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Table 1b - Composition of the population              

Last update: Dec 2007

Country or area
Year
Total
Women
Men
Afghanistan
2007
47
4
4
  
Albania
2007
25
13
12
  
Algeria
2007
28
7
6
  
American Samoa
2000
 *
39
 b
...
...
Andorra

2004

 *
14
 c
18
 c
16
 c
Angola
2007
46
4
3
  
Anguilla
2001
 *
28
 a
11
 a
8
 a
Antigua and Barbuda
2004
 *
28
 c
10
 c
9
 c
Argentina
2007
26
16
12
  
Armenia
2007
19
16
12
  
Aruba
2007
22
14
11
 d
Australia1
2007
19
20
17
  
Austria
2007
15
25
19
  
Azerbaijan
2007
23
10
8
  
Bahamas
2007
27
11
9
  
Bahrain
2007
25
5
4
  
Bangladesh
2007
34
6
6
  
Barbados
2007
18
15
11
  
Belarus
2007
15
22
13
  
Belgium
2007
17
25
20
  
Belize
2007
37
6
6
  
Benin
2007
44
5
4
  
Bermuda
2000
 *
19
 b
17
 b
13
 b
Bhutan
2007
31
7
7
  
Bolivia
2007
37
7
6
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2007
17
22
17
  
Botswana
2007
35
6
4
  
Brazil
2007
27
10
8
  
British Virgin Islands
2001
 *
26
 b
7
 b
7
 b
Brunei Darussalam
2007
29
5
5
  
Bulgaria
2007
13
26
21
  
Burkina Faso
2007
46
5
4
  
Burundi
2007
44
5
3
  
Cambodia
2007
36
7
4
  
Cameroon
2007
41
6
5
  
Canada
2007
17
20
17
  
Cape Verde
2007
38
7
4
  
Central African Republic
2007
42
7
5
  
Chad
2007
46
5
4
  
Channel Islands2
2007
16
22
19
  
Chile
2007
24
14
11
  
China3
2007
21
12
11
  
China, Hong Kong SAR4
2007
14
16
16
  
China, Macao SAR5
2007
14
11
11
  
Colombia
2007
29
9
7
  
Comoros6
2007
42
5
4
  
Congo
2007
42
6
4
  
Cook Islands
2001
 *
30
 a
...
...
Costa Rica
2007
27
9
8
  
Côte d'Ivoire
2007
41
5
5
  
Croatia
2007
15
26
19
  
Cuba
2007
18
17
15
  
Cyprus
2007
19
18
16
  
Czech Republic
2007
14
24
18
  
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2007
23
16
11
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2007
47
5
4
  
Denmark
2007
19
24
20
  
Djibouti
2007
37
6
5
  
Dominica
2001
 *
29
 a
15
 a
12
 a
Dominican Republic
2007
33
8
8
  
Ecuador
2007
32
9
8
  
Egypt
2007
33
8
7
  
El Salvador
2007
33
9
7
  
Equatorial Guinea
2007
42
7
6
  
Eritrea
2007
43
5
3
  
Estonia
2007
15
26
17
  
Ethiopia
2007
44
5
4
  
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2001
 *
15
 a
13
 a
11
 a
Fiji
2007
32
8
7
  
