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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 > under 15 years (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
1.17 male(s)/female
2011
Chinese People
= 2
Northern Mariana Islands :
1.15 male(s)/female
2011
NA People
= 2
Georgia :
1.15 male(s)/female
2011
Georgian People
= 2
Armenia :
1.15 male(s)/female
2011
Armenian People
= 5
San Marino :
1.14 male(s)/female
2011
Sammarinese People
= 5
Macau :
1.14 male(s)/female
2011
Chinese People
= 7
India :
1.13 male(s)/female
2011
Indian People
= 7
Azerbaijan :
1.13 male(s)/female
2011
Azerbaijani People
= 7
Cook Islands :
1.13 male(s)/female
2011
Cook Islander People
= 10
Wallis and Futuna :
1.1 male(s)/female
2011
Futunan, People
= 10
Albania :
1.1 male(s)/female
2011
Albanian People
= 10
Korea, South :
1.1 male(s)/female
2011
Korean People
= 10
Vietnam :
1.1 male(s)/female
2011
Vietnamese People
= 14
Portugal :
1.09 male(s)/female
2011
Portuguese People
= 14
Montserrat :
1.09 male(s)/female
2011
Montserratian People
= 14
Hong Kong :
1.09 male(s)/female
2011
Hong Kong People
= 17
Macedonia, Republic of :
1.08 male(s)/female
2011
Macedonian People
= 17
Singapore :
1.08 male(s)/female
2011
Singapore People
= 17
Jersey :
1.08 male(s)/female
2011
Channel Islander People
= 17
Taiwan :
1.08 male(s)/female
2011
Taiwan People
= 17
Switzerland :
1.08 male(s)/female
2011
Swiss People
= 22
Faroe Islands :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Faroese People
= 22
Tunisia :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Tunisian People
= 22
Ireland :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Irish People
= 22
Luxembourg :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Luxembourg People
= 22
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Herzegovinian People
= 22
Guam :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Guamanian People
= 22
Samoa :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Samoan People
= 22
Serbia and Montenegro :
1.07 male(s)/female
2011
Serbian People
= 30
Lithuania :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Lithuanian People
= 30
Cyprus :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Cypriot People
= 30
Sweden :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Swedish People
= 30
Poland :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Polish People
= 30
Spain :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Spanish People
= 30
Andorra :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Andorran People
= 30
Russia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Russian People
= 30
Malaysia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Malaysian People
= 30
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
French People
= 30
Qatar :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Qatari People
= 30
Slovenia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Slovenian People
= 29
Gibraltar :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Gibraltar People
= 29
Ukraine :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Ukrainian People
= 29
Greece :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Greek People
= 29
Moldova :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Moldovan People
= 29
Gaza Strip :
1.06 male(s)/female
2008
People
= 29
Pakistan :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Pakistani People
= 29
Croatia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Croatian People
= 29
Palau :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Palauan People
= 29
Hungary :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Hungarian People
= 29
Brunei :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Bruneian People
= 29
Italy :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Italian People
= 29
Estonia :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Estonian People
= 29
Japan :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Japanese People
= 29
Czech Republic :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Czech People
= 29
Jordan :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Jordanian People
= 29
Belarus :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Belarusian People
= 29
Saint Barthelemy :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
People
= 29
Tuvalu :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Tuvaluan People
= 29
Cuba :
1.06 male(s)/female
2011
Cuban People
= 60
French Guiana :
1.05 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 60
Réunion :
1.05 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 60
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Tobagonian People
= 60
Canada :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Canadian People
= 60
Thailand :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Thai People
= 60
Costa Rica :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Costa Rican People
= 60
United Arab Emirates :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Emirati People
= 60
Australia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Australian People
= 60
Saint Lucia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Saint Lucian People
= 60
Syria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Syrian People
= 60
Seychelles :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Seychellois People
= 60
Chile :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Chilean People
= 60
Grenada :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Grenadian People
= 60
Egypt :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Egyptian People
= 60
Germany :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
German People
= 60
Afghanistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Afghan People
= 60
Guadeloupe :
1.05 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 60
Anguilla :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Anguillan People
= 60
Man, Isle of :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Manx People
= 60
United Kingdom :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
British People
= 60
Iran :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Iranian People
= 60
New Zealand :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
New Zealand People
= 60
Israel :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Israeli People
= 60
Romania :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Romanian People
= 60
Lebanon :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Lebanese People
= 60
Colombia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Colombian People
= 60
Latvia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Latvian People
= 60
Denmark :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Danish People
= 60
Slovakia :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Slovak People
= 60
El Salvador :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Salvadoran People
= 60
Monaco :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Monegasque People
= 60
France :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
French People
= 60
Malta :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Maltese People
= 60
Argentina :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Argentine People
= 60
West Bank :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
People
= 60
Austria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Austrian People
= 60
Nigeria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Nigerian People
= 60
Bulgaria :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Bulgarian People
= 60
Netherlands :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Dutch People
= 60
Turkey :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Turkish People
= 60
Netherlands Antilles :
1.05 male(s)/female
2008
Dutch Antillean People
= 60
Uzbekistan :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Uzbekistani People
= 60
Oman :
1.05 male(s)/female
2011
Omani People
= 103
Puerto Rico :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Puerto Rican People
= 103
Brazil :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Brazilian People
= 103
Tajikistan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Tajikistani People
= 103
American Samoa :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
American Samoan People
= 103
Turks and Caicos Islands :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Turks and Caicos Islands People
= 103
Peru :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Peruvian People
= 103
Saudi Arabia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Saudi People
= 103
Finland :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Finnish People
= 103
Saint Helena :
1.04 male(s)/female
2008
Saint Helenian People
= 103
Bolivia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Bolivian People
= 103
Guatemala :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Guatemalan People
= 103
United States :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
American People
= 103
Guyana :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Guyanese People
= 103
Marshall Islands :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Marshallese People
= 103
Honduras :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Honduran People
= 103
Dominican Republic :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Dominican People
= 103
Indonesia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Indonesian People
= 103
