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ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/WWW/16/Rev.5
22 April 2005

The World's Women reports

 
Table 1a - Population size

Country

Year

Population (in thousands)

Women / 100 men

 

 

total

W

M

 

Africa

Algeria

2005

32,854

16,277

16,577

98

Angola

2005

15,941

8,081

7,861

103

Benin

2005

8,439

4,186

4,253

98

Botswana

2005

1,765

898

867

104

Burkina Faso

2005

13,228

6,578

6,650

99

Burundi

2005

7,548

3,863

3,684

105

Cameroon

2005

16,322

8,203

8,119

101

Cape Verde

2005

507

264

243

108

Central African Republic

2005

4,038

2,069

1,969

105

Chad

2005

9,749

4,925

4,824

102

Comoros

2005

798

398

400

99

Congo

2005

3,999

2,016

1,983

102

Cote d'Ivoire

2005

18,154

8,924

9,230

97

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2005

57,549

29,007

28,542

102

Djibouti

2005

793

397

396

100

Egypt

2005

74,033

36,913

37,120

99

Equatorial Guinea

2005

504

254

249

102

Eritrea

2005

4,401

2,241

2,161

104

Ethiopia

2005

77,431

38,917

38,514

101

Gabon

2005

1,384

695

689

101

Gambia

2005

1,517

765

752

102

Ghana

2005

22,113

10,921

11,191

98

Guinea

2005

9,402

4,584

4,818

95

Guinea-Bissau

2005

1,586

803

784

102

Kenya

2005

34,256

17,103

17,153

100

Lesotho

2005

1,795

960

835

115

Liberia

2005

3,283

1,645

1,638

100

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

2005

5,853

2,834

3,020

94

Madagascar

2005

18,606

9,351

9,255

101

Malawi

2005

12,884

6,487

6,397

101

Mali

2005

13,518

6,782

6,737

101

Mauritania

2005

3,069

1,551

1,518

102

Mauritius

2005

1,245

627

618

101

Morocco

2005

31,478

15,833

15,646

101

Mozambique

2005

19,792

10,212

9,580

107

Namibia

2005

2,031

1,024

1,007

102

Niger

2005

13,957

6,821

7,136

96

Nigeria

2005

131,530

64,971

66,558

98

Réunion

2005

785

402

384

105

Rwanda

2005

9,038

4,658

4,379

106

Sao Tome and Principe

2005

157

79

78

101

Senegal

2005

11,658

5,924

5,734

103

Seychelles

2005

81

 ..

 ..

 ..

