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Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)

Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

World Bank code: SP.POP.1564.FE.ZS • Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , British Virgin Islands led Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) at 76.41.

The world median across 217 reporting countries was 63.74.

What this measures: Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
217 countries
Median
63.74
Mean
63.29
25th percentile
59.89
75th percentile
67.07
Range
49.80 – 76.41

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 64.28ASAustralia: 64.01AUBrunei Darussalam: 70.86BNCambodia: 64.03KHChina: 68.34CNFiji: 66.22FJFrench Polynesia: 69.60PFGuam: 60.74GUHong Kong SAR, China: 68.74HKIndonesia: 67.63IDJapan: 56.55JPKiribati: 61.76KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 67.56KPKorea, Rep.: 68.10KRLao PDR: 65.17LAMacao SAR, China: 73.68MOMalaysia: 69.43MYMarshall Islands: 60.93MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 62.42FMMongolia: 62.55MNMyanmar: 68.12MMNauru: 59.01NRNew Caledonia: 67.29NCNew Zealand: 64.31NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 67.94MPPalau: 68.00PWPapua New Guinea: 63.36PGPhilippines: 66.37PHSamoa: 56.05WSSingapore: 72.96SGSolomon Islands: 59.60SBThailand: 69.11THTimor-Leste: 60.94TLTonga: 60.23TOTuvalu: 59.70TVVanuatu: 58.10VUViet Nam: 67.17VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 66.23ALAndorra: 71.46ADArmenia: 66.52AMAustria: 63.64ATAzerbaijan: 69.89AZBelarus: 63.34BYBelgium: 62.17BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 61.79BABulgaria: 60.62BGChannel Islands: 64.81JGCroatia: 60.51HRCyprus: 68.43CYCzechia: 61.46CZDenmark: 62.47DKEstonia: 59.36EEFaroe Islands: 60.97FOFinland: 59.54FIFrance: 60.01FRGeorgia: 62.15GEGermany: 61.13DEGibraltar: 64.17GIGreece: 61.23GRGreenland: 68.32GLHungary: 61.68HUIceland: 65.79ISIreland: 65.38IEIsle of Man: 61.94IMItaly: 61.77ITKazakhstan: 61.28KZKosovo: 69.27XKKyrgyz Republic: 62.26KGLatvia: 59.39LVLiechtenstein: 64.62LILithuania: 61.42LTLuxembourg: 67.64LUMoldova: 62.66MDMonaco: 49.80MCMontenegro: 62.75MENetherlands: 63.67NLNorth Macedonia: 63.99MKNorway: 64.11NOPoland: 62.74PLPortugal: 61.27PTRomania: 61.75RORussian Federation: 63.14RUSan Marino: 64.50SMSerbia: 61.25RSSlovak Republic: 63.44SKSlovenia: 61.09SISpain: 64.30ESSweden: 61.17SESwitzerland: 63.81CHTajikistan: 60.53TJTurkiye: 67.51TRTurkmenistan: 63.97TMUkraine: 64.07UAUnited Kingdom: 62.61GBUzbekistan: 62.84UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 69.97AGArgentina: 64.90ARAruba: 65.66AWBahamas, The: 70.03BSBarbados: 65.40BBBelize: 68.54BZBolivia: 64.41BOBrazil: 68.85BRBritish Virgin Islands: 76.41VGCayman Islands: 74.18KYChile: 68.19CLColombia: 69.65COCosta Rica: 68.55CRCuba: 67.22CUCuracao: 66.04CWDominica: 68.60DMDominican Republic: 65.23DOEcuador: 66.96ECEl Salvador: 67.54SVGrenada: 67.46GDGuatemala: 63.85GTGuyana: 64.44GYHaiti: 64.05HTHonduras: 64.95HNJamaica: 72.62JMMexico: 67.76MXNicaragua: 65.76NIPanama: 65.48PAParaguay: 64.68PYPeru: 66.72PEPuerto Rico (US): 62.57PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 72.66SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 70.55KNSt. Lucia: 72.09LCSt. Martin (French part): 60.68MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 66.05VCSuriname: 65.53SRTrinidad and Tobago: 68.86TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 71.26TCUruguay: 63.74UYVenezuela, RB: 64.52VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 59.89VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 54.87AFAlgeria: 62.74DZBahrain: 71.01BHDjibouti: 66.10DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 62.58EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 69.20IRIraq: 60.14IQIsrael: 59.60ILJordan: 64.16JOKuwait: 73.37KWLebanon: 64.09LBLibya: 67.34LYMalta: 64.32MTMorocco: 66.13MAOman: 64.30OMPakistan: 58.95PKQatar: 72.08QASaudi Arabia: 67.07SASyrian Arab Republic: 66.22SYTunisia: 66.61TNUnited Arab Emirates: 75.74AEWest Bank and Gaza: 58.74PSYemen, Rep.: 56.46YENorth AmericaBermuda: 62.62BMCanada: 64.20CAUnited States: 63.52USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 66.83BDBhutan: 71.33BTIndia: 67.90INMaldives: 70.08MVNepal: 66.78NPSri Lanka: 65.34LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 53.16AOBenin: 55.45BJBotswana: 63.72BWBurkina Faso: 55.86BFBurundi: 53.01BICabo Verde: 66.23CVCameroon: 55.93CMCentral African Republic: 50.90CFChad: 52.12TDComoros: 58.31KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 51.09CDCongo, Rep.: 56.67CGCote d'Ivoire: 56.17CIEquatorial Guinea: 56.80GQEritrea: 57.93EREswatini: 62.38SZEthiopia: 58.02ETGabon: 58.71GAGambia, The: 56.92GMGhana: 60.57GHGuinea: 56.14GNGuinea-Bissau: 58.26GWKenya: 60.28KELesotho: 61.66LSLiberia: 57.46LRMadagascar: 57.48MGMalawi: 57.28MWMali: 51.34MLMauritania: 55.16MRMauritius: 70.28MUMozambique: 53.40MZNamibia: 59.20NANiger: 50.63NENigeria: 55.87NGRwanda: 59.17RWSao Tome and Principe: 58.33STSenegal: 58.83SNSeychelles: 68.07SCSierra Leone: 58.69SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 51.13SOSouth Africa: 66.91ZASouth Sudan: 58.70SSSudan: 57.22SDTanzania: 54.62TZTogo: 57.17TGUganda: 54.56UGZambia: 56.64ZMZimbabwe: 57.08ZW

Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.

Highest Values — 2024

# Country Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
1 British Virgin Islands Latin America & Caribbean 76.41
2 United Arab Emirates Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 75.74
3 Cayman Islands Latin America & Caribbean 74.18
4 Macao SAR, China East Asia & Pacific 73.68
5 Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 73.37
6 Singapore East Asia & Pacific 72.96
7 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Latin America & Caribbean 72.66
8 Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean 72.62
9 St. Lucia Latin America & Caribbean 72.09
10 Qatar Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 72.08

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 86 65.04
Upper middle income 54 65.43
Lower middle income 50 61.60
Low income 25 56.22
Not classified 2 61.27

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 37 64.89
Europe & Central Asia 58 63.10
Latin America & Caribbean 42 67.20
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 64.86
North America 3 63.45
South Asia 6 68.05
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 57.53

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
1 Monaco 49.80
2 Niger 50.63
3 Central African Republic 50.90
4 Congo, Dem. Rep. 51.09
5 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 51.13
6 Mali 51.34
7 Chad 52.12
8 Burundi 53.01
9 Angola 53.16
10 Mozambique 53.40
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.1564.FE.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.