China - Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in China was 70.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 73.47 in 2010, while its lowest value was 54.56 in 1966.

Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. 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.

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Year Value
1960 55.78
1961 55.71
1962 55.37
1963 54.96
1964 54.75
1965 54.82
1966 54.56
1967 54.62
1968 54.84
1969 55.04
1970 55.14
1971 55.04
1972 55.00
1973 55.01
1974 55.12
1975 55.38
1976 55.84
1977 56.40
1978 57.07
1979 57.86
1980 58.74
1981 59.75
1982 60.75
1983 61.72
1984 62.65
1985 63.47
1986 64.02
1987 64.45
1988 64.79
1989 65.09
1990 65.42
1991 65.43
1992 65.73
1993 66.15
1994 66.50
1995 66.68
1996 67.27
1997 67.49
1998 67.56
1999 67.82
2000 68.40
2001 68.89
2002 69.72
2003 70.74
2004 71.67
2005 72.35
2006 72.88
2007 73.21
2008 73.36
2009 73.43
2010 73.47
2011 73.42
2012 73.34
2013 73.20
2014 72.97
2015 72.63
2016 72.16
2017 71.62
2018 71.04
2019 70.48
2020 70.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population