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

The World's Women reports
 
Table 1b - Composition of the population
Source | Technical notes

Country

Year

Population (%)

 

 

under 15

aged 60+

 

 

 

W

M

Africa

Algeria

2005

30

7

6

Angola

2005

46

4

4

Benin

2005

44

5

4

Botswana

2005

38

6

4

Burkina Faso

2005

47

5

4

Burundi

2005

45

5

3

Cameroon

2005

41

6

5

Cape Verde

2005

40

7

4

Central African Republic

2005

43

7

5

Chad

2005

47

5

4

Comoros

2005

42

5

4

Congo

2005

47

5

4

Cote d'Ivoire

2005

42

5

5

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2005

47

5

4

Djibouti

2005

41

5

4

Egypt

2005

34

8

7

Equatorial Guinea

2005

44

6

5

Eritrea

2005

45

5

3

Ethiopia

2005

45

5

4

Gabon

2005

40

7

6

Gambia

2005

40

6

6

Ghana

2005

39

6

5

Guinea

2005

44

6

5

Guinea-Bissau

2005

48

5

4

Kenya

2005

43

4

4

Lesotho

2005

39

8

7

Liberia

2005

47

4

3

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

2005

30

6

7

Madagascar

2005

44

5

4

Malawi

2005

47

5

4

Mali

2005

48

5

4

Mauritania

2005

43

6

5

Mauritius

2005

25

11

8

Morocco

2005

31

8

6

Mozambique

2005

44

6

5

Namibia

2005

42

6

5

Niger

2005

49

4

3

Nigeria

2005

44

5

4

Réunion

2005

27

11

8

Rwanda

2005

43

4

4

Sao Tome and Principe

2005

39

6

5

Senegal

2005

43

5

4

Sierra Leone

2005

43

6

5

Seychelles

1998

28

12

8

Somalia

2005

44

4

4

South Africa

2005

33

8

6

Sudan

2005

39

6

5

Swaziland

2005

41

6

5

Togo

2005

43

5

4

Tunisia

2005

26

9

8

Uganda

2005

50

4

4

United Republic of Tanzania

2005

43

6

5

Zambia

2005

46

5

4

Zimbabwe

2005

40

6

5

America, North

Antigua and Barbuda

1996

28

12

9

Bahamas

2005

28

10

9

Barbados

2005

19

16

10

Belize

2005

37

6

6

Canada

2005

18

20

16

Costa Rica

2005

28

9

8

Cuba

2005

19

16

14

Dominica

1998

33

14

12

Dominican Republic

2005

33

6

6

El Salvador

2005

34

8

7

Guadeloupe

2005

25

15

13

Guatemala

2005

43

6

6

Haiti

2005

38

7

5

Honduras

2005

39

6

5

Jamaica

2005

31

11

10

Martinique

2005

22

18

15

Mexico

2005

31

8

7

Netherlands Antilles

2005

23

15

13

Nicaragua

2005

39

5

4

Panama

2005

30

9

8

Puerto Rico

2005

22

18

15

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2000

31

9

8

Saint Lucia

2005

29

11

9

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

2005

29

10

8

Trinidad and Tobago

2005

22

12

10

United States of America

2005

21

19

15

America, South

Argentina

2005

26

16

12

Bolivia

2005

38

7

6

Brazil

2005

28

10

8

Chile

2005

25

13

10

Colombia

2005

31

8

7

Ecuador

2005

32

9

8

French Guiana

2005

34

7

6

Guyana

2005

29

8

6

Paraguay

2005

38

6

5

Peru

2005

32

8

7

Suriname

2005

30

10

8

Uruguay

2005

24

20

15

Venezuela

2005

31

8

7

Asia

Afghanistan

2005

47

5

4

Armenia

2005

21

16

13

Azerbaijan

2005

26

10

8

Bahrain

2005

27

5

4

Bangladesh

2005

35

6

5

Bhutan

2005

38

7

7

Brunei Darussalam

2005

30

4

5

Cambodia

2005

37

7

4

China (1)

