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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 > total population (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United Arab Emirates :
2.2 male(s)/female
2011
Emirati People
# 2
Qatar :
1.99 male(s)/female
2011
Qatari People
# 3
Kuwait :
1.54 male(s)/female
2011
Kuwaiti People
# 4
Maldives :
1.4 male(s)/female
2011
Maldivian People
# 5
Bahrain :
1.24 male(s)/female
2011
Bahraini People
# 6
Oman :
1.23 male(s)/female
2011
Omani People
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
1.17 male(s)/female
2011
Saudi People
# 8
Saint Barthelemy :
1.14 male(s)/female
2011
People
# 9
Palau :
1.13 male(s)/female
2011
Palauan People
= 10
French Guiana :
1.12 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 10
Greenland :
1.12 male(s)/female
2011
Greenlandic People
# 12
Bhutan :
1.1 male(s)/female
2011
Bhutanese People
# 13
Faroe Islands :
1.09 male(s)/female
2011
Faroese People
= 14
Mayotte :
1.08 male(s)/female
2011
Mahoran People
= 14
India :
1.08 male(s)/female
2011
Indian People
= 16
Pakistan :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Pakistani People
= 16
Turks and Caicos Islands :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Turks and Caicos Islands People
= 16
Andorra :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Andorran People
= 16
Cook Islands :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Cook Islander People
= 20
Papua New Guinea :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Papua New Guinean People
= 20
China :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Chinese People
= 20
French Polynesia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
French Polynesian People
= 20
Samoa :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Samoan People
= 24
Afghanistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Afghan People
= 24
British Virgin Islands :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
British Virgin Islander People
= 24
Libya :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Libyan People
= 27
Cyprus :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Cypriot People
= 27
Jordan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Jordanian People
= 27
Nigeria :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Nigerian People
= 27
Marshall Islands :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Marshallese People
= 27
Gaza Strip :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
People
= 27
Vanuatu :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
- People
= 27
Albania :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Albanian People
= 27
West Bank :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
People
= 35
Egypt :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Egyptian People
= 35
East Timor :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Timorese People
= 35
Yemen :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Yemeni People
= 35
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Ivoirian People
= 35
Syria :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Syrian People
= 35
Dominican Republic :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Dominican People
= 35
Seychelles :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Seychellois People
= 35
Guam :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Guamanian People
= 35
Belize :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Belizean People
= 35
Iraq :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Iraqi People
= 35
Saint Helena :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
Saint Helenian People
= 35
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Saint Vincentian People
= 35
Sudan :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Sudanese People
= 48
American Samoa :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
American Samoan People
= 48
Panama :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Panamanian People
= 48
Iran :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Iranian People
= 48
Solomon Islands :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Solomon Islander People
= 48
Taiwan :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Taiwan People
= 48
Dominica :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Dominican People
= 48
Angola :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Angolan People
= 48
Grenada :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Grenadian People
= 48
Turkey :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Turkish People
= 48
Wallis and Futuna :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Futunan, People
= 48
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Tobagonian People
= 59
Kenya :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Kenyan People
= 59
Cameroon :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Cameroonian People
= 59
Gibraltar :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Gibraltar People
= 59
Namibia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Namibian People
= 59
Tunisia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Tunisian People
= 59
Paraguay :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Paraguayan People
= 59
Costa Rica :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Costa Rican People
= 59
Peru :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Peruvian People
= 59
Honduras :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Honduran People
= 59
Botswana :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Motswana -Batswana People
= 59
Algeria :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Algerian People
= 59
Montserrat :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Montserratian People
= 59
Uganda :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Ugandan People
= 59
Malaysia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Malaysian People
= 73
Iceland :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Icelandic People
= 73
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Nevisian People
= 73
Gambia, The :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Gambian People
= 73
Philippines :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Philippine People
= 73
Liberia :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Liberian People
= 73
Mongolia :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Mongolian People
= 73
Guinea :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Guinean People
= 73
Macedonia, Republic of :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Macedonian People
= 73
Israel :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Israeli People
= 73
New Caledonia :
1 male(s)/female
2011
New Caledonian People
= 73
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Sao Tomean People
= 73
Niger :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Nigerien People
= 73
Ghana :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Ghanaian People
= 73
Nicaragua :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Nicaraguan People
= 73
Guyana :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Guyanese People
= 73
Benin :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Beninese People
= 73
Indonesia :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Indonesian People
= 73
Brunei :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Bruneian People
= 73
Korea, South :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Korean People
= 73
Fiji :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Fijian People
= 73
Australia :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Australian People
= 73
Zambia :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Zambian People
= 73
Somalia :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Somali People
= 96
Ecuador :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Ecuadorian People
= 96
Uzbekistan :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Uzbekistani People
= 96
South Africa :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
South African People
= 96
Gabon :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Gabonese People
= 96
Senegal :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Senegalese People
= 96
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Congolese People
= 96
Madagascar :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Malagasy People
= 96
Equatorial Guinea :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Equatorial Guinean People
= 96
Martinique :
0.99 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 96
Tonga :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Tongan People
= 96
Malawi :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Malawian People
= 96
Congo, Republic of the :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Congolese People
= 96
Malta :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Maltese People
= 96
Cuba :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Cuban People
= 96
Nauru :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Nauruan People
= 96
Ireland :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Irish People
= 96
Suriname :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Surinamese People
= 96
Micronesia, Federated States of :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Micronesian People
= 96
New Zealand :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
New Zealand People
= 96
Swaziland :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Swazi People
