These Countries Have More Women Than Men (List May Surprise You)
The Himalayan nation Nepal has the highest percentage of women in total population, followed by Hong Kong and Curacao. Out of Nepal’s population of 29.3 million, there are nearly 2.3 million more women than men – more than the entire population of Slovenia, Latvia, Bahrain, or Cyprus.
And it’s not clear yet how to reduce this gender gap. Just let that sink in for a moment.
The rest of the top 10 is rounded out by Martinique, Latvia, Guadeloupe, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.
- Nepal
Percent of the total population that are women: 54.19%
Number of women: 15.8 million
Number of men: 13.5 million
Total population: 29.3 million - Hong Kong
Percent of the total population that are women: 54.12%
Number of women: 4 million
Number of men: 3.5 million
Total population: 7.5 million - Curaçao
Percent of the total population that are women: 54.01%
Number of women: 89,000
Number of men: 75,000
Total population: 164,000 - Martinique
Percent of the total population that are women: 54.00%
Number of women: 203,000
Number of men: 173,000
Total population: 375,000 - Latvia
Percent of the total population that are women: 53.91%
Number of women: 1 million
Number of men: 0.9 million
Total population: 1.9 million - Guadeloupe
Percent of the total population that are women: 53.88%
Number of women: 216,000
Number of men: 185,000
Total population: 400,000 - Lithuania
Percent of the total population that are women: 53.72%
Number of women: 1.5 million
Number of men: 1.3 million
Total population: 2.8 million - Ukraine
Percent of the total population that are women: 53.67%
Number of women: 23.5 million
Number of men: 21.3 million
Total population: 44.8 million - Russia
Percent of the total population that are women: 53.65%
Number of women: 78,294,000
Number of men: 67,640,000
Total population: 145,934,000 - Belarus
Percent of the total population that are women: 53.44%
Number of women: 5,050,000
Number of men: 4,399,000
Total population: 9,449,000 - El Salvador
Percent of the total population that are women: 53.19%
Number of women: 3,450,000
Number of men: 3,036,000
Total population: 6,486,000 - Armenia
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.97%
Number of women: 1,569,000
Number of men: 1,394,000
Total population: 2,963,000 - Portugal
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.69%
Number of women: 5,373,000
Number of men: 4,824,000
Total population: 10,197,000 - Estonia
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.62%
Number of women: 698,000
Number of men: 628,000
Total population: 1,327,000 - Puerto Rico
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.62%
Number of women: 1,505,000
Number of men: 1,356,000
Total population: 2,861,000 - Aruba
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.57%
Number of women: 56,000
Number of men: 51,000
Total population: 107,000 - United States Virgin Islands
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.50%
Number of women: 55,000
Number of men: 50,000
Total population: 104,000 - Hungary
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.40%
Number of women: 5,062,000
Number of men: 4,598,000
Total population: 9,660,000 - Georgia
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.34%
Number of women: 2,088,000
Number of men: 1,901,000
Total population: 3,989,000 - Zimbabwe
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.28%
Number of women: 7,771,000
Number of men: 7,092,000
Total population: 14,863,000 - Republic of Moldova
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.11%
Number of women: 2,102,000
Number of men: 1,932,000
Total population: 4,034,000 - Sri Lanka
Percent of the total population that are women: 52.05%
Number of women: 11,146,000
Number of men: 10,267,000
Total population: 21,413,000 - Macao
Percent of the total population that are women: 51.94%
Number of women: 337,000
Number of men: 312,000
Total population: 649,000 - Myanmar
Percent of the total population that are women: 51.81%
Number of women: 28,190,000
Number of men: 26,220,000
Total population: 54,410,000 - Croatia
Percent of the total population that are women: 51.79%
Number of women: 2,126,000
Number of men: 1,979,000
Total population: 4,105,000
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