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

Statistics and indicators on women and men

 
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