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Personality Types in the Population by Male / Female

To see Personality Type Data for Males and Females Combined, click here


Personality Type Distribution for

Males

Type Frequency in Population  
ISTJ                   16.4%
ESTJ              11.2%
ISTP            8.5%
ISFJ           8.1%
ISFP           7.6%
ESFJ           7.5%
ESFP          6.9%
ENFP         6.4%
ESTP         5.6%
INTP        4.8%
INFP       4.1%
ENTP       4.0%
INTJ      3.3%
ENTJ      2.7%
ENFJ     1.6%
INFJ    1.2%

 

 

Personality Type Distribution for

Females

Type Frequency in Population  
ISFJ                      19.4%
ESFJ                    16.9%
ESFP             10.1%
ISFP             9.9%
ENFP             9.7%
ISTJ          6.9%
ESTJ         6.3%
INFP        4.6%
ENFJ      3.3%
ESTP      3.0%
ENTP     2.4%
ISTP     2.3%
INTP     1.7%
INFJ     1.6%
INTJ    0.9%
ENTJ    0.9%

 

A few observations:

Almost 20% of the female population are ISFJ's.

INTJ's and ENTJ's are the rarest personality types for females. Less than 1 out of 100 each.

 

Data source: "MBTI Manual" courtesy of CPP