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People > Gender Stats: compare key data on Afghanistan & United States

Definitions

  • Female population: Total female population.
  • Female population per thousand people: Total female population. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Gender inequality index: Gender Inequality Index.
  • Gender ratio aged over 60: Amount of women per every 100 males that are over the age of 60 in each country. For instance, in Russia, for every 100 males over 60, there are 196 females who are over 60.
  • Gender ratio aged over 65: Amount of women per every 100 males that are over the age of 65 in each country. For instance, in Russia, for every 100 males over 65, there are 210.6 females who are over 65.
  • Gender ratio aged over 80: Amount of women per every 100 males that are over the age of 80 in each country. For instance, in North Korea, for every 100 males over 80, there are 411.8 females who are over 80.
  • Male population: Total male population.
  • Male population per thousand people: Total male population. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Sex ratio at birth: Number of males born for every female born. Countries with a number less than one have more females born than males.
  • Women aged 15-49: Country's total population of women aged 15-49. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Women aged 15-49 per thousand people: Country's total population of women aged 15-49. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
STAT Afghanistan United States HISTORY
Female population 29.67 million
Ranked 38th.
231.19 million
Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Afghanistan

Female population per thousand people 492.41
Ranked 161st.
513.11
Ranked 32nd. 4% more than Afghanistan

Gender inequality index 0.712
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
0.256
Ranked 103th.
Gender ratio aged over 60 102
Ranked 174th.
129.9
Ranked 64th. 27% more than Afghanistan

Gender ratio aged over 65 105.1
Ranked 173th.
138
Ranked 60th. 31% more than Afghanistan

Gender ratio aged over 80 121.4
Ranked 173th.
186.6
Ranked 57th. 54% more than Afghanistan

Male population 29.58 million
Ranked 38th.
230.88 million
Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Afghanistan

Male population per thousand people 507.59
Ranked 32nd. 2% more than United States
496.34
Ranked 103th.

Sex ratio at birth 1.06
Ranked 37th. 1% more than United States
1.05
Ranked 132nd.

Women aged 15-49 12.42 million
Ranked 41st.
89.8 million
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Afghanistan

Women aged 15-49 per thousand people 213.18
Ranked 186th.
241.41
Ranked 133th. 13% more than Afghanistan

SOURCES: United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Development Programme. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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