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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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 :
1.88 male(s)/female
2008
# 2
United Arab Emirates :
1.84 male(s)/female
2008
# 3
Kuwait :
1.67 male(s)/female
2008
# 4
Qatar :
1.4 male(s)/female
2008
# 5
Oman :
1.29 male(s)/female
2008
# 6
Bangladesh :
1.15 male(s)/female
2008
# 7
Bhutan :
1.13 male(s)/female
2008
= 8
Sudan :
1.1 male(s)/female
2008
= 8
Bahrain :
1.1 male(s)/female
2008
= 10
Saudi Arabia :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 10
Nauru :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 12
Vanuatu :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 12
British Virgin Islands :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
# 14
Northern Mariana Islands :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
# 15
French Guiana :
1.04 male(s)/female
2006
# 16
Mayotte :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 17
Gambia, The :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 17
French Polynesia :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Djibouti :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Maldives :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
# 22
Greenland :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
# 23
Niger :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
# 24
Andorra :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 25
Libya :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 25
Grenada :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Liberia :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Nigeria :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Taiwan :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Nepal :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Jordan :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Marshall Islands :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Afghanistan :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Yemen :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
# 35
Iran :
0.93 male(s)/female
2008
= 36
East Timor :
0.92 male(s)/female
2008
= 36
Brunei :
0.92 male(s)/female
2008
= 36
Belize :
0.92 male(s)/female
2008
= 39
Anguilla :
0.91 male(s)/female
2008
= 39
China :
0.91 male(s)/female
2008
= 39
Turks and Caicos Islands :
0.91 male(s)/female
2008
= 42
Solomon Islands :
0.9 male(s)/female
2008
= 42
India :
0.9 male(s)/female
2008
= 42
Palau :
0.9 male(s)/female
2008
= 45
Iraq :
0.89 male(s)/female
2008
= 45
Pakistan :
0.89 male(s)/female
2008
= 45
Faroe Islands :
0.89 male(s)/female
2008
= 45
Peru :
0.89 male(s)/female
2008
= 45
Syria :
0.89 male(s)/female
2008
= 45
Cayman Islands :
0.89 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Guam :
0.88 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Tunisia :
0.88 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Ecuador :
0.88 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Sri Lanka :
0.88 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Senegal :
0.88 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
American Samoa :
0.88 male(s)/female
2008
= 57
Panama :
0.87 male(s)/female
2008
= 57
Hong Kong :
0.87 male(s)/female
2008
= 57
Albania :
0.87 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Paraguay :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Costa Rica :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Macau :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Dominican Republic :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Guatemala :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Ghana :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
New Caledonia :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Papua New Guinea :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Saint Helena :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Sierra Leone :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Algeria :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 71
Eritrea :
0.85 male(s)/female
2008
= 71
Cameroon :
0.85 male(s)/female
2008
= 71
Comoros :
0.85 male(s)/female
2008
= 71
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
0.85 male(s)/female
2008
= 75
Gibraltar :
0.84 male(s)/female
2008
= 75
Turkey :
0.84 male(s)/female
2008
= 75
Kenya :
0.84 male(s)/female
2008
= 75
Cuba :
0.84 male(s)/female
2008
= 79
Thailand :
0.83 male(s)/female
2008
= 79
Iceland :
0.83 male(s)/female
2008
= 79
New Zealand :
0.83 male(s)/female
2008
= 79
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.83 male(s)/female
2008
= 79
Australia :
0.83 male(s)/female
2008
= 84
Namibia :
0.82 male(s)/female
2008
= 84
Saint Lucia :
0.82 male(s)/female
2008
= 84
Lebanon :
0.82 male(s)/female
2008
= 84
Honduras :
0.82 male(s)/female
2008
= 84
Mexico :
0.82 male(s)/female
2008
= 84
Fiji :
0.82 male(s)/female
2008
= 84
Virgin Islands :
0.82 male(s)/female
2008
= 84
Martinique :
0.82 male(s)/female
2006
= 92
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.81 male(s)/female
2008
= 92
Madagascar :
0.81 male(s)/female
2008
= 92
Samoa :
0.81 male(s)/female
2008
= 92
Jamaica :
0.81 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Indonesia :
0.8 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Singapore :
0.8 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Equatorial Guinea :
0.8 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Bolivia :
0.8 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Jersey :
0.8 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Ireland :
0.8 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Venezuela :
0.8 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Zimbabwe :
0.8 male(s)/female
2008
= 104
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.79 male(s)/female
2008
= 104
Angola :
0.79 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
