Population, female (% of total female popualtion) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. 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.
Population, female (% of total female popualtion) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Lesotho52.87
2Cape Verde52.23
3Zimbabwe51.65
4Rwanda51.60
5Mozambique51.43
6Sierra Leone51.33
7Swaziland51.18
8Burundi51.02
9Central African Republic50.89
10Morocco50.87
11Eritrea50.85
12Namibia50.74
13South Africa50.72
14Angola50.70
15Mali50.63
16Togo50.51
17Guinea-Bissau50.47
18Sao Tome and Principe50.47
19Democratic Republic of the Congo50.45
20Somalia50.42
21Mauritius50.42
22Equatorial Guinea50.42
23Gambia50.41
24Senegal50.41
25Malawi50.34
26Liberia50.33
27Chad50.31
28Ethiopia50.26
29Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria50.24
30Madagascar50.21
31Sub-Saharan Africa50.20
32Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa50.17
33Tanzania50.17
34Africa50.14
35Zambia50.14
36Republic of the Congo50.10
37Botswana50.09
38Gabon50.08
39Burkina Faso50.07
40Cameroon50.03
41Djibouti50.03
42Kenya50.03
43Niger49.94
44Uganda49.93
45Nigeria49.90
46North Africa49.83
47Comoros49.82
48Tunisia49.70
49Egypt49.70
50Sudan49.65
51Benin49.57
52Algeria49.52
53Guinea49.50
54Ghana49.32
55Mauritania49.31
56Ivory Coast49.02
57Libya48.26
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