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Urban population, female (% of total) by country

Female urban population is the percentage of females who live in urban areas to total population.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
53.2%
Hong Kong
Lowest
4.3%
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
28.6%
Years covered
36
1980–2015
Data points
1,928

What the numbers show

Urban population, female (% of total) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 53.2% in Hong Kong; the lowest is 4.3% in Trinidad and Tobago.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.6%, and the mean is 28.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 154 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 47.7%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 28.0%).

Urban population, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hong Kong 53.2% 2015 up 1.7% rising
2 Macao 51.9% 2015 down 0.5% rising
3 Singapore 50.6% 2015 up 0.5% flat
4 Belgium 49.8% 2015 up 0.1% flat
5 Uruguay 49.6% 2015 up 1.6% rising
6 United States Virgin Islands 49.5% 2015 unchanged rising
7 Puerto Rico 48.7% 2015 down 0.7% rising
8 Japan 48.0% 2015 up 9.2% rising
9 Malta 47.8% 2015 up 1.5% rising
10 Argentina 47.2% 2015 up 1.8% rising
11 Iceland 46.9% 2015 up 0.6% rising
12 Israel 46.6% 2015 up 0.1% flat
13 Guam 46.5% 2015 up 1.2% rising
14 Chile 45.6% 2015 up 2.2% rising
15 Netherlands 45.6% 2015 up 9.1% rising
16 Luxembourg 45.4% 2015 up 2.9% rising
17 Australia 45.2% 2015 up 1.5% flat
18 Venezuela 44.9% 2015 up 0.8% rising
19 Denmark 44.3% 2015 up 1.8% flat
20 New Zealand 44.2% 2015 up 0.0% flat
21 Brazil 44.1% 2015 up 3.7% rising
22 Sweden 43.5% 2015 up 1.1% flat
23 Lebanon 43.2% 2015 up 1.6% rising
24 Gabon 43.2% 2015 up 3.9% rising
25 Finland 43.0% 2015 up 1.0% rising
26 Bahamas 42.6% 2015 up 0.2% rising
27 United Kingdom 42.0% 2015 up 2.5% flat
28 United States 41.7% 2015 up 1.9% rising
29 Canada 41.6% 2015 up 1.9% rising
30 South Korea 41.4% 2015 up 1.6% rising
31 France 41.3% 2015 up 2.7% rising
32 Belarus 41.2% 2015 up 6.7% rising
33 Jordan 41.0% 2015 up 3.8% rising
34 Mexico 41.0% 2015 up 3.3% rising
35 Norway 40.6% 2015 up 2.7% rising
36 Spain 40.5% 2015 up 2.5% rising
37 Russia 40.3% 2015 up 1.4% rising
38 Greece 39.8% 2015 up 4.3% rising
39 Colombia 39.7% 2015 up 3.8% rising
40 Peru 39.7% 2015 up 4.9% rising
41 Dominican Republic 39.7% 2015 up 16.6% rising
42 Kuwait 39.6% 2015 down 0.4% falling
43 Libya 39.5% 2015 up 6.1% rising
44 Cuba 39.0% 2015 up 1.3% rising
45 Switzerland 38.9% 2015 down 0.3% rising
46 Germany 38.8% 2015 up 2.1% flat
47 Malaysia 38.6% 2015 up 14.7% rising
48 Djibouti 38.4% 2015 up 0.8% rising
49 Costa Rica 38.3% 2015 up 17.1% rising
50 Bulgaria 38.3% 2015 up 5.0% rising
51 Brunei 38.2% 2015 up 5.3% rising
52 Ukraine 37.8% 2015 up 3.4% rising
53 Hungary 37.7% 2015 up 7.1% rising
54 Latvia 37.4% 2015 down 0.6% flat
55 Czechia 37.4% 2015 down 1.7% flat