2005

21

12

10

   Hong Kong SAR

2005

14

15

16

   Macao SAR

2005

16

11

10

Cyprus

2005

20

18

16

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

2005

25

13

10

Georgia

2005

19

20

15

India

2005

32

9

7

Indonesia

2005

28

9

8

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

2005

29

7

6

Iraq

2005

41

5

4

Israel

2005

28

15

12

Japan

2005

14

29

24

Jordan

2005

37

5

5

Kazakhstan

2005

23

14

9

Kuwait

2005

24

3

3

Kyrgyzstan

2005

31

9

6

Lao People's Democratic Republic

2005

41

6

5

Lebanon

2005

29

11

10

Malaysia

2005

32

7

7

Maldives

2005

41

5

5

Mongolia

2005

30

6

5

Myanmar

2005

29

8

7

Nepal

2005

39

6

5

Occupied Palestinian Territory

2005

45

5

4

Oman

2005

34

5

4

Pakistan

2005

38

6

6

Philippines

2005

35

7

6

Qatar

2005

22

2

3

Republic of Korea

2005

19

16

12

Saudi Arabia

2005

37

5

4

Singapore

2005

20

13

11

Sri Lanka

2005

24

12

10

Syrian Arab Republic

2005

37

5

4

Tajikistan

2005

39

5

5

Thailand

2005

24

11

10

Timor-Leste

2005

41

5

5

Turkey

2005

29

9

7

Turkmenistan

2005

32

7

5

United Arab Emirates

2005

22

2

1

Uzbekistan

2005

33

7

5

Viet Nam

2005

30

8

7

Yemen

2005

46

4

3

Europe

Albania

2005

27

13

11

Andorra

1994

16

15

14

Austria

2005

16

26

20

Belarus

2005

15

23

14

Belgium

2005

17

25

20

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2005

17

21

17

Bulgaria

2005

14

25

20

Croatia

2005

16

25

18

Czech Republic

2005

15

23

17

Denmark

2005

19

23

19

Estonia

2005

15

26

16

Finland

2005

17

24

18

France

2005

18

24

19

Germany

2005

14

28

22

Greece

2005

14

25

21

Hungary

2005

16

25

17

Iceland

2005

22

17

15

Ireland

2005

20

16

14

Italy

2005

14

28

23

Latvia

2005

15

27

17

Lithuania

2005

17

25

16

Luxembourg

2005

19

21

16

Malta

2005

18

21

16

Monaco

2000

13

25  (2)

20  (2)

Netherlands

2005

18

21

17

Norway

2005

20

22

18

Poland

2005

16

20

14

Portugal

2005

16

25

20

Republic of Moldova

2005

18

16

11

Romania

2005

15

22

17

Russian Federation

2005

15

21

12

San Marino

2000

15

23

20

Serbia and Montenegro

2005

18

21

16

Slovakia

2005

17

19

13

Slovenia

2005

14

24

17

Spain

2005

14

24

19

Sweden

2005

17

25

21

Switzerland

2005

16

24

19

The FYR of Macedonia

2005

20

17

14

Ukraine

2005

15

25

16

United Kingdom

2005

18

23

19

Oceania

Australia

2005

20

19

16

Fiji

2005

32

7

6

French Polynesia

2005

28

8

8

Guam

2005

30

10

8

Kiribati

1990

..

6

..

Marshall Islands

2001

42

3

3

Micronesia (Federated States of)

2005

39

5

4

Nauru

1992

42

2

3

New Caledonia

2005

28

10

9

New Zealand

2005

21

18

16

Palau

1990

..

10

..

Papua New Guinea

2005

40

4

4

Samoa

2005

41

7

6

Solomon Islands

2005

41

4

4

Tonga

2005

36

9

9

Tuvalu

1991

41

10

8

Vanuatu

2005

40

5

5

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Sources
 
Calculated by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat from estimates of population by age and sex prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and contained in World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision, Vol. II, Sex and Age (United Nations publication, forthcoming), supplemented by the UN Demographic Statistics database (as of 26 January 2005).
 
Footnotes
 
(1) For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
(2) Data for population aged 65+.
 
Technical notes
 

Data in this table have been calculated from estimates and projections of population by age group and sex, prepared every two years by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, for countries and areas with a population of at least 150,000.

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