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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 > Total population (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United Arab Emirates :
2.19 male(s)/female
2008
# 2
Qatar :
2.01 male(s)/female
2008
# 3
Kuwait :
1.53 male(s)/female
2008
# 4
Maldives :
1.41 male(s)/female
2008
# 5
Bahrain :
1.25 male(s)/female
2008
# 6
Oman :
1.23 male(s)/female
2008
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
1.19 male(s)/female
2008
= 8
French Guiana :
1.12 male(s)/female
2006
= 8
Greenland :
1.12 male(s)/female
2008
= 8
Palau :
1.12 male(s)/female
2008
= 11
Bhutan :
1.1 male(s)/female
2008
= 11
Jordan :
1.1 male(s)/female
2008
= 13
Faroe Islands :
1.09 male(s)/female
2008
= 13
Mayotte :
1.09 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Andorra :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 15
Grenada :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 17
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 17
Turks and Caicos Islands :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Samoa :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
China :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
French Polynesia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Nepal :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
India :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 24
Niger :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 24
Bangladesh :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 24
Afghanistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 24
Libya :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 24
Syria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 24
British Virgin Islands :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Pakistan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Vanuatu :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Djibouti :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Marshall Islands :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Guam :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Nigeria :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Gaza Strip :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Papua New Guinea :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
West Bank :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 30
Albania :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
Sudan :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
Belize :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
Solomon Islands :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
American Samoa :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
Yemen :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
Saint Helena :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
Iran :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
East Timor :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 41
Dominican Republic :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Panama :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Egypt :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Brunei :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Angola :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Costa Rica :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Iraq :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Dominica :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Turkey :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 51
Taiwan :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Montserrat :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Peru :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Botswana :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
New Caledonia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Cameroon :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Tunisia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Fiji :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Malaysia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Guyana :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Paraguay :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Honduras :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Namibia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 60
Algeria :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Indonesia :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Mongolia :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Guinea :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Philippines :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Kenya :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Somalia :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Gibraltar :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Zambia :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Iceland :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Gambia, The :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Israel :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Ghana :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Korea, South :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Nauru :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Malawi :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Australia :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Benin :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Nicaragua :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Cyprus :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Senegal :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Ecuador :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Uganda :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 74
Macedonia, Republic of :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
New Zealand :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Burundi :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Congo, Republic of the :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Tajikistan :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Malta :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Cuba :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Ireland :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Turkmenistan :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Gabon :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Morocco :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Kiribati :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Suriname :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Liberia :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Uzbekistan :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Madagascar :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
South Africa :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Martinique :
0.99 male(s)/female
2006
= 97
Tonga :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Mali :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Burkina Faso :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 97
Rwanda :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Norway :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Jamaica :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Burma :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Brazil :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Mauritania :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Canada :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Sweden :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Chile :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Eritrea :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Comoros :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Laos :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Central African Republic :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Netherlands :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Denmark :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Réunion :
0.98 male(s)/female
2006
= 120
Equatorial Guinea :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Thailand :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Tanzania :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Vietnam :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
United Kingdom :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Venezuela :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 120
Bolivia :
0.98 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Azerbaijan :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Luxembourg :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Argentina :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Haiti :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Mozambique :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Sri Lanka :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Guatemala :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Togo :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Jersey :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Serbia and Montenegro :
0.97 male(s)/female
2005
= 143
Mauritius :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Guadeloupe :
0.97 male(s)/female
2006
= 143
Switzerland :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Germany :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
United States :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 143
Ethiopia :
0.97 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Bermuda :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Belgium :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Lesotho :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Bahamas, The :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Italy :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Cambodia :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Spain :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Cayman Islands :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Greece :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Colombia :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Kyrgyzstan :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Finland :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Tuvalu :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
France :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Saint Lucia :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 160
Mexico :
0.96 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Japan :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Anguilla :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Romania :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Cape Verde :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Portugal :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
El Salvador :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Man, Isle of :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Czech Republic :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Korea, North :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Hong Kong :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Guinea-Bissau :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Slovenia :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Uruguay :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Singapore :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Swaziland :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 176
Austria :
0.95 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Sierra Leone :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Liechtenstein :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Guernsey :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Slovakia :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Barbados :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Poland :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 192
Lebanon :
0.94 male(s)/female
2008
= 199
Croatia :
0.93 male(s)/female
2008
= 199
Seychelles :
0.93 male(s)/female
2008
= 199
Netherlands Antilles :
0.93 male(s)/female
2008
= 199
Kazakhstan :
0.93 male(s)/female
2008
= 203
Bulgaria :
0.92 male(s)/female
2008
= 203
Chad :
0.92 male(s)/female
2008
= 203
Macau :
0.92 male(s)/female
2008
= 203
Puerto Rico :
0.92 male(s)/female
2008
= 208
Moldova :
0.91 male(s)/female
2008
= 208
Georgia :
0.91 male(s)/female
2008
= 208
Antigua and Barbuda :
0.91 male(s)/female
2008
= 208
Hungary :
0.91 male(s)/female
2008
= 208
Monaco :
0.91 male(s)/female
2008
= 208
San Marino :
0.91 male(s)/female
2008
= 214
Aruba :
0.9 male(s)/female
2008
= 214
Virgin Islands :
0.9 male(s)/female
2008
= 214
Zimbabwe :
0.9 male(s)/female
2008
= 217
Armenia :
0.89 male(s)/female
2008
= 217
Lithuania :
0.89 male(s)/female
2008
# 219
Belarus :
0.87 male(s)/female
2008
= 220
Latvia :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 220
Russia :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
= 220
Ukraine :
0.86 male(s)/female
2008
# 223
Estonia :
0.84 male(s)/female
2008
# 224
Northern Mariana Islands :
0.75 male(s)/female
2008
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: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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