Population, female (% of total population) in World was reported at 49.71 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. World - Population, female (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

In terms of population size, the sex ratio in the United States favors females, although the gender gap is remaining stable. In 2010, there were around 5.17 million more women, with the difference projected to decrease to around 3 million by 2027.

Gender ratios by U.S. state In the United States, the resident population was estimated to be around 331.89 million in 2021. The gender distribution of the nation has remained steady for several years, with women accounting for approximately 51.1 percent of the population since 2013. Females outnumbered males in the majority of states across the country in 2020, and there were eleven states where the gender ratio favored men.

Metro areas by population National differences between male and female populations can also be analyzed by metropolitan areas. In general, a metropolitan area is a region with a main city at its center and adjacent communities that are all connected by social and economic factors. The largest metro areas in the U.S. are New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. In 2019, there were more women than men in all three of those areas, but Jackson, Missouri was the metro area with the highest share of female population.

The statistic shows the total population in the United States from 2015 to 2021, with projections up until 2027. In 2021, the total population of the U.S. amounted to approximately 332.18 million inhabitants.

The United States' economy over the last decade

The United States of America is the world’s largest national economy and the second most prominent trader globally, trailing just behind China. The country is also one of the most populated countries in the world, trailing only China and India. The United States' economy prospers primarily due to having a plentiful amount of natural resources and advanced infrastructure to cope with the production of goods and services, as well as the population and workforce to enable high productivity. Efficient productivity led to a slight growth in GDP almost every year over the past decade, despite undergoing several economic hardships towards the late 2000's.

In addition, the United States holds arguably one of the most important financial markets, with the majority of countries around the world having commercial connections with American companies. Dependency on a single market like the United States has however caused several global dilemmas, most evidently seen during the 2008 financial crisis. What initially started off as a bursting of the U.S. housing bubble lead to a worldwide recession and the necessity to reform national economics. The global financial crisis affected the United States most drastically, especially within the unemployment market as well as national debt, which continued to rise due to the United States having to borrow money in order to stimulate its economy.

World urban population for 2023 was 4,614,425,176, a 1.67% increase from 2022.

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<li>World urban population for 2022 was <strong>4,538,431,007</strong>, a <strong>1.65% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>World urban population for 2021 was <strong>4,464,635,019</strong>, a <strong>1.57% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>World urban population for 2020 was <strong>4,395,641,624</strong>, a <strong>1.82% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

The map shows the population growth in the United States with 2018-2023 estimates by county, tract, and block group. Areas in green have positive growth rate while area in brown have negative predicted growth. Size is denoted by the 2023 total population estimate. The pop-up has additional information including 2018 total population, 2018 total households, and the 2023 estimates. For more information about Esri's demographic data, visit the Updated Demographics documentation.

As of 2023, Germany was the largest country in the European Union in terms of population. The central European country comprised almost one-fifth of the total population of the EU in that year, with France in second place with 15.19 percent, and Italy in third at 13.15 percent. While there are 27 member states of the European Union in total, approximately two-thirds of the population of the bloc is made up by the seven largest countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, and the Netherlands. Of the remaining 20 member states, no country makes up more than 3 percent of the EU's total population, with the smallest country, Malta, comprising just 0.12 percent of the total.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Lucknow, India metro area from 1950 to 2025.

This statistic shows the total population of Panama from 2020 to 2023, with projections up until 2030. In 2023, the total population of Panama amounted to approximately 4.45 million inhabitants. Panama's population Even though the population growth trend in Panama is pointing upwards, a total of only 4.42 million people are expected to inhabit the country by 2020. This is about the size of a medium city in many other parts of the world, and it is relatively small in comparison to other South-American countries. The largest city in Panama is its capital, Panama City, located at the Pacific Ocean on the famous Panama Canal, with a population of about 430,000. The second largest city is San Miguelito with 320,000. The Panama Canal serves to fuel the services sector, and the country's overall GDP per capita is increasing steadily. By 2020, GDP per capita is expected to reach around 17,000 U.S. dollars. A total of 16.7 percent of employment still belongs to the agricultural sector, which is quite high considering that agriculture composes a very small share of total GDP. As is the case with many developing countries, agriculture remains an important source of income for many inhabitants. Addtionally, more than half of Panama's inhabitants live in urban areas. This means that while urbanization is still underway a fairly large proportion of inhabitants still live in rural areas.

Germany DE: Urban Population data was reported at 64,762,692.000 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 65,067,459.000 Person for 2022. Germany DE: Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 58,885,793.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 65,067,459.000 Person in 2022 and a record low of 51,978,188.000 Person in 1960. Germany DE: Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Sum;

China urban population for 2023 was 910,895,447, a 1.48% increase from 2022.

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<li>China urban population for 2022 was <strong>897,578,430</strong>, a <strong>1.66% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>China urban population for 2021 was <strong>882,894,483</strong>, a <strong>1.86% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>China urban population for 2020 was <strong>866,810,508</strong>, a <strong>2.1% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Over the past 23 years, there were constantly more men than women living on the planet. Of the 8.06 billion people living on the Earth in 2023, 4.05 billion were men and 4.01 billion were women. One-quarter of the world's total population in 2024 was below 15 years.

urban population for 2023 was 921,500,307, a 0.72% increase from 2022.

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<li> urban population for 2022 was <strong>914,957,112</strong>, a <strong>0.11% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li> urban population for 2021 was <strong>913,985,564</strong>, a <strong>0.15% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li> urban population for 2020 was <strong>912,595,725</strong>, a <strong>0.6% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Over the past 23 years, the total population of Sweden increased steadily. In 2000, there were nearly 8.9 million people living in the Scandinavian country, and this had increased to 10.55 million in 2023. The population growth is expected to continue over the next decades, and it is estimated that the population of Sweden will reach over 13 million by 2080.

