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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Namibia: 1,989 
#2   Djibouti: 1,986 
#3   Central African Republic: 1,986 
#4   Zimbabwe: 1,978 
#5   Guinea-Bissau: 1,977 
#6   Mozambique: 1,975 
#7   Sao Tome and Principe: 1,975 
#8   Cape Verde: 1,975 
#9   Vanuatu: 1,975 
#10   Angola: 1,975 
#11   Solomon Islands: 1,974 
#12   Jordan: 1,974 
#13   Bahrain: 1,973 
#14   Bangladesh: 1,972 
#15   Switzerland: 1,971 
#16   Swaziland: 1,968 
#17   Yemen: 1,967 
#18   Botswana: 1,965 
#19   Lesotho: 1,965 
#20   Sudan: 1,964 
#21   Libya: 1,964 
#22   Iran: 1,963 
#23   Papua New Guinea: 1,963 
#24   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 1,963 
#25   Fiji: 1,963 
#26   Morocco: 1,963 
#27   Equatorial Guinea: 1,963 
#28   Uganda: 1,962 
#29   Zambia: 1,962 
#30   Algeria: 1,962 
#31   Malawi: 1,961 
#32   Sierra Leone: 1,961 
#33   El Salvador: 1,961 
#34   Bahamas, The: 1,961 
#35   Mauritania: 1,961 
#36   Burundi: 1,961 
#37   Rwanda: 1,961 
#38   Paraguay: 1,961 
#39   Cyprus: 1,960 
#40   Gambia, The: 1,960 
#41   Madagascar: 1,959 
#42   Laos: 1,958 
#43   Guinea: 1,958 
#44   Burkina Faso: 1,958 
#45   Nigeria: 1,958 
#46   Chad: 1,958 
#47   Tunisia: 1,957 
#48   Malaysia: 1,957 
#49   Egypt: 1,956 
#50   Mauritius: 1,956 
#51   Benin: 1,956 
#52   Gabon: 1,956 
#53   Comoros: 1,956 
#54   Mali: 1,956 
#55   Honduras: 1,955 
#56   Peru: 1,955 
#57   Cambodia: 1,955 
#58   Ethiopia: 1,955 
#59   Nicaragua: 1,955 
#60   Eritrea: 1,955 
#61   Belize: 1,954 
#62   Colombia: 1,954 
#63   Ghana: 1,954 
#64   Bhutan: 1,953 
#65   Syria: 1,953 
#66   Mexico: 1,953 
#67   Cote d'Ivoire: 1,952 
#68   Lebanon: 1,952 
#69   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1,951 
#70   Dominica: 1,951 
#71   Antigua and Barbuda: 1,951 
#72   Nepal: 1,951 
#73   Grenada: 1,951 
#74   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1,951 
#75   India: 1,950 
#76   Haiti: 1,950 
#77   Barbados: 1,950 
#78   Costa Rica: 1,949 
#79   China: 1,949 
#80   Niger: 1,948 
#81   Seychelles: 1,948 
#82   Israel: 1,948 
#83   Suriname: 1,948 
#84   Korea, South: 1,948 
#85   Pakistan: 1,947 
#86   Malta: 1,947 
#87   Singapore: 1,947 
#88   Argentina: 1,947 
#89   Trinidad and Tobago: 1,946 
#90   Cameroon: 1,946 
#91   Guatemala: 1,946 
#92   Burma: 1,946 
#93   Venezuela: 1,946 
#94   Vietnam: 1,946 
#95   Togo: 1,945 
#96   Croatia: 1,945 
#97   Senegal: 1,945 
#98   Indonesia: 1,945 
#99   Guyana: 1,945 
#100   Italy: 1,945 
#101   Slovenia: 1,945 
#102   Japan: 1,945 
#103   Jamaica: 1,944 
#104   France: 1,944 
#105   Bulgaria: 1,944 
#106   Dominican Republic: 1,942 
#107   Panama: 1,941 
#108   Bolivia: 1,938 
#109   Uzbekistan: 1,938 
#110   Philippines: 1,937 
#111   Brazil: 1,934 
#112   Cuba: 1,934 
#113   Turkey: 1,934 
#114   Uruguay: 1,932 
#115   Thailand: 1,932 
#116   Maldives: 1,932 
#117   Spain: 1,931 
#118   Chile: 1,931 
#119   Sri Lanka: 1,931 
#120   Portugal: 1,931 
#121   South Africa: 1,930 
#122   Ecuador: 1,929 
#123   Romania: 1,929 
#124   Greece: 1,927 
#125   Turkmenistan: 1,927 
#126   Tajikistan: 1,924 
#127   Mongolia: 1,924 
#128   Kazakhstan: 1,924 
#129   Saint Lucia: 1,924 
#130   Azerbaijan: 1,921 
#131   Armenia: 1,921 
#132   Lithuania: 1,921 
#133   Belgium: 1,921 
#134   Albania: 1,920 
#135   Canada: 1,920 
#136   Czech Republic: 1,920 
#137   Slovakia: 1,920 
#138   Luxembourg: 1,919 
#139   Belarus: 1,919 
#140   Kenya: 1,919 
#141   New Zealand: 1,919 
#142   Ukraine: 1,919 
#143   Kyrgyzstan: 1,918 
#144   United Kingdom: 1,918 
#145   Ireland: 1,918 
#146   Poland: 1,918 
#147   Estonia: 1,918 
#148   Hungary: 1,918 
#149   Georgia: 1,918 
#150   Latvia: 1,918 
#151   Germany: 1,918 
#152   Austria: 1,918 
#153   Russia: 1,918 
#154   Netherlands: 1,917 
#155   Denmark: 1,915 
#156   Iceland: 1,915 
#157   Sweden: 1,907 
#158   Norway: 1,907 
#159   Finland: 1,906 
#160   Australia: 1,902 
#161   United States: 1,788 
Weighted average: 1,944.7  


DEFINITION: Year in which women received the right to stand for election. Data refer to the year in which right to vote or stand for election on a universal and equal basis was recognized. Where two years are shown, the first refers to the first partial recognition of the right to stand for election.

SOURCE: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva

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Alison (USA)
5th January 2007 		Wikipedia says "Finally in 1919 the 19th amendment was created, allowing women in the United States to vote". That is, the US allowed women to vote in 1919, not in 1788 as you have stated. I believe Australia was the first in 1902.
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