What part of a country's population is made up of women.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2025.
Top-20 · % of population
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hong Kong
|
54.99 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Moldova
|
54.01 | 2025 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Macao
|
53.97 | 2025 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Saint Martin
|
53.7 | 2025 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Russia
|
53.63 | 2025 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Latvia
|
53.59 | 2025 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Armenia
|
53.59 | 2025 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Ukraine
|
53.47 | 2025 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Belarus
|
53.41 | 2025 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Georgia
|
53.37 | 2025 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Puerto Rico
|
52.95 | 2025 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Lithuania
|
52.77 | 2025 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Tonga
|
52.77 | 2025 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Aruba
|
52.77 | 2025 | 14 | |
| 15 |
British Virgin Islands
|
52.66 | 2025 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Serbia
|
52.6 | 2025 | 16 | |
| 17 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
52.56 | 2025 | 17 | |
| 18 |
El Salvador
|
52.5 | 2025 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Estonia
|
52.4 | 2025 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
52.39 | 2025 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
52.38 | 2025 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Portugal
|
52.37 | 2025 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Curaçao
|
52.35 | 2025 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Nepal
|
52.29 | 2025 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Bahamas
|
52.29 | 2025 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Zimbabwe
|
52.29 | 2025 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
52.19 | 2025 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Barbados
|
52.05 | 2025 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Hungary
|
51.95 | 2025 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Central African Republic
|
51.93 | 2025 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Montenegro
|
51.85 | 2025 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Croatia
|
51.74 | 2025 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Sri Lanka
|
51.63 | 2025 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Bulgaria
|
51.61 | 2025 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Poland
|
51.57 | 2025 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Romania
|
51.57 | 2025 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Greece
|
51.55 | 2025 | 37 | |
| 38 |
France
|
51.52 | 2025 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Mexico
|
51.51 | 2025 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Uruguay
|
51.49 | 2025 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Mozambique
|
51.45 | 2025 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Kiribati
|
51.42 | 2025 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Sint Maarten
|
51.41 | 2025 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Thailand
|
51.36 | 2025 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Lebanon
|
51.35 | 2025 | 45 | |
| 46 |
South Africa
|
51.34 | 2025 | 46 | |
| 47 |
North Macedonia
|
51.34 | 2025 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Guyana
|
51.34 | 2025 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Kazakhstan
|
51.27 | 2025 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Lesotho
|
51.25 | 2025 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Japan
|
51.24 | 2025 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Malawi
|
51.19 | 2025 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Slovakia
|
51.19 | 2025 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Rwanda
|
51.18 | 2025 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Namibia
|
51.17 | 2025 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Bermuda
|
51.13 | 2025 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Monaco
|
51.09 | 2025 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Italy
|
51.09 | 2025 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Togo
|
51.06 | 2025 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Vietnam
|
51.02 | 2025 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Cambodia
|
50.98 | 2025 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Azerbaijan
|
50.96 | 2025 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Mauritania
|
50.92 | 2025 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Spain
|
50.91 | 2025 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Turkmenistan
|
50.89 | 2025 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Eswatini
|
50.88 | 2025 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Bangladesh
|
50.84 | 2025 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Tajikistan
|
50.83 | 2025 | 68 | |
| 69 |
San Marino
|
50.83 | 2025 | 69 | |
| 70 |
South Sudan
|
50.82 | 2025 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Brazil
|
50.82 | 2025 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Kosovo
|
50.81 | 2025 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Nicaragua
|
50.8 | 2025 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Austria
|
50.75 | 2025 | 74 | |
| 75 |
United Kingdom
|
50.75 | 2025 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Cuba
|
50.68 | 2025 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Czechia
|
50.68 | 2025 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Saint Lucia
|
50.68 | 2025 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Belgium
|
50.67 | 2025 | 79 | |
| 80 |
New Caledonia
|
50.66 | 2025 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Colombia
|
50.66 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Channel Islands
|
50.64 | 2025 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Germany
|
50.62 | 2025 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Eritrea
|
50.62 | 2025 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Venezuela
|
50.62 | 2025 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
50.6 | 2025 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Costa Rica
|
50.6 | 2025 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Tunisia
|
50.59 | 2025 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Albania
|
50.58 | 2025 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
50.58 | 2025 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Jamaica
|
50.56 | 2025 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
50.55 | 2025 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Finland
|
50.55 | 2025 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Haiti
|
50.55 | 2025 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Isle of Man
|
50.51 | 2025 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Angola
|
50.51 | 2025 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Ireland
|
50.5 | 2025 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Zambia
|
50.5 | 2025 | 98 | |
| 99 |
North Korea
|
50.49 | 2025 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Guinea
|
50.48 | 2025 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Djibouti
|
50.44 | 2025 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Sudan
|
50.44 | 2025 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Tanzania
|
50.42 | 2025 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Guatemala
|
50.4 | 2025 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Uganda
|
50.38 | 2025 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
50.38 | 2025 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Palestine
|
50.38 | 2025 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Australia
|
50.38 | 2025 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Fiji
