Social indicators

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Indicators on child and elderly populations

Last update: Dec 2007

Country or area
Year
Total
Men
Women
men/100 women
Afghanistan
2007
47
4
  
4
91
Albania
2007
25
12
  
13
92
Algeria
2007
28
6
  
7
83
American Samoa
2000
 *
39
 b
...
...
...
Andorra

2004

 *
14
 c
16
 c
18
 c
94
Angola
2007
46
3
  
4
82
Anguilla
2001
 *
28
 a
8
 a
11
 a
91
Antigua and Barbuda
2004
 *
28
 c
9
 c
10
 c
90
Argentina
2007
26
12
  
16
76
Armenia
2007
19
12
  
16
77
Aruba
2007
22
11
 d
14
84
Australia1
2007
19
17
  
20
88
Austria
2007
15
19
  
25
77
Azerbaijan
2007
23
8
  
10
75
Bahamas
2007
27
9
  
11
83
Bahrain
2007
25
4
  
5
82
Bangladesh
2007
34
6
  
6
89
Barbados
2007
18
11
  
15
70
Belarus
2007
15
13
  
22
60
Belgium
2007
17
20
  
25
80
Belize
2007
37
6
  
6
94
Benin
2007
44
4
  
5
73
Bermuda
2000
 *
19
 b
13
 b
17
 b
80
Bhutan
2007
31
7
  
7
94
Bolivia
2007
37
6
  
7
84
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2007
17
17
  
22
79
Botswana
2007
35
4
  
6
67
Brazil
2007
27
8
  
10
83
British Virgin Islands
2001
 *
26
 b
7
 b
7
 b
102
Brunei Darussalam
2007
29
5
  
5
117
Bulgaria
2007
13
21
  
26
78
Burkina Faso
2007
46
4
  
5
71
Burundi
2007
44
3
  
5
67
Cambodia
2007
36
4
  
7
62
Cameroon
2007
41
5
  
6
85
Canada
2007
17
17
  
20
84
Cape Verde
2007
38
4
  
7
57
Central African Republic
2007
42
5
  
7
75
Chad
2007
46
4
  
5
84
Channel Islands2
2007
16
19
  
22
87
Chile
2007
24
11
  
14
80
China3
2007
21
11
  
12
90
China, Hong Kong SAR4
2007
14
16
  
16
99
China, Macao SAR5
2007
14
11
  
11
100
Colombia
2007
29
7
  
9
82
Comoros6
2007
42
4
  
5
82
Congo
2007
42
4
  
6
79
Cook Islands
2001
 *
30
 a
...
...
...
Costa Rica
2007
27
8
  
9
87
Côte d'Ivoire
2007
41
5
  
5
102
Croatia
2007
15
19
  
26
73
Cuba
2007
18
15
  
17
89
Cyprus
2007
19
16
  
18
89
Czech Republic
2007
14
18
  
24
75
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2007
23
11
  
16
69
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2007
47
4
  
5
78
Denmark
2007
19
20
  
24
84
Djibouti
2007
37
5
  
6
84
Dominica
2001
 *
29
 a
12
 a
15
 a
77
Dominican Republic
2007
33
8
  
8
97
Ecuador
2007
32
8
  
9
89
Egypt
2007
33
7
  
8
85
El Salvador
2007
33
7
  
9
83
Equatorial Guinea
2007
42
6
  
7
84
Eritrea
2007
43
3
  
5
69
Estonia
2007
15
17
  
26
64
Ethiopia
2007
44
4
  
5
87
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2001
 *
15
 a
11
 a
13
 a
90
Fiji
2007
32
7
  
8
80
Finland7
2007
17
20
  
25
78
France
2007
18
19
  
24
79
French Guiana
2007
34
7
  
7
99
French Polynesia
2007
27
8
  
9
94
Gabon
2007
35
6
  
7
87
Gambia
2007
41
6
  
6
89
Georgia
2007
18
15
  
21
75
Germany
2007
14
22
  
28
79
Ghana
2007
38
5
  
6
90
Gibraltar
2001
 *
18
 a
18
 a
23
 a
77
Greece
2007
14
22
  
26
83
Greenland
2000
 *
27
 d
8
 d
9
 d
86
Grenada
2007
33
8
11
73
Guadeloupe
2007
24
13
  
