List of countries by sex ratio

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Sex ratio by country for total population. Blue represents more males than the world average of 1.01 males/females. (2020) Sex ratio total population per country 2020.svg
Sex ratio by country for total population. Blue represents more males than the world average of 1.01 males/females. (2020)
Sex ratio by country for population aged below 15. Red represents more girls, blue more boys than the world average of 1.07 males/females. (2020) Sex ratio total population per country 2020 (age 0-14).svg
Sex ratio by country for population aged below 15. Red represents more girls, blue more boys than the world average of 1.07 males/females. (2020)
Sex ratio by country for population aged above 65. Red represents more women, blue more men than the world average of 0.81 males/females. (2020) Sex ratio total population per country 2020 (ages over 65).svg
Sex ratio by country for population aged above 65. Red represents more women, blue more men than the world average of 0.81 males/females. (2020)

The human sex ratio is the comparative number of males with respect to each female in a population. This is a list of sex ratios by country or region.

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Methodology

The table's data is from The World Factbook unless noted otherwise. It shows the male to female sex ratio by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States. If there is a discrepancy between The World Factbook and a country's census data, the latter may be used instead.

A ratio above 1, for example 1.1, means there are more males than females (1.1 males for every female). A ratio below 1, for example 0.8, means there are more females than males (0.8 males for every female). A ratio of 1 means there are equal numbers of males and females.

