Female population — all countries

Female population — High-income countries

Female population in high-income countries in 2025 — 698,925,619 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 51.7%.

2025 699M people +0.39% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 699M people2025
Period minimum 461M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Female population — High-income countries, 1960–2025400M500M600M700M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 460,610,013 people1962: 471,229,020 people1964: 481,882,958 people1966: 491,666,856 people1968: 500,746,879 people1970: 509,558,387 people1972: 519,353,026 people1974: 528,089,997 people1976: 536,515,090 people1978: 544,610,088 people1980: 552,760,653 people1982: 560,348,222 people1984: 567,166,759 people1986: 574,041,790 people1988: 581,097,761 people1990: 588,383,414 people1992: 596,248,663 people1994: 603,470,190 people1996: 610,152,520 people1998: 616,547,904 people2000: 622,340,763 people2002: 628,296,978 people2004: 634,630,115 people2006: 641,386,373 people2008: 649,254,948 people2010: 655,920,286 people2012: 661,593,426 people2014: 667,977,555 people2016: 674,949,423 people2018: 680,034,842 people2020: 684,348,003 people2022: 686,802,853 people2024: 696,205,283 people2025: 698,925,619 people
Change over the period: +238M (+51.74%) Average annual rate: 0.64 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 699M people
World 4.09B people
Female population — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 699M +2.72M +0.39%
2024 696M +4.65M +0.67%
2023 692M +4.76M +0.69%
2022 687M +2.97M +0.43%
2021 684M −516,512 −0.08%
2020 684M +1.84M +0.27%
2019 683M +2.47M +0.36%
2018 680M +2.31M +0.34%
2017 678M +2.78M +0.41%
2016 675M +3.46M +0.52%
2015 671M +3.51M +0.53%
2014 668M +3.17M +0.48%
2013 665M +3.22M +0.49%
2012 662M +3.24M +0.49%
2011 658M +2.43M +0.37%
2010 656M +2.88M +0.44%
2009 653M +3.78M +0.58%
2008 649M +4.07M +0.63%
2007 645M +3.79M +0.59%
2006 641M +3.5M +0.55%
2005 638M +3.26M +0.51%
2004 635M +3.25M +0.52%
2003 631M +3.08M +0.49%
2002 628M +3.04M +0.49%
2001 625M +2.92M +0.47%
2000 622M +2.86M +0.46%
1999 619M +2.94M +0.48%
1998 617M +3.1M +0.51%
1997 613M +3.3M +0.54%
1996 610M +3.31M +0.55%
1995 607M +3.37M +0.56%
1994 603M +3.53M +0.59%
1993 600M +3.69M +0.62%
1992 596M +3.98M +0.67%
1991 592M +3.89M +0.66%
1990 588M +3.38M +0.58%
1989 585M +3.91M +0.67%
1988 581M +3.63M +0.63%
1987 577M +3.43M +0.6%
1986 574M +3.45M +0.6%
1985 571M +3.43M +0.6%
1984 567M +3.37M +0.6%
1983 564M +3.45M +0.62%
1982 560M +3.65M +0.66%
1981 557M +3.93M +0.71%
1980 553M +4M +0.73%
1979 549M +4.15M +0.76%
1978 545M +4.05M +0.75%
1977 541M +4.04M +0.75%
1976 537M +4.12M +0.77%
1975 532M +4.3M +0.82%
1974 528M +4.35M +0.83%
1973 524M +4.39M +0.85%
1972 519M +4.49M +0.87%
1971 515M +5.31M +1.04%
1970 510M +4.45M +0.88%
1969 505M +4.36M +0.87%
1968 501M +4.46M +0.9%
1967 496M +4.62M +0.94%
1966 492M +4.61M +0.95%
1965 487M +5.18M +1.07%
1964 482M +5.34M +1.12%
1963 477M +5.32M +1.13%
1962 471M +5.35M +1.15%
1961 466M +5.27M +1.14%
1960 461M

About the indicator

The female population of a country as of mid-year, by the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN. In most countries women outnumber men, and the gap widens with age because of higher life expectancy; the exceptions are countries with mass male labor migration and countries where a selective attitude toward the birth of girls persists.

Important: The sum with the male population equals total population. The absolute number says little about structure — for comparing countries there is a separate indicator, the share of women in the population.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.