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Population, female (% of total population)
Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. 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.TOTL.FE.ZS
• Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024
In ,
Hong Kong SAR, China
led Population, female (% of total population) at 54.95.
The world median across 217 reporting countries was
50.36.
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
50.36
Mean
50.03
25th percentile
49.64
75th percentile
51.16
Range
28.72 – 54.95
World at a Glance — 2024
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.