Statistics and indicators on women and men
 
Table 1a - Population size
Last update : June 2009
Country or area
(NOTES)
Year
Total
Women
Men
Women/100 men
Afghanistan
2009
28,149.9
13,571.2
14,578.7
93
Albania
2009
3,155.3
1,598.0
1,557.3
103
Algeria
2009
34,895.5
17,279.7
17,615.8
98
American Samoa
2009
 **
65.1
31.9
33.2
96
Andorra
2006
 *
82.2
39.2
43.0
91
c
Angola
2009
18,497.6
9,379.4
9,118.2
103
Anguilla
2001
 *
11.4
5.8
5.6
103
a
Antigua and Barbuda
2005
 *
82.8
43.9
38.9
113
c
Argentina
2009
40,276.4
20,521.9
19,754.5
104
Armenia
2009
3,083.0
1,646.0
1,437.0
115
Aruba
2009
106.5
55.4
51.1
109
Australia
2009
21,292.9
10,708.1
10,584.8
101
o
Austria
2009
8,363.9
4,285.4
4,078.5
105
Azerbaijan
2009
8,832.2
4,515.5
4,316.7
105
Bahamas
2009
341.7
174.5
167.2
104
Bahrain
2009
791.5
337.3
454.2
74
Bangladesh
2009
162,220.8
80,188.6
82,032.2
98
Barbados
2009
255.9
131.7
124.2
106
Belarus
2009
9,633.5
5,154.2
4,479.4
115
Belgium
2009
10,646.8
5,432.6
5,214.2
104
Belize
2009
306.8
152.2
154.6
98
Benin
2009
8,935.0
4,425.9
4,509.1
98
Bermuda
2006
 *
63.8
33.3
30.5
109
d
Bhutan
2009
697.3
329.7
367.6
90
Bolivia
2009
9,862.9
4,944.8
4,918.1
101
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2009
3,766.6
1,954.2
1,812.3
108
Botswana
2009
1,949.8
975.6
974.2
100
Brazil
2009
193,733.8
98,327.8
95,406.0
103
British Virgin Islands
2001
 *
20.6
10.0
10.6
94
a
Brunei Darussalam
2009
399.7
193.4
206.3
94
Bulgaria
2009
7,544.6
3,896.8
3,647.8
107
Burkina Faso
2009
15,756.9
7,886.8
7,870.1
100
Burundi
2009
8,303.3
4,233.3
4,070.0
104
Cambodia
2009
14,805.4
7,560.6
7,244.7
104
Cameroon
2009
19,521.6
9,762.9
9,758.8
100
Canada
2009
33,573.5
16,948.9
16,624.6
102
Cape Verde
2009
505.6
263.9
241.7
109
Cayman Islands
2006
 *
52.0
25.7
26.3
97
d
Central African Republic
2009
4,422.4
2,249.8
2,172.6
104
Chad
2009
11,206.2
5,636.6
5,569.5
101
Channel Islands
2009
149.9
76.5
73.4
104
j
Chile
2009
16,970.3
8,577.1
8,393.1
102
China
2009
1,345,751.0
647,345.1
698,405.9
93
g
China, Hong Kong SAR
2009
7,022.1
3,691.0
3,331.1
111
h
China, Macao SAR
2009
538.0
281.4
256.6
110
i
Colombia
2009
45,659.7
23,184.2
22,475.5
103
Comoros
2009
676.0
336.8
339.2
99
Congo
2009
3,683.2
1,844.7
1,838.5
100
Cook Islands
2009
 **
15.6
7.6
8.0
95
Costa Rica
2009
4,578.9
2,253.5
2,325.5
97
Côte d'Ivoire
2009
21,075.0
10,341.6
10,733.4
96
Croatia
2009
4,416.2
2,288.6
2,127.6
108
Cuba
2009
11,204.2
5,586.9
5,617.3
99
Cyprus
2009
871.0
446.9
424.1
105
Czech Republic
2009
10,368.9
5,280.6
5,088.3
104
Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2009
23,906.1
12,101.8
11,804.3
103
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2009
66,020.4
33,302.7
32,717.6
102
Denmark
2009
5,470.3
2,758.8
2,711.5
102
Djibouti
2009
864.2
432.3
431.9
100
Dominica
2002
 *
70.4
34.9
35.5
98
c
Dominican Republic
2009
10,090.2
5,021.3
5,068.9
99
Ecuador
2009
13,625.1
6,800.2
6,824.9
100
Egypt
2009
82,999.4
41,256.9
41,742.5
99
El Salvador
2009
6,163.1
3,255.0
2,908.0
112
Equatorial Guinea
2009
676.3
340.9
335.4
102
Eritrea
2009
5,073.3
2,578.1
2,495.2
103
Estonia
2009
1,340.3
722.3
618.0
117
Ethiopia
2009
82,824.7
41,620.7
41,204.1
101
Faeroe Islands
2006
 *
48.3
23.2
25.1
92
d
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2006
 *
3.0
1.4
1.6
88
a
Fiji
2009
849.2
418.3
430.9
97
Finland
2009
5,325.6
2,715.4
2,610.2
104
k
France
2009
62,342.7
32,030.8
30,311.9
106
French Guiana
2009
225.7
113.1
112.5
100
French Polynesia