Countries

The World Factbook (2020 estimates). [1]
Country/regionAt birth0–14 years15–24 years25–54 years55–64 yearsOver 65Total
  World 1.071.071.071.030.960.811.02
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan 1.051.031.031.030.970.851.03
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1.081.111.090.930.950.870.98
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1.051.051.051.031.010.891.03
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa (US)1.061.061.010.980.960.861.00
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1.071.061.061.041.121.031.06
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1.030.990.950.910.890.720.95
Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla (UK)1.031.041.020.810.790.980.90
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 1.051.030.990.850.800.750.89
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1.071.061.051.000.940.730.98
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1.101.121.100.970.850.680.95
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba (Netherlands)1.021.011.010.930.880.650.90
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1.061.061.090.990.930.860.99
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1.051.051.031.000.990.780.96
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1.061.131.140.990.880.691.00
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas, The 1.031.031.031.000.860.630.96
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1.031.031.311.871.671.041.53
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1.041.041.000.920.970.890.97
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1.011.000.980.990.910.700.94
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1.061.061.060.980.790.480.87
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1.051.051.041.020.990.780.97
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 1.051.041.070.950.980.941.00
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 1.051.020.990.900.920.840.97
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda (UK)1.021.021.011.010.900.740.94
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 1.051.051.041.121.151.081.08
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 1.051.041.030.970.850.780.98
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.071.071.071.010.950.670.95
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1.031.020.970.900.760.710.93
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1.051.041.030.990.900.740.97
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 1.051.061.000.900.980.950.96
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1.061.061.081.060.900.670.95
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 1.031.031.010.870.760.760.96
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1.031.011.000.980.870.750.99
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1.051.020.990.960.780.590.95
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1.031.021.010.970.940.880.99
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1.051.061.071.010.980.840.98
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 1.031.011.000.950.840.600.95
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands (UK)1.021.011.000.950.920.850.95
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 1.031.011.011.000.920.640.99
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 1.041.021.010.930.780.760.98
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1.041.041.041.000.900.720.97
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1.111.161.171.051.020.901.06
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1.061.051.040.990.900.720.98
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 1.031.000.940.900.830.810.94
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.031.011.011.000.930.761.00
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo, Republic of the 1.031.021.011.001.060.811.01
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (New Zealand)1.051.121.150.981.250.941.06
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1.051.051.041.020.940.851.00
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1.061.061.051.000.940.690.93
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1.061.061.081.010.950.830.99
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curacao (Netherlands)1.051.051.061.000.770.680.92
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1.051.061.201.130.920.761.05
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 1.051.061.071.060.960.720.97
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1.071.061.051.021.000.850.99
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 1.031.010.890.710.760.800.83
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 1.051.051.061.031.100.851.02
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1.041.031.031.041.000.891.02
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1.051.041.040.960.940.890.99
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1.061.071.071.031.000.921.05
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1.051.051.030.870.730.770.92
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 1.031.031.041.010.780.701.00
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 1.031.010.990.960.840.690.97
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1.051.051.081.040.840.530.88
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini (Swaziland) 1.031.000.900.870.740.600.90
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1.031.011.000.990.970.851.00
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union 1.061.051.051.010.950.750.95
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Falkland Islands (UK)N/A1.12
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands (Denmark)1.071.071.071.161.070.941.08
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1.051.051.041.051.020.851.03
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1.051.051.051.050.970.780.97
Flag of France.svg  France 1.051.051.051.020.930.770.96
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia (France)1.051.061.091.051.050.931.05
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 1.031.041.091.151.041.001.08
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia, The 1.031.010.980.960.910.850.98
Flag of Palestine.svg  Gaza Strip/Palestine1.061.051.020.951.081.131.02
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1.051.091.140.970.790.650.92
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1.051.061.041.011.000.790.96
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1.031.010.990.940.950.850.97
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar (UK)1.071.061.071.060.720.931.01
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1.071.071.110.980.900.800.95
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland (Denmark)1.051.031.011.101.171.131.08
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 1.101.091.011.041.040.881.03
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam (US)1.071.071.161.071.050.871.06
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1.051.041.010.960.870.820.99
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey (UK)1.051.061.041.020.980.850.99
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 1.031.021.011.000.940.811.00
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 1.031.000.960.900.960.740.95
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 1.051.041.041.100.880.681.02
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 1.010.991.000.980.920.780.98
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1.031.021.000.900.830.800.95
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (China)1.061.121.100.750.870.880.86
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1.061.061.071.020.870.620.91
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1.051.041.021.030.980.891.00
Flag of India.svg  India 1.111.131.141.071.000.891.08
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1.051.041.041.050.850.771.00
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1.051.051.051.040.960.871.03
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 1.051.041.031.000.960.801.01
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1.061.051.021.011.000.861.00
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man (UK)1.081.091.151.001.010.901.00
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1.051.051.041.040.990.821.01
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1.061.051.010.970.940.760.93
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1.031.011.001.031.040.811.01
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1.051.041.020.940.980.900.98
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1.061.061.110.981.000.780.94
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey (UK)1.061.071.061.020.950.740.97
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 1.061.061.111.181.110.961.11
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0.940.961.040.970.780.540.91
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1.021.011.001.000.960.841.00
Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 1.051.040.970.930.820.640.94
Flag of North Korea.svg  Korea, North 1.061.041.011.010.910.530.95
Flag of South Korea.svg  Korea, South 1.051.061.101.080.960.761.01
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 1.081.081.091.121.050.741.06
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1.051.091.211.691.260.791.38
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 1.071.051.030.970.780.620.96
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 1.041.020.990.980.940.830.99
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1.051.061.071.000.820.500.86
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1.051.051.041.030.910.751.00
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1.031.010.920.951.151.070.98
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 1.031.021.000.971.030.961.00
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 1.051.041.041.090.970.861.05
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1.261.211.031.000.930.850.99
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1.061.051.070.990.800.520.86
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1.061.061.051.051.050.821.02
