List of Chinese administrative divisions by sex ratio

The sex ratio of the different administrative divisions of China has been the subject of academic study because of a high imbalance in births since the 1990s^{[ citation needed ]} and female infanticide further worsening the imbalanced sex ratios at birth.

Gender ratio (males every 100 females) at birth

Color	Regions of China
	North China
	East China
	Southwestern China
	Northwestern China
	South Central China
	Northeast China

Name	Region	1990	2000 [1]	2010 [2]	2020 [3]
Beijing	North China	107.5	110.6	109.5	108.3
Tianjin	North China	110.1	112.5	113.7	108.7
Hebei	North China	112.5	113.4	114.9	108.8
Shanxi	North China	109.6	112.5	110.2	105.1
Inner Mongolia	North China	108.3	108.5	112.1	107.0
Liaoning	Northeast China	110.2	112.8	110.2	105.8
Jilin	Northeast China	108.7	111.2	111.2	107.4
Heilongjiang	Northeast China	107.3	109.7	112.4	106.2
Shanghai	East China	104.8	110.6	111.1	108.0
Jiangsu	East China	115.0	116.5	116.2	109.0
Zhejiang	East China	117.6	113.9	118.1	110.2
Anhui	East China	110.9	127.8	128.6	113.1
Fujian	East China	110.3	117.9	125.6	118.7
Jiangxi	East China	110.8	114.7	122.8	120.3
Shandong	East China	115.1	112.2	119.4	112.0
Henan	South Central China	116.2	118.5	117.8	108.4
Hubei	South Central China	109.6	128.2	124.1	114.3
Hunan	South Central China	110.2	126.2	123.2	114.2
Guangdong	South Central China	112.0	130.3	120.3	115.5
Guangxi	South Central China	116.9	125.5	122.7	114.5
Hainan	South Central China	114.9	135.6	125.3	122.4
Chongqing	Southwestern China	112.0	115.1	112.5	108.0
Sichuan	Southwestern China		116.0	111.6	108.2
Guizhou	Southwestern China	101.2	107.0	122.1	113.2
Yunnan	Southwestern China	107.4	108.7	111.8	107.5
Tibet	Southwestern China	103.2	102.7	106.6	105.4
Shaanxi	Northwestern China	111.3	122.1	115.3	108.3
Gansu	Northwestern China	110.8	114.8	117.4	107.5
Qinghai	Northwestern China	104.4	110.4	112.4	106.8
Ningxia	Northwestern China	107.0	108.8	113.9	105.7
Xinjiang	Northwestern China	104.7	106.1	106.1	107.5
Mainland China		111.4	116.9	117.9	111.3
Hong Kong [4]		105.9	109.3	115.0	109.2
Macau [5]		110.4	111.7	108.1	107.0

Gender ratio at ages 1-4

The figures are from the 2000 census, intercensus survey of 2005 (which was carried out in November 2005 on a representative 1% of the total population), 2010 census, and 2020 census. ^[6]

Figures for Hong Kong are from the 2001 census, 2011 census, and the 2021 census conducted separately by Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong.

Mainland China

Name	Region	2000 [7]	2005 [6]	2010 [8]	2020 [9]
Jiangxi	East China	136.7	143	131.7	117.6
Henan	South Central China	136.4	142	126.6	108.7
Anhui	East China	129.9	138	126.3	112.6
Hainan	South Central China	135.7	134	125.0	118.6
Hunan	South Central China	123.8	133	120.6	113.1
Guangdong	South Central China	129.2	133	122.9	114.3
Hubei	South Central China	129.1	129	123.4	113.8
Guizhou	Southwestern China	115.4	127	124.3	113.4
Shaanxi	Northwestern China	126.6	125	117.1	108.1
Jiangsu	East China	124.2	123	121.4	109.6
Hebei	North China	116.2	122	116.9	109.0
Guangxi	South Central China	128.0	122	120.0	113.3
Gansu	Northwestern China	120.0	120	118.2	107.7
Fujian	East China	125.2	119	124.4	118.1
Chongqing	Southwestern China	117.0	119	112.6	108.0
Tianjin	North China	112.6	118	113.3	107.6
Sichuan	Southwestern China	115.1	116	110.9	107.7
Shandong	East China	114.9	116	123.3	112.5
Yunnan	Southwestern China	113.6	115	112.7	108.5
Liaoning	Northeast China	113.1	114	110.7	106.5
Zhejiang	East China	113.7	113	115.0	110.8
Beijing	North China	110.9	112	111.3	107.4
Shanxi	North China	110.4	112	110.5	105.2
Jilin	Northeast China	110.7	112	111.7	106.3
Ningxia	Northwestern China	109.0	112	112.8	107.2
Heilongjiang	Northeast China	108.6	111	110.6	106.8
Qinghai	Northwestern China	108.1	111	108.7	106.5
Shanghai	East China	110.2	109	114.6	108.4
Inner Mongolia	North China	109.7	107	110.2	107.2
Xinjiang	Northwestern China	105.6	106	105.5	106.3
Tibet	Southwestern China	101.1	104	104.8	104.4
Mainland China		120.8	124	119.4	110.9

Hong Kong

Name	2001	2011	2021
Hong Kong	109.2 [10]	108.2 [11]	105.4 [12]

See also

• Female infanticide in China
• Abortion in China
• Missing women of China
• List of countries by sex ratio

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