Statistics and indicators on women and men
 
Table 1a - Population size
Last update: December 2008

Country or area
(NOTES)
Year
Total
Women
Men
women/100 men
  
Afghanistan 2008  
28,225.6
13,607.4
14,618.2
93
  
Albania 2008  
3,207.6
1,612.9
1,594.7
101
  
Algeria 2008  
34,373.3
17,021.4
17,351.8
98
  
American Samoa 2000   *
57.3
28.0
29.3
96
  
b
Andorra 2006   *
82.2
39.2
43.0
91
  
c
Angola 2008
17,499.4
8,868.7
8,630.7
103
  
Anguilla 2001   *
11.4
5.8
5.6
103
  
a
Antigua and Barbuda 2005   *
82.8
43.9
38.9
113
  
c
Argentina 2008
39,934.1
20,406.0
19,528.1
104
  
Armenia 2008
2,995.9
1,603.4
1,392.5
115
  
Aruba 2008  
103.5
54.0
49.5
109
  
Australia 2008  
20,950.6
10,523.8
10,426.8
101
  
p
Austria 2008  
8,391.3
4,274.4
4,116.9
104
  
Azerbaijan 2008  
8,533.6
4,385.1
4,148.5
106
  
Bahamas 2008  
335.3
171.5
163.8
105
  
Bahrain 2008
766.1
328.2
437.9
75
  
Bangladesh 2008
161,317.6
78,827.8
82,489.9
96
  
Barbados 2008
294.8
151.9
142.9
106
  
Belarus 2008
9,635.4
5,154.7
4,480.7
115
  
Belgium 2008
10,480.4
5,348.3
5,132.1
104
  
Belize 2008
293.7
145.7
148.0
98
  
Benin 2008
9,309.4
4,612.0
4,697.3
98
  
Bermuda 2006   *
63.8
33.3
30.5
109
  
d
Bhutan 2008
666.9
314.6
352.3
89
  
Bolivia 2008
9,694.2
4,861.1
4,833.1
101
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008
3,940.4
2,025.0
1,915.4
106
  
Botswana 2008
1,905.5
957.0
948.5
101
  
Brazil 2008
194,228.0
98,482.2
95,745.8
103
  
British Virgin Islands 2001   *
20.6
10.0
10.6
94
  
a
Brunei Darussalam 2008
398.1
192.5
205.7
94
  
Bulgaria 2008
7,583.7
3,913.9
3,669.8
107
  
Burkina Faso 2008
15,213.3
7,596.8
7,616.5
100
  
Burundi 2008
8,856.2
4,515.0
4,341.2
104
  
Cambodia 2008
14,697.2
7,525.2
7,172.0
105
  
Cameroon 2008
18,920.2
9,460.4
9,459.9
100
  
Canada 2008
33,169.7
16,739.1
16,430.7
102
  
Cape Verde 2008
542.4
281.1
261.3
108
  
Cayman Islands 2006 *
52.0
25.7
26.3
97
  
d
Central African Republic 2008
4,424.3
2,264.0
2,160.3
105
  
Chad 2008
11,087.7
5,574.6
5,513.1
101
  
Channel Islands 2008
149.5
76.4
73.2
104
  
k
Chile 2008
16,803.0
8,491.5
8,311.4
102
  
China 2008
1,336,310.8
646,264.8
690,045.9
94
  
h
China, Hong Kong SAR 2008
7,278.7
3,792.5
3,486.3
109
  
i
China, Macao SAR 2008
484.1
252.9
231.2
109
  
j
Colombia 2008
46,741.1
23,744.9
22,996.2
103
  
Comoros 2008
860.1
428.5
431.6
99
  
e
Congo 2008
3,847.2
1,938.8
1,908.4
102
  
Cook Islands 2006   *
19.6
9.6
9.9
97
  
a
Costa Rica 2008
4,534.4
2,230.8
2,303.6
97
  
Côte d'Ivoire 2008
19,624.2
9,674.9
9,949.4
97
  
Croatia 2008
4,550.3
2,359.9
2,190.4
108
  
Cuba 2008
11,265.2
5,627.4
5,637.8
100
  
Cyprus 2008
863.6
443.4
420.2
106
  
Czech Republic 2008
10,183.4
5,211.8
4,971.6
105
  
Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2008
23,866.9
12,085.8
11,781.1
103
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2008
64,703.6
32,642.6
32,061.0
102
  
