Population, female, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Population, female. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
217
Highest
5.17 % change on previous year
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
-4.18 % change on previous year
Saint Martin (French part)
Median
0.9115 % change on previous year
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
17,260
What the numbers show
Population, female, annual growth rate is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 5.17 % change on previous year in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -4.18 % change on previous year in Saint Martin (French part).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9115 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.01 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 160 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 6,656.8%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 2,006.3%).
Population, female, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 5.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 5.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 3 | Qatar | 4.69 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 192.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Oman | 3.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 6 | Chad | 3.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 7 | Somalia | 3.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Niger | 3.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 3.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,050.2% | falling |
| 11 | Georgia | 3.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,845.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Angola | 3.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 13 | Mali | 2.96 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 14 | Yemen | 2.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 15 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 16 | Ukraine | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 769.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Mozambique | 2.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 18 | Zambia | 2.8 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 19 | Afghanistan | 2.78 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Mauritania | 2.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 21 | Uganda | 2.69 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 22 | Cameroon | 2.6 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 2.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 24 | Malawi | 2.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 25 | Côte d’Ivoire | 2.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Sudan | 2.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 28 | Burundi | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 30 | Senegal | 2.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 31 | Benin | 2.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 32 | Palestine, State of | 2.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 33 | Congo | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 34 | Solomon Islands | 2.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.6% | flat |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 2.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 36 | Guinea | 2.26 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 37 | Gambia | 2.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 38 | Gabon | 2.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 2.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Rwanda | 2.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Liberia | 2.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Iraq | 2.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 44 | Namibia | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 45 | South Sudan | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 306.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 2.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Togo | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 49 | Gibraltar | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Nigeria | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 51 | Eritrea | 1.98 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 519.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Kenya | 1.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 1.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 54 | Comoros | 1.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 55 | Cayman Islands | 1.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 56 | Ghana | 1.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 58 | Malta | 1.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 1.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 39.8% | falling |
| 60 | Armenia | 1.8 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 590.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 1.78 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.7 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 63 | Honduras | 1.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 64 | Pakistan | 1.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 65 | Botswana | 1.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 66 | Ireland | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 1.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 68 | Egypt | 1.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 69 | Australia | 1.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 70 | Guatemala | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 71 | Sint Maarten | 1.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Iceland | 1.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 63.5% | falling |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Belize | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 75 | Liechtenstein | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Seychelles | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 78 | Kiribati | 1.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 79 | Algeria | 1.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 80 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 81 | Djibouti | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Mongolia | 1.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 1.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 84 | Malaysia | 1.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 85 | Singapore | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Timor-Leste | 1.26 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 88 | Panama | 1.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 89 | Paraguay | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 90 | Andorra | 1.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 166.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Haiti | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 92 | South Africa | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Israel | 1.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 95 | Cambodia | 1.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Libya | 1.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Peru | 1.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 98 | Spain | 1.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 6,656.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Lesotho | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Portugal | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 429.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Eswatini | 1.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 180.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Colombia | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 103 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.9648 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Canada | 0.9513 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 105 | Morocco | 0.9508 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 106 | Switzerland | 0.9336 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.9283 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 108 | India | 0.922 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 109 | Maldives | 0.9115 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 0.9064 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Suriname | 0.8929 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Ecuador | 0.8635 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 113 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.863 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 114 | Mexico | 0.8348 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 0.8344 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 116 | Philippines | 0.8198 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 117 | Guam | 0.8129 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 396.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Indonesia | 0.7896 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 119 | Aruba | 0.7424 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Bahrain | 0.7414 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Bhutan | 0.7357 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Nauru | 0.7333 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Lebanon | 0.7062 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 125 | British Virgin Islands | 0.693 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Myanmar | 0.6792 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 127 | Norway | 0.6722 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 128 | Belgium | 0.6566 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Guyana | 0.6239 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 130 | New Zealand | 0.6188 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Tunisia | 0.6154 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 132 | Viet Nam | 0.6092 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 133 | Faroe Islands | 0.568 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Samoa | 0.5618 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Denmark | 0.5296 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 136 | United States | 0.5143 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 137 | Netherlands | 0.5067 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 29.7% | falling |
| 138 | Bahamas | 0.5022 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.4987 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Cabo Verde | 0.4815 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 785.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Chile | 0.4769 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 142 | Fiji | 0.4737 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 0.4662 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 144 | Türkiye | 0.4637 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 145 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4497 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.4328 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 147 | El Salvador | 0.4295 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Finland | 0.4264 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Brazil | 0.4197 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 0.3999 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 151 | San Marino | 0.3822 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 0.3187 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 153 | Argentina | 0.3163 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 0.308 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Austria | 0.2977 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2785 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 157 | United Kingdom | 0.2716 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 158 | France | 0.2421 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 159 | Nepal | 0.2401 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.7% | falling |
| 160 | Sweden | 0.2263 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Croatia | 0.2239 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 118.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.1972 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Grenada | 0.1454 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Greenland | 0.1299 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 150.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Curaçao | 0.093 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Slovenia | 0.0699 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 159.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Greece | 0.0537 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Barbados | 0.0422 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Thailand | 0.0291 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0254 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Isle of Man | -0.0071 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Lithuania | -0.0308 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Germany | -0.0312 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 105.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Bermuda | -0.0363 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Jamaica | -0.0467 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 114.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Russia | -0.0501 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 120.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Mauritius | -0.0603 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 153.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Korea | -0.0741 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 109.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Uruguay | -0.0774 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 124.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Montenegro | -0.0971 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 176.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Palau | -0.098 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 182 | China (People’s Republic of) | -0.0988 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 116.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Macau (China) | -0.1157 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 103.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Bulgaria | -0.1182 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 90.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Italy | -0.1281 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Slovak Republic | -0.1377 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 342.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Romania | -0.1612 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Jordan | -0.1662 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 102.0% | falling |
| 189 | Czechia | -0.1793 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 223.2% | volatile |
| 190 | North Macedonia | -0.2179 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 191 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.2414 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Hong Kong (China) | -0.2615 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 122.6% | volatile |
| 193 | Poland | -0.2971 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 263.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Cuba | -0.3534 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 430.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Dominica | -0.3776 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,006.3% | volatile |
| 196 | Tonga | -0.3985 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 197 | Japan | -0.4411 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 342.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Puerto Rico | -0.4815 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Serbia | -0.4847 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 200 | Belarus | -0.4901 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 748.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Estonia | -0.5307 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 830.9% | volatile |
| 202 | Kuwait | -0.5529 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 119.4% | volatile |
| 203 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.5589 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Hungary | -0.5708 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Monaco | -0.7146 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 142.2% | volatile |
| 206 | Sri Lanka | -0.7169 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 175.2% | volatile |
| 207 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.8279 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 208 | Latvia | -1.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 209 | Kosovo | -1.1 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 209 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | -1.1 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 211 | Albania | -1.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 212 | American Samoa | -1.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 213 | Tuvalu | -1.63 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 630.1% | volatile |
| 214 | Republic of Moldova | -1.7 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 166.6% | volatile |
| 215 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | -3.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 217 | Saint Martin (French part) | -4.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,415.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 2.7 % change on previous year
- World 0.9361 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.63 % change on previous year
- Euro area 0.2805 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.55 % change on previous year
- Channel Islands 0.2268 % change on previous year
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.53 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.45 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.45 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.45 % change on previous year
- Africa Western and Central 2.32 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries 2.32 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Population, female. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Population, female World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Population, female. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.