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Table 1.B - Selected population indicators
 
Women/ 100
  
Annual pop
Urban
  
Women/100
  
 
men, 2003
  
growth (%),
pop. (%),
  
men int'l. mi-
  
Country or area
60+
80+
  
2000-2005
2001
  
grants, 1990
  
Africa                
Algeria
120
168
1.7
58
122
Angola
122
155
3.2
35
  
94
Benin
111
98
2.6
43
  
95
Botswana
148
187
0.9
49
79
Burkina Faso
163
150
3.0
17
109
Burundi
159
190
3.1
9
107
Cameroon
118
140
1.8
50
81
Cape Verde
181
177
2.0
64
86
Central African Republic
134
173
1.3
42
99
Chad
121
149
3.0
24
86
Comoros
120
158
2.8
34
131
Congo
126
163
2.6
66
101
Côte d'Ivoire
91
112
1.6
44
81
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
130
170
2.9
31
93
Djibouti
117
144
1.6
84
111
Egypt
116
144
2.0
43
89
Equatorial Guinea
121
146
2.6
49
86
Eritrea
138
227
3.7
19
..
Ethiopia
117
141
2.5
16
108
 a
Gabon
119
136
1.8
82
75
Gambia
114
134
2.7
31
76
Ghana
116
135
2.2
36
85
Guinea
115
133
1.6
28
106
Guinea-Bissau
120
150
2.9
32
100
Kenya
115
123
1.5
34
103
Lesotho
128
156
0.1
29
69
Liberia
120
155
4.0
46
82
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
85
144
1.9
88
44
Madagascar
116
134
2.8
30
62
Malawi
109
129
2.0
15
109
Mali
133
155
3.0
31
99
Mauritania
119
137
3.0
59
78
Mauritius
135
196
1.0
42
103
Morocco
126
116
1.6
56
97
Mozambique
133
157
1.8
33
133
Namibia
131
144
1.4
31
86
Niger
117
128
3.6
21
109
Nigeria
112
130
2.5
45
55
Réunion
140
243
1.4
72
80
Rwanda
123
198
2.2
6
95
Sao Tome and Principe
113
128
2.5
48
88
Senegal
132
144
2.4
48
85
Seychelles
..
..
0.9
65
85
Sierra Leone
124
162
3.8
37
32
Somalia
118
143
4.2
28
99
South Africa
150
279
0.6
58
60
Sudan
114
135
2.2
37
100
Swaziland
122
156
0.8
27
53
Togo
119
143
2.3
33
107
Tunisia
112
105
1.1
66
99
Uganda
120
137
3.2
14
80
United Rep. of Tanzania
120
150
1.9
33
103
Western Sahara
78
81
2.6
96
98
Zambia
123
143
1.2
40
99
Zimbabwe
117
131
0.5
36
82
 
Latin America and the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
..
..
0.5
37
108
Argentina
137
207
1.2
88
108
Aruba
..
..
2.0
51
126
Bahamas
130
156
1.1
89
93
Barbados
162
229
0.4
51
122
Belize
98
119
2.1
48
72
Bolivia
120
148
1.9
62
88
Brazil
127
161
1.2
82
87
Chile
131
193
1.2
86
97
Colombia
123
156
1.6
75
113
Costa Rica
111
127
1.9
60
73
Cuba
111
123
0.3
76
40
Dominica
..
..
0.3
71
93
Dominican Republic
108
116
1.5
66
53
Ecuador
114
146
1.5
63
98
El Salvador
125
172
1.6
62
80
French Guiana
99
160
2.5
75
82
Grenada
..
..
-0.3
38
102
Guadeloupe
128
179
0.8
100
101
Guatemala
108
124
2.6
40
102
Guyana
133
154
0.2
36
80
Haiti
122
133
1.3
37
131
Honduras
114
139
2.3
54
65
Jamaica
118
143
0.9
57
106
Martinique
136
183
0.6
95
102
Mexico
119
145
1.5
75
97
Netherlands Antilles
134
201
0.8
69
121
Nicaragua
120
142
2.4
57
109
Panama
105
119
1.8
57
88
Paraguay
123
169
2.4
57
90
Peru
112
140
1.5
73
107
Puerto Rico
131
154
0.5
76
106
Saint Kitts and Nevis
..
..
-0.3
34
102
Saint Lucia
135
171
0.8
38
103
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
123
153
0.6
56
106
Suriname
131
136
0.8
75
88
Trinidad and Tobago
118
146
0.3
75
104
Uruguay
142
205
0.7
92
119
US Virgin Islands
122
206
0.9
47
114
Venezuela
117
154
1.9
87
97
 
