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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 > At birth (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Armenia :
1.15 male(s)/female
2008
# 2
Azerbaijan :
1.14 male(s)/female
2008
# 3
Georgia :
1.13 male(s)/female
2008
# 4
India :
1.12 male(s)/female
2008
# 5
China :
1.11 male(s)/female
2008
# 6
Albania :
1.1 male(s)/female
2008
= 7
Taiwan :
1.09 male(s)/female
2008
= 7
San Marino :
1.09 male(s)/female
2008
= 9
Macedonia, Republic of :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 9
Jersey :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 9
Hong Kong :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 9
Korea, South :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 9
Singapore :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 9
Serbia and Montenegro :
1.08 male(s)/female
2005
= 15
Andorra :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Slovenia :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Portugal :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Ireland :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Saint Lucia :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Faroe Islands :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Suriname :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Italy :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Luxembourg :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Spain :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Malaysia :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Tunisia :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Vietnam :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Greece :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Ukraine :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Moldova :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Russia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Japan :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Belarus :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Palau :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Bulgaria :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Hungary :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Canada :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Kazakhstan :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Northern Mariana Islands :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Malta :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Cuba :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Sweden :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Denmark :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Croatia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Estonia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Man, Isle of :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Jordan :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Czech Republic :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Lithuania :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Gibraltar :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Monaco :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Germany :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Poland :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Guam :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Romania :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
American Samoa :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Bangladesh :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Syria :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Burma :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Virgin Islands :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
West Bank :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Qatar :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Saint Helena :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Oman :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Switzerland :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Latvia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Thailand :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Nauru :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Turks and Caicos Islands :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Korea, North :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
East Timor :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Mongolia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Tuvalu :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Vanuatu :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
United Kingdom :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Paraguay :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Uzbekistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Jamaica :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
British Virgin Islands :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Laos :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Yemen :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Libya :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Bhutan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Morocco :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Brunei :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Mexico :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Chile :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Norway :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Costa Rica :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Nicaragua :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Cyprus :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Pakistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Dominica :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Puerto Rico :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Ecuador :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Kyrgyzstan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Egypt :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Kiribati :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
El Salvador :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Lebanon :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
French Guiana :
1.05 male(s)/female
2006
= 66
Slovakia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Fiji :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Macau :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
French Polynesia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Montserrat :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
France :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Marshall Islands :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Guadeloupe :
1.05 male(s)/female
2006
= 66
Maldives :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Guatemala :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
New Caledonia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Guyana :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Netherlands :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Gaza Strip :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Nepal :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Honduras :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Netherlands Antilles :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Indonesia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
New Zealand :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Iran :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Peru :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Israel :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Papua New Guinea :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Iraq :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Réunion :
1.05 male(s)/female
2006
= 66
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Philippines :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Afghanistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Saudi Arabia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Algeria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Sudan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Angola :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
United Arab Emirates :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Argentina :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Tajikistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Australia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Tonga :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Austria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Turkey :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Belize :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Turkmenistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Bolivia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
United States :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Solomon Islands :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Venezuela :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Brazil :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Samoa :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 66
Mauritius :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Kuwait :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Cambodia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Finland :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Chad :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Sri Lanka :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Iceland :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Dominican Republic :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Panama :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Uruguay :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 154
Belgium :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Somalia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Rwanda :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Uganda :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Mauritania :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Swaziland :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Ghana :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Mayotte :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Guinea :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Nigeria :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Anguilla :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Senegal :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Bahrain :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Botswana :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Benin :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Zimbabwe :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Burundi :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Guernsey :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Congo, Republic of the :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Haiti :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Liberia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Cameroon :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Madagascar :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Comoros :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Mali :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Colombia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Niger :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Central African Republic :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Guinea-Bissau :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Cape Verde :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Seychelles :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Djibouti :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Sierra Leone :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Equatorial Guinea :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Togo :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Eritrea :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Tanzania :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Ethiopia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Burkina Faso :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Gambia, The :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Namibia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Gabon :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Zambia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 165
Lesotho :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Aruba :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Greenland :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Bermuda :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
South Africa :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Bahamas, The :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Kenya :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Cayman Islands :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Mozambique :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Martinique :
1.02 male(s)/female
2006
= 221
Barbados :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 221
Malawi :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 223
Grenada :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 223
Liechtenstein :
1 male(s)/female
2008
Weighted average:
1.0 male(s)/female
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
1.06 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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