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Population, female

Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

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

In , India led Population, female at 702.61M.

The world median across 217 reporting countries was 3.46M.

What this measures: Total population counts the number of people in a country based on census data and estimates. Population is a fundamental variable that affects almost every per capita calculation. Countries with fast-growing populations may see GDP rise while GDP per capita stays flat.

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
3.46M
Mean
18.60M
25th percentile
426,503.00
75th percentile
13.39M
Range
4,710.00 – 702.61M

World at a Glance — 2024

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

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 23,163.00ASAustralia: 13.70MAUBrunei Darussalam: 217,022.00BNCambodia: 9.00MKHChina: 691.22MCNFiji: 467,811.00FJFrench Polynesia: 139,277.00PFGuam: 82,789.00GUHong Kong SAR, China: 4.13MHKIndonesia: 141.08MIDJapan: 63.50MJPKiribati: 69,239.00KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 13.39MKPKorea, Rep.: 25.92MKRLao PDR: 3.87MLAMacao SAR, China: 370,628.00MOMalaysia: 16.94MMYMarshall Islands: 18,311.00MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 56,943.00FMMongolia: 1.77MMNMyanmar: 27.37MMMNauru: 5,864.00NRNew Caledonia: 148,286.00NCNew Zealand: 2.66MNZNorthern Mariana Islands: 20,899.00MPPalau: 8,165.00PWPapua New Guinea: 5.14MPGPhilippines: 58.06MPHSamoa: 108,225.00WSSingapore: 2.92MSGSolomon Islands: 400,351.00SBThailand: 36.77MTHTimor-Leste: 694,510.00TLTonga: 54,962.00TOTuvalu: 4,710.00TVVanuatu: 162,312.00VUViet Nam: 51.53MVNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 1.20MALAndorra: 40,054.00ADArmenia: 1.63MAMAustria: 4.66MATAzerbaijan: 5.20MAZBelarus: 4.88MBYBelgium: 6.01MBEBosnia and Herzegovina: 1.66MBABulgaria: 3.32MBGChannel Islands: 85,111.00JGCroatia: 2.00MHRCyprus: 674,034.00CYCzechia: 5.53MCZDenmark: 3.01MDKEstonia: 719,839.00EEFaroe Islands: 26,428.00FOFinland: 2.84MFIFrance: 35.32MFRGeorgia: 1.98MGEGermany: 42.27MDEGibraltar: 19,754.00GIGreece: 5.37MGRGreenland: 26,952.00GLHungary: 4.97MHUIceland: 188,596.00ISIreland: 2.72MIEIsle of Man: 42,494.00IMItaly: 30.14MITKazakhstan: 10.56MKZKosovo: 810,156.00XKKyrgyz Republic: 3.65MKGLatvia: 1.00MLVLiechtenstein: 20,353.00LILithuania: 1.53MLTLuxembourg: 336,249.00LUMoldova: 1.30MMDMonaco: 19,731.00MCMontenegro: 323,422.00MENetherlands: 9.05MNLNorth Macedonia: 936,853.00MKNorway: 2.76MNOPoland: 18.85MPLPortugal: 5.60MPTRomania: 9.82MRORussian Federation: 76.93MRUSan Marino: 17,270.00SMSerbia: 3.46MRSSlovak Republic: 2.78MSKSlovenia: 1.06MSISpain: 24.87MESSweden: 5.25MSESwitzerland: 4.53MCHTajikistan: 5.39MTJTurkiye: 42.83MTRTurkmenistan: 3.82MTMUkraine: 20.26MUAUnited Kingdom: 35.14MGBUzbekistan: 18.02MUZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 49,139.00AGArgentina: 23.02MARAruba: 56,980.00AWBahamas, The: 209,686.00BSBarbados: 147,044.00BBBelize: 206,630.00BZBolivia: 6.19MBOBrazil: 107.70MBRBritish Virgin Islands: 20,779.00VGCayman Islands: 37,082.00KYChile: 9.94MCLColombia: 26.79MCOCosta Rica: 2.60MCRCuba: 5.56MCUCuracao: 81,735.00CWDominica: 33,103.00DMDominican Republic: 5.75MDOEcuador: 9.09MECEl Salvador: 3.33MSVGrenada: 58,452.00GDGuatemala: 9.28MGTGuyana: 426,503.00GYHaiti: 5.95MHTHonduras: 5.38MHNJamaica: 1.44MJMMexico: 67.40MMXNicaragua: 3.51MNIPanama: 2.26MPAParaguay: 3.46MPYPeru: 17.20MPEPuerto Rico (US): 1.70MPRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 22,254.00SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 24,420.00KNSt. Lucia: 91,001.00LCSt. Martin (French part): 13,979.00MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 49,380.00VCSuriname: 317,505.