Denmark 2008
5,453.2
2,751.7
2,701.5
102
  
Djibouti 2008
847.7
424.0
423.7
100
  
Dominica 2002   *
70.4
34.9
35.5
98
  
c
Dominican Republic 2008
9,904.3
4,940.1
4,964.3
100
  
Ecuador 2008
13,481.2
6,726.4
6,754.8
100
  
Egypt 2008
76,840.0
38,390.1
38,449.9
100
  
El Salvador 2008
6,952.8
3,541.4
3,411.4
104
  
Equatorial Guinea 2008
519.7
262.4
257.3
102
  
Eritrea 2008
5,005.7
2,547.0
2,458.7
104
  
Estonia 2008
1,330.5
717.7
612.8
117
  
Ethiopia 2008
85,219.1
42,817.2
42,401.9
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 2008
844.0
415.8
428.3
97
  
Finland 2008
5,292.6
2,698.8
2,593.8
104
  
l
France 2008
61,945.6
31,744.0
30,201.6
105
  
French Guiana 2008
207.0
102.2
104.8
98
  
French Polynesia 2008
266.2
130.0
136.1
96
  
Gabon 2008
1,350.2
673.9
676.2
100
  
Gambia 2008
1,754.1
875.7
878.4
100
  
Georgia 2008
4,360.8
2,304.3
2,056.5
112
  
Germany 2008
82,534.2
42,164.0
40,370.2
104
  
Ghana 2008
23,946.8
11,807.2
12,139.6
97
  
Gibraltar 2006   *
29.1
14.5
14.5
100
  
c
Greece 2008
11,171.7
5,642.1
5,529.7
102
  
Greenland 2006   *
56.8
26.7
30.1
89
  
d
Grenada 2008
105.6
53.7
51.9
103
  
Guadeloupe 2008
447.9
233.1
214.8
109
  
Guam 2008
175.6
86.2
89.4
96
  
Guatemala 2008
13,686.4
7,016.2
6,670.2
105
  
Guinea 2008
9,572.0
4,739.6
4,832.5
98
  
Guinea-Bissau 2008
1,745.8
882.8
863.1
102
  
Guyana 2008
736.1
350.4
385.7
91
  
Haiti 2008
9,751.4
4,924.6
4,826.8
102
  
Holy See 2000   *
0.8
0.3
0.5
51
  
a,n
Honduras 2008
7,246.0
3,646.6
3,599.4
101
  
Hungary 2008
10,000.2
5,238.5
4,761.7
110
  
Iceland 2008
303.5
151.0
152.5
99
  
India 2008
1,186,185.6
572,596.6
613,589.1
93
  
Indonesia 2008
234,342.4
117,329.1
117,013.3
100
  
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2008
72,211.7
35,636.4
36,575.3
97
  
Iraq 2008
29,492.2
14,584.9
14,907.3
98
  
Ireland 2008
4,380.1
2,193.2
2,186.9
100
  
Isle of Man 2006   *
80.1
40.5
39.5
103
  
b
Israel 2008
7,044.5
3,553.0
3,491.5
102
  
Italy 2008
58,945.7
30,302.5
28,643.2
106
  
Jamaica 2008
2,728.2
1,382.4
1,345.8
103
  
Japan 2008
127,938.0
65,506.5
62,431.5
105
  
Jordan 2008
6,118.9
2,976.2
3,142.7
95
  
Kazakhstan 2008
15,531.6
8,109.3
7,422.4
109
  
Kenya 2008
38,549.7
19,332.9
19,216.8
101
  
Kiribati 2005   *
92.5
46.9
45.6
103
  
a
Kuwait 2008
2,919.1
1,175.5
1,743.6
67
  
Kyrgyzstan 2008
5,376.4
2,726.4
2,650.1
103
  
Lao People's Democratic Republic 2008
5,962.8
2,990.2
2,972.6
101
  
Latvia 2008
2,265.5
1,221.4
1,044.0
117
  
Lebanon 2008
4,142.3
2,113.6
2,028.7
104
  
Lesotho 2008
2,020.1
1,066.4
953.7
112
  
Liberia 2008
3,942.2
1,970.9
1,971.3
100
  
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2008
6,283.3
3,033.0
3,250.3
93
  
Liechtenstein 2006   *
35.0
17.8
17.3
103
  
c
Lithuania 2008
3,371.1
1,800.6
1,570.5
115
  
Luxembourg 2008
472.1
238.8
233.3
102
  
Madagascar 2008
20,215.2
10,163.5
10,051.7
101
  
Malawi 2008
14,288.4
7,178.2
7,110.2
101
  
Malaysia 2008
27,026.6
13,301.8
13,724.8
97
  
Maldives 2008
311.1
151.7
159.3
95
  
Mali 2008
12,716.1
6,521.4
6,194.7
105
  
Malta 2008
408.2
205.1
203.1
101
  
Marshall Islands 2008
60.7
...
...
 
