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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 (2011) 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
Greenland :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Greenlandic People
# 11
Mayotte :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Mahoran People
# 12
Vanuatu :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
- People
# 13
Sudan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Sudanese People
# 14
Saudi Arabia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Saudi People
# 15
Liberia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Liberian People
# 16
French Polynesia :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
French Polynesian People
# 17
Nauru :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Nauruan People
# 18
Andorra :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Andorran People
# 19
Côte d'Ivoire :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Ivoirian People
# 20
Turks and Caicos Islands :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Turks and Caicos Islands People
# 21
Saint Barthelemy :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
People
# 22
Maldives :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Maldivian People
# 23
Gambia, The :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Gambian People
# 24
Jordan :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Jordanian People
# 25
Libya :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Libyan People
# 26
Cook Islands :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Cook Islander People
# 27
Lesotho :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Basotho People
# 28
Nigeria :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Nigerian People
# 29
Brunei :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Bruneian People
# 30
Marshall Islands :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Marshallese People
# 31
Ecuador :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Ecuadorian People
# 32
Anguilla :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Anguillan People
# 33
Bangladesh :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Bangladeshi People
# 34
Gibraltar :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Gibraltar People
# 35
China :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Chinese People
# 36
Afghanistan :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Afghan People
# 37
Northern Mariana Islands :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
NA People
# 38
Taiwan :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Taiwan People
# 39
Pakistan :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Pakistani People
# 40
Mali :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Malian People
# 41
Belize :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Belizean People
# 42
Yemen :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Yemeni People
# 43
India :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Indian People
# 44
Iran :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Iranian People
# 45
Faroe Islands :
0.9 male(s)/female
2011
Faroese People
# 46
East Timor :
0.9 male(s)/female
2011
Timorese People
# 47
Cayman Islands :
0.89 male(s)/female
2011
Caymanian People
# 48
Peru :
0.89 male(s)/female
2011
Peruvian People
# 49
Solomon Islands :
0.89 male(s)/female
2011
Solomon Islander People
# 50
Nepal :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
Nepalese People
# 51
Hong Kong :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
Hong Kong People
# 52
Iraq :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
Iraqi People
# 53
Macau :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
Chinese People
# 54
American Samoa :
0.88 male(s)/female
2011
American Samoan People
# 55
Panama :
0.87 male(s)/female
2011
Panamanian People
# 56
Albania :
0.87 male(s)/female
2011
Albanian People
# 57
Lebanon :
0.87 male(s)/female
2011
Lebanese People
# 58
Senegal :
0.87 male(s)/female
2011
Senegalese People
# 59
Algeria :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Algerian People
# 60
Tunisia :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Tunisian People
# 61
Paraguay :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Paraguayan People
# 62
Dominican Republic :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Dominican People
# 63
Costa Rica :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Costa Rican People
# 64
New Caledonia :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
New Caledonian People
# 65
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Sao Tomean People
# 66
Sri Lanka :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Sri Lankan People
# 67
Guatemala :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Guatemalan People
# 68
Syria :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Syrian People
# 69
Wallis and Futuna :
0.85 male(s)/female
2011
Futunan, People
# 70
Guam :
0.85 male(s)/female
2011
Guamanian People
# 71
Cameroon :
0.85 male(s)/female
2011
Cameroonian People
# 72
Ghana :
0.84 male(s)/female
2011
Ghanaian People
# 73
Turkey :
0.84 male(s)/female
2011
Turkish People
# 74
Australia :
0.84 male(s)/female
2011
Australian People
# 75
New Zealand :
0.84 male(s)/female
2011
New Zealand People
# 76
Iceland :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Icelandic People
# 77
Virgin Islands :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Virgin Islander People
# 78
Morocco :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Moroccan People
# 79
Cuba :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Cuban People
# 80
Kenya :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Kenyan People
# 81
Egypt :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Egyptian People
# 82
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Saint Vincentian People
# 83
Comoros :
0.83 male(s)/female
2011
Comoran People
# 84
Grenada :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Grenadian People
# 85
Thailand :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Thai People
# 86
Saint Martin :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
People
# 87
Eritrea :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Eritrean People
# 88
Saint Lucia :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Saint Lucian People
# 89
Mexico :
0.82 male(s)/female
2011
Mexican People
# 90
Singapore :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Singapore People
# 91
El Salvador :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Salvadoran People
# 92
Sierra Leone :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Sierra Leonean People
# 93
Honduras :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Honduran People
# 94
Jamaica :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Jamaican People
# 95
Fiji :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Fijian People
# 96
Djibouti :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Djiboutian People
# 97
Ireland :
0.81 male(s)/female
2011
Irish People
# 98
Madagascar :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Malagasy People
# 99
Jersey :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Channel Islander People
# 100
Samoa :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Samoan People
# 101
Monaco :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Monegasque People
# 102
San Marino :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Sammarinese People
# 103
Sweden :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Swedish People
# 104
Namibia :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Namibian People
# 105
Niger :
0.8 male(s)/female
2011
Nigerien People
# 106
Bolivia :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Bolivian People
# 107
Indonesia :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Indonesian People
# 108
Malaysia :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Malaysian People
# 109
Angola :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Angolan People
# 110
Venezuela :
0.79 male(s)/female
2011
Venezuelan People
# 111
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Nevisian People
# 112
Canada :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Canadian People
# 113
Denmark :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Danish People
