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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
DEFINITION
The number of males for each female one of five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertility patterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.
People Statistics > Sex ratio > 65 years and over (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Montserrat :
2.03 male(s)/female
2011
Montserratian People
# 2
United Arab Emirates :
1.8 male(s)/female
2011
Emirati People
# 3
Kuwait :
1.65 male(s)/female
2011
Kuwaiti People
# 4
Qatar :
1.36 male(s)/female
2011
Qatari People
# 5
Papua New Guinea :
1.2 male(s)/female
2011
Papua New Guinean People
# 6
Bahrain :
1.13 male(s)/female
2011
Bahraini People
# 7
Bhutan :
1.12 male(s)/female
2011
Bhutanese People
# 8
British Virgin Islands :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
British Virgin Islander People
# 9
Oman :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Omani People
= 10
Sudan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Sudanese People
= 10
Greenland :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Greenlandic People
= 10
Mayotte :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Mahoran People
= 10
Vanuatu :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
- People
# 14
French Guiana :
1.04 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 15
Liberia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Liberian People
= 15
Saudi Arabia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Saudi People
# 17
French Polynesia :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
French Polynesian People
# 18
Nauru :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Nauruan People
= 19
Côte d'Ivoire :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Ivoirian People
= 19
Andorra :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Andorran People
= 21
Maldives :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Maldivian People
= 21
Saint Barthelemy :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
People
= 21
Turks and Caicos Islands :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Turks and Caicos Islands People
= 21
Gambia, The :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Gambian People
# 25
Jordan :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Jordanian People
= 26
Lesotho :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Basotho People
= 26
Cook Islands :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Cook Islander People
= 26
Libya :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Libyan People
= 29
Nigeria :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Nigerian People
= 29
Brunei :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Bruneian People
= 29
Marshall Islands :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Marshallese People
= 32
Bangladesh :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Bangladeshi People
= 32
Anguilla :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Anguillan People
= 32
Gibraltar :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Gibraltar People
= 32
Ecuador :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Ecuadorian People
= 32
China :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Chinese People
= 37
Afghanistan :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Afghan People
= 37
Taiwan :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Taiwan People
= 37
Mali :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Malian People
= 37
Pakistan :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Pakistani People
= 37
Northern Mariana Islands :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
NA People
= 42
India :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Indian People
= 42
Iran :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Iranian People
= 42
Belize :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Belizean People
= 42
Yemen :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Yemeni People
= 46
Faroe Islands :
0.9 male(s)/female
2011
Faroese People
= 46
East Timor :
0.9 male(s)/female
2011
Timorese People
= 48
Peru :
0.89 male(s)/female
2011
Peruvian People
= 48
Solomon Islands :
0.89 male(s)/female
2011
Solomon Islander People
= 48
Cayman Islands :
0.89 male(s)/female
2011
Caymanian People
= 51
American Samoa :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
American Samoan People
= 51
Hong Kong :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
Hong Kong People
= 51
Iraq :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
Iraqi People
= 51
Nepal :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
Nepalese People
= 51
Macau :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
Chinese People
= 56
Lebanon :
0.87 male(s)/female
2011
Lebanese People
= 56
Senegal :
0.87 male(s)/female
2011
Senegalese People
= 56
Albania :
0.87 male(s)/female
2011
Albanian People
= 56
Panama :
0.87 male(s)/female
2011
Panamanian People
= 60
Sri Lanka :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Sri Lankan People
= 60
New Caledonia :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
New Caledonian People
= 60
Dominican Republic :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Dominican People
= 60
Guatemala :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Guatemalan People
= 60
Tunisia :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Tunisian People
= 60
Algeria :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Algerian People
= 60
Syria :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Syrian People
= 60
Costa Rica :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Costa Rican People
= 60
Saint Helena :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
Saint Helenian People
= 60
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Sao Tomean People
= 60
Paraguay :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Paraguayan People
= 71
Guam :
0.85 male(s)/female
2011
Guamanian People
= 71
Cameroon :
0.85 male(s)/female
2011
Cameroonian People
= 71
Wallis and Futuna :
0.85 male(s)/female
2011
Futunan, People
= 74
Ghana :
0.84 male(s)/female
2011
Ghanaian People
= 74
New Zealand :
0.84 male(s)/female
2011
New Zealand People
= 74
Australia :
0.84 male(s)/female
2011
Australian People
= 74
Turkey :
0.84 male(s)/female