56 Turkey 37.2% 2015 up 8.5% rising
57 Palestine 37.0% 2015 up 2.9% rising
58 Estonia 37.0% 2015 down 1.9% flat
59 Mongolia 37.0% 2015 up 15.5% rising
60 Iran 36.5% 2015 up 11.5% rising
61 Lithuania 36.4% 2015 up 0.3% rising
62 Italy 35.8% 2015 up 1.6% flat
63 El Salvador 35.6% 2015 up 9.0% rising
64 Algeria 35.1% 2015 up 10.7% rising
65 New Caledonia 35.0% 2015 up 9.3% rising
66 Bolivia 34.9% 2015 up 5.9% rising
67 Saudi Arabia 34.6% 2015 down 3.1% rising
68 Iraq 34.3% 2015 up 1.3% flat
69 Austria 34.2% 2015 down 0.4% flat
70 Bahrain 33.7% 2015 down 5.1% falling
71 Tunisia 33.6% 2015 up 3.5% rising
72 Panama 33.6% 2015 up 4.4% rising
73 Sao Tome and Principe 33.5% 2015 up 12.1% rising
74 Suriname 33.2% 2015 down 0.7% flat
75 Cyprus 33.0% 2015 down 2.9% rising
76 Portugal 33.0% 2015 up 9.9% rising
77 Montenegro 32.8% 2015 up 2.6% rising
78 South Africa 32.7% 2015 up 9.2% rising
79 Cape Verde 32.4% 2015 up 11.7% rising
80 Congo 32.3% 2015 up 7.5% rising
81 Ecuador 32.3% 2015 up 3.4% rising
82 Ireland 32.2% 2015 up 4.7% rising
83 Poland 31.9% 2015 down 1.2% flat
84 Armenia 31.2% 2015 down 6.2% falling
85 Croatia 30.9% 2015 up 4.2% rising
86 North Korea 30.8% 2015 up 1.8% flat
87 Paraguay 30.6% 2015 up 4.2% rising
88 Morocco 30.5% 2015 up 8.8% rising
89 Nicaragua 30.5% 2015 up 5.0% rising
90 Haiti 30.2% 2015 up 30.5% rising
91 Gambia 29.8% 2015 up 14.5% rising
92 Mauritania 29.3% 2015 up 12.3% rising
93 Serbia 29.0% 2015 up 2.3% rising
94 Georgia 29.0% 2015 up 2.1% flat
95 Albania 28.9% 2015 up 22.9% rising
96 North Macedonia 28.7% 2015 down 0.5% rising
97 Romania 28.5% 2015 up 2.9% rising
98 Jamaica 28.5% 2015 up 3.9% rising
99 Kazakhstan 28.5% 2015 down 2.7% flat
100 Botswana 28.3% 2015 up 2.7% rising
101 Syria 28.2% 2015 up 8.0% rising
102 Honduras 28.1% 2015 up 11.9% rising
103 Slovakia 27.9% 2015 down 3.6% flat
104 Azerbaijan 27.6% 2015 up 3.3% flat
105 Ghana 27.5% 2015 up 15.0% rising
106 French Polynesia 27.2% 2015 down 0.9% flat
107 Indonesia 26.9% 2015 up 16.4% rising
108 Cameroon 26.8% 2015 up 14.9% rising
109 China 26.8% 2015 up 30.0% rising
110 Guatemala 26.7% 2015 up 9.4% rising
111 Fiji 26.7% 2015 up 7.5% rising
112 Oman 26.5% 2015 down 15.9% rising
113 Cote d'Ivoire 26.4% 2015 up 17.4% rising
114 Seychelles 26.3% 2015 up 4.1% rising
115 Thailand 25.9% 2015 up 32.5% rising
116 United Arab Emirates 25.9% 2015 down 0.8% flat
117 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.7% 2015 up 7.7% rising
118 Turkmenistan 25.5% 2015 up 6.9% rising
119 Slovenia 25.3% 2015 down 3.7% flat
120 Guinea-Bissau 24.3% 2015 up 20.5% rising
121 Liberia 24.2% 2015 up 7.3% rising
122 Moldova 24.1% 2015 up 0.2% rising
123 Qatar 23.4% 2015 down 28.0% falling
124 Namibia 23.3% 2015 up 27.2% rising
125 Nigeria 22.8% 2015 up 21.8% rising
126 Belize 22.7% 2015 down 5.0% falling
127 Maldives 22.7% 2015 up 34.8% rising
128 Kiribati 22.6% 2015 up 1.9% rising
129 Philippines 22.5% 2015 down 4.4% rising
