Female population — all countries

Female population — Melanesia

Female population in Melanesia in 2025 — 6,428,174 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 406.4%.

2025 6.43M people +1.78% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 6.43M people2025
Period minimum 1.27M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Female population — Melanesia, 1960–202502M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,269,478 people1962: 1,338,298 people1964: 1,404,486 people1966: 1,471,870 people1968: 1,541,016 people1970: 1,614,818 people1972: 1,694,422 people1974: 1,776,379 people1976: 1,859,733 people1978: 1,946,608 people1980: 2,031,650 people1982: 2,122,977 people1984: 2,220,250 people1986: 2,322,320 people1988: 2,422,663 people1990: 2,537,979 people1992: 2,697,635 people1994: 2,876,978 people1996: 3,066,002 people1998: 3,269,477 people2000: 3,481,243 people2002: 3,695,879 people2004: 3,916,936 people2006: 4,144,365 people2008: 4,378,327 people2010: 4,623,038 people2012: 4,876,087 people2014: 5,128,908 people2016: 5,378,785 people2018: 5,625,552 people2020: 5,863,119 people2022: 6,091,232 people2024: 6,316,039 people2025: 6,428,174 people
Change over the period: +5.16M (+406.36%) Average annual rate: 2.53 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Melanesia

Melanesia 6.43M people
World 4.09B people
Female population — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 6.43M +112,135 +1.78%
2024 6.32M +112,441 +1.81%
2023 6.2M +112,366 +1.84%
2022 6.09M +112,853 +1.89%
2021 5.98M +115,260 +1.97%
2020 5.86M +117,379 +2.04%
2019 5.75M +120,188 +2.14%
2018 5.63M +123,029 +2.24%
2017 5.5M +123,738 +2.3%
2016 5.38M +124,384 +2.37%
2015 5.25M +125,493 +2.45%
2014 5.13M +126,445 +2.53%
2013 5M +126,376 +2.59%
2012 4.88M +126,063 +2.65%
2011 4.75M +126,986 +2.75%
2010 4.62M +124,681 +2.77%
2009 4.5M +120,030 +2.74%
2008 4.38M +117,790 +2.76%
2007 4.26M +116,172 +2.8%
2006 4.14M +114,556 +2.84%
2005 4.03M +112,873 +2.88%
2004 3.92M +111,393 +2.93%
2003 3.81M +109,664 +2.97%
2002 3.7M +107,673 +3%
2001 3.59M +106,963 +3.07%
2000 3.48M +106,805 +3.17%
1999 3.37M +104,961 +3.21%
1998 3.27M +103,134 +3.26%
1997 3.17M +100,341 +3.27%
1996 3.07M +96,023 +3.23%
1995 2.97M +93,001 +3.23%
1994 2.88M +90,812 +3.26%
1993 2.79M +88,531 +3.28%
1992 2.7M +84,281 +3.23%
1991 2.61M +75,375 +2.97%
1990 2.54M +62,482 +2.52%
1989 2.48M +52,834 +2.18%
1988 2.42M +49,958 +2.11%
1987 2.37M +50,385 +2.17%
1986 2.32M +51,238 +2.26%
1985 2.27M +50,832 +2.29%
1984 2.22M +49,519 +2.28%
1983 2.17M +47,754 +2.25%
1982 2.12M +46,088 +2.22%
1981 2.08M +45,239 +2.23%
1980 2.03M +42,732 +2.15%
1979 1.99M +42,310 +2.17%
1978 1.95M +43,923 +2.31%
1977 1.9M +42,952 +2.31%
1976 1.86M +41,975 +2.31%
1975 1.82M +41,379 +2.33%
1974 1.78M +40,958 +2.36%
1973 1.74M +40,999 +2.42%
1972 1.69M +40,413 +2.44%
1971 1.65M +39,191 +2.43%
1970 1.61M +37,779 +2.4%
1969 1.58M +36,023 +2.34%
1968 1.54M +34,572 +2.29%
1967 1.51M +34,574 +2.35%
1966 1.47M +34,305 +2.39%
1965 1.44M +33,079 +2.36%
1964 1.4M +32,874 +2.4%
1963 1.37M +33,314 +2.49%
1962 1.34M +33,467 +2.56%
1961 1.3M +35,353 +2.78%
1960 1.27M

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.