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

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in North America was 64.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.28 in 2008, while its lowest value was 59.81 in 1962.

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 60.07
1961 59.86
1962 59.81
1963 59.86
1964 59.98
1965 60.13
1966 60.32
1967 60.56
1968 60.82
1969 61.11
1970 61.45
1971 61.87
1972 62.29
1973 62.70
1974 63.11
1975 63.54
1976 63.92
1977 64.33
1978 64.72
1979 65.06
1980 65.31
1981 65.46
1982 65.55
1983 65.57
1984 65.55
1985 65.49
1986 65.35
1987 65.21
1988 65.06
1989 64.91
1990 64.77
1991 64.62
1992 64.49
1993 64.40
1994 64.37
1995 64.40
1996 64.44
1997 64.56
1998 64.73
1999 64.92
2000 65.10
2001 65.35
2002 65.55
2003 65.74
2004 65.93
2005 66.13
2006 66.17
2007 66.23
2008 66.28
2009 66.28
2010 66.21
2011 66.10
2012 65.98
2013 65.83
2014 65.65
2015 65.44
2016 65.23
2017 64.99
2018 64.73
2019 64.46
2020 64.19

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