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 691,904.00TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 23,244.00TCUruguay: 1.74MUYVenezuela, RB: 14.37MVEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 54,690.00VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 21.11MAFAlgeria: 22.94MDZBahrain: 603,043.00BHDjibouti: 589,409.00DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 57.70MEGIran, Islamic Rep.: 45.04MIRIraq: 22.93MIQIsrael: 5.01MILJordan: 5.60MJOKuwait: 1.90MKWLebanon: 2.98MLBLibya: 3.63MLYMalta: 273,622.00MTMorocco: 18.88MMAOman: 2.00MOMPakistan: 123.84MPKQatar: 820,750.00QASaudi Arabia: 13.93MSASyrian Arab Republic: 12.33MSYTunisia: 6.21MTNUnited Arab Emirates: 3.97MAEWest Bank and Gaza: 2.66MPSYemen, Rep.: 20.03MYENorth AmericaBermuda: 33,017.00BMCanada: 20.79MCAUnited States: 169.23MUSSouth AsiaBangladesh: 88.22MBDBhutan: 368,477.00BTIndia: 702.61MINMaldives: 200,994.00MVNepal: 15.45MNPSri Lanka: 11.31MLKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 19.14MAOBenin: 7.21MBJBotswana: 1.26MBWBurkina Faso: 11.82MBFBurundi: 7.07MBICabo Verde: 257,930.00CVCameroon: 14.61MCMCentral African Republic: 2.77MCFChad: 10.12MTDComoros: 430,813.00KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 55.06MCDCongo, Rep.: 3.17MCGCote d'Ivoire: 15.69MCIEquatorial Guinea: 894,768.00GQEritrea: 1.79MEREswatini: 632,631.00SZEthiopia: 65.89METGabon: 1.25MGAGambia, The: 1.39MGMGhana: 17.23MGHGuinea: 7.45MGNGuinea-Bissau: 1.11MGWKenya: 28.38MKELesotho: 1.20MLSLiberia: 2.81MLRMadagascar: 15.93MMGMalawi: 11.09MMWMali: 12.13MMLMauritania: 2.63MMRMauritius: 623,939.00MUMozambique: 17.83MMZNamibia: 1.55MNANiger: 13.31MNENigeria: 115.01MNGRwanda: 7.30MRWSao Tome and Principe: 118,458.00STSenegal: 9.10MSNSeychelles: 54,410.00SCSierra Leone: 4.33MSLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 9.49MSOSouth Africa: 32.85MZASouth Sudan: 6.07MSSSudan: 25.44MSDTanzania: 34.58MTZTogo: 4.73MTGUganda: 25.21MUGZambia: 10.76MZMZimbabwe: 8.71MZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country Population, female
1 India South Asia 702.612M
2 China East Asia & Pacific 691.222M
3 United States North America 169.230M
4 Indonesia East Asia & Pacific 141.080M
5 Pakistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 123.836M
6 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 115.006M
7 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 107.703M
8 Bangladesh South Asia 88.219M
9 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 76.926M
10 Mexico Latin America & Caribbean 67.401M

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 86 8.16M
Upper middle income 54 25.96M
Lower middle income 50 30.77M
Low income 25 12.55M
Not classified 2 40.13M

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 37 31.68M
Europe & Central Asia 58 8.23M
Latin America & Caribbean 42 8.01M
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 17.17M
North America 3 63.35M
South Asia 6 136.36M
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 13.49M

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Population, female
1 Tuvalu 4,710.00
2 Nauru 5,864.00
3 Palau 8,165.00
4 St. Martin (French part) 13,979.00
5 San Marino 17,270.00
6 Marshall Islands 18,311.00
7 Monaco 19,731.00
8 Gibraltar 19,754.00
9 Liechtenstein 20,353.00
10 British Virgin Islands 20,779.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.TOTL.FE.IN), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.