# 114
Greece :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Greek People
# 115
Israel :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Israeli People
# 116
Equatorial Guinea :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Equatorial Guinean People
# 117
Guinea :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Guinean People
# 118
Nicaragua :
0.78 male(s)/female
2011
Nicaraguan People
# 119
Burma :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Burmese People
# 120
Cyprus :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Cypriot People
# 121
Tanzania :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Tanzanian People
# 122
Malta :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Maltese People
# 123
Mongolia :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Mongolian People
# 124
Guernsey :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Channel Islander People
# 125
Liechtenstein :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Liechtenstein People
# 126
Turkmenistan :
0.77 male(s)/female
2011
Turkmen People
# 127
Netherlands :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Dutch People
# 128
Dominica :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Dominican People
# 129
Malawi :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Malawian People
# 130
Antigua and Barbuda :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Barbudan People
# 131
Philippines :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Philippine People
# 132
United Kingdom :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
British People
# 133
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Macedonian People
# 134
Norway :
0.76 male(s)/female
2011
Norwegian People
# 135
United States :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
American People
# 136
Laos :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Lao People
# 137
Suriname :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Surinamese People
# 138
Uzbekistan :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Uzbekistani People
# 139
Ethiopia :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Ethiopian People
# 140
Puerto Rico :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Puerto Rican People
# 141
Zimbabwe :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Zimbabwean People
# 142
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.75 male(s)/female
2011
Tobagonian People
# 143
Colombia :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Colombian People
# 144
Japan :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Japanese People
# 145
Mauritania :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Mauritanian People
# 146
Tajikistan :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Tajikistani People
# 147
Micronesia, Federated States of :
0.74 male(s)/female
2011
Micronesian People
# 148
Chad :
0.73 male(s)/female
2011
Chadian People
# 149
Brazil :
0.73 male(s)/female
2011
Brazilian People
# 150
Tuvalu :
0.73 male(s)/female
2011
Tuvaluan People
# 151
France :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
French People
# 152
Italy :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Italian People
# 153
Chile :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Chilean People
# 154
Spain :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Spanish People
# 155
Germany :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
German People
# 156
Swaziland :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Swazi People
# 157
Gabon :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Gabonese People
# 158
Switzerland :
0.72 male(s)/female
2011
Swiss People
# 159
Man, Isle of :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Manx People
# 160
Guyana :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Guyanese People
# 161
Mozambique :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Mozambican People
# 162
Belgium :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Belgian People
# 163
Austria :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Austrian People
# 164
Bermuda :
0.71 male(s)/female
2011
Bermudian People
# 165
Congo, Republic of the :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Congolese People
# 166
Portugal :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Portuguese People
# 167
Tonga :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Tongan People
# 168
Argentina :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Argentine People
# 169
Luxembourg :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Luxembourg People
# 170
Somalia :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Somali People
# 171
Uganda :
0.7 male(s)/female
2011
Ugandan People
# 172
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Congolese People
# 173
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Herzegovinian People
# 174
Benin :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Beninese People
# 175
Romania :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Romanian People
# 176
Finland :
0.69 male(s)/female
2011
Finnish People
# 177
Botswana :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
Motswana -Batswana People
# 178
Zambia :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
Zambian People
# 179
South Africa :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
South African People
# 180
Bulgaria :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
Bulgarian People
# 181
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
0.68 male(s)/female
2011
French People
# 182
Rwanda :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Rwandan People
# 183
Central African Republic :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Central African People
# 184
Korea, South :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Korean People
# 185
Mauritius :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Mauritian People
# 186
Uruguay :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Uruguayan People
# 187
Burundi :
0.67 male(s)/female
2011
Burundian People
# 188
Georgia :
0.66 male(s)/female
2011
Georgian People
# 189
Aruba :
0.66 male(s)/female
2011
Aruban People
# 190
Czech Republic :
0.66 male(s)/female
2011
Czech People
# 191
Guinea-Bissau :
0.66 male(s)/female
2011
Guinean People
# 192
Slovenia :
0.65 male(s)/female
2011
Slovenian People
# 193
Korea, North :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Korean People
# 194
Croatia :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Croatian People
# 195
Burkina Faso :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Burkinabe People
# 196
Kiribati :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
- People
# 197
Kyrgyzstan :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Kyrgyzstani People
# 198
Barbados :
0.64 male(s)/female
2011
Barbadian People
# 199
Togo :
0.63 male(s)/female
2011
Togolese People
# 200
Bahamas, The :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Bahamian People
# 201
Poland :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Polish People
# 202
Armenia :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Armenian People
# 203
Vietnam :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Vietnamese People
# 204
Haiti :
0.62 male(s)/female
2011
Haitian People
# 205
Cape Verde :
0.61 male(s)/female
2011
Cape Verdean People
# 206
Cambodia :
0.6 male(s)/female
2011
Cambodian People
# 207
Slovakia :
0.6 male(s)/female
2011
Slovak People
# 208
Seychelles :
0.6 male(s)/female
2011
Seychellois People
# 209
Moldova :
0.58 male(s)/female
2011
Moldovan People
# 210
Azerbaijan :
0.58 male(s)/female
2011
Azerbaijani People
# 211
Hungary :
0.57 male(s)/female
2011
Hungarian People
# 212
Lithuania :
0.53 male(s)/female
2011
Lithuanian People
# 213
Kazakhstan :
0.53 male(s)/female
2011
Kazakhstani People
# 214
Estonia :
0.49 male(s)/female
2011
Estonian People
# 215
Ukraine :
0.49 male(s)/female
2011
Ukrainian People
# 216
Latvia :
0.48 male(s)/female
2011
Latvian People
# 217
Belarus :
0.47 male(s)/female
2011
Belarusian People
# 218
Russia :
0.44 male(s)/female
2011
Russian People
# 219
Palau :
0.43 male(s)/female
2011
Palauan People
Weighted average:
0.8 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 (2011) 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&date=2011
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