French Polynesia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
French Polynesian People
= 103
Iraq :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Iraqi People
= 103
Belgium :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Belgian People
= 103
Kyrgyzstan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Kyrgyzstani People
= 103
Benin :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Beninese People
= 103
Yemen :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Yemeni People
= 103
Sri Lanka :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Sri Lankan People
= 103
Kuwait :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Kuwaiti People
= 103
Sudan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Sudanese People
= 103
Kazakhstan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Kazakhstani People
= 103
Panama :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Panamanian People
= 103
Libya :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Libyan People
= 103
Philippines :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Philippine People
= 103
Mongolia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Mongolian People
= 103
Dominica :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Dominican People
= 103
Mauritius :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Mauritian People
= 103
Ecuador :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Ecuadorian People
= 103
Maldives :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Maldivian People
= 103
Fiji :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Fijian People
= 103
Mexico :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Mexican People
= 103
Algeria :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Algerian People
= 103
New Caledonia :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
New Caledonian People
= 103
Botswana :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Motswana -Batswana People
= 103
Vanuatu :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
- People
= 103
Belize :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Belizean People
= 103
Norway :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Norwegian People
= 103
Burma :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Burmese People
= 103
Nepal :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Nepalese People
= 103
Solomon Islands :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Solomon Islander People
= 103
Nauru :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Nauruan People
= 103
Bhutan :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Bhutanese People
= 103
Suriname :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Surinamese People
= 103
Tonga :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Tongan People
= 103
Nicaragua :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Nicaraguan People
= 103
Virgin Islands :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
Virgin Islander People
= 103
Kiribati :
1.04 male(s)/female
2011
- People
= 156
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Sao Tomean People
= 156
Micronesia, Federated States of :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Micronesian People
= 156
Greenland :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Greenlandic People
= 156
Papua New Guinea :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Papua New Guinean People
= 156
Iceland :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Icelandic People
= 156
Bahamas, The :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Bahamian People
= 156
Jamaica :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Jamaican People
= 156
Paraguay :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Paraguayan People
= 156
Korea, North :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Korean People
= 156
Equatorial Guinea :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Equatorial Guinean People
= 156
Martinique :
1.03 male(s)/female
2006
People
= 156
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Barbudan People
= 156
Morocco :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Moroccan People
= 156
Chad :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Chadian People
= 156
East Timor :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Timorese People
= 156
Venezuela :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Venezuelan People
= 156
Uruguay :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Uruguayan People
= 156
British Virgin Islands :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
British Virgin Islander People
= 156
Guernsey :
1.03 male(s)/female
2011
Channel Islander People
= 175
Angola :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Angolan People
= 175
Zimbabwe :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Zimbabwean People
= 175
Cambodia :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Cambodian People
= 175
Namibia :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Namibian People
= 175
Guinea :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Guinean People
= 175
Ghana :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Ghanaian People
= 175
Haiti :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Haitian People
= 175
Bahrain :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Bahraini People
= 175
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Ivoirian People
= 175
Turkmenistan :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Turkmen People
= 175
Niger :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Nigerien People
= 175
Cameroon :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Cameroonian People
= 175
Swaziland :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Swazi People
= 175
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.02 male(s)/female
2011
Saint Vincentian People
= 189
Cape Verde :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Cape Verdean People
= 189
Senegal :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Senegalese People
= 189
Congo, Republic of the :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Congolese People
= 189
Kenya :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Kenyan People
= 189
Aruba :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Aruban People
= 189
Zambia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Zambian People
= 189
Rwanda :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Rwandan People
= 189
Liberia :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Liberian People
= 189
Gambia, The :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Gambian People
= 189
Lesotho :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Basotho People
= 189
Bangladesh :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Bangladeshi People
= 189
Madagascar :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Malagasy People
= 189
Uganda :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Ugandan People
= 189
Mayotte :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Mahoran People
= 189
Central African Republic :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Central African People
= 189
Mali :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Malian People
= 189
Eritrea :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Eritrean People
= 189
Mauritania :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Mauritanian People
= 189
Gabon :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Gabonese People
= 189
Mozambique :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Mozambican People
= 189
Bermuda :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Bermudian People
= 189
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Congolese People
= 189
Burundi :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Burundian People
= 189
Cayman Islands :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Caymanian People
= 189
Tanzania :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Tanzanian People
= 189
Comoros :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Comoran People
= 189
Burkina Faso :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Burkinabe People
= 189
Laos :
1.01 male(s)/female
2011
Lao People
= 217
Togo :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Togolese People
= 217
South Africa :
1 male(s)/female
2011
South African People
= 217
Somalia :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Somali People
= 217
Malawi :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Malawian People
= 217
Djibouti :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Djiboutian People
= 217
Guinea-Bissau :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Guinean People
= 217
Barbados :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Barbadian People
= 217
Ethiopia :
1 male(s)/female
2011
Ethiopian People
= 225
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
Nevisian People
= 225
Saint Martin :
0.99 male(s)/female
2011
People
= 227
Sierra Leone :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Sierra Leonean People
= 227
Liechtenstein :
0.98 male(s)/female
2011
Liechtenstein People
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: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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"Sex ratio > under 15 years by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_sex_rat_und_15_yea-sex-ratio-under-15-years&int=-1
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