United Arab Emirates - Population, female (% of total population)

Population, female (% of total population) in United Arab Emirates was 30.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.94 in 1960, while its lowest value was 25.19 in 2010.

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.

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Year Value
1960 49.94
1961 48.26
1962 46.15
1963 44.12
1964 42.50
1965 41.32
1966 40.58
1967 40.05
1968 39.36
1969 38.19
1970 36.58
1971 34.88
1972 33.37
1973 32.14
1974 31.22
1975 30.58
1976 30.10
1977 29.77
1978 29.67
1979 29.90
1980 30.45
1981 31.33
1982 32.42
1983 33.54
1984 34.45
1985 35.02
1986 35.22
1987 35.16
1988 34.94
1989 34.68
1990 34.46
1991 34.27
1992 34.09
1993 33.91
1994 33.75
1995 33.60
1996 33.44
1997 33.24
1998 33.01
1999 32.75
2000 32.45
2001 32.22
2002 32.02
2003 31.62
2004 30.81
2005 29.61
2006 28.17
2007 26.77
2008 25.72
2009 25.19
2010 25.19
2011 25.69
2012 26.56
2013 27.67
2014 28.75
2015 29.60
2016 30.16
2017 30.48
2018 30.64
2019 30.74
2020 30.88

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