|
50.37 | 2025 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Argentina
|
50.35 | 2025 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Canada
|
50.35 | 2025 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Micronesia
|
50.34 | 2025 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Burundi
|
50.32 | 2025 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
50.32 | 2025 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Netherlands
|
50.31 | 2025 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Switzerland
|
50.31 | 2025 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Liechtenstein
|
50.3 | 2025 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Chile
|
50.3 | 2025 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Dominican Republic
|
50.3 | 2025 | 119 | |
| 120 |
New Zealand
|
50.3 | 2025 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Kenya
|
50.29 | 2025 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Denmark
|
50.29 | 2025 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Peru
|
50.28 | 2025 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Myanmar
|
50.24 | 2025 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Gibraltar
|
50.23 | 2025 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Gambia
|
50.2 | 2025 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Israel
|
50.19 | 2025 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Burkina Faso
|
50.18 | 2025 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Botswana
|
50.18 | 2025 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Mongolia
|
50.17 | 2025 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Cameroon
|
50.17 | 2025 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Ecuador
|
50.15 | 2025 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Mauritius
|
50.14 | 2025 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Sierra Leone
|
50.12 | 2025 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Philippines
|
50.12 | 2025 | 135 | |
| 136 |
South Korea
|
50.11 | 2025 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Türkiye
|
50.11 | 2025 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Liberia
|
50.07 | 2025 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Ghana
|
50.06 | 2025 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Suriname
|
50.06 | 2025 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Dominica
|
50.06 | 2025 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Republic of the Congo
|
50.01 | 2025 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Panama
|
50 | 2025 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
49.98 | 2025 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Syria
|
49.94 | 2025 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Somalia
|
49.91 | 2025 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Bolivia
|
49.91 | 2025 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Grenada
|
49.9 | 2025 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Ethiopia
|
49.9 | 2025 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Paraguay
|
49.87 | 2025 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Chad
|
49.84 | 2025 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Benin
|
49.84 | 2025 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Madagascar
|
49.84 | 2025 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Cayman Islands
|
49.81 | 2025 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Iraq
|
49.78 | 2025 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Indonesia
|
49.77 | 2025 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Laos
|
49.76 | 2025 | 157 | |
| 158 |
United States
|
49.75 | 2025 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Comoros
|
49.72 | 2025 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Slovenia
|
49.7 | 2025 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Honduras
|
49.66 | 2025 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Luxembourg
|
49.65 | 2025 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Cyprus
|
49.63 | 2025 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Samoa
|
49.63 | 2025 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Sweden
|
49.62 | 2025 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Norway
|
49.59 | 2025 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Morocco
|
49.59 | 2025 | 167 | |
| 168 |
American Samoa
|
49.58 | 2025 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Timor-Leste
|
49.58 | 2025 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Belize
|
49.56 | 2025 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Mali
|
49.55 | 2025 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Uzbekistan
|
49.55 | 2025 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Vanuatu
|
49.53 | 2025 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Egypt
|
49.51 | 2025 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Afghanistan
|
49.5 | 2025 | 175 | |
| 176 |
French Polynesia
|
49.46 | 2025 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Nigeria
|
49.4 | 2025 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Guam
|
49.39 | 2025 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Yemen
|
49.33 | 2025 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Pakistan
|
49.33 | 2025 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Gabon
|
49.28 | 2025 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Niger
|
49.23 | 2025 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Senegal
|
49.21 | 2025 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Iran
|
49.2 | 2025 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
49.17 | 2025 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Libya
|
49.16 | 2025 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Cabo Verde
|
49.15 | 2025 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
49.14 | 2025 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Nauru
|
49.12 | 2025 | 189 | |
| 190 |
China
|
49.09 | 2025 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Algeria
|
49.01 | 2025 | 191 | |
| 192 |
Andorra
|
48.9 | 2025 | 192 | |
| 193 |
Solomon Islands
|
48.87 | 2025 | 193 | |
| 194 |
Marshall Islands
|
48.84 | 2025 | 194 | |
| 195 |
Tuvalu
|
48.81 | 2025 | 195 | |
| 196 |
Iceland
|
48.76 | 2025 | 196 | |
| 197 |
Papua New Guinea
|
48.62 | 2025 | 197 | |
| 198 |
Jordan
|
48.49 | 2025 | 198 | |
| 199 |
India
|
48.44 | 2025 | 199 | |
| 200 |
Faroe Islands
|
48.38 | 2025 | 200 | |
| 201 |
Singapore
|
48.35 | 2025 | 201 | |
| 202 |
Malta
|
48.07 | 2025 | 202 | |
| 203 |
Malaysia
|
47.69 | 2025 | 203 | |
| 204 |
Greenland
|
47.49 | 2025 | 204 | |
| 205 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
47.31 | 2025 | 205 | |
| 206 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
47.1 | 2025 | 206 | |
| 207 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
46.94 | 2025 | 207 | |
| 208 |
Bhutan
|
46.59 | 2025 | 208 | |
| 209 |
Palau
|
46.18 | 2025 | 209 | |
| 210 |
Seychelles
|
44.94 | 2025 | 210 | |
| 211 |
Saudi Arabia
|
39.57 | 2025 | 211 | |
| 212 |
Kuwait
|
38.93 | 2025 | 212 | |
| 213 |
Maldives
|
38.29 | 2025 | 213 | |
| 214 |
Bahrain
|
37.96 | 2025 | 214 | |
| 215 |
Oman
|
37.59 | 2025 | 215 | |
| 216 |
United Arab Emirates
|
36.23 | 2025 | 216 | |
| 217 |
Qatar
|
28.91 | 2025 | 217 |
The share of women in total population. Slightly more boys than girls are born (about 105 to 100), but because male mortality is higher the ratio evens out at older ages and then tilts toward women. Deviations from 50% in either direction point either to labor migration (the male surplus in the Gulf states) or to a gap in life expectancy.
Resident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Demography 1960–2024 Life expectancy at birthLife expectancy at birth — how many years a newborn will live on average.
Labor 1997–2025 Women in parliamentWhat part of the seats in the national parliament women hold.
Labor 1991–2025 Female unemploymentThe unemployment rate of the female part of the labor force.