= 96
Burma :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Burmese People
= 96
Burkina Faso :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Burkinabe People
= 96
Rwanda :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Rwandan People
= 96
Vietnam :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Vietnamese People
= 96
Tajikistan :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Tajikistani People
= 121
Central African Republic :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Central African People
= 121
Sweden :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Swedish People
= 121
Canada :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Canadian People
= 121
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
French People
= 121
Jamaica :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Jamaican People
= 121
Réunion :
0.98 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 121
Comoros :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Comoran People
= 121
Mali :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Malian People
= 121
Eritrea :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Eritrean People
= 121
Mozambique :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Mozambican People
= 121
Burundi :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Burundian People
= 121
Netherlands :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Dutch People
= 121
Chile :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Chilean People
= 121
Norway :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Norwegian People
= 121
Colombia :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Colombian People
= 121
Bolivia :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Bolivian People
= 121
Denmark :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Danish People
= 121
Brazil :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Brazilian People
= 121
Haiti :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Haitian People
= 121
Laos :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Lao People
= 121
Tanzania :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Tanzanian People
= 121
Venezuela :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Venezuelan People
= 121
Turkmenistan :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Turkmen People
= 121
United Kingdom :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
British People
= 121
Thailand :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Thai People
= 146
Guadeloupe :
0.97 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 146
Morocco :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Moroccan People
= 146
Switzerland :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Swiss People
= 146
Lesotho :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Basotho People
= 146
Jersey :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Channel Islander People
= 146
Azerbaijan :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Azerbaijani People
= 146
Germany :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
German People
= 146
Togo :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Togolese People
= 146
Guatemala :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Guatemalan People
= 146
United States :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
American People
= 146
Kiribati :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
- People
= 146
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Herzegovinian People
= 146
Luxembourg :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Luxembourg People
= 146
Sri Lanka :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Sri Lankan People
= 146
Argentina :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Argentine People
= 146
Ethiopia :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Ethiopian People
= 146
Tuvalu :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Tuvaluan People
= 146
Mauritius :
0.97 male(s)/female
2011
Mauritian People
= 164
Finland :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Finnish People
= 164
Mexico :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Mexican People
= 164
Lebanon :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Lebanese People
= 164
Nepal :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Nepalese People
= 164
Greece :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Greek People
= 164
Belgium :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Belgian People
= 164
Spain :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Spanish People
= 164
Bahamas, The :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Bahamian People
= 164
France :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
French People
= 164
Cambodia :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Cambodian People
= 164
Man, Isle of :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Manx People
= 164
Cayman Islands :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Caymanian People
= 164
Kyrgyzstan :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Kyrgyzstani People
= 164
Italy :
0.96 male(s)/female
2011
Italian People
= 178
Monaco :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Monegasque People
= 178
Japan :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Japanese People
= 178
Singapore :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Singapore People
= 178
Guernsey :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Channel Islander People
= 178
Saint Lucia :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Saint Lucian People
= 178
Romania :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Romanian People
= 178
Portugal :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Portuguese People
= 178
Czech Republic :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Czech People
= 178
Guinea-Bissau :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Guinean People
= 178
Hong Kong :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Hong Kong People
= 178
Korea, North :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Korean People
= 178
Serbia and Montenegro :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Serbian People
= 178
Austria :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Austrian People
= 178
Uruguay :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Uruguayan People
= 178
Slovenia :
0.95 male(s)/female
2011
Slovenian People
= 193
Slovakia :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Slovak People
= 193
Bermuda :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Bermudian People
= 193
Anguilla :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Anguillan People
= 193
Barbados :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Barbadian People
= 193
Poland :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Polish People
= 193
Cape Verde :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Cape Verdean People
= 193
San Marino :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Sammarinese People
= 193
Liechtenstein :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Liechtenstein People
= 193
Sierra Leone :
0.94 male(s)/female
2011
Sierra Leonean People
= 202
Saint Martin :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
People
= 202
Kazakhstan :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Kazakhstani People
= 202
El Salvador :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Salvadoran People
= 202
Netherlands Antilles :
0.93 male(s)/female
2008
Dutch Antillean People
= 202
Northern Mariana Islands :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
NA People
= 202
Bangladesh :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Bangladeshi People
= 202
Croatia :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Croatian People
= 202
Mauritania :
0.93 male(s)/female
2011
Mauritanian People
= 210
Bulgaria :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Bulgarian People
= 210
Macau :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Chinese People
= 210
Chad :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Chadian People
= 209
Puerto Rico :
0.92 male(s)/female
2011
Puerto Rican People
= 214
Hungary :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Hungarian People
= 214
Georgia :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Georgian People
= 214
Moldova :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Moldovan People
= 214
Zimbabwe :
0.91 male(s)/female
2011
Zimbabwean People
= 218
Virgin Islands :
0.9 male(s)/female
2011
Virgin Islander People
= 218
Antigua and Barbuda :
0.9 male(s)/female
2011
Barbudan People
= 218
Aruba :
0.9 male(s)/female
2011
Aruban People
= 221
Armenia :
0.89 male(s)/female
2011
Armenian People
= 221
Lithuania :
0.89 male(s)/female
2011
Lithuanian People
# 223
Belarus :
0.87 male(s)/female
2011
Belarusian People
= 224
Latvia :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Latvian People
= 224
Djibouti :
0.86 male(s)/female
2011
Djiboutian People
= 226
Russia :
0.85 male(s)/female
2011
Russian People
= 226
Ukraine :
0.85 male(s)/female
2011
Ukrainian People
# 228
Estonia :
0.84 male(s)/female
2011
Estonian People
Weighted average:
1.0 male(s)/female
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
0.92 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 > total population by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_sex_rat_tot_pop-people-sex-ratio-total-population
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