Sierra Leone

2005

5,525

2,801

2,725

103

Somalia

2005

8,228

4,147

4,081

102

South Africa

2005

47,432

24,141

23,291

104

Sudan

2005

36,233

17,998

18,235

99

Swaziland

2005

1,032

535

498

107

Togo

2005

6,145

3,110

3,035

103

Tunisia

2005

10,102

5,013

5,090

98

Uganda

2005

28,816

14,400

14,416

100

United Republic of Tanzania

2005

38,329

19,258

19,071

101

Zambia

2005

11,668

5,826

5,843

100

Zimbabwe

2005

13,010

6,557

6,453

102

America, North

Antigua and Barbuda

2001

77

40

37

109

Bahamas

2005

323

166

157

105

Barbados

2005

270

139

130

107

Belize

2005

270

134

136

98

Canada

2005

32,268

16,275

15,994

102

Costa Rica

2005

4,327

2,127

2,200

97

Cuba

2005

11,269

5,630

5,639

100

Dominica

2001

71

35

36

98

Dominican Republic

2005

8,895

4,405

4,490

98

El Salvador

2005

6,881

3,499

3,382

103

Grenada

2001

103

52

50

103

Guadeloupe

2005

448

232

216

107

Guatemala

2005

12,599

6,460

6,139

105

Haiti

2005

8,528

4,326

4,202

103

Honduras

2005

7,205

3,573

3,631

98

Jamaica

2005

2,651

1,341

1,310

102

Martinique

2005

396

208

188

111

Mexico

2005

107,029

54,722

52,308

105

Netherlands Antilles

2005

183

97

86

112

Nicaragua

2005

5,487

2,745

2,742

100

Panama

2005

3,232

1,601

1,630

98

Puerto Rico

2005

3,955

2,057

1,898

108

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2001

46

23

23

101

Saint Lucia

2005

161

82

79

103

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

2005

119

60

59

101

Trinidad and Tobago

2005

1,305

662

644

103

United States of America

2005

298,213

151,533

146,680

103

America, South

Argentina

2005

38,747

19,799

18,949

104

Bolivia

2005

9,182

4,607

4,575

101

Brazil

2005

186,405

94,535

91,870

103

Chile

2005

16,295

8,234

8,061

102

Colombia

2005

45,600

23,070

22,530

102

Ecuador

2005

13,228

6,595

6,633

99

French Guiana

2005

187

91

96

95

Guyana

2005

751

387

364

106

Paraguay

2005

6,158

3,056

3,102

99

Peru

2005

27,968

13,908

14,060

99

Suriname

2005

449

225

224

100

Uruguay

2005

3,463

1,783

1,680

106

Venezuela

2005

26,749

13,307

13,442

99

Asia

Afghanistan

2005

29,863

14,459

15,404

94

Armenia

2005

3,016

1,610

1,406

115

Azerbaijan

2005

8,411

4,328

4,083

106

Bahrain

2005

727

313

414

76

Bangladesh

2005

141,822

69,363

72,459

96

Bhutan

2005

2,163

1,067

1,096

97

Brunei Darussalam

2005

374

180

194

93

Cambodia

2005

14,071

7,270

6,801

107

China (1)