2011
Turkish People
= 78
Iceland :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Icelandic People
= 78
Kenya :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Kenyan People
= 78
Egypt :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Egyptian People
= 78
Morocco :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Moroccan People
= 78
Cuba :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Cuban People
= 78
Comoros :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Comoran People
= 78
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Saint Vincentian People
= 78
Virgin Islands :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Virgin Islander People
= 86
Thailand :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Thai People
= 86
Martinique :
0.82 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 86
Saint Martin :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
People
= 86
Grenada :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Grenadian People
= 86
Saint Lucia :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Saint Lucian People
= 86
Mexico :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Mexican People
= 86
Eritrea :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Eritrean People
= 93
Sierra Leone :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Sierra Leonean People
= 93
Singapore :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Singapore People
= 93
Ireland :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Irish People
= 93
Fiji :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Fijian People
= 93
Djibouti :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Djiboutian People
= 93
Jamaica :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Jamaican People
= 93
El Salvador :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Salvadoran People
= 93
Honduras :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Honduran People
= 101
Jersey :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Channel Islander People
= 101
Monaco :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Monegasque People
= 101
San Marino :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Sammarinese People
= 101
Madagascar :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Malagasy People
= 101
Niger :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Nigerien People
= 101
Namibia :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Namibian People
= 101
Samoa :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Samoan People
= 101
Sweden :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Swedish People
= 109
Angola :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Angolan People
= 109
Venezuela :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Venezuelan People
= 109
Indonesia :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Indonesian People
= 109
Bolivia :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Bolivian People
= 109
Malaysia :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Malaysian People
= 114
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Nevisian People
= 114
Equatorial Guinea :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Equatorial Guinean People
= 114
Canada :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Canadian People
= 114
Guinea :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Guinean People
= 114
Nicaragua :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Nicaraguan People
= 114
Israel :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Israeli People
= 114
Denmark :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Danish People
= 114
Greece :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Greek People
= 122
Turkmenistan :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Turkmen People
= 122
Burma :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Burmese People
= 122
Liechtenstein :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Liechtenstein People
= 122
Malta :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Maltese People
= 122
Mongolia :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Mongolian People
= 122
Cyprus :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Cypriot People
= 122
Tanzania :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Tanzanian People
= 122
Guernsey :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Channel Islander People
= 130
Philippines :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Philippine People
= 130
Norway :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Norwegian People
= 130
Malawi :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Malawian People
= 130
Netherlands :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Dutch People
= 130
United Kingdom :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
British People
= 130
Antigua and Barbuda :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Barbudan People
= 130
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Macedonian People
= 130
Dominica :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Dominican People
= 138
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Tobagonian People
= 138
Ethiopia :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Ethiopian People
= 138
Puerto Rico :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Puerto Rican People
= 138
Zimbabwe :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Zimbabwean People
= 138
Laos :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Lao People
= 138
United States :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
American People
= 138
Suriname :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Surinamese People
= 138
Serbia and Montenegro :
0.75 male(s)/female
2005
Serbian People
= 138
Uzbekistan :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Uzbekistani People
= 147
Colombia :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Colombian People
= 147
Tajikistan :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Tajikistani People
= 147
Micronesia, Federated States of :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Micronesian People
= 147
Mauritania :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Mauritanian People
= 147
Japan :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Japanese People
= 152
Chad :
0.73 male(s)/female
