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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) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)
1	Latvia	53.91
2	Ukraine	53.89
3	Estonia	53.89
4	Russia	53.79
5	Netherlands Antilles	53.61
6	Belarus	53.50
7	Armenia	53.39
8	Lithuania	53.21
9	Georgia	52.96
10	El Salvador	52.82
11	Lesotho	52.80
12	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	52.62
13	Hong Kong	52.56
14	Hungary	52.53
15	Moldova	52.50
16	Kazakhstan	52.38
17	Macau	52.30
18	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	52.23
19	Cape Verde	52.19
20	Aruba	52.05
21	Puerto Rico	52.05
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.88
23	Croatia	51.82
24	Poland	51.77
25	Uruguay	51.74
26	Bulgaria	51.65
27	Zimbabwe	51.65
28	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	51.63
29	Portugal	51.58
30	Rwanda	51.57
31	Slovakia	51.49
32	Barbados	51.48
33	Trinidad and Tobago	51.41
34	Romania	51.39
35	France	51.38
36	Mozambique	51.37
37	Italy	51.35
38	Cyprus	51.31
39	Sierra Leone	51.30
40	Japan	51.29
41	Guatemala	51.27
42	Austria	51.24
43	European Union	51.16
44	Slovenia	51.16
45	Switzerland	51.16
46	Burma	51.15
47	Azerbaijan	51.13
48	Swaziland	51.11
49	Bahamas	51.08
50	Cambodia	51.07
51	Jamaica	51.06
52	Euro area	51.06
53	St. Lucia	51.05
54	Channel Islands	51.05
55	Lebanon	51.04
56	Belgium	51.03
57	Finland	50.99
58	Burundi	50.98
59	Germany	50.97
60	Argentina	50.95
61	United Kingdom	50.94
62	Czech Republic	50.93
63	High income: OECD	50.92
64	Upper middle income	50.90
65	Morocco	50.89
66	Central African Republic	50.87
67	Montenegro	50.85
68	OECD members	50.83
69	Thailand	50.82
70	Eritrea	50.82
71	Colombia	50.78
72	Sri Lanka	50.76
73	Mexico	50.76
74	Brazil	50.75
75	Turkmenistan	50.72
76	Angola	50.71
77	Namibia	50.70
78	South Africa	50.70
79	Spain	50.69
80	Kyrgyzstan	50.66
81	United States	50.66
82	High income	50.65
83	Albania	50.64
84	North America	50.64
85	Tajikistan	50.63
86	Mali	50.62
87	New Zealand	50.61
88	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	50.61
89	Vietnam	50.61
90	Haiti	50.60
91	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	50.60
92	Chile	50.54
93	Mongolia	50.54
94	Serbia	50.53
95	Togo	50.50
96	Nicaragua	50.49
97	North Korea	50.49
98	South Korea	50.49
99	Canada	50.48
100	Sao Tome and Principe	50.47
101	Guinea-Bissau	50.46
102	Mauritius	50.45
103	Democratic Republic of the Congo	50.44
104	Netherlands	50.43
105	Denmark	50.43
106	Greece	50.43
107	Senegal	50.42
108	Gambia	50.41
109	Somalia	50.41
110	Israel	50.41
111	Equatorial Guinea	50.40
112	Luxembourg	50.40
113	Sweden	50.37
114	Nepal	50.33
115	Malawi	50.31
116	Liberia	50.31
117	Chad	50.30
118	Norway	50.29
119	Uzbekistan	50.29
120	Australia	50.29
121	Ethiopia	50.25
122	Madagascar	50.21
123	Malta	50.20
124	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	50.19
125	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	50.19
126	Low income	50.14
127	Bolivia	50.14
128	Tanzania	50.14
129	Zambia	50.12
130	Laos	50.11
131	Least developed countries: UN classification	50.10
132	Republic of the Congo	50.09
133	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	50.09
134	Indonesia	50.08
135	Macedonia	50.06
136	Burkina Faso	50.05
137	Gabon	50.05
138	Botswana	50.04
139	Honduras	50.04
140	Djibouti	50.02
141	Kenya	50.01
142	Cameroon	50.01
143	Grenada	49.99
144	Niger	49.92
145	Mayotte	49.92
146	Uganda	49.92
147	Ireland	49.92
148	Ecuador	49.91
149	Nigeria	49.88
150	Peru	49.88
151	Suriname	49.88
152	Cuba	49.86
153	New Caledonia	49.83
154	Comoros	49.82
155	Venezuela	49.80
156	Turkey	49.77
157	Dominican Republic	49.76
158	Singapore	49.75
159	Egypt	49.71
160	Tunisia	49.71
161	Sudan	49.65
162	Philippines	49.63
163	Belize	49.60
164	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	49.59
165	Panama	49.59
166	Syria	49.53
167	Benin	49.53
168	Algeria	49.52
169	Paraguay	49.52
170	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.51
171	Guinea	49.50
172	Maldives	49.50
173	Iraq	49.44
174	Yemen	49.44
175	Bangladesh	49.43
176	Low & middle income	49.40
177	Tonga	49.36
178	Ghana	49.32
179	Mauritania	49.29
180	Middle income	49.27
181	Fiji	49.26
182	Malaysia	49.23
183	Costa Rica	49.21
184	Papua New Guinea	49.18
185	Iran	49.15
186	Guam	49.12
187	West Bank and Gaza	49.11
188	Timor-Leste	49.10
189	Ivory Coast	49.07
190	Micronesia	49.05
191	Vanuatu	49
192	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	49
193	Arab World	48.93
194	French Polynesia	48.90
195	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	48.88
196	Lower middle income	48.84
197	Iceland	48.79
198	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	48.78
199	Jordan	48.72
200	Guyana	48.66
201	South Asia	48.53
202	Pakistan	48.51
203	Brunei Darussalam	48.38
204	India	48.34
205	Libya	48.30
206	Solomon Islands	48.23
207	Afghanistan	48.21
208	China	48.10
209	Western Samoa	47.90
210	Bhutan	47.28
211	High income: nonOECD	46.53
212	Saudi Arabia	44.80
213	Oman	43.59
214	Bahrain	42.62
215	Kuwait	40.46
216	United Arab Emirates	32.74
217	Qatar	24.58

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