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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 > Under 15 years (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
= 1
Armenia :
1.14 male(s)/female
2008
= 1
Georgia :
1.14 male(s)/female
2008
= 3
China :
1.13 male(s)/female
2008
= 3
Macau :
1.13 male(s)/female
2008
# 5
Azerbaijan :
1.12 male(s)/female
2008
# 6
Korea, South :
1.11 male(s)/female
2008
= 7
Northern Mariana Islands :
1.1 male(s)/female
2008
= 7
Albania :
1.1 male(s)/female
2008
= 7
India :
1.1 male(s)/female
2008
= 7
Hong Kong :
1.1 male(s)/female
2008
= 11
Montserrat :
1.09 male(s)/female
2008
= 11
Portugal :
1.09 male(s)/female
2008
= 13
Taiwan :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 13
Serbia and Montenegro :
1.08 male(s)/female
2005
= 13
Switzerland :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 13
Macedonia, Republic of :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 13
Vietnam :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 13
Jersey :
1.08 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Andorra :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
San Marino :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Ireland :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Nepal :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Guam :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Singapore :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 19
Tunisia :
1.07 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Moldova :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Belarus :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Spain :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Brunei :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Poland :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Cuba :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Japan :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Estonia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Malaysia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Qatar :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Czech Republic :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Ukraine :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Faroe Islands :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Luxembourg :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Germany :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Malta :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Greece :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Pakistan :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Gaza Strip :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Syria :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Hungary :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Slovenia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Italy :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Sweden :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Bangladesh :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 27
Palau :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Romania :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Slovakia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Argentina :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
United States :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Australia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Norway :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Austria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Saint Lucia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Anguilla :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Latvia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Bulgaria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Nigeria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Canada :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
New Zealand :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Chile :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Russia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Costa Rica :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Thailand :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Denmark :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Afghanistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Dominica :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Lithuania :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Egypt :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Monaco :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
French Guiana :
1.05 male(s)/female
2006
= 55
Netherlands :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
France :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Netherlands Antilles :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Gibraltar :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Réunion :
1.05 male(s)/female
2006
= 55
Guadeloupe :
1.05 male(s)/female
2006
= 55
Puerto Rico :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Croatia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Man, Isle of :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
United Arab Emirates :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
West Bank :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
United Kingdom :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Israel :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Uzbekistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 55
Iran :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Niger :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
American Samoa :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Tuvalu :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Belgium :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Philippines :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Belize :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Oman :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Bolivia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Nicaragua :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Benin :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Sudan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Solomon Islands :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Algeria :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Brazil :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Mexico :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Bhutan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Nauru :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Sri Lanka :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Panama :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Cyprus :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Dominican Republic :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Tonga :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Ecuador :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
El Salvador :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Morocco :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Finland :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Maldives :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Fiji :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
New Caledonia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Yemen :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Vanuatu :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Guyana :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Suriname :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Honduras :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Peru :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Jordan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Marshall Islands :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Kyrgyzstan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Saudi Arabia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Kuwait :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Saint Helena :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Kazakhstan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Turks and Caicos Islands :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Lebanon :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Turkey :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Libya :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Turkmenistan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Mongolia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
Samoa :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 96
French Polynesia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Mauritius :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Botswana :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Jamaica :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Burma :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Chad :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Kiribati :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Equatorial Guinea :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Papua New Guinea :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Guernsey :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Iraq :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Greenland :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Korea, North :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Guatemala :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Martinique :
1.03 male(s)/female
2006
= 148
Iceland :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Paraguay :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Indonesia :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Tajikistan :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
East Timor :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
British Virgin Islands :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Uruguay :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Venezuela :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Virgin Islands :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 148
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.03 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Zimbabwe :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Ghana :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Mali :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Haiti :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Namibia :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Aruba :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Colombia :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Angola :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Guinea :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Bahrain :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Bermuda :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Seychelles :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Cambodia :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Cameroon :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Swaziland :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 173
Senegal :
1.02 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Mayotte :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Congo, Republic of the :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Kenya :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Uganda :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Comoros :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Lesotho :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Central African Republic :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Burundi :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Cape Verde :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Zambia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Djibouti :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Laos :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Eritrea :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Madagascar :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Gambia, The :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Mozambique :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Gabon :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Togo :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Grenada :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Burkina Faso :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 190
Rwanda :
1.01 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Barbados :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Tanzania :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Bahamas, The :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
South Africa :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Cayman Islands :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Malawi :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Ethiopia :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Guinea-Bissau :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Liberia :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Somalia :
1 male(s)/female
2008
= 212
Mauritania :
1 male(s)/female
2008
# 223
Liechtenstein :
0.99 male(s)/female
2008
# 224
Sierra Leone :
0.96 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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