Asia
Afghanistan
102
110
3.9
22
86
Armenia
139
252
-0.5
67
..
Azerbaijan
129
301
0.9
52
..
Bahrain
102
103
2.2
93
39
Bangladesh
104
109
2.0
26
86
Bhutan
111
130
3.0
7
86
Brunei Darussalam
88
182
2.3
73
73
Cambodia
178
181
2.4
18
90
China b
110
184
0.7
37
87
 c
China, Hong Kong SAR
108
162
1.1
100
95
China, Macao SAR
125
215
0.9
99
98
Cyprus
123
149
0.8
70
102
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
126
203
0.5
61
90
Georgia
150
284
-0.9
57
..
India
110
125
1.5
28
92
Indonesia
121
144
1.3
42
94
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
99
103
1.2
65
81
Iraq
111
132
2.7
67
65
Israel
134
175
2.0
92
113
Jordan
95
126
2.7
79
109
Kazakhstan
165
377
-0.4
56
..
Kuwait
71
137
3.5
96
75
Kyrgyzstan
149
302
1.4
34
..
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
117
123
2.3
20
90
Lebanon
121
140
1.6
90
39
Malaysia
110
133
1.9
58
93
Maldives
88
121
3.0
28
86
Mongolia
121
179
1.3
57
90
Myanmar
116
133
1.3
28
86
Nepal
112
131
2.2
12
251
Occupied Palestinian Territory
134
141
3.6
67
67
Oman
83
170
2.9
77
50
Pakistan
104
93
2.4
33
97
Philippines
119
166
1.8
59
78
Qatar
50
82
1.5
93
35
Republic of Korea
133
220
0.6
83
71
Saudi Arabia
91
125
2.9
87
50
Singapore
114
154
1.7
100
111
Sri Lanka
97
106
0.8
23
74
Syrian Arab Republic
117
140
2.4
52
90
Tajikistan
125
233
0.9
28
..
Thailand
120
153
1.0
20
86
Timor-Leste
100
122
4.0
8
90
Turkey
118
144
1.4
66
99
Turkmenistan
138
264
1.5
45
..
United Arab Emirates
57
109
1.9
87
50
Uzbekistan
132
260
1.5
37
..
Viet Nam
114
133
1.3
25
72
Yemen
107
134
3.5
25
15
 
Oceania
American Samoa
..
..
2.4
53
94
Cook Islands
..
..
  
0.2
..
  
..
Fiji
115
147
1.0
50
98
French Polynesia
100
163
1.5
53
68
Guam
98
114
1.5
40
77
Kiribati
..
..
1.4
39
95
Marshall Islands
..
..
1.2
66
70
Micronesia (Fed. States of)
121
138
0.8
29
82
Nauru
..
..
  
2.3
..
  
..
New Caledonia
104
153
1.9
78
80
Palau
..
..
2.1
69
58
Papua New Guinea
86
78
2.2
18
81
Samoa
130
181
1.0
22
88
Solomon Islands
94
89
2.9
20
79
Tonga
..
..
1.0
33
98
Tuvalu
115
123
  
1.2
..
  
