Population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) by country

Female population between the ages 75 to 79 as a percentage of the total female population.

Countries reporting
218
Highest
7.5%
Japan
Lowest
0.3%
Central African Republic
Median
1.6%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,556

What the numbers show

Population ages 75-79, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 7.5% in Japan; the lowest is 0.3% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.6%, and the mean is 2.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 182 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French Part) (up 250.4%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 22.2%).

Population ages 75-79, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 7.5% 2025 up 36.8% volatile
2 Finland 6.2% 2025 up 52.4% rising
3 Monaco 6.1% 2025 up 5.5% rising
4 Bulgaria 6.0% 2025 up 31.1% rising
5 Puerto Rico 5.6% 2025 up 55.8% volatile
6 Czechia 5.6% 2025 up 58.9% rising
7 Italy 5.5% 2025 up 10.8% rising
8 Portugal 5.5% 2025 up 18.5% rising
9 United States Virgin Islands 5.5% 2025 up 74.0% volatile
10 Isle of Man 5.3% 2025 up 39.5% falling
11 Greece 5.3% 2025 up 7.0% rising
12 Serbia 5.3% 2025 up 16.9% rising
13 Estonia 5.3% 2025 down 0.9% rising
14 Croatia 5.3% 2025 up 6.7% rising
15 Malta 5.2% 2025 up 40.2% rising
16 France 5.2% 2025 up 43.0% rising
17 Latvia 5.2% 2025 down 7.7% rising
18 Hungary 5.1% 2025 up 19.4% rising
19 Denmark 5.0% 2025 up 39.6% rising
20 Sweden 5.0% 2025 up 33.7% rising
21 Netherlands 4.8% 2025 up 38.9% rising
22 Bermuda 4.8% 2025 up 47.2% rising
23 San Marino 4.8% 2025 up 33.1% rising
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.8% 2025 up 1.6% volatile
25 Romania 4.8% 2025 up 5.4% rising
26 Lithuania 4.8% 2025 down 7.9% rising
27 Poland 4.7% 2025 up 31.3% rising
28 Slovenia 4.7% 2025 up 12.2% rising
29 Spain 4.6% 2025 up 22.9% rising
30 Channel Islands 4.5% 2025 up 30.4% rising
31 Belgium 4.5% 2025 up 17.3% rising
32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.5% 2025 up 29.1% rising
33 Germany 4.5% 2025 down 20.0% rising
34 Switzerland 4.4% 2025 up 22.1% rising
35 Slovakia 4.4% 2025 up 37.7% rising
36 Liechtenstein 4.4% 2025 up 42.3% rising
37 Norway 4.4% 2025 up 45.0% rising
38 Austria 4.3% 2025 up 6.3% rising
39 Canada 4.2% 2025 up 44.3% rising
40 Belarus 4.2% 2025 down 5.2% rising
41 North Macedonia 4.1% 2025 up 33.8% rising
42 Curaçao 4.1% 2025 up 44.6% rising
43 Russian Federation 4.1% 2025 down 8.6% rising
44 Gibraltar 4.1% 2025 up 18.4% rising
45 Hong Kong, China 4.1% 2025 up 48.9% rising
46 Ukraine 4.0% 2025 down 21.2% rising
47 United States of America 4.0% 2025 up 48.1% rising
48 Montenegro 3.9% 2025 up 4.3% rising
49 Australia 3.9% 2025 up 41.6% rising
50 Faroe Islands 3.8% 2025 up 26.2% rising
51 Saint Martin (French Part) 3.8% 2025 up 250.4% volatile
52 Republic of Korea 3.8% 2025 up 20.7% volatile
53 New Zealand 3.8% 2025 up 38.4% rising
54 Cuba 3.7% 2025 up 30.9% rising
55 Aruba 3.7% 2025 up 42.1% rising
56 Barbados 3.6% 2025 up 32.2% rising
57 Republic of Moldova 3.5% 2025 up 22.1% rising
58 Georgia 3.5% 2025 down 19.2% rising
59 Uruguay 3.5% 2025 up 0.7% rising
60 Ireland 3.4% 2025 up 35.3% rising
61 Albania 3.3% 2025 up 21.8% rising
62 Iceland 3.3% 2025 up 33.0% rising
63 Cyprus 3.2% 2025 up 22.2% rising
64 Luxembourg 3.2% 2025 up 3.0% rising
65 Thailand 3.2% 2025 up 44.7% volatile
66 China 3.1% 2025 up 50.9% rising
67 Andorra 3.1% 2025 up 33.0% rising