Immigration drove the population growth

One main reason for the steadily increasing is the number of immigrants arriving in the country. Even though the number of immigrants fell since the peak in 2016, the population with a foreign background increased steadily over the past 10 years.

Syrians make up the largest group of foreigners

The high number of immigrants arriving in Sweden in 2016 was caused by the high number or refugees fleeing the Syrian Civil War. As of 2022, Syrians made up the largest foreign group residing in the country. Next to refugees from the Middle East, immigrants from other EU-members such as Poland and neighboring Finland constituted a high number of the foreign-born citizens living in the country.

Colombia CO: Urban Population data was reported at 43,088,562.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 42,450,983.000 Person for 2022. Colombia CO: Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 23,462,243.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43,088,562.000 Person in 2023 and a record low of 7,220,681.000 Person in 1960. Colombia CO: Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Sum;

This table contains data from the census of the municipal population in the French departments. Censuses for the following years are present in the table:

• 1968
• 1975
• 1982
• 1990
• from 2006 to 2021

Collection Context The data is uploaded to the [INSEE] website(https://www.insee.fr/fr/accueil) and then integrated into a repository database to make it available to GIS users and departmental agents.

The municipal population includes persons:

• having their habitual residence in the territory of the municipality, in a dwelling or community;

• detained in the penal institutions of the municipality;

• homeless persons registered in the territory of the municipality;

• usually residing in a mobile dwelling registered in the territory of the municipality. The municipal population of a group of municipalities is equal to the sum of the municipal populations of the municipalities that make up it.

The concept of municipal population now corresponds to the concept of population used in statistics. It does not contain double accounts: every person living in France is counted once and only once. In 1999, the concept of a population without double counting corresponded to the notion of a statistical population. The concept of municipal population is defined by Decree No. 2003-485 published in the Official Journal of 8 June 2003 on the population census (source INSEE).

Collection method Every year, the table is updated. A new field is created and filled in with the data from the last census of the municipal population.

Attributes | field | Alias ▲ Type | – | – — | ‘objectID’ | Unique identifier ‘integer’ | ‘Reg’ | Region code ⋆ ‘char’ -’ | ‘DEP’ | Department Number ▲ ‘char’ — | ‘dep_name’ | Department name ▲ ‘char’ | ‘superf’ | Area ▲ ‘double’ ⋆ | ‘d68_pop’ | Census 1968 ‘integer’ | ‘d75_pop’ | Census 1975 ‘integer’ | ‘d82_pop’ | Census 1982 ‘integer’ | ‘d90_pop’ | Census 1990 ‘integer’ | ‘p99_pop’ | Census 1999 ‘integer’ | ‘p06_pop’ | Census 2006 ‘integer’ | ‘p07_pop’ | Census 2007 ‘integer’ | ‘p08_pop’ | Census 2008 ‘integer’ | ‘p09_pop’ | Census 2009 ‘integer’ | ‘p10_pop’ | Census 2010 ‘integer’ | ‘p11_pop’ | Census 2011 ‘integer’ | ‘p12_pop’ | Municipal population 2015 – Census 2012 ‘integer’ | ‘p13_pop’ | Municipal population 2016 – Census 2013 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p14_pop’ | Municipal population 2017 – 2014 Census ⋆ ‘integer’ — | ‘p15_pop’ | Municipal population 2018 – Census 2015 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p16_pop’ | Municipal population 2019 – Census 2016 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p17_pop’ | Municipal population 2020 – Census 2017 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p18_pop’ | Municipal population 2021 – 2018 Census ▲ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p19_pop’ | Municipal population 2022 – 2019 Census ▲ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p20_pop’ | Municipal population 2023 – 2020 census ⋆ ‘integer’ | ‘p21_pop’ | Municipal population 2024 – Census 2021 ⋆ ‘integer’ -’

For more information, see the metadata on the Isogeo catalog.

Norway urban population for 2023 was 4,636,183, a 1.54% increase from 2022.

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<li>Norway urban population for 2022 was <strong>4,565,651</strong>, a <strong>1.32% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>Norway urban population for 2021 was <strong>4,506,374</strong>, a <strong>0.96% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>Norway urban population for 2020 was <strong>4,463,566</strong>, a <strong>1.03% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

rural population for 2023 was 3,212,448,118, a 0.07% decline from 2022.

<ul style='margin-top:20px;'>

<li> rural population for 2022 was <strong>3,214,708,080</strong>, a <strong>0.16% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li> rural population for 2021 was <strong>3,219,714,759</strong>, a <strong>0.02% decline</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li> rural population for 2020 was <strong>3,220,418,208</strong>, a <strong>0.07% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

rural population for 2023 was 574,844,984, a 1.51% increase from 2022.

<ul style='margin-top:20px;'>

<li> rural population for 2022 was <strong>566,312,869</strong>, a <strong>1.21% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li> rural population for 2021 was <strong>559,554,611</strong>, a <strong>1.54% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li> rural population for 2020 was <strong>551,086,627</strong>, a <strong>1.62% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Costa Rica CR: Urban Population data was reported at 4,306,402.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,250,456.000 Person for 2022. Costa Rica CR: Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1,685,619.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,306,402.000 Person in 2023 and a record low of 461,162.000 Person in 1960. Costa Rica CR: Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Sum;

Finland rural population for 2023 was 794,423, a 0.15% decline from 2022.

<ul style='margin-top:20px;'>

<li>Finland rural population for 2022 was <strong>795,579</strong>, a <strong>0.32% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>Finland rural population for 2021 was <strong>798,128</strong>, a <strong>0.34% decline</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>Finland rural population for 2020 was <strong>800,844</strong>, a <strong>0.34% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.