16
82
Guam
2007
29
9
  
11
88
Guatemala
2007
43
6
  
6
95
Guinea
2007
43
4
  
6
79
Guinea-Bissau
2007
48
4
  
5
85
Guyana
2007
31
9
  
9
96
Haiti
2007
37
6
  
7
86
Honduras
2007
39
6
  
6
91
Hungary
2007
15
17
  
25
69
Iceland
2007
22
15
  
18
87
India
2007
32
7
  
8
87
Indonesia
2007
28
8
  
9
82
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2007
27
6
  
7
90
Iraq
2007
41
4
  
5
86
Ireland
2007
21
14
  
17
85
Isle of Man
2004
 *
18
 d
20
 d
24
 d
82
Israel
2007
28
12
  
15
79
Italy
2007
14
23
  
29
80
Jamaica
2007
31
10
  
11
92
Japan
2007
14
25
  
31
82
Jordan
2007
36
5
  
5
95
Kazakhstan
2007
24
8
  
13
61
Kenya
2007
43
4
  
4
84
Kuwait
2007
23
3
  
3
99
Kyrgyzstan
2007
30
6
  
8
70
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2007
38
5
  
6
82
Latvia
2007
14
17
  
27
62
Lebanon
2007
28
10
  
11
94
Lesotho
2007
40
6
  
8
76
Liberia
2007
47
3
  
4
82
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2007
30
6
  
6
101
Liechtenstein
2004
 *
18
 c
15
 c
18
 c
81
Lithuania
2007
16
16
  
25
64
Luxembourg
2007
18
17
  
21
79
Madagascar
2007
43
5
  
5
87
Malawi
2007
47
4
  
5
83
Malaysia
2007
30
7
  
7
90
Maldives
2007
32
6
  
6
104
Mali
2007
48
4
  
5
75
Malta
2007
17
17
  
22
80
Marshall Islands
2001
 *
42
 c
3
 c
3
 c
94
Martinique
2007
21
16
  
19
83
Mauritania
2007
40
4
  
6
74
Mauritius8
2007
24
9
  
11
76
Mexico
2007
30
8
  
9
90
Micronesia (Federated States of)
2007
38
5
  
6
80
Monaco
2000
 *
13
 b
26
 b
32
 b
83
Mongolia
2007
27
5
  
7
81
Montenegro
2007
19
17
  
21
80
Montserrat
2001
 *
19
 a
19
 a
21
 a
88
Morocco
2007
29
7
  
8
89
Mozambique
2007
44
4
  
6
78
Myanmar
2007
26
7
  
9
85
Namibia
2007
37
5
  
6
76
Nepal
2007
38
5
  
7
79
Netherlands
2007
18
18
  
22
83
Netherlands Antilles
2007
21
13
  
15
87
New Caledonia
2007
26
10
  
11
90
New Zealand
2007
21
16
  
18
88
Nicaragua
2007
37
6
  
6
94
Niger
2007
48
5
  
5
111
Nigeria
2007
44
4
  
5
86
Niue
1997
 *
33
 a
11
 a
15
 a
78
Northern Mariana Islands
2000
 *
23
 a
...
...
...
Norway9
2007
19
18
  
22
83
Occupied Palestinian Territory
2007
45
4
  
5
74
Oman
2007
32
4
  
5
88
Pakistan
2007
36
6
  
6
91
Palau
2000
 *
24
 a
...
...
...
Panama
2007
30
9
  
9
93
Papua New Guinea
2007
40
4
  
4
94
Paraguay
2007
35
7
  
8
91
Peru
2007
31
8
  
9
87
Philippines
2007
35
6
  
7
84
Poland
2007
15
15
  
21
71
Portugal
2007
16
20
  
25
79
Puerto Rico
2007
21
16
  
20
82
Qatar
2007
21
3
  
3
117
Republic of Korea
2007
18
13
  
17
77
Republic of Moldova
2007
19
12
  
18
67
Réunion
2007
26
9
  
12
78
Romania
2007
15
17
  
22
77
Russian Federation
2007
15
12
  
21
59
Rwanda
2007
43
3
  
4
73
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2000
 *
31
 c
10
 c
12
 c
88
Saint Lucia
2007
27
9
  
11
85
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2007
28
8
  
10
79
Samoa
2007
40
6
  
7
79
San Marino
2004
 *
15
 c
18
 c
23
 c
85
São Tomé and Príncipe
2007
41
5
  
6
84
Saudi Arabia
2007
34
4
  
5
88
Senegal
2007
42
6