Population, female (% of total) - Structure - Population - Health - World Development Indicators

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Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Rank	Country	Value
Population, female (% of total) - Structure - Population - Health - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Latvia	53.93
2	Estonia	53.90
3	Ukraine	53.88
4	Russia	53.76
5	Netherlands Antilles	53.59
6	Belarus	53.47
7	Armenia	53.38
8	Lithuania	53.26
9	Georgia	52.92
10	Lesotho	52.87
11	El Salvador	52.74
12	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	52.59
13	Hungary	52.53
14	Moldova	52.49
15	Hong Kong	52.47
16	Kazakhstan	52.33
17	Macau	52.28
18	Cape Verde	52.23
19	Europe & Central Asia	52.19
20	Aruba	52.05
21	Puerto Rico	52.03
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.89
23	Croatia	51.83
24	Uruguay	51.75
25	Poland	51.74
26	Zimbabwe	51.65
27	Bulgaria	51.61
28	Rwanda	51.60
29	Portugal	51.58
30	Barbados	51.51
31	Slovakia	51.48
32	Mozambique	51.43
33	France	51.39
34	Trinidad and Tobago	51.38
35	Italy	51.38
36	Romania	51.36
37	Cyprus	51.34
38	Sierra Leone	51.33
39	Austria	51.27
40	Japan	51.27
41	Guatemala	51.26
42	Swaziland	51.18
43	Slovenia	51.17
44	Azerbaijan	51.17
45	Switzerland	51.13
46	Burma	51.13
47	Cambodia	51.12
48	Euro area	51.08
49	Upper middle income	51.06
50	Jamaica	51.06
51	Bahamas	51.05
52	Channel Islands	51.05
53	Belgium	51.04
54	St. Lucia	51.04
55	Lebanon	51.03
56	Burundi	51.02
57	Czech Republic	51.01
58	Finland	51
59	Germany	51
60	United Kingdom	50.98
61	Argentina	50.96
62	Montenegro	50.91
63	High income: OECD	50.90
64	Central African Republic	50.89
65	Morocco	50.87
66	Eritrea	50.85
67	Thailand	50.80
68	Colombia	50.76
69	Mexico	50.74
70	Namibia	50.74
71	Brazil	50.73
72	Spain	50.72
73	Sri Lanka	50.72
74	South Africa	50.72
75	Turkmenistan	50.71
76	Angola	50.70
77	United States	50.68
78	Kyrgyzstan	50.67
79	Vietnam	50.66
80	New Zealand	50.63
81	Mali	50.63
82	Haiti	50.62
83	High income	50.62
84	Albania	50.61
85	Tajikistan	50.61
86	Latin America & Caribbean	50.58
87	Chile	50.54
88	Serbia	50.54
89	Mongolia	50.53
90	Togo	50.51
91	North Korea	50.49
92	South Korea	50.49
93	Canada	50.49
94	Sao Tome and Principe	50.47
95	Guinea-Bissau	50.47
96	Netherlands	50.46
97	Denmark	50.46
98	Nicaragua	50.45
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo	50.45
100	Greece	50.44
101	Luxembourg	50.43
102	Israel	50.43
103	Equatorial Guinea	50.42
104	Mauritius	50.42
105	Somalia	50.42
106	Gambia	50.41
107	Senegal	50.41
108	Sweden	50.39
109	Malawi	50.34
110	Liberia	50.33
111	Nepal	50.32
112	Norway	50.32
113	Chad	50.31
114	Australia	50.30
115	Uzbekistan	50.29
116	Ethiopia	50.26
117	Malta	50.22
118	Madagascar	50.21
119	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.20
120	Low income	50.18
121	Tanzania	50.17
122	Zambia	50.14
123	Laos	50.14
124	Bolivia	50.14
125	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	50.11
126	Republic of the Congo	50.10
127	Least developed countries: UN classification	50.10
128	Botswana	50.09
129	Gabon	50.08
130	Honduras	50.07
131	Burkina Faso	50.07
132	Indonesia	50.07
133	Macedonia	50.05
134	Djibouti	50.03
135	Cameroon	50.03
136	Grenada	50.03
137	Kenya	50.03
138	Niger	49.94
139	Ireland	49.94
140	Uganda	49.93
141	Nigeria	49.90
142	Ecuador	49.90
143	Mayotte	49.89
144	Suriname	49.87
145	Peru	49.87
146	Cuba	49.85
147	Comoros	49.82
148	New Caledonia	49.78
149	Venezuela	49.78
150	Turkey	49.76
151	Dominican Republic	49.75
152	Singapore	49.73
153	Egypt	49.70
154	Tunisia	49.70
155	Sudan	49.65
156	Philippines	49.63
157	Belize	49.59
158	Panama	49.58
159	Middle East & North Africa	49.58
160	Benin	49.57
161	Syria	49.53
162	Algeria	49.52
163	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.50
164	Guinea	49.50
165	Paraguay	49.49
166	Maldives	49.47
167	Yemen	49.43
168	Iraq	49.43
169	Bangladesh	49.42
170	Low & middle income	49.41
171	Tonga	49.35
172	Ghana	49.32
173	Mauritania	49.31
174	Fiji	49.26
175	Middle income	49.25
176	Malaysia	49.21
177	Costa Rica	49.20
178	Papua New Guinea	49.17
179	West Bank and Gaza	49.12
180	Iran	49.12
181	Timor-Leste	49.10
182	Guam	49.09
183	Micronesia	49.08
184	Iceland	49.06
185	Ivory Coast	49.02
186	Vanuatu	48.98
187	French Polynesia	48.87
188	Lower middle income	48.78
189	East Asia & Pacific	48.78
190	Guyana	48.70
191	Jordan	48.68
192	South Asia	48.52
193	Pakistan	48.50
194	Brunei Darussalam	48.34
195	India	48.31
196	Libya	48.26
197	Solomon Islands	48.23
198	Afghanistan	48.21
199	China	48.11
200	Samoa	47.91
201	Bhutan	47.24
202	High income: nonOECD	46.81
203	Saudi Arabia	45.06
204	Oman	43.51
205	Bahrain	42.58
206	Kuwait	40.27
207	United Arab Emirates	32.51
208	Qatar	24.75

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