Finland7
2007
17
25
20
  
France
2007
18
24
19
  
French Guiana
2007
34
7
7
  
French Polynesia
2007
27
9
8
  
Gabon
2007
35
7
6
  
Gambia
2007
41
6
6
  
Georgia
2007
18
21
15
  
Germany
2007
14
28
22
  
Ghana
2007
38
6
5
  
Gibraltar
2001
 *
18
 a
23
 a
18
 a
Greece
2007
14
26
22
  
Greenland
2000
 *
27
 d
9
 d
8
 d
Grenada
2007
33
11
8
Guadeloupe
2007
24
16
13
  
Guam
2007
29
11
9
  
Guatemala
2007
43
6
6
  
Guinea
2007
43
6
4
  
Guinea-Bissau
2007
48
5
4
  
Guyana
2007
31
9
9
  
Haiti
2007
37
7
6
  
Honduras
2007
39
6
6
  
Hungary
2007
15
25
17
  
Iceland
2007
22
18
15
  
India
2007
32
8
7
  
Indonesia
2007
28
9
8
  
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2007
27
7
6
  
Iraq
2007
41
5
4
  
Ireland
2007
21
17
14
  
Isle of Man
2004
 *
18
 d
24
 d
20
 d
Israel
2007
28
15
12
  
Italy
2007
14
29
23
  
Jamaica
2007
31
11
10
  
Japan
2007
14
31
25
  
Jordan
2007
36
5
5
  
Kazakhstan
2007
24
13
8
  
Kenya
2007
43
4
4
  
Kuwait
2007
23
3
3
  
Kyrgyzstan
2007
30
8
6
  
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2007
38
6
5
  
Latvia
2007
14
27
17
  
Lebanon
2007
28
11
10
  
Lesotho
2007
40
8
6
  
Liberia
2007
47
4
3
  
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2007
30
6
6
  
Liechtenstein
2004
 *
18
 c
18
 c
15
 c
Lithuania
2007
16
25
16
  
Luxembourg
2007
18
21
17
  
Madagascar
2007
43
5
5
  
Malawi
2007
47
5
4
  
Malaysia
2007
30
7
7
  
Maldives
2007
32
6
6
  
Mali
2007
48
5
4
  
Malta
2007
17
22
17
  
Marshall Islands
2001
 *
42
 c
3
 c
3
 c
Martinique
2007
21
19
16
  
Mauritania
2007
40
6
4
  
Mauritius8
2007
24
11
9
  
Mexico
2007
30
9
8
  
Micronesia (Federated States of)
2007
38
6
5
  
Monaco
2000
 *
13
 b
32
 b
26
 b
Mongolia
2007
27
7
5
  
Montenegro
2007
19
21
17
  
Montserrat
2001
 *
19
 a
21
 a
19
 a
Morocco
2007
29
8
7
  
Mozambique
2007
44
6
4
  
Myanmar
2007
26
9
7
  
Namibia
2007
37
6
5
  
Nepal
2007
38
7
5
  
Netherlands
2007
18
22
18
  
Netherlands Antilles
2007
21
15
13
  
New Caledonia
2007
26
11
10
  
New Zealand
2007
21
18
16
  
Nicaragua
2007
37
6
6
  
Niger
2007
48
5
5
  
Nigeria
2007
44
5
4
  
Niue
1997
 *
33
 a
15
 a
11
 a
Northern Mariana Islands
2000
 *
23
 a
...
...
Norway9
2007
19
22
18
  
Occupied Palestinian Territory
2007
45
5
4
  
Oman
2007
32
5
4
  
Pakistan
2007
36
6
6
  
Palau
2000
 *
24
 a
...
...
Panama
2007
30
9
9
  
Papua New Guinea
2007
40
4
4
  
Paraguay
2007
35
8
7
  
Peru
2007
31
9
8
  
Philippines
2007
35
7
6
  
Poland
2007
15
21
15
  
Portugal
2007
16
25
20
  
Puerto Rico
2007
21
20
16
  
Qatar
2007
21
3
3
  
Republic of Korea
2007
18
17
13
  
Republic of Moldova
2007
19
18
12
  
Réunion
2007
26
12
9
  
Romania
2007
15
22
17
  
Russian Federation
2007
15
21
12
  
Rwanda
2007
43
4
3
  
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2000
 *
31
 c
12
 c
10
 c
Saint Lucia
2007
27
11
9
  
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2007
28
10
8
  
Samoa
2007
40
7
6
  
San Marino
2004
 *
15
 c
23
 c
18
 c
São Tomé and Príncipe
2007
41
6
5
  
Saudi Arabia
2007
34
5
4
  
Senegal
2007
42
6
6
  
Serbia
2007
18
21
17
  
Seychelles
2002
 *
26
 c
12
 c
8
 c
Sierra Leone
2007
43
6
5
  
Singapore
2007
18
14
13
  
Slovakia
2007
16
20
13
  
Slovenia
2007
14
25
18
  
Solomon Islands
2007
40
5
5
  
Somalia
2007
44
4
4