2015 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 1,396 | 2015 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 1,278 | 2015 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 178 | Tonga | 1,157 | 2015 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 179 | Grenada | 1,155 | 2015 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 1,052 | 2006 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 963 | 2015 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 182 | Aruba | 725 | 2015 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 183 | Seychelles | 716 | 2005 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 714 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 185 | Marshall Islands | 682 | 2006 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 186 | Dominica | 648 | 2005 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 453 | 2005 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 188 | Andorra | 369 | 2006 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 189 | Bermuda | 363 | 2005 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 250 | 2006 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 151 | 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.