2005

1,315,844

639,992

675,852

95

   Hong Kong SAR

2005

7,041

3,728

3,313

113

   Macao SAR

2005

460

239

221

108

Cyprus

2005

835

429

406

106

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

2005

22,488

11,255

11,233

100

Georgia

2005

4,474

2,360

2,114

112

India

2005

1,103,371

537,593

565,778

95

Indonesia

2005

222,781

111,551

111,231

100

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

2005

69,515

34,266

35,250

97

Iraq

2005

28,807

14,221

14,587

97

Israel

2005

6,725

3,398

3,327

102

Japan

2005

128,085

65,506

62,578

105

Jordan

2005

5,703

2,739

2,964

92

Kazakhstan

2005

14,825

7,723

7,102

109

Kuwait

2005

2,687

1,075

1,612

67

Kyrgyzstan

2005

5,264

2,671

2,592

103

Lao People's Democratic Republic

2005

5,924

2,960

2,964

100

Lebanon

2005

3,577

1,824

1,753

104

Malaysia

2005

25,347

12,483

12,865

97

Maldives

2005

329

160

169

95

Mongolia

2005

2,646

1,321

1,326

100

Myanmar

2005

50,519

25,436

25,083

101

Nepal

2005

27,133

13,687

13,446

102

Occupied Palestinian Territory

2005

3,702

1,819

1,883

97

Oman

2005

2,567

1,124

1,443

78

Pakistan

2005

157,935

76,653

81,283

94

Philippines

2005

83,054

41,241

41,814

99

Qatar

2005

813

265

547

48

Republic of Korea

2005

47,817

23,844

23,973

99

Saudi Arabia

2005

24,573

11,314

13,259

85

Singapore

2005

4,326

2,148

2,177

99

Sri Lanka

2005

20,743

10,202

10,541

97

Syrian Arab Republic

2005

19,043

9,459

9,585

99

Tajikistan

2005

6,507

3,277

3,230

101

Thailand

2005

64,233

32,690

31,543

104

Timor-Leste

2005

947

455

492

93

Turkey

2005

73,193

36,314

36,878

98

Turkmenistan

2005

4,833

2,453

2,380

103

United Arab Emirates

2005

4,496

1,433

3,063

47

Uzbekistan

2005

26,593

13,369

13,224

101

Viet Nam

2005

84,238

42,171

42,068

100

Yemen

2005

20,975

10,340

10,635

97

Europe

Albania

2005

3,130

1,578

1,552

102

Andorra

2003

70

34

36

93

Austria

2005

8,189

4,186

4,003

105

Belarus

2005

9,755

5,197

4,559

114

Belgium

2005

10,419

5,307

5,112

104

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2005

3,907

2,009

1,898

106

Bulgaria

2005

7,726

3,984

3,742

106

Croatia

2005

4,551

2,361

2,191

108

Czech Republic

2005

10,220

5,245

4,975

105

Denmark

2005

5,431

2,743

2,688

102

Estonia

2005

1,330

718

611

118

Finland

2005

5,249

2,679

2,570

104

France

2005

60,496

31,033

29,463

105

Germany

2005

82,689

42,301

40,388

105

Greece

2005

11,120

5,626

5,494

102

Hungary

2005

10,098

5,290

4,808

110

Iceland

2005

295

147

147

100

Ireland

2005

4,148

2,085

2,063

101

Italy

2005

58,093

29,898

28,195

106

Latvia

2005

2,307

1,252

1,055

119

Liechtenstein

2005

35

..

..

 

Lithuania

2005

3,431

1,831

1,600

114

Luxembourg

2005

465

236

229

103

Malta

2005

402

202

199

102

Monaco

2000

33

16

16

106

Netherlands

2005

16,299

8,208

8,091

101

Norway

2005

4,620

2,326

2,295

101

Poland

2005

38,530

19,844

18,685

106

Portugal

2005

10,495

5,422

5,072

107

Republic of Moldova

2005

4,206

2,195

2,010

109

Romania

2005

21,711

11,130

10,581

105

Russian Federation

2005

143,202

76,754

66,447

116

San Marino

2000

27

14

13

104

Serbia and Montenegro

2005

10,503

5,277

5,226

101

Slovakia

2005

5,401

2,781

2,620

106

Slovenia

2005

1,967

1,007

960

105

Spain

2005

43,064

21,916

21,148

104

Sweden

2005

9,041

4,555

4,486

102

Switzerland

2005

7,252

3,740

3,512

106

The FYR of Macedonia

2005

2,034

1,019

1,015

100

Ukraine

2005

46,481

25,171

21,310

118

United Kingdom

2005

59,668

30,515

29,153

105

Oceania

Australia

2005

20,155

10,202

9,953

103

Fiji

2005

848

417

431

97

French Polynesia

2005

257

125

131

95

Guam

2005

170

83

86

96

Kiribati

2000

84

43

42

102

Marshall Islands

2002

57

28

29

95

Micronesia (Federated States of)

2005

110

55

56

99

Nauru

1992

10

5

5

105

New Caledonia

2005

237

115

122

95

New Zealand

2005

4,028

2,049

1,980

103

Palau

2002

20

9

11

89

Papua New Guinea

2005

5,887

2,852

3,035

94

Samoa

2005

185

89

96

92

Solomon Islands

2005

478

231

247

94

Tonga

2005

102

50

52

96

Tuvalu

2002

10

5

5

102

Vanuatu

2005

211

104

108

96

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Sources
 
United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision, Vol. I, Comprehensive Tables (United Nations publication, forthcoming), supplemented by Demographic Statistics database (as of 26 January 2005), Population and Vital Statistics Report, Series A table 2 published in http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/seriesa2.htm accessed on 25 January 2005, census results reported by countries, Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No.E/F.03.II.F.1) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Population on Census Dates by Island published in http://www.spc.int/prism/country/KI/Stats/Social/popn%20data.htm accessed on 25 January 2005.
 
 
Footnotes
 
(1) For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
 
Technical notes
 

Estimates and projections of the total population and population by age and sex are prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and revised every two years in order to incorporate new data. In general, these population figures are estimates of persons resident in the country or area at mid-year. They are usually based on population census data adjusted to the specified year, taking account of birth, death and international migration rates as determined from population surveys and registers and other national sources as available. Short-term residents and visitors in the country or area for less than one year are usually excluded.

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