Martinique 2008
399.7
210.2
189.5
111
  
Mauritania 2008
3,203.6
1,581.6
1,622.1
98
  
Mauritius 2008
1,271.5
641.0
630.5
102
  
f
Mexico 2008
107,801.1
55,246.1
52,554.9
105
  
Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2008
111.6
54.8
56.8
96
  
Moldova 2008
3,759.6
1,960.7
1,798.9
109
  
Monaco 2000   *
32.0
16.5
15.5
106
  
b
Mongolia 2008
2,653.7
1,330.9
1,322.8
101
  
Montenegro 2008
597.9
308.8
289.0
107
  
Montserrat 2001   *
4.5
2.1
2.4
86
  
a
Morocco 2008
31,605.6
16,077.3
15,528.3
104
  
Mozambique 2008
21,812.6
11,207.7
10,604.8
106
  
Myanmar 2008
49,220.6
24,883.2
24,337.3
102
  
Namibia 2008
2,102.1
1,064.1
1,038.0
103
  
Nauru 2002   *
10.1
4.9
5.1
96
  
c
Nepal 2008
28,757.4
14,505.1
14,252.3
102
  
Netherlands 2008
16,450.0
8,308.4
8,141.6
102
  
Netherlands Antilles 2008
194.4
104.1
90.2
115
  
New Caledonia 2008
245.5
122.2
123.3
99
  
New Zealand 2008
4,214.8
2,137.7
2,077.1
103
  
Nicaragua 2008
5,676.1
2,851.2
2,824.9
101
  
Niger 2008
14,730.8
7,260.3
7,470.5
97
  
Nigeria 2008
151,478.1
75,733.5
75,744.7
100
  
Niue 2006   *
1.7
0.9
0.8
103
  
d
Norfolk Island 2006   *
2.5
1.3
1.2
107
  
a
Northern Mariana Islands 2002   *
77.6
40.5
37.1
109
  
c
Norway 2008
4,727.3
2,377.9
2,349.3
101
  
m
Occupied Palestinian Territory 2008
4,146.8
2,036.9
2,109.9
97
  
Oman 2008
2,650.8
1,175.0
1,475.8
80
  
Pakistan 2008
166,961.3
81,072.5
85,888.8
94
  
Palau 2005   *
19.9
9.2
10.7
86
  
a
Panama 2008
3,398.9
1,685.1
1,713.8
98
  
Papua New Guinea 2008
6,458.1
3,184.3
3,273.8
97
  
Paraguay 2008
6,238.4
3,087.6
3,150.7
98
  
Peru 2008
28,221.5
14,089.9
14,131.6
100
  
Philippines 2008
89,651.1
44,510.3
45,140.8
99
  
Pitcairn 2008
0.1
...
...
 
Poland 2008
38,022.1
19,679.3
18,342.8
107
  
Portugal 2008
10,661.6
5,505.5
5,156.1
107
  
Puerto Rico 2008
4,012.4
2,091.0
1,921.4
109
  
Qatar 2008
855.9
284.6
571.3
50
  
Republic of Korea 2008
48,387.8
24,219.8
24,168.1
100
  
Réunion 2008
816.8
417.9
399.0
105
  
Romania 2008
21,344.1
10,962.0
10,382.1
106
  
Russian Federation 2008
141,780.0
76,244.1
65,536.0
116
  
Rwanda 2008
10,008.6
5,175.6
4,833.1
107
  
Saint Helena 2008
6.6
...
...
 
g
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2001   *
46.1
23.2
22.9
101
  
c
Saint Lucia 2008
166.8
84.8
81.9
104
  
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2008
6.4
...
...
 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2008
121.0
60.7
60.3
101
  
