In the following list, the woman’s rank in the list is followed by her name, occupation, age and country.

1. Condoleezza Rice, national security adviser, Bush Administration, 49, U.S.

2. Wu Yi Vice Premier, former vice mayor of Beijing, 65, China

3. Sonia Gandhi, president, Congress Party, 57, India

4. Laura Bush, U.S. first lady, 57, U.S.

5. Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Senator, 56, U.S.

6. Sandra Day O’Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 74, U.S.

7. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 71, U.S.

8. Megawati Sukarnoputri, president, Indonesia, 57, Indonesia

9. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, president, Philippines, 57, Phillipines

10. Carleton “Carly” S. Fiorina, chair and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard, 49, U.S.

11. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives, 64, U.S.

12. Cherie Booth Blair, U.K. first lady, 49, U.K.

13. Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, queen of Jordan, 34, Jordan

14. Begum Khaleda Zia, prime minister of Bangladesh, 58, Bangladesh

15. Abigail Johnson, president, Fidelity Management & Research, 41, U.S.

16. Susan Arnold, vice chair, Global Beauty Care, Procter & Gamble, 50, U.S.

17. Christine Poon, Worldwide Chair, Medicines and Nutritionals, Johnson & Johnson, 51, U.S.

18. Karen Hughes, adviser and former counselor to President George W. Bush, 48, U.S.

19. Marjorie Magner, chair and chief executive, Global Consumer Group, Citigroup, 55, U.S.

20. Ann S. Moore, chair and chief executive, Time Inc., 60, U.S.

21. Margaret Thatcher, former U.K. prime minister, 79, U.K.

22. Queen Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom, 78, U.K.

23. Lynne Cheney, U.S. second lady, 63, U.S.

24. Ho Ching, chief executive and executive director, Temasek Holdings,51, Singapore

25. Barbara Walters, news correspondent and anchor, ABC’s 20/20, 74, U.S.

26. Diane Sawyer, co-anchor, ABC’s Good Morning America, Primetime Thursday, 58, U.S.

27. Anne Sweeney, co-chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney-ABC Television Group, 46, U.S.

28. Vivian Banta, vice chair, chief executive of Insurance, Prudential Financial, 53, U.S.

29. Indra Nooyi, president and chief financial officer, PepsiCo, 48, U.S.

30. Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator, 67, U.S.

31. Tarja Halonen, president, Republic of Finland, 60, Finland

32. Nance Dicciani, president and chief executive, Specialty Materials, Honeywell International, 56, U.S.

33. Mary McAleese, president, Ireland, 53, Ireland

34. Loyola de Palacio, vice president of the European Commission, 53, Spain

35. Queen Beatrix, queen of the Netherlands, 66, Netherlands

36. Marina Berlusconi, chair, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 37, Italy

37. Brenda Barnes, president, chief operating officer, Sara Lee, 50, U.S.

38. Vanessa Castagna, executive vice president, chair and chief executive officer, J.C. Penney Stores, Catalog and I, 53, U.S.

39. Queen Sofia, queen of Spain, 65, Spain

40. Mary Sammons, president and chief executive, Rite Aid, 57, U.S.

41. Susanne Klatten, deputy chair, Altana, 42, Germany

42. Anne Mulcahy, chair and chief executive, Xerox, 51, U.S.

43. Helen Clark, prime minister of New Zealand, 54, New Zealand

44. Chandrika Kumaratunga, president, Sri Lanka, 59, Sri Lanka

45. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Laureate, 59, Myanmar

46. Faezeh Rafsanjani, chair, Islamic Countries Women’s Sports Federation and former member of Iranian Parliament, NA, Iran

47. Peng Peiyun, president, All-China Women’s Federation, 73, China

48. Sallie Krawcheck, chair and chief executive, Smith Barney, 39, U.S.

49. Gail Berman, president of entertainment, Fox Broadcasting, 47, U.S.

50. Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator, 71, U.S.