68 Singapore 3.0% 2025 up 63.0% rising
69 Israel 3.0% 2025 up 30.3% rising
70 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.0% 2025 up 0.9% volatile
71 Chile 2.9% 2025 up 32.5% rising
72 Sri Lanka 2.9% 2025 up 71.8% rising
73 Mauritius 2.9% 2025 up 66.3% rising
74 Argentina 2.9% 2025 up 18.1% rising
75 Armenia 2.8% 2025 down 18.1% rising
76 Guam 2.7% 2025 up 67.1% volatile
77 Trinidad and Tobago 2.7% 2025 up 82.6% rising
78 Bahamas 2.6% 2025 up 29.3% rising
79 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.5% 2025 up 152.6% volatile
80 Costa Rica 2.5% 2025 up 45.5% rising
81 Dominica 2.4% 2025 up 11.3% rising
82 Antigua and Barbuda 2.4% 2025 up 57.6% rising
83 Macau, China 2.4% 2025 up 85.7% rising
84 New Caledonia 2.4% 2025 up 43.2% rising
85 Brazil 2.3% 2025 up 42.6% volatile
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.3% 2025 up 18.6% rising
87 Grenada 2.3% 2025 down 5.3% rising
88 Kosovo 2.2% 2025 up 38.9% rising
88 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 2.2% 2025 up 38.9% rising
90 Türkiye 2.2% 2025 up 32.5% rising
91 French Polynesia 2.2% 2025 up 53.5% volatile
92 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.2% 2025 up 38.9% rising
93 Palau 2.1% 2025 up 3.2% rising
94 Lebanon 2.1% 2025 up 38.2% rising
95 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.1% 2025 up 49.8% volatile
96 Saint Lucia 2.0% 2025 up 25.7% rising
97 Colombia 2.0% 2025 up 50.6% rising
98 Panama 1.9% 2025 up 31.2% rising
99 Peru 1.9% 2025 up 20.4% rising
100 El Salvador 1.9% 2025 up 20.3% rising
101 Kazakhstan 1.9% 2025 down 14.2% rising
102 Viet Nam 1.8% 2025 up 25.1% rising
103 British Virgin Islands 1.8% 2025 up 76.3% rising
104 Tunisia 1.8% 2025 up 17.3% rising
105 Ecuador 1.8% 2025 up 34.8% rising
106 Seychelles 1.7% 2025 down 8.9% rising
107 Mexico 1.7% 2025 up 25.9% rising
108 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.6% 2025 up 32.4% rising
109 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6% 2025 up 11.5% flat
110 American Samoa 1.6% 2025 up 68.6% rising
111 Cayman Islands 1.6% 2025 up 51.6% falling
112 Suriname 1.6% 2025 up 22.9% rising
113 Cape Verde 1.6% 2025 up 4.1% rising
114 Jamaica 1.6% 2025 up 31.8% rising
115 Morocco 1.6% 2025 up 37.9% rising
116 Malaysia 1.6% 2025 up 46.3% rising
117 Dominican Republic 1.5% 2025 up 30.4% rising
118 Timor-Leste 1.5% 2025 up 68.5% volatile
119 Azerbaijan 1.5% 2025 down 19.8% rising
120 Northern Mariana Islands 1.5% 2025 up 117.3% rising
121 Greenland 1.5% 2025 up 11.5% rising
122 Tuvalu 1.5% 2025 up 9.8% rising
123 Indonesia 1.5% 2025 up 4.0% rising
124 Myanmar 1.4% 2025 up 22.1% rising
125 Tonga 1.4% 2025 up 9.2% rising
126 Paraguay 1.4% 2025 up 27.4% rising
127 India 1.4% 2025 up 21.3% rising
128 Guyana 1.3% 2025 up 35.0% rising
129 Cambodia 1.3% 2025 up 38.5% rising
130 Nepal 1.3% 2025 up 32.7% rising
131 Fiji 1.3% 2025 up 33.0% rising
132 Brunei Darussalam 1.3% 2025 up 55.7% rising
133 South Africa 1.3% 2025 up 1.0% rising
134 Bangladesh 1.3% 2025 up 38.6% rising
135 Bhutan 1.2% 2025 up 9.1% rising
136 Algeria 1.2% 2025 up 10.9% rising
137 Nicaragua 1.2% 2025 up 19.3% rising
138 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.2% 2025 up 4.8% rising
139 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.1% 2025 up 45.9% rising
140 Philippines 1.1% 2025 up 31.5% rising
141 Samoa 1.1% 2025 up 4.1% rising
142 Uzbekistan 1.1% 2025 down 18.2% rising
143 Libya 1.1% 2025 up 17.7% rising
144 Egypt 1.1% 2025 up 25.4% rising
145 Djibouti 1.0% 2025 up 33.7% rising