2011
Chadian People
= 152
Tuvalu :
0.73 male(s)/female
2011
Tuvaluan People
= 152
Brazil :
0.73 male(s)/female
2011
Brazilian People
= 155
Gabon :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Gabonese People
= 155
Swaziland :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Swazi People
= 155
France :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
French People
= 155
Switzerland :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Swiss People
= 155
Germany :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
German People
= 155
Spain :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Spanish People
= 155
Chile :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Chilean People
= 155
Italy :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Italian People
= 163
Guadeloupe :
0.71 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 163
West Bank :
0.71 male(s)/female
2008
People
= 163
Bermuda :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Bermudian People
= 163
Man, Isle of :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Manx People
= 163
Austria :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Austrian People
= 163
Mozambique :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Mozambican People
= 163
Belgium :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Belgian People
= 163
Guyana :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Guyanese People
= 171
Portugal :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Portuguese People
= 171
Uganda :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Ugandan People
= 171
Somalia :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Somali People
= 171
Argentina :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Argentine People
= 171
Luxembourg :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Luxembourg People
= 171
Tonga :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Tongan People
= 171
Congo, Republic of the :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Congolese People
= 178
Gaza Strip :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
People
= 178
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Herzegovinian People
= 178
Romania :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Romanian People
= 178
Netherlands Antilles :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
Dutch Antillean People
= 178
Benin :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Beninese People
= 178
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Congolese People
= 178
Finland :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Finnish People
= 178
Réunion :
0.69 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 186
Botswana :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
Motswana -Batswana People
= 185
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
French People
= 185
Bulgaria :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
Bulgarian People
= 185
South Africa :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
South African People
= 185
Zambia :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
Zambian People
= 191
Burundi :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Burundian People
= 191
Uruguay :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Uruguayan People
= 191
Mauritius :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Mauritian People
= 191
Korea, South :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Korean People
= 191
Central African Republic :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Central African People
= 191
Rwanda :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Rwandan People
= 197
Aruba :
0.66 male(s)/female
2011
Aruban People
= 197
Guinea-Bissau :
0.66 male(s)/female
2011
Guinean People
= 197
Georgia :
0.66 male(s)/female
2011
Georgian People
= 197
Czech Republic :
0.66 male(s)/female
2011
Czech People
# 201
Slovenia :
0.65 male(s)/female
2011
Slovenian People
= 202
Kiribati :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
- People
= 202
Kyrgyzstan :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Kyrgyzstani People
= 202
Burkina Faso :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Burkinabe People
= 202
Korea, North :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Korean People
= 202
Barbados :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Barbadian People
= 202
Croatia :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Croatian People
# 208
Togo :
0.63 male(s)/female
2011
Togolese People
= 209
Armenia :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Armenian People
= 209
Poland :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Polish People
= 209
Haiti :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Haitian People
= 209
Bahamas, The :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Bahamian People
= 209
Vietnam :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Vietnamese People
# 214
Cape Verde :
0.61 male(s)/female
2011
Cape Verdean People
= 215
Cambodia :
0.6 male(s)/female
2011
Cambodian People
= 215
Seychelles :
0.6 male(s)/female
2011
Seychellois People
= 215
Slovakia :
0.6 male(s)/female
2011
Slovak People
= 218
Azerbaijan :
0.58 male(s)/female
2011
Azerbaijani People
= 218
Moldova :
0.58 male(s)/female
2011
Moldovan People
# 220
Hungary :
0.57 male(s)/female
2011
Hungarian People
= 221
Lithuania :
0.53 male(s)/female
2011
Lithuanian People
= 221
Kazakhstan :
0.53 male(s)/female
2011
Kazakhstani People
= 223
Estonia :
0.49 male(s)/female
2011
Estonian People
= 223
Ukraine :
0.49 male(s)/female
2011
Ukrainian People
# 225
Latvia :
0.48 male(s)/female
2011
Latvian People
# 226
Belarus :
0.47 male(s)/female
2011
Belarusian People
# 227
Russia :
0.44 male(s)/female
2011
Russian People
# 228
Palau :
0.43 male(s)/female
2011
Palauan People
Weighted average:
0.8 male(s)/female
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
0.68 male(s)/female
DEFINITION: The number of males for each female one of five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertility patterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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"Sex ratio > 65 years and over by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_sex_rat_65_yea_and_ove-sex-ratio-65-years-over
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