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.

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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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