List of sovereign states by sex ratio explained

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.

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 65 yearsTotal
World1.07 1.07 1.07 1.03 0.96 0.81 1.02
Afghanistan1.05 1.03 1.03 1.03 0.97 0.85 1.03
Albania1.08 1.11 1.09 0.93 0.95 0.87 0.98
Algeria1.05 1.05 1.05 1.03 1.01 0.89 1.03
American Samoa (US)1.06 1.06 1.01 0.98 0.96 0.86 1.00
Andorra1.07 1.06 1.06 1.04 1.12 1.03 1.06
Angola1.03 0.99 0.95 0.91 0.89 0.72 0.95
Anguilla (UK)1.03 1.04 1.02 0.81 0.79 0.98 0.90
Antigua and Barbuda1.05 1.03 0.99 0.85 0.80 0.75 0.89
Argentina1.07 1.06 1.05 1.00 0.94 0.73 0.98
Armenia1.10 1.12 1.10 0.97 0.85 0.68 0.95
Aruba (Netherlands)1.02 1.01 1.01 0.93 0.88 0.65 0.90
Australia1.06 1.06 1.09 0.99 0.93 0.86 0.99
Austria1.05 1.05 1.03 1.00 0.99 0.78 0.96
Azerbaijan1.06 1.13 1.14 0.99 0.88 0.69 1.00
1.03 1.03 1.03 1.00 0.86 0.63 0.96
Bahrain1.03 1.03 1.31 1.87 1.67 1.04 1.53
Bangladesh1.04 1.04 1.00 0.92 0.97 0.89 0.97
Barbados1.01 1.00 0.98 0.99 0.91 0.70 0.94
Belarus1.06 1.06 1.06 0.98 0.79 0.48 0.87
Belgium1.05 1.05 1.04 1.02 0.99 0.78 0.97
Belize1.05 1.04 1.07 0.95 0.98 0.94 1.00
Benin1.05 1.02 0.99 0.90 0.92 0.84 0.97
Bermuda (UK)1.02 1.02 1.01 1.01 0.90 0.74 0.94
Bhutan1.05 1.05 1.04 1.12 1.15 1.08 1.08
1.05 1.04 1.03 0.97 0.85 0.78 0.98
Bosnia and Herzegovina1.07 1.07 1.07 1.01 0.95 0.67 0.95
Botswana1.03 1.02 0.97 0.90 0.76 0.71 0.93
Brazil1.05 1.04 1.03 0.99 0.90 0.74 0.97
1.05 1.06 1.00 0.90 0.98 0.95 0.96
Bulgaria1.06 1.06 1.08 1.06 0.90 0.67 0.95
Burkina Faso1.03 1.03 1.01 0.87 0.76 0.76 0.96
Burundi1.03 1.01 1.00 0.98 0.87 0.75 0.99
Cambodia1.05 1.02 0.99 0.96 0.78 0.59 0.95
Cameroon1.03 1.02 1.01 0.97 0.94 0.88 0.99
Canada1.05 1.06 1.07 1.01 0.98 0.84 0.98
Cape Verde1.03 1.01 1.00 0.95 0.84 0.60 0.95
Cayman Islands (UK)1.02 1.01 1.00 0.95 0.92 0.85 0.95
Central African Republic1.03 1.01 1.01 1.00 0.92 0.64 0.99
Chad1.04 1.02 1.01 0.93 0.78 0.76 0.98
Chile1.04 1.04 1.04 1.00 0.90 0.72 0.97
China1.11 1.16 1.17 1.05 1.02 0.90 1.06
Colombia1.06 1.05 1.04 0.99 0.90 0.72 0.98
Comoros1.03 1.00 0.94 0.90 0.83 0.81 0.94
1.03 1.01 1.01 1.00 0.93 0.76 1.00
Congo1.03 1.02 1.01 1.00 1.06 0.81 1.01
Cook Islands (New Zealand)1.05 1.12 1.15 0.98 1.25 0.94 1.06
Costa Rica1.05 1.05 1.04 1.02 0.94 0.85 1.00
Croatia1.06 1.06 1.05 1.00 0.94 0.69 0.93
Cuba1.06 1.06 1.08 1.01 0.95 0.83 0.99
(Netherlands)1.05 1.05 1.06 1.00 0.77 0.68 0.92
Cyprus1.05 1.06 1.20 1.13 0.92 0.76 1.05
1.05 1.06 1.07 1.06 0.96 0.72 0.97
Denmark1.07 1.06 1.05 1.02 1.00 0.85 0.99
Djibouti1.03 1.01 0.89 0.71 0.76 0.80 0.83
