A new study says, India has the lowest percentage of female population in the Asia-Pacific region. According to the report 'Power, Voice and Rights' by the UNDP, while India had 48.2 per cent female population at birth, Pakistan had 48.5, Bangladesh 48.8 and Japan 51.1 per cent.<br/> Releasing the report in New Delhi today, former New Zealand Prime Minister and Administrator of UNDP, Helen Clarke said, the report again shows that six out of ten of the world's poorest people are women and are still subject to violence.<br/> Regarding India, she said that the country presents a mixed picture. While the government shows exceptional commitment to the cause of women's development, the situation on the ground is quite different. India also has 42.7 million women who were missing in the year 2007 and the mean age at marriage is 20 for women and 25 for men.<br/> Pakistan has just 6.1 million women missing and Bangladesh 3.2 million.India's infant mortality rate has, however, declined from 83 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 57 per 1,000 in 2006.The country has 0.3 per cent of its people in the age group of 15-49 vulnerable to HIV and AIDS. The corresponding figure for Pakistan is 0.1 and and Bangladesh 0.5.<br/>