Population, female by country
Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
709.09 million
India
Lowest
4,633
Tuvalu
Median
3.39 million
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,526
What the numbers show
Population, female is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 709.09 million in India; the lowest is 4,633 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.39 million, and the mean is 18.69 million.
Over the past decade 181 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 48.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 32.6%).
Population, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 709.09 million | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 690.54 million | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 170.05 million | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 142.19 million | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 125.91 million | 2025 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Nigeria | 117.35 million | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 108.16 million | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 89.32 million | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 76.96 million | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 67.96 million | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 67.60 million | 2025 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Japan | 63.22 million | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 58.61 million | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 58.54 million | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 56.85 million | 2025 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Vietnam | 51.84 million | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 17 | Iran | 45.47 million | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 18 | Turkey | 43.03 million | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 42.26 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 36.78 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 21 | Tanzania | 35.57 million | 2025 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 22 | France | 35.40 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 35.26 million | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 33.24 million | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 30.10 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 26 | Kenya | 28.94 million | 2025 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | 27.56 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 27.07 million | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 29 | Sudan | 26.06 million | 2025 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 30 | South Korea | 25.90 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 31 | Uganda | 25.89 million | 2025 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Spain | 25.13 million | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 33 | Iraq | 23.41 million | 2025 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Algeria | 23.25 million | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 35 | Argentina | 23.09 million | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 21.70 million | 2025 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Canada | 20.97 million | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 38 | Ukraine | 20.84 million | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 20.61 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Angola | 19.72 million | 2025 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Morocco | 19.06 million | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 42 | Poland | 18.79 million | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 18.36 million | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 44 | Mozambique | 18.33 million | 2025 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 45 | Ghana | 17.55 million | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 46 | Peru | 17.38 million | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 47 | Malaysia | 17.16 million | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 48 | Madagascar | 16.32 million | 2025 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Cote d'Ivoire | 16.08 million | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Nepal | 15.49 million | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 14.99 million | 2025 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 14.63 million | 2025 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Venezuela | 14.43 million | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 54 | Australia | 13.91 million | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 55 | Niger | 13.74 million | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 56 | North Korea | 13.42 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 57 | Syria | 12.79 million | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 58 | Mali | 12.49 million | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 12.08 million | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Malawi | 11.37 million | 2025 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 11.23 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 62 | Zambia | 11.07 million | 2025 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 10.69 million | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 64 | Chad | 10.47 million | 2025 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Chile | 9.99 million | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 66 | Somalia | 9.81 million | 2025 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Romania | 9.81 million | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 68 | Guatemala | 9.42 million | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 69 | Senegal | 9.32 million | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 70 | Ecuador | 9.17 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 71 | Netherlands | 9.10 million | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 72 | Cambodia | 9.10 million | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 8.86 million | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 74 | Guinea | 7.62 million | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 7.46 million | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 76 | Benin | 7.38 million | 2025 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Burundi | 7.24 million | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 78 | Bolivia | 6.28 million | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 6.25 million | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 80 | South Sudan | 6.19 million | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 6.05 million | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 82 | Haiti | 6.02 million | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 5.79 million | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 84 | Portugal | 5.66 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 85 | Jordan | 5.59 million | 2025 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Cuba | 5.54 million | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 87 | Czechia | 5.52 million | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 5.48 million | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 5.47 million | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 90 | Greece | 5.37 million | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 91 | Sweden | 5.26 million | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 5.23 million | 2025 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 5.22 million | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 94 | Israel | 5.08 million | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 95 | Hungary | 4.94 million | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 96 | Belarus | 4.85 million | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 97 | Austria | 4.67 million | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 98 | Switzerland | 4.57 million | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 99 | Sierra Leone | 4.42 million | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 100 | Togo | 4.39 million | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 4.17 million | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Hong Kong | 4.12 million | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 103 | Laos | 3.92 million | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 3.88 million | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.71 million | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 106 | Libya | 3.67 million | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 3.56 million | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 108 | Paraguay | 3.50 million | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 109 | Serbia | 3.44 million | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 110 | El Salvador | 3.34 million | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 3.32 million | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 112 | Congo | 3.24 million | 2025 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Denmark | 3.02 million | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 3.00 million | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 115 | Singapore | 2.95 million | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 116 | Liberia | 2.87 million | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 117 | Central African Republic | 2.86 million | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 118 | Finland | 2.85 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 119 | Norway | 2.78 million | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 120 | Slovakia | 2.77 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 121 | Ireland | 2.77 million | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 122 | Palestine | 2.73 million | 2025 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 123 | Mauritania | 2.71 million | 2025 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 124 | New Zealand | 2.68 million | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 2.61 million | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 126 | Panama | 2.29 million | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 2.10 million | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 128 | Oman | 2.07 million | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Croatia | 2.01 million | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 130 | Kuwait | 1.89 million | 2025 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Eritrea | 1.83 million | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 132 | Mongolia | 1.79 million | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 133 | Uruguay | 1.74 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 1.69 million | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 135 | Armenia | 1.65 million | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.64 million | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 137 | Namibia | 1.58 million | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 138 | Lithuania | 1.52 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 139 | Jamaica | 1.43 million | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 140 | Gambia | 1.42 million | 2025 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Botswana | 1.29 million | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 142 | Gabon | 1.28 million | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 143 | Moldova | 1.27 million | 2025 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 1.21 million | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 145 | Albania | 1.19 million | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 147 | Slovenia | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 148 | Latvia | 990,297 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 934,812 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 917,139 | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Qatar | 859,219 | 2025 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Kosovo | 801,249 | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 152 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 801,249 | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 154 | Estonia | 716,019 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 155 | East Timor | 703,273 | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 692,080 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 157 | Cyprus | 680,291 | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 158 | Eswatini | 639,179 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 159 | Mauritius | 623,563 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 160 | Bahrain | 607,514 | 2025 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Djibouti | 597,272 | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Fiji | 470,027 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 163 | Comoros | 438,969 | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 164 | Guyana | 429,164 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 409,870 | 2025 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Bhutan | 371,188 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 167 | Macao | 370,199 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 341,071 | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 169 | Montenegro | 323,108 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 170 | Suriname | 320,340 | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 171 | Malta | 278,675 | 2025 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 259,172 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 173 | Brunei | 218,895 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 174 | Bahamas | 210,739 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 175 | Belize | 209,590 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 176 | Maldives | 202,826 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 177 | Iceland | 191,342 | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 166,024 | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 149,630 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 180 | Barbados | 147,106 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 181 | French Polynesia | 139,706 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 120,885 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 183 | Samoa | 108,833 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 91,291 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 185 | Channel Islands | 85,304 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 186 | Guam | 83,462 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 187 | Curacao | 81,811 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 188 | Kiribati | 70,182 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 189 | Grenada | 58,537 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 190 | Aruba | 57,403 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 191 | Micronesia (country) | 57,227 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 192 | Seychelles | 55,161 | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 193 | Tonga | 54,743 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 194 | United States Virgin Islands | 54,558 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49,360 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 196 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49,104 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 197 | Isle of Man | 42,491 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 198 | Andorra | 40,544 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 37,781 | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Bermuda | 33,005 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 201 | Dominica | 32,978 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 202 | Greenland | 26,987 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 26,558 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24,488 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23,416 | 2025 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 206 | American Samoa | 22,823 | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 207 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 22,579 | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 208 | British Virgin Islands | 20,923 | 2025 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 20,634 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 210 | Northern Mariana Islands | 20,507 | 2025 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 20,157 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 212 | Monaco | 19,590 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 213 | Marshall Islands | 17,721 | 2025 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 214 | San Marino | 17,336 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 215 | Saint Martin (French part) | 13,394 | 2025 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 216 | Palau | 8,157 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 217 | Nauru | 5,907 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 218 | Tuvalu | 4,633 | 2025 | down 13.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.09 billion
- Chagai 85,304
- IDA & IBRD total 3.48 billion
- Low & middle income 3.37 billion
- Middle income 2.98 billion
- IBRD only 2.48 billion
- Early-demographic dividend 1.77 billion
- Upper middle income 1.53 billion
- Lower middle income 1.45 billion
- East Asia & Pacific 1.19 billion
- Late-demographic dividend 1.16 billion
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.06 billion
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.05 billion
- IDA total 994.85 million
- South Asia 825.70 million
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 825.70 million
- High income 716.66 million
- OECD members 709.58 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa 662.87 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 662.87 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 662.81 million
- IDA only 653.05 million
- Least developed countries 611.34 million
- Post-demographic dividend 573.74 million
- Pre-demographic dividend 566.91 million
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 484.17 million
- Europe & Central Asia 479.62 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 402.22 million
- Africa Eastern and Southern 398.29 million
- Low income 384.95 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 372.63 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 369.90 million
- IDA blend 341.79 million
- Latin America & Caribbean 338.56 million
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 330.80 million
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 318.38 million
- Africa Western and Central 264.58 million
- Arab World 242.79 million
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 240.32 million
- European Union 230.40 million
About this data
Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.