Laos :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
Cyprus :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
Nicaragua :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
El Salvador :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
Haiti :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
Greece :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
Tanzania :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
Guinea :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
Sweden :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 106
Malaysia :
0.78 male(s)/female
2008
= 116
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.77 male(s)/female
2008
= 116
Israel :
0.77 male(s)/female
2008
= 116
Bermuda :
0.77 male(s)/female
2008
= 116
Denmark :
0.77 male(s)/female
2008
= 116
Canada :
0.77 male(s)/female
2008
= 116
Mongolia :
0.77 male(s)/female
2008
= 116
Turkmenistan :
0.77 male(s)/female
2008
= 116
Antigua and Barbuda :
0.77 male(s)/female
2008
= 124
Colombia :
0.76 male(s)/female
2008
= 124
Suriname :
0.76 male(s)/female
2008
= 124
Dominica :
0.76 male(s)/female
2008
= 124
Malta :
0.76 male(s)/female
2008
= 124
San Marino :
0.76 male(s)/female
2008
= 124
Philippines :
0.76 male(s)/female
2008
= 124
Ethiopia :
0.76 male(s)/female
2008
= 124
Puerto Rico :
0.76 male(s)/female
2008
= 132
Serbia and Montenegro :
0.75 male(s)/female
2005
= 132
Liechtenstein :
0.75 male(s)/female
2008
= 132
United Kingdom :
0.75 male(s)/female
2008
= 132
Malawi :
0.75 male(s)/female
2008
= 132
Netherlands :
0.75 male(s)/female
2008
= 132
Morocco :
0.75 male(s)/female
2008
= 132
Burma :
0.75 male(s)/female
2008
= 132
Uzbekistan :
0.75 male(s)/female
2008
= 140
Tajikistan :
0.74 male(s)/female
2008
= 140
Guernsey :
0.74 male(s)/female
2008
= 140
Egypt :
0.74 male(s)/female
2008
= 140
Japan :
0.74 male(s)/female
2008
= 140
Norway :
0.74 male(s)/female
2008
= 140
Kiribati :
0.74 male(s)/female
2008
= 146
Chad :
0.73 male(s)/female
2008
= 146
Guyana :
0.73 male(s)/female
2008
= 146
Brazil :
0.73 male(s)/female
2008
= 149
Somalia :
0.72 male(s)/female
2008
= 149
United States :
0.72 male(s)/female
2008
= 149
Italy :
0.72 male(s)/female
2008
= 149
Chile :
0.72 male(s)/female
2008
= 149
Spain :
0.72 male(s)/female
2008
= 149
Germany :
0.72 male(s)/female
2008
= 149
Uganda :
0.72 male(s)/female
2008
= 149
Tonga :
0.72 male(s)/female
2008
= 149
Zambia :
0.72 male(s)/female
2008
= 158
Mozambique :
0.71 male(s)/female
2008
= 158
West Bank :
0.71 male(s)/female
2008
= 158
Guadeloupe :
0.71 male(s)/female
2006
= 158
Gabon :
0.71 male(s)/female
2008
= 158
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.71 male(s)/female
2008
= 158
France :
0.71 male(s)/female
2008
= 164
Argentina :
0.7 male(s)/female
2008
= 164
Austria :
0.7 male(s)/female
2008
= 164
Congo, Republic of the :
0.7 male(s)/female
2008
= 164
Belgium :
0.7 male(s)/female
2008
= 164
Benin :
0.7 male(s)/female
2008
= 164
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.7 male(s)/female
2008
= 164
Switzerland :
0.7 male(s)/female
2008
= 164
Portugal :
0.7 male(s)/female
2008
= 172
Luxembourg :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
= 172
Bulgaria :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
= 172
Netherlands Antilles :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
= 172
Gaza Strip :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
= 172
Monaco :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
= 172
Guinea-Bissau :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
= 172
Romania :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
= 172
Réunion :
0.69 male(s)/female
2006
= 172
South Africa :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
= 172
Bahamas, The :
0.69 male(s)/female
2008
= 182
Botswana :
0.68 male(s)/female
2008
= 182
Man, Isle of :
0.68 male(s)/female
2008
= 182
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.68 male(s)/female
2008
= 182
Finland :
0.68 male(s)/female
2008
= 187
Rwanda :
0.67 male(s)/female
2008
= 187
Lesotho :
0.67 male(s)/female
2008
= 187
Mauritius :
0.67 male(s)/female
2008
= 187
Uruguay :
0.67 male(s)/female
2008
= 187
Georgia :
0.67 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Korea, South :
0.66 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Mauritania :
0.66 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Burundi :
0.66 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Mali :
0.66 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Aruba :
0.66 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Togo :
0.66 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Burkina Faso :
0.66 male(s)/female
2008
= 199
Czech Republic :
0.65 male(s)/female
2008
= 199
Armenia :
0.65 male(s)/female
2008
= 201
Slovenia :
0.64 male(s)/female
2008
= 201
Central African Republic :
0.64 male(s)/female
2008
= 201
Kyrgyzstan :
0.64 male(s)/female
2008
= 204
Barbados :
0.63 male(s)/female
2008
= 204
Vietnam :
0.63 male(s)/female
2008
= 204
Croatia :
0.63 male(s)/female
2008
# 207
Poland :
0.62 male(s)/female
2008
# 208
Swaziland :
0.61 male(s)/female
2008
= 209
Slovakia :
0.6 male(s)/female
2008
= 209
Cambodia :
0.6 male(s)/female
2008
= 211
Tuvalu :
0.59 male(s)/female
2008
= 211
Moldova :
0.59 male(s)/female
2008
= 211
Azerbaijan :
0.59 male(s)/female
2008
# 214
Cape Verde :
0.58 male(s)/female
2008
= 215
Hungary :
0.57 male(s)/female
2008
= 215
Korea, North :
0.57 male(s)/female
2008
# 217
Kazakhstan :
0.54 male(s)/female
2008
# 218
Lithuania :
0.53 male(s)/female
2008
# 219
Ukraine :
0.51 male(s)/female
2008
# 220
Estonia :
0.5 male(s)/female
2008
# 221
Latvia :
0.49 male(s)/female
2008
# 222
Belarus :
0.48 male(s)/female
2008
# 223
Seychelles :
0.46 male(s)/female
2008
# 224
Russia :
0.45 male(s)/female
2008
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: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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