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau (China)1.051.061.120.810.990.880.90
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1.031.021.011.000.970.831.00
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1.020.990.980.990.930.780.98
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1.071.061.031.021.030.901.03
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1.051.041.271.190.920.811.13
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1.031.010.910.851.040.990.95
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1.041.071.071.081.010.851.01
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 1.051.041.041.040.970.971.03
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1.031.010.960.870.830.730.93
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1.051.041.031.000.910.710.96
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1.051.051.030.940.840.800.96
Flag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia, Federated States of 1.051.031.000.930.930.820.97
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1.061.061.081.040.860.660.96
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 1.031.061.091.030.980.800.94
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1.051.041.030.940.830.670.95
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1.041.081.070.990.960.770.97
Flag of Montserrat.svg  Montserrat (UK)1.031.061.100.930.881.261.00
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1.051.041.010.970.990.941.00
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1.031.031.000.870.950.960.97
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (Burma) 1.061.051.020.960.880.770.97
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1.031.021.000.930.800.740.96
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 0.840.790.851.030.660.560.88
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1.061.111.070.820.900.980.96
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1.051.051.041.010.990.830.98
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia (France)1.051.051.051.020.940.781.00
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1.051.061.071.020.950.881.00
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 1.051.041.020.910.850.790.95
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 1.031.020.970.930.980.920.98
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1.061.041.031.000.960.891.02
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1.071.071.071.030.970.780.99
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands (US)1.161.171.171.071.191.151.13
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1.051.051.051.071.030.871.02
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1.051.051.111.331.130.921.18
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1.051.041.051.051.020.861.04
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 1.071.071.001.580.580.321.07
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1.041.041.041.030.990.841.01
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1.051.041.031.051.070.961.04
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1.051.041.011.001.030.891.00
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1.051.041.010.920.920.890.96
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1.051.041.041.040.860.681.01
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1.061.061.061.020.910.670.94
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1.051.051.060.970.840.660.90
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (US)1.061.041.030.910.850.750.90
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1.021.022.425.013.401.893.39
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1.061.061.051.030.890.680.95
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1.061.061.050.970.770.470.86
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 1.031.021.010.910.810.670.96
Flag of France.svg  Saint Barthelemy (France)1.061.061.111.191.191.001.12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)1.061.041.040.990.971.041.01
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.021.000.941.051.010.891.00
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 1.061.061.030.930.860.830.95
Flag of France.svg  Saint Martin (France)1.040.990.970.920.880.780.92
Flag of France.svg  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)1.061.071.080.941.070.750.94
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.031.021.021.081.080.911.04
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1.051.071.061.051.040.781.04
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 1.091.121.100.890.940.820.94
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  Sao Tome and Principe 1.031.031.030.970.870.771.00
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1.051.041.091.521.611.121.30
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1.031.010.990.860.750.770.94
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1.071.061.071.020.940.720.95
Flag of the Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1.031.061.121.151.020.701.07
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 1.031.000.960.920.900.700.95
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1.071.050.960.951.000.850.96
Flag of Sint Maarten.svg  Sint Maarten (Netherlands)1.051.081.040.970.900.890.98
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1.071.061.051.020.920.650.94
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1.041.051.081.110.990.761.00
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1.051.061.061.041.070.881.04
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 1.031.001.011.071.050.661.02
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1.021.000.971.020.870.720.98
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 1.051.041.051.051.231.351.06
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1.071.061.071.040.960.750.98
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1.041.041.040.970.860.730.95
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1.051.031.040.951.041.121.01
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1.051.041.041.040.980.781.01
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1.061.061.071.031.010.871.00
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1.061.061.051.001.010.800.98
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 1.061.051.000.970.970.881.00
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 1.061.051.050.990.960.830.97
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 1.051.041.030.990.850.700.99
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1.031.021.011.010.860.711.00
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1.051.051.040.990.880.770.96
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 1.071.061.030.920.940.941.00
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 1.031.011.000.990.900.760.98
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 1.031.031.050.991.040.811.01
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1.031.041.091.101.000.781.03
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1.061.071.030.950.980.900.99
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1.051.051.041.030.980.811.01
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 1.051.031.010.990.880.770.98
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)1.051.041.001.011.110.891.01
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 1.051.051.071.050.700.620.98
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1.031.020.940.850.850.750.94
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1.061.061.050.970.760.510.86
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1.061.071.193.276.053.392.56
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1.051.051.051.050.980.820.99
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1.051.041.041.010.940.810.97
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1.041.041.030.990.890.670.94
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1.061.051.050.990.890.750.99
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 1.051.040.980.950.970.990.99
Flag of the Vatican City.svg   Vatican City ------------
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1.051.051.030.990.920.840.99
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1.091.111.091.030.880.661.01
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands (UK)1.050.970.920.880.940.920.91
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands (US)1.061.050.950.880.910.810.91
Flag of France.svg  Wallis and Futuna (France)1.051.091.131.050.890.931.04
Flag of Palestine.svg  West Bank/Palestine1.061.051.041.031.060.851.04
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Western Sahara 1.041.021.010.970.880.790.99
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 1.051.041.031.050.840.841.02
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1.031.011.001.010.870.781.00
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1.030.980.961.050.630.660.96

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Human sex ratio Ratio of males to females in a population

In anthropology and demography, the human sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. More data are available for humans than for any other species, and the human sex ratio is more studied than that of any other species, but interpreting these statistics can be difficult.

Earth has a human population of 7.97 billion, with an overall population density of 50 people per km2, excluding Antarctica. Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in Asia, with more than 2.7 billion in the countries of China and India combined. The percentage share of India, China and rest of South Asia in world population have remained on similar levels for the last few thousands years of recorded history. The world's literacy rate has increased dramatically in the last 40 years, from 66.7% in 1979 to 86.3% today. Lower literacy levels are mostly attributable to poverty. Lower literacy rates are mostly found in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The world's largest ethnic group is Han Chinese, with Mandarin being the world's most spoken language in terms of native speakers.

References

  1. "Field Listing :: Sex ratio". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2020-05-27.