Samoa 2008
188.8
90.6
98.2
92
  
San Marino 2006   *
31.4
16.1
15.3
105
  
c
São Tomé and Príncipe 2008
160.2
80.8
79.3
102
  
Saudi Arabia 2008
25,292.8
11,401.9
13,890.9
82
  
Senegal 2008
12,687.6
6,375.9
6,311.7
101
  
Serbia 2008
9,879.6
4,991.8
4,887.8
102
  
Seychelles 2006   *
84.6
41.7
42.9
97
  
c
Sierra Leone 2008
5,968.5
3,028.6
2,939.9
103
  
Singapore 2008
4,490.1
2,231.6
2,258.5
99
  
Slovakia 2008
5,392.4
2,778.0
2,614.4
106
  
Slovenia 2008
2,001.6
1,024.8
976.8
105
  
Solomon Islands 2008
507.3
244.7
262.6
93
  
Somalia 2008
8,956.0
4,510.1
4,445.9
101
  
South Africa 2008
48,832.1
24,804.5
24,027.6
103
  
Spain 2008
44,592.8
22,601.3
21,991.4
103
  
Sri Lanka 2008
19,393.6
9,843.5
9,550.1
103
  
Sudan 2008
39,445.0
19,578.7
19,866.3
99
  
Suriname 2008
460.5
230.1
230.4
100
  
Swaziland 2008
1,148.3
592.1
556.1
106
  
Sweden 2008
9,160.0
4,613.0
4,547.0
101
  
Switzerland 2008
7,512.1
3,856.8
3,655.4
106
  
Syrian Arab Republic 2008
20,446.7
10,122.2
10,324.5
98
  
Tajikistan 2008
6,838.7
3,453.2
3,385.5
102
  
TFYR Macedonia 2008
2,040.0
1,022.6
1,017.4
101
  
o
Thailand 2008
64,316.1
33,024.7
31,291.4
106
  
Timor-Leste 2008
1,192.5
587.4
605.1
97
  
Togo 2008
6,762.4
3,415.8
3,346.7
102
  
Tokelau 2006   *
1.2
0.6
0.6
97
  
a
Tonga 2008
100.9
49.5
51.4
96
  
Trinidad and Tobago 2008
1,338.2
680.6
657.6
103
  
Tunisia 2008
10,440.2
5,185.3
5,254.9
99
  
Turkey 2008
75,829.9
37,652.9
38,177.0
99
  
Turkmenistan 2008
5,031.0
2,555.8
2,475.2
103
  
Turks Caicos Islands 2006   *
33.2
16.7
16.5
101
  
d
Tuvalu 2002   *
9.6
4.8
4.7
102
  
a
Uganda 2008
31,902.6
15,934.4
15,968.2
100
  
Ukraine 2008
45,858.8
24,729.7
21,129.1
117
  
United Arab Emirates 2008
4,502.6
1,462.5
3,040.1
48
  
United Kingdom 2008
61,018.6
31,103.5
29,915.1
104
  
United Republic of Tanzania 2008
41,463.9
20,830.3
20,633.6
101
  
United States of America 2008
308,798.3
156,793.9
152,004.4
103
  
United States Virgin Islands 2008
111.4
58.5
52.8
111
  
Uruguay 2008
3,350.5
1,733.6
1,616.8
107
  
Uzbekistan 2008
27,769.0
13,960.5
13,808.5
101
  
Vanuatu 2008
231.6
113.5
118.1
96
  
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2008
28,121.7
13,999.8
14,121.8
99
  
Viet Nam 2008
88,537.3
44,266.8
44,270.5
100
  
Wallis and Futuna Islands 2003   *
14.9
7.5
7.5
99
  
a
Western Sahara 2008
496.7
233.7
263.0
89
  
Yemen 2008
23,066.0
11,400.1
11,665.9
98
  
Zambia 2008
12,154.1
6,092.8
6,061.3
101
  
Zimbabwe 2008
13,481.2
6,769.7
6,711.5
101
  

Sources:

Population
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2007), World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. CD-ROM Edition - Comprehensive Dataset (United Nations publications, Sales No. E.07.XIII.7); 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 December 2008); and data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/prism/social/demog.html (accessed December 2008).

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

Footnotes:

Not available.
*
 Data compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system.
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 Mayotte.
f
 Including Agalega, Rodrigues, and Saint Brandon.
g
 Including Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.
h
 For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
i
 As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
j
 As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
k
 Refers to Guernsey, and Jersey.
l
 Including Åland Islands.
m
 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
n
 Refers to the Vatican City State.
o
 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
p
 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 2008 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.