2009
269.0
131.6
137.5
96
Gabon
2009
1,474.6
738.0
736.6
100
Gambia
2009
1,705.2
859.5
845.7
102
Georgia
2009
4,260.3
2,256.4
2,003.9
113
Germany
2009
82,166.7
41,880.9
40,285.7
104
Ghana
2009
23,837.3
11,756.6
12,080.7
97
Gibraltar
2006
 *
29.1
14.5
14.5
100
c
Greece
2009
11,161.3
5,628.2
5,533.1
102
Greenland
2006
 *
56.8
26.7
30.1
89
d
Grenada
2009
103.9
52.0
52.0
100
Guadeloupe
2009
465.4
242.2
223.2
109
Guam
2009
177.7
87.3
90.4
97
Guatemala
2009
14,026.9
7,191.3
6,835.7
105
Guinea
2009
10,068.7
4,983.9
5,084.9
98
Guinea-Bissau
2009
1,610.7
812.8
797.9
102
Guyana
2009
762.5
371.1
391.4
95
Haiti
2009
10,032.6
5,077.0
4,955.6
102
Holy See
2000
 *
0.8
0.3
0.5
51
a,m
Honduras
2009
7,466.0
3,736.2
3,729.8
100
Hungary
2009
9,992.7
5,249.2
4,743.5
111
Iceland
2009
322.7
157.4
165.2
95
India
2009
1,198,003.3
579,060.7
618,942.5
94
Indonesia
2009
229,964.7
115,157.5
114,807.2
100
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2009
74,195.7
36,467.8
37,727.9
97
Iraq
2009
30,747.3
15,201.6
15,545.7
98
Ireland
2009
4,515.5
2,254.3
2,261.1
100
Isle of Man
2006
 *
80.1
40.5
39.5
103
b
Israel
2009
7,169.6
3,614.1
3,555.4
102
Italy
2009
59,870.1
30,744.1
29,126.0
106
Jamaica
2009
2,718.8
1,388.2
1,330.6
104
Japan
2009
127,156.2
65,216.4
61,939.8
105
Jordan
2009
6,316.4
3,077.2
3,239.3
95
Kazakhstan
2009
15,637.0
8,190.0
7,447.0
110
Kenya
2009
39,802.0
19,906.7
19,895.3
100
Kiribati
2009
 **
99.0
49.9
49.0
102
Kuwait
2009
2,985.0
1,207.8
1,777.2
68
Kyrgyzstan
2009
5,482.2
2,777.2
2,705.0
103
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2009
6,320.4
3,167.0
3,153.5
100
Latvia
2009
2,249.4
1,212.7
1,036.7
117
Lebanon
2009
4,223.6
2,155.6
2,067.9
104
Lesotho
2009
2,066.9
1,091.3
975.6
112
Liberia
2009
3,955.0
1,989.8
1,965.2
101
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2009
6,419.9
3,101.1
3,318.8
93
Liechtenstein
2006
 *
35.0
17.8
17.3
103
c
Lithuania
2009
3,286.5
1,748.6
1,537.9
114
Luxembourg
2009
486.2
245.0
241.2
102
Madagascar
2009
19,625.0
9,853.8
9,771.2
101
Malawi
2009
15,263.4
7,678.7
7,584.8
101
Malaysia
2009
27,467.8
13,521.2
13,946.6
97
Maldives
2009
309.4
153.2
156.3
98
Mali
2009
13,010.2
6,585.8
6,424.4
103
Malta
2009
408.7
205.2
203.6
101
Marshall Islands
2009
 **
54.1
26.3
27.7
95
Martinique
2009
404.7
215.0
189.8
113
Mauritania
2009
3,290.6
1,622.1
1,668.5
97
Mauritius
2009
1,288.2
649.9
638.3
102
e
Mayotte
2009
194.2
96.9
97.2
100
Mexico
2009
109,610.0
55,635.3
53,974.7
103
Micronesia (Fed. States of)
2009
110.7
54.3
56.4
96
Monaco
2000
 *
32.0
16.5
15.5
106
b
Mongolia
2009
2,671.0
1,350.0
1,321.0
102
Montenegro
2009
624.2
317.4
306.8
103
Montserrat
2001
 *
4.5
2.1
2.4
86
a
Morocco
2009
31,992.6
16,280.4
15,712.2
104
Mozambique
2009
22,894.3
11,759.7
11,134.6
106
Myanmar
2009
50,019.8
25,586.1
24,433.7
105
Namibia
2009
2,171.1
1,100.8
1,070.3
103
Nauru
2009
 **
9.8
4.8
5.0
97
Nepal
2009
29,330.5
14,762.8
14,567.7
101
Netherlands
2009
16,592.2
8,368.1
8,224.1
102
Netherlands Antilles
2009
198.2
106.3
91.9
116
New Caledonia
2009
250.1
124.6
125.4
99
New Zealand
2009
4,266.5
2,159.2
2,107.3
102
Nicaragua
2009
5,742.8
2,899.4
2,843.4
102
Niger
2009
15,290.1
7,633.0
7,657.1
100
Nigeria
2009
154,728.9
77,181.4
77,547.5
100
Niue
2009
 **
1.5
0.8
0.7
103
Norfolk Island
2006
 *
2.5
1.3
1.2
107
a
Northern Mariana Islands
2009
 **
63.1
31.7
31.5
101
Norway
2009
4,812.2
2,420.0
2,392.2
101
l
Occupied Palestinian Territory
2009
4,277.4
2,100.7
