Countries by continents. Number of reporting countries is given in square brackets.

Census year

Total

Number of holders reporting sex

Male

Female

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

TOTAL [41]

AFRICA [17]

Benin

92

408 020

370 338

90.8

37 682

9.2

Botswana

93

100 927

66 441

65.8

34 486

34.2

Burkina Faso

93

886 638

812 079

91.6

74 559

8.4

Cape Verde

88

32 193

20 539

63.8

11 654

36.2

Congo, Dem. Rep. of

90

4 479 600

4 081 200

91.1

398 400

8.9

Djibouti

95

1 135

1 078

95.0

57

5.0

Egypt

90

3 470 813

3 185 060

91.8

285 753

8.2

Guinea

95

442 168

433 307

98.0

8 861

2.0

Lesotho

89/90

229 300

169 400

73.9

59 900

26.1

Morocco

96

1 492 844

1 426 449

95.6

66 395

4.4

Namibia

95

113 616

48 784

42.9

64 832

57.1

Reunion

89

15 198

13 695

90.1

1 503

9.9

Sao Tome & Principe

90

13 779

9 156

66.4

4 623

33.6

Swaziland

93

73 745

61 062

82.8

12 683

17.2

Tanzania

94/95

3 872 323

3 210 455

82.9

661 868

17.1

Uganda

91

1 704 721

1 427 028

83.7

277 693

16.3

Zambia

90

520 520

442 561

85.0

77 959

15.0

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA [7]

Bahamas

94

1 727

1 192

69.0

535

31.0

Dominica

95

8 385

6 777

80.8

1 608

19.2

Grenada

95

11 807

7 818

66.2

3 989

33.8

Guadeloupe

89

16 530

13 497

81.7

3 033

18.3

Martinique

89

16 038

12 577

78.4

3 461

21.6

Saint Lucia

86

11 504

8 672

75.4

2 832

24.6

United States

87

2 087 759

1 956 118

93.7

131 641

6.3

SOUTH AMERICA [3]

Argentina

88

265 841

227 902

85.7

37 939

14.3

Brazil

85

5 754 187

4 790 622

83.3

963 565

16.7

French Guiana

89

4 491

2 688

59.9

1 803

40.1

ASIA [5]

Bangladesh

96

17 828 187

17 208 640

96.5

619 547

3.5

Cyprus

85

47 521

43 688

91.9

3 833

8.1

Indonesia

93

20 331 746

18 541 005

91.2

1 790 741

8.8

Myanmar

93

2 924 305

2 632 008

90.0

292 297

10.0

Nepal

92

2 736 050

2 560 413

93.6

175 637

6.4

EUROPE [6]

Austria

90

268 869

209 740

78.0

59 129

22.0

Belgium

90

87 180

75 250

86.3

11 930

13.7

France

88

1 016 755

866 963

85.3

149 792

14.7

Italy

90

3 002 127

2 219 999

73.9

782 128

26.1

Norway

89

98 610

89 267

90.5

9 343

9.5

Portugal

89

593 590

501 978

84.6

91 612

15.4

OCEANIA [3]

Fiji

91

93 288

88 431

94.8

4 857

5.2

Niue

89

446

392

87.9

54

12.1

Western Samoa

89

11 164

10 896

97.6

268

2.4