..
Vanuatu
94
100
2.4
22
90
 
Developed regions
Albania
113
253
0.7
43
131
Andorra
..
..
2.6
92
87
Australia
118
177
1.0
91
97
Austria
141
256
0.0
67
77
Belarus
183
358
-0.5
70
..
Belgium
134
219
0.2
97
85
Bermuda
..
..
0.7
100
108
Bosnia and Herzegovina
134
228
1.1
43
..
Bulgaria
134
175
-0.8
67
131
Canada
124
189
0.8
79
104
Croatia
150
272
-0.2
58
..
Czech Republic
145
231
-0.1
75
147
 d
Denmark
126
200
0.2
85
97
Estonia
184
361
-1.1
69
..
Finland
142
267
0.2
59
100
France
136
215
0.5
76
98
Germany
136
290
0.1
88
80
Greece
122
148
0.1
60
105
Hungary
161
233
-0.5
65
106
Iceland
117
156
0.8
93
125
Ireland
123
193
1.1
59
100
Italy
134
206
-0.1
67
130
Japan
129
219
0.1
79
98
Latvia
189
302
-0.9
60
..
Liechtenstein
..
..
0.8
22
83
Lithuania
176
279
-0.6
69
..
Luxembourg
137
282
1.3
92
104
Malta
132
199
0.4
91
123
Monaco
..
..
0.9
100
115
Netherlands
129
223
0.5
90
71
New Zealand
120
186
0.8
86
101
Norway
131
198
0.4
75
100
Poland
152
237
-0.1
63
117
Portugal
140
200
0.1
66
110
Republic of Moldova
157
239
-0.1
41
..
Romania
134
184
-0.2
55
131
Russian Federation
190
414
-0.6
73
92
 e
San Marino
..
..
1.0
90
115
Serbia and Montenegro
128
155
-0.1
52
132
 f
Slovakia
154
202
0.1
58
..
Slovenia
149
298
-0.1
49
..
Spain
130
194
0.2
78
107
Sweden
125
183
0.1
83
107
Switzerland
130
207
0.0
67
79
The FYR of Macedonia
122
163
0.5
59
..
Ukraine
179
342
-0.8
68
..
United Kingdom
129
201
0.3
90
107
United States
129
184
1.0
77
105
       

Sources:

     
Prepared by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat from the following compilations of the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat: for women/100 men aged 60+ and 80+, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision, data set in digital form (POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2002/4/F2 and F3); for annual population growth rate, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision, Vol. I,Comprehensive Tables (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.XIII.6); for urban population, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.XIII.16); for women/100 men international migrants, "Trends in Total Migrant Stock by Sex", revision 4, data set in digital form (POP/1B/DB/98/4).

Footnotes:
Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available or are not reported separately.
a Data refer to former Ethiopia, which inludes Eritrea.
b For statistical purposes, data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions.
c Does not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions or Taiwan Province of China.
d Data refer to former Czechoslovakia.
e Data refer to the former USSR.
f Data refer to former Yugoslavia.
 

Technical notes:

Table 1.B presents the ratio of women to men in the population aged 60 or over and the population aged 80 or over. These data have been compiled from estimates and projections of population by age group and sex, prepared in 2002 by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, for countries and areas with a population of at least 150,000 in 2000. The estimates were made by collecting, evaluating and adjusting, as necessary, all available data for the period 1950-2000. For year 2003, figures are mostly the result of projections from the year 2002, except for such cases where reliable, more recent data are available.
Table 1.B also presents statistics on the annual rate of population growth, the percentage of urban population in the total population and the sex ratio of the international migrant population. Data on the annual rate of population growth were prepared in 2002 by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published in World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision, vol. 1, Comprehensive Tables. Estimates of the urban population were prepared by the Population Division and published in World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision.
The approach used in estimating rates of population growth assumes exponential growth. The growth rate shown is an annual average over the five-year period indicated.
Urban-rural classification of population follows the national census definition and varies from one country or area to another. National definitions are usually based on criteria that may include any of the following: size of population in a locality, population density, distance between built-up areas, predominant type of economic activity, legal or administrative boundaries, and such urban characteristics as specific services and facilities.
Estimates of the ratio of women to men among international migrants are taken from the database Trends in Total Migrant Stock, maintained by the Population Division. Estimates of migrant stock are based on the number of foreign-born or the foreign residents in a country enumerated by national population censuses and sample surveys, and complemented by the number of refugees in a country. Statistics on the foreign-born provide only a crude measure of the volume and composition of migration during an indefinite number of years prior to the census. International comparability of this indicator is affected, among other things, by the fact that some countries report data on non-citizens rather than on the foreign-born.