146 Guatemala 1.0% 2025 up 36.0% rising
147 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2025 down 21.6% falling
148 Mongolia 1.0% 2025 up 13.4% falling
149 Haiti 1.0% 2025 up 15.2% rising
150 Maldives 1.0% 2025 down 5.9% volatile
151 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9% 2025 up 12.2% rising
152 Comoros 0.9% 2025 up 10.9% rising
153 Eswatini 0.9% 2025 up 46.5% rising
154 Eritrea 0.9% 2025 up 14.5% rising
155 Belize 0.9% 2025 up 25.4% falling
156 Honduras 0.9% 2025 up 36.5% rising
157 Kiribati 0.9% 2025 up 18.4% falling
158 Lesotho 0.9% 2025 down 5.9% rising
159 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9% 2025 up 11.4% rising
160 Jordan 0.9% 2025 up 26.0% rising
161 Botswana 0.8% 2025 up 11.5% falling
162 Turkmenistan 0.8% 2025 down 20.0% flat
163 Pakistan 0.8% 2025 up 16.2% rising
164 Namibia 0.8% 2025 up 14.0% falling
165 Gabon 0.8% 2025 down 1.4% falling
166 Rwanda 0.8% 2025 up 16.1% rising
167 Marshall Islands 0.8% 2025 up 110.7% falling
168 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2025 up 17.4% rising
169 Iraq 0.7% 2025 up 13.5% falling
170 Togo 0.7% 2025 down 14.2% rising
171 Zimbabwe 0.7% 2025 up 33.0% falling
172 Ghana 0.7% 2025 down 4.1% rising
173 Sao Tome and Principe 0.7% 2025 down 22.2% falling
174 Guinea 0.7% 2025 down 3.4% flat
175 Vanuatu 0.7% 2025 up 71.5% falling
176 Bahrain 0.7% 2025 up 20.5% rising
177 Ethiopia 0.7% 2025 up 21.0% flat
178 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7% 2025 up 30.1% rising
179 Oman 0.7% 2025 up 2.5% flat
180 Solomon Islands 0.7% 2025 down 1.1% rising
181 Equatorial Guinea 0.7% 2025 down 4.3% falling
182 Guinea-Bissau 0.6% 2025 up 22.0% falling
183 Senegal 0.6% 2025 down 11.2% rising
184 Sierra Leone 0.6% 2025 up 1.9% falling
185 Kuwait 0.6% 2025 up 58.7% rising
186 Benin 0.6% 2025 down 1.6% falling
187 Tajikistan 0.6% 2025 down 19.1% falling
188 Mozambique 0.6% 2025 up 34.2% falling
189 Madagascar 0.6% 2025 up 12.7% falling
190 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6% 2025 up 0.4% rising
191 Mauritania 0.6% 2025 down 6.5% rising
192 Saudi Arabia 0.6% 2025 up 27.6% falling
193 Liberia 0.6% 2025 up 0.5% rising
194 Malawi 0.6% 2025 down 11.2% rising
195 South Sudan 0.6% 2025 up 17.2% rising
196 Papua New Guinea 0.6% 2025 up 24.3% volatile
197 Kenya 0.5% 2025 up 4.4% rising
198 Nigeria 0.5% 2025 up 2.5% falling
199 Burkina Faso 0.5% 2025 up 1.3% rising
200 Yemen 0.5% 2025 down 8.1% falling
201 Gambia 0.5% 2025 up 16.8% falling
202 Angola 0.5% 2025 down 3.4% rising
203 Congo 0.5% 2025 down 0.8% falling
204 Cameroon 0.5% 2025 down 9.8% falling
205 Afghanistan 0.5% 2025 up 12.2% rising
206 Naoero 0.5% 2025 up 191.9% volatile
207 Niger 0.5% 2025 up 4.9% rising
208 Somalia 0.5% 2025 up 3.5% falling
209 Burundi 0.5% 2025 up 5.7% falling
210 Sudan 0.5% 2025 up 10.2% falling
211 Mali 0.5% 2025 down 4.6% rising
212 Côte d'Ivoire 0.4% 2025 up 2.3% rising
213 Uganda 0.4% 2025 up 9.8% rising
214 United Arab Emirates 0.4% 2025 up 70.9% falling
215 Zambia 0.4% 2025 up 3.1% falling
216 Chad 0.4% 2025 down 9.6% falling
217 Qatar 0.3% 2025 up 32.1% falling
218 Central African Republic 0.3% 2025 up 16.5% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Population ages 75-79, female (% of female population)
Unit
% of female population
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,556 data points, 1960–2025
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Female population between the ages 75 to 79 as a percentage of the total female population.