Personality Types by Gender
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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% |
Data source: "MBTI Manual" published by CPP
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.
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