51. Margaret Whitman, president and chief executive, ebay, 47, U.S.

52. Patricia Stonesifer, president, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 47, U.S.

53. Anne Lauvergeon, chair, chief executive, The Areva Group, 45, France

54. Karen Elliott House, senior vice president, Dow Jones & Co.; Publisher, The Wall Street Journal, 56, U.S.

55. Xie Qihua, chair, president, Shanghai Baosteel Group, NA, China

56. Patricia Russo, chair, chief executive, Lucent Technologies, 51, U.S.

57. Katie Couric, co-anchor, The Today Show, 47, U.S.

58. Olympia Snowe, U.S. Senator of Maine, 57, U.S.

59. Marjorie Scardino, chief executive, Pearson, 57, U.K.

60. Stacey Snider, chair, Universal Pictures, Vivendi Universal, 43, U.S.

61. Andrea Jung, chair and chief executive, Avon, 45, U.S.

62. Oprah Winfrey, television host, media billionaire, 50, U.S.

63. Colleen Barrett, president and chief operating officer, Southwest Airlines, 59, U.S.

64. Judy McGrath, chair and chief executive, MTV Networks, 51, U.S.

65. Antonia Axson Johnson, chair, Axel Johnson, 61, Sweden

66. Amy Pascal, chair, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 46, U.S.

67. Anne Cox Chambers and Barbara Cox Anthony, owners, Cox Enterprises, NA, U.S.

68. Queen Silvia, queen of Sweden, 60, Sweden

69. Nancy McKinstry, chair, Wolters Kluwer, 45, Netherlands

70. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, president, Latvia, 66, Latvia

71. Sherry Lansing, chair, Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group, 59, U.S.

72. Susan V. Berresford, president, Ford Foundation, 53, U.S.

73. Luisa Diogo, prime minister of Mozambique, 46, Mozambique

74. Dr. Sima Samar, deputy premier of Afghanistan, 47, Afghanistan

75. Carla Cico, president and chief executive, Brasil Telecom, NA, Brazil

76. Christine Lagarde, chair, Baker & McKenzie, 48, France

77. Belinda Stronach, member of Parliament, Canada, 38, Canada

78. Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala, vice chair, Grupo Modelo, 40, Mexico

79. Liliane Bettencourt, owner, L’Oreal, 81, France

80. Mary Ma Xuezheng, senior vice president, chief financial officer, The Legend Group, 50, China

81. Dr. Stephanie Burns, president and CEO, Dow Corning, 49, U.S.

82. Marilyn Carlson Nelson, chair and chief executive, Carlson Companies, 64, U.S.

83. Queen Noor, dowager, queen of Jordan, 52, Jordan

84. Greta Van Susteren, anchor, Fox News Network, 50, U.S.

85. Joanne “J.K.” Rowling, author, the Harry Potter series, 38, U.K.

86. Dr. Mathilde Krim, founder and chair, American Foundation for AIDS Research, 78, U.S.

87. Louise Frechette, deputy secretary general, United Nations, 57, Canada

88. Ruth Ann Marshall, president, Americas, MasterCard International, 49, U.S.

89. Ann Fudge, chair and chief executive, Young & Rubicam, 52, U.S.

90. Carol Bartz, chair, CEO and president, AutoDesk, 55, U.S.

91. Orit Gadiesh, chair, Bain & Co., 53, U.S.

92. Martha Nelson, managing editor, People magazine, 51, U.S.

93. Rochelle “Shelly” Lazarus, chair and chief executive, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, 56, U.S.

94. Ana Patricia Botin, chair, Banco Espanol de Credito, 44, Spain

95. Carol Bellamy, executive director, UNICEF, 62, U.S.

96. Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, spokeswoman, Palestinian Authority, 57, West Bank

97. Clara Furse, chief executive, London Stock Exchange, NA, U.K.

98. Nancy Barry, president, Women’s World Banking, 55, U.S.

99. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Laureate, 57, Iran

100. Jody Williams, Nobel Laureate, 53, U.S.