2,176.6
97
Oman
2009
2,845.4
1,240.3
1,605.2
77
Pakistan
2009
180,808.1
87,706.4
93,101.7
94
Palau
2009
 **
20.4
9.5
10.9
86
Panama
2009
3,453.9
1,712.7
1,741.2
98
Papua New Guinea
2009
6,732.2
3,310.8
3,421.4
97
Paraguay
2009
6,348.9
3,143.7
3,205.2
98
Peru
2009
29,164.9
14,547.4
14,617.5
100
Philippines
2009
91,983.1
45,655.3
46,327.8
99
Pitcairn
2009
0.1
…
…
…
Poland
2009
38,073.7
19,709.1
18,364.7
107
Portugal
2009
10,707.1
5,522.4
5,184.7
107
Puerto Rico
2009
3,981.6
2,072.3
1,909.3
109
Qatar
2009
1,409.4
346.5
1,062.9
33
Republic of Korea
2009
48,332.8
24,401.0
23,931.8
102
Republic of Moldova
2009
3,603.5
1,891.9
1,711.6
111
Réunion
2009
826.9
423.7
403.2
105
Romania
2009
21,274.7
10,932.3
10,342.5
106
Russian Federation
2009
140,873.6
75,777.2
65,096.4
116
Rwanda
2009
9,997.6
5,155.5
4,842.1
106
Saint Helena
2009
4.5
…
…
…
f
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2001
 *
46.1
23.2
22.9
101
c
Saint Lucia
2009
172.2
87.9
84.3
104
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2009
6.1
…
…
…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2009
109.2
54.1
55.1
98
Samoa
2009
178.8
85.7
93.2
92
San Marino
2006
 *
31.4
16.1
15.3
105
c
Sao Tome and Principe
2009
162.8
82.1
80.6
102
Saudi Arabia
2009
25,720.6
11,622.8
14,097.8
82
Senegal
2009
12,534.2
6,319.9
6,214.3
102
Serbia
2009
9,849.8
4,976.7
4,873.2
102
Seychelles
2006
 *
84.6
41.7
42.9
97
c
Sierra Leone
2009
5,696.5
2,922.2
2,774.3
105
Singapore
2009
4,736.9
2,356.8
2,380.1
99
Slovakia
2009
5,405.7
2,783.4
2,622.3
106
Slovenia
2009
2,020.1
1,033.4
986.7
105
Solomon Islands
2009
523.2
252.3
270.8
93
Somalia
2009
9,133.1
4,604.0
4,529.1
102
South Africa
2009
50,109.8
25,404.6
24,705.2
103
Spain
2009
44,903.7
22,763.6
22,140.0
103
Sri Lanka
2009
20,237.7
10,272.1
9,965.6
103
Sudan
2009
42,272.4
20,987.1
21,285.3
99
Suriname
2009
519.7
259.3
260.5
100
Swaziland
2009
1,184.9
605.6
579.3
105
Sweden
2009
9,249.2
4,659.3
4,590.0
102
Switzerland
2009
7,567.7
3,871.4
3,696.2
105
Syrian Arab Republic
2009
21,906.2
10,849.8
11,056.3
98
Tajikistan
2009
6,952.2
3,520.0
3,432.3
103
TFYR Macedonia
2009
2,042.5
1,022.5
1,020.0
100
n
Thailand
2009
67,764.0
34,436.1
33,327.9
103
Timor-Leste
2009
1,133.6
556.6
577.0
96
Togo
2009
6,618.6
3,342.2
3,276.4
102
Tokelau
2009
 **
1.2
0.6
0.6
98
Tonga
2009
104.0
51.3
52.7
97
Trinidad and Tobago
2009
1,338.6
688.2
650.4
106
Tunisia
2009
10,271.5
5,106.1
5,165.4
99
Turkey
2009
74,815.7
37,236.3
37,579.4
99
Turkmenistan
2009
5,109.9
2,591.9
2,518.0
103
Turks and Caicos Islands
2006
 *
33.2
16.7
16.5
101
d
Tuvalu
2009
 **
11.1
5.6
5.5
101
Uganda
2009
32,709.9
16,327.2
16,382.7
100
Ukraine
2009
45,708.1
24,631.8
21,076.3
117
United Arab Emirates
2009
4,598.6
1,505.4
3,093.2
49
United Kingdom
2009
61,565.4
31,363.2
30,202.2
104
United Republic of Tanzania
2009
43,739.1
21,932.4
21,806.6
101
United States of America
2009
314,658.8
159,414.7
155,244.1
103
United States Virgin Islands
2009
109.5
57.6
51.9
111
Uruguay
2009
3,360.9
1,739.1
1,621.8
107
Uzbekistan
2009
27,488.2
13,824.0
13,664.3
101
Vanuatu
2009
239.8
117.5
122.3
96
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2009
28,583.4
14,234.4
14,349.0
99
Viet Nam
2009
88,068.9
44,570.7
43,498.2
102
Wallis and Futuna Islands
2009
 **
14.2
7.1
7.0
102
Western Sahara
2009
513.2
241.7
271.5
89
Yemen
2009
23,580.2
11,657.4
11,922.8
98
Zambia
2009
12,935.4
6,482.7
6,452.7
100
Zimbabwe
2009
12,522.8
6,468.2
6,054.6
107