Dominica1.05 1.05 1.06 1.03 1.10 0.85 1.02
Dominican Republic1.04 1.03 1.03 1.04 1.00 0.89 1.02
Ecuador1.05 1.04 1.04 0.96 0.94 0.89 0.99
Egypt1.06 1.07 1.07 1.03 1.00 0.92 1.05
El Salvador1.05 1.05 1.03 0.87 0.73 0.77 0.92
Equatorial Guinea1.03 1.03 1.04 1.01 0.78 0.70 1.00
Eritrea1.03 1.01 0.99 0.96 0.84 0.69 0.97
Estonia1.05 1.05 1.08 1.04 0.84 0.53 0.88
1.03 1.00 0.90 0.87 0.74 0.60 0.90
Ethiopia1.03 1.01 1.00 0.99 0.97 0.85 1.00
1.06 1.05 1.05 1.01 0.95 0.75 0.95
(UK)N/A1.12
Faroe Islands (Denmark)1.07 1.07 1.07 1.16 1.07 0.94 1.08
Fiji1.05 1.05 1.04 1.05 1.02 0.85 1.03
Finland1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 0.97 0.78 0.97
France1.05 1.05 1.05 1.02 0.93 0.77 0.96
French Polynesia (France)1.05 1.06 1.09 1.05 1.05 0.93 1.05
Gabon1.03 1.04 1.09 1.15 1.04 1.00 1.08
1.03 1.01 0.98 0.96 0.91 0.85 0.98
/Palestine1.06 1.05 1.02 0.95 1.08 1.13 1.02
Georgia1.05 1.09 1.14 0.97 0.79 0.65 0.92
Germany1.05 1.06 1.04 1.01 1.00 0.79 0.96
Ghana1.03 1.01 0.99 0.94 0.95 0.85 0.97
Gibraltar (UK)1.07 1.06 1.07 1.06 0.72 0.93 1.01
Greece1.07 1.07 1.11 0.98 0.90 0.80 0.95
Greenland (Denmark)1.05 1.03 1.01 1.10 1.17 1.13 1.08
Grenada1.10 1.09 1.01 1.04 1.04 0.88 1.03
Guam (US)1.07 1.07 1.16 1.07 1.05 0.87 1.06
Guatemala1.05 1.04 1.01 0.96 0.87 0.82 0.99
(UK)1.05 1.06 1.04 1.02 0.98 0.85 0.99
Guinea1.03 1.02 1.01 1.00 0.94 0.81 1.00
Guinea-Bissau1.03 1.00 0.96 0.90 0.96 0.74 0.95
Guyana1.05 1.04 1.04 1.10 0.88 0.68 1.02
Haiti1.01 0.99 1.00 0.98 0.92 0.78 0.98
Honduras1.03 1.02 1.00 0.90 0.83 0.80 0.95
Hong Kong (China)1.06 1.12 1.10 0.75 0.87 0.88 0.86
Hungary1.06 1.06 1.07 1.02 0.87 0.62 0.91
Iceland1.05 1.04 1.02 1.03 0.98 0.89 1.00
India1.11 1.13 1.14 1.07 1.00 0.89 1.08
Indonesia1.05 1.04 1.04 1.05 0.85 0.77 1.00
1.05 1.05 1.05 1.04 0.96 0.87 1.03
Iraq1.05 1.04 1.03 1.00 0.96 0.80 1.01
Ireland1.06 1.05 1.02 1.01 1.00 0.86 1.00
(UK)1.08 1.09 1.15 1.00 1.01 0.90 1.00
Israel1.05 1.05 1.04 1.04 0.99 0.82 1.01
Italy1.06 1.05 1.01 0.97 0.94 0.76 0.93
1.03 1.01 1.00 1.03 1.04 0.81 1.01
Jamaica1.05 1.04 1.02 0.94 0.98 0.90 0.98
Japan1.06 1.06 1.11 0.98 1.00 0.78 0.94
(UK)1.06 1.07 1.06 1.02 0.95 0.74 0.97
Jordan1.06 1.06 1.11 1.18 1.11 0.96 1.11
Kazakhstan0.94 0.96 1.04 0.97 0.78 0.54 0.91
Kenya1.02 1.01 1.00 1.00 0.96 0.84 1.00
Kiribati1.05 1.04 0.97 0.93 0.82 0.64 0.94
1.06 1.04 1.01 1.01 0.91 0.53 0.95
1.05 1.06 1.10 1.08 0.96 0.76 1.01
1.08 1.08 1.09 1.12 1.05 0.74 1.06
Kuwait1.05 1.09 1.21 1.69 1.26 0.79 1.38
Kyrgyzstan1.07 1.05 1.03 0.97 0.78 0.62 0.96
1.04 1.02 0.99 0.98 0.94 0.83 0.99
Latvia1.05 1.06 1.07 1.00 0.82 0.50 0.86