130 Senegal 22.2% 2015 up 6.0% rising
131 Aruba 22.1% 2015 down 7.9% falling
132 Egypt 21.8% 2015 up 0.5% flat
133 Benin 21.8% 2015 up 8.9% rising
134 Angola 21.6% 2015 up 22.3% rising
135 Democratic Republic of Congo 20.6% 2015 up 13.4% rising
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.5% 2015 up 1.2% rising
137 Mauritius 20.3% 2015 down 4.0% falling
138 Zambia 20.2% 2015 up 11.8% flat
139 Central African Republic 20.1% 2015 up 4.9% rising
140 Togo 19.8% 2015 up 12.7% rising
141 Somalia 19.7% 2015 up 12.5% rising
142 Sierra Leone 19.6% 2015 up 7.7% rising
143 Mali 19.4% 2015 up 23.4% rising
144 Laos 19.2% 2015 up 39.6% rising
145 Equatorial Guinea 18.9% 2015 up 3.8% rising
146 Kyrgyzstan 18.9% 2015 up 2.3% falling
147 Pakistan 18.7% 2015 up 11.7% rising
148 Uzbekistan 18.5% 2015 down 0.6% falling
149 Guinea 18.2% 2015 up 12.9% rising
150 Madagascar 17.9% 2015 up 21.7% rising
151 Grenada 17.8% 2015 down 3.7% rising
152 Myanmar 17.5% 2015 up 18.4% rising
153 Bhutan 17.4% 2015 up 22.9% rising
154 Vietnam 17.3% 2015 up 24.4% rising
155 Sudan 17.0% 2015 up 3.3% rising
156 Bangladesh 16.3% 2015 up 29.7% rising
157 East Timor 16.3% 2015 up 24.8% rising
158 Mozambique 16.0% 2015 up 6.3% rising
159 Barbados 16.0% 2015 down 5.2% falling
160 Tanzania 15.9% 2015 up 26.8% rising
161 Yemen 15.8% 2015 up 18.3% rising
162 Zimbabwe 15.5% 2015 down 5.9% rising
163 India 15.5% 2015 up 12.1% rising
164 Burkina Faso 14.7% 2015 up 37.2% rising
165 Lesotho 14.5% 2015 up 20.7% rising
166 Guyana 14.2% 2015 up 0.2% falling
167 Comoros 14.0% 2015 up 1.6% rising
168 Tajikistan 13.4% 2015 up 1.8% falling
169 Afghanistan 13.2% 2015 up 17.5% rising
170 Rwanda 13.1% 2015 up 47.7% volatile
171 Antigua and Barbuda 13.0% 2015 down 17.7% falling
172 Kenya 12.6% 2015 up 17.7% rising
173 Vanuatu 12.2% 2015 up 11.1% rising
174 Tonga 12.1% 2015 up 3.3% rising
175 Eritrea 11.2% 2015 up 18.9% rising
176 Chad 11.0% 2015 up 3.7% rising
177 Solomon Islands 10.9% 2015 up 25.4% rising
178 Cambodia 10.7% 2015 up 8.1% rising
179 Eswatini 10.6% 2015 down 2.6% rising
180 Micronesia (country) 10.5% 2015 down 6.6% falling
181 Ethiopia 9.8% 2015 up 24.1% rising
182 Saint Lucia 9.7% 2015 down 20.2% falling
183 Samoa 9.3% 2015 down 7.7% falling
184 South Sudan 9.3% 2015 up 9.3% rising
185 Niger 9.3% 2015 up 11.6% rising
186 Sri Lanka 9.2% 2015 up 1.7% flat
187 Nepal 9.2% 2015 up 24.9% rising
188 Uganda 8.0% 2015 up 23.3% rising
189 Malawi 7.7% 2015 up 7.5% rising
190 Papua New Guinea 6.0% 2015 down 1.3% falling
191 Burundi 5.5% 2015 up 28.1% rising
192 Trinidad and Tobago 4.3% 2015 down 15.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Urban population, female (% of total)
Unit
% of total
Source
The United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 1,928 data points, 1980–2015
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Female urban population is the percentage of females who live in urban areas to total population.