Afghanistan - Population, female (% of total population)

Population, female (% of total population) in Afghanistan was 48.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.21 in 1977, while its lowest value was 48.14 in 1995.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 48.32
1961 48.41
1962 48.50
1963 48.58
1964 48.66
1965 48.73
1966 48.79
1967 48.85
1968 48.91
1969 48.96
1970 49.01
1971 49.06
1972 49.11
1973 49.15
1974 49.18
1975 49.20
1976 49.21
1977 49.21
1978 49.21
1979 49.20
1980 49.18
1981 49.14
1982 49.10
1983 49.04
1984 49.00
1985 48.97
1986 48.97
1987 49.00
1988 49.02
1989 48.99
1990 48.88
1991 48.71
1992 48.49
1993 48.30
1994 48.18
1995 48.14
1996 48.18
1997 48.28
1998 48.40
1999 48.51
2000 48.56
2001 48.55
2002 48.49
2003 48.42
2004 48.38
2005 48.39
2006 48.46
2007 48.57
2008 48.68
2009 48.78
2010 48.82
2011 48.82
2012 48.77
2013 48.70
2014 48.64
2015 48.61
2016 48.60
2017 48.61
2018 48.64
2019 48.66
2020 48.68

Development Relevance: Females comprise almost one-half of the world population. Female population relative to male population is a primary demographic indicator, reflecting historical events such as wars and the socio-demographic and ethno-cultural characteristics of the population.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population structure by age and sex in the World Bank's estimates is based on the population structure by age and sex in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population