Sources:

Population
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009), World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. CD-ROM Edition; supplemented by official national statistics published in the United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2006, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed June 2009); and data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/sdp/ (accessed June 2009).

Sex ratio of population (women per 100 men)
Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on the given population by sex.

Footnotes:

Data not available.
*
 Data compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system.
**
 Data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Demography Programme.
a
 Refers to the latest available census, de facto population count.
b
 Refers to the latest available census, de jure population count.
c
 Refers to de facto national estimate.
d
 Refers to de jure national estimate.
e
 Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
f
 Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
g
 For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
h
 As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
i
 As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
j
 Refers to Guernsey and Jersey.
k
 Including Åland Islands.
l
 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
m
 Refers to the Vatican City State.
n
 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
o
 Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.

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Technical notes:

Projections of the total population and population by sex are prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and revised every two years in order to incorporate new data. The preparation of projections involves two distinct processes: (a) the incorporation of all relevant information regarding past demographic dynamics of the population of each country or area of the world; and (b) the formulation of detailed assumptions about the future paths of fertility, mortality, and international migration.

The medium variant projections for 2009 refer to 1 July of the given year and assume the following: Total fertility in all countries eventually converges toward a level of 1.85 children per woman by the end of the projection period (2005-2050). However, not all countries reach this level during the projection period. The basic principle of the fertility projection is the same for all countries, but projection procedures are slightly different depending on whether countries had a total fertility above or below 1.85 children per woman in 2000-2005. Mortality is projected on the basis of models of change of life expectancy that produce smaller gains the higher the life expectancy already reached. The selection of the model for each country is based on recent trends in life expectancy by sex. For the 60 countries highly affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS are made by explicitly modeling the course of the epidemic and by projecting the yearly incidence of HIV infection. International migration is projected on the basis of past international migration estimates and an assessment of the policy stance of countries with regard to future international migration flows.

In the case of official national statistics compiled through the Demographic Yearbook system, the total, female and male population refer to the population enumerated at the most recent census for which data are available.

The sex ratio is calculated as the number of females per 100 males.