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Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum are generally considered to be part of the population of their country of origin. Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

Rank	Country	Value
Population, female - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)
1	Africa	492,848,361
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	411,265,776
3	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	386,572,751
4	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	311,065,277
5	North Africa	81,582,585
6	Nigeria	75,507,473
7	Ethiopia	40,566,742
8	Egypt	40,519,544
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32,393,716
10	South Africa	24,693,026
11	Tanzania	21,313,615
12	Sudan	20,529,748
13	Kenya	19,277,495
14	Algeria	17,015,744
15	Morocco	15,885,711
16	Uganda	15,807,008
17	Ghana	11,517,612
18	Mozambique	11,202,571
19	Ivory Coast	10,094,118
20	Madagascar	9,595,242
21	Cameroon	9,454,617
22	Angola	9,137,357
23	Burkina Faso	7,615,057
24	Niger	7,325,061
25	Malawi	7,187,222
26	Zimbabwe	6,437,204
27	Mali	6,435,363
28	Zambia	6,327,413
29	Senegal	6,155,326
30	Chad	5,568,419
31	Tunisia	5,132,398
32	Rwanda	5,015,979
33	Guinea	4,867,572
34	Somalia	4,514,770
35	Benin	4,293,648
36	Burundi	4,119,783
37	Togo	3,262,055
38	Libya	3,029,189
39	Sierra Leone	2,853,895
40	Eritrea	2,540,728
41	Central African Republic	2,250,999
42	Liberia	1,909,218
43	Republic of the Congo	1,811,145
44	Mauritania	1,577,989
45	Namibia	1,072,659
46	Lesotho	1,066,197
47	Botswana	954,248
48	Gambia	836,905
49	Guinea-Bissau	795,103
50	Gabon	725,180
51	Mauritius	639,773
52	Swaziland	597,722
53	Djibouti	424,130
54	Equatorial Guinea	332,360
55	Comoros	320,650
56	Cape Verde	260,435
57	Sao Tome and Principe	81,231

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