Lebanon1.05 1.05 1.04 1.03 0.91 0.75 1.00
Lesotho1.03 1.01 0.92 0.95 1.15 1.07 0.98
Liberia1.03 1.02 1.00 0.97 1.03 0.96 1.00
Libya1.05 1.04 1.04 1.09 0.97 0.86 1.05
Liechtenstein1.26 1.21 1.03 1.00 0.93 0.85 0.99
Lithuania1.06 1.05 1.07 0.99 0.80 0.52 0.86
Luxembourg1.06 1.06 1.05 1.05 1.05 0.82 1.02
(China)1.05 1.06 1.12 0.81 0.99 0.88 0.90
Madagascar1.03 1.02 1.01 1.00 0.97 0.83 1.00
Malawi1.02 0.99 0.98 0.99 0.93 0.78 0.98
Malaysia1.07 1.06 1.03 1.02 1.03 0.90 1.03
Maldives1.05 1.04 1.27 1.19 0.92 0.81 1.13
Mali1.03 1.01 0.91 0.85 1.04 0.99 0.95
Malta1.04 1.07 1.07 1.08 1.01 0.85 1.01
Marshall Islands1.05 1.04 1.04 1.04 0.97 0.97 1.03
Mauritania1.03 1.01 0.96 0.87 0.83 0.73 0.93
Mauritius1.05 1.04 1.03 1.00 0.91 0.71 0.96
Mexico1.05 1.05 1.03 0.94 0.84 0.80 0.96
1.05 1.03 1.00 0.93 0.93 0.82 0.97
1.06 1.06 1.08 1.04 0.86 0.66 0.96
Monaco1.03 1.06 1.09 1.03 0.98 0.80 0.94
Mongolia1.05 1.04 1.03 0.94 0.83 0.67 0.95
Montenegro1.04 1.08 1.07 0.99 0.96 0.77 0.97
Montserrat (UK)1.03 1.06 1.10 0.93 0.88 1.26 1.00
Morocco1.05 1.04 1.01 0.97 0.99 0.94 1.00
Mozambique1.03 1.03 1.00 0.87 0.95 0.96 0.97
Myanmar1.06 1.05 1.02 0.96 0.88 0.77 0.97
Namibia1.03 1.02 1.00 0.93 0.80 0.74 0.96
Nauru0.84 0.79 0.85 1.03 0.66 0.56 0.88
Nepal1.06 1.11 1.07 0.82 0.90 0.98 0.96
Netherlands1.05 1.05 1.04 1.01 0.99 0.83 0.98
New Caledonia (France)1.05 1.05 1.05 1.02 0.94 0.78 1.00
New Zealand1.05 1.06 1.07 1.02 0.95 0.88 1.00
Nicaragua1.05 1.04 1.02 0.91 0.85 0.79 0.95
Niger1.03 1.02 0.97 0.93 0.98 0.92 0.98
Nigeria1.06 1.04 1.03 1.00 0.96 0.89 1.02
1.07 1.07 1.07 1.03 0.97 0.78 0.99
Northern Mariana Islands (US)1.16 1.17 1.17 1.07 1.19 1.15 1.13
Norway1.05 1.05 1.05 1.07 1.03 0.87 1.02
Oman1.05 1.05 1.11 1.33 1.13 0.92 1.18
Pakistan1.05 1.04 1.05 1.05 1.02 0.86 1.04
Palau1.07 1.07 1.00 1.58 0.58 0.32 1.07
Panama1.04 1.04 1.04 1.03 0.99 0.84 1.01
Papua New Guinea1.05 1.04 1.03 1.05 1.07 0.96 1.04
Paraguay1.05 1.04 1.01 1.00 1.03 0.89 1.00
Peru1.05 1.04 1.01 0.92 0.92 0.89 0.96
Philippines1.05 1.04 1.04 1.04 0.86 0.68 1.01
Poland1.06 1.06 1.06 1.02 0.91 0.67 0.94
Portugal1.05 1.05 1.06 0.97 0.84 0.66 0.90
Puerto Rico (US)1.06 1.04 1.03 0.91 0.85 0.75 0.90
Qatar1.02 1.02 2.42 5.01 3.40 1.89 3.39
Romania1.06 1.06 1.05 1.03 0.89 0.68 0.95
1.06 1.06 1.05 0.97 0.77 0.47 0.86
Rwanda1.03 1.02 1.01 0.91 0.81 0.67 0.96
(France)1.06 1.06 1.11 1.19 1.19 1.00 1.12
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)1.06 1.04 1.04 0.99 0.97 1.04 1.01
Saint Kitts and Nevis1.02 1.00 0.94 1.05 1.01 0.89 1.00
Saint Lucia1.06 1.06 1.03 0.93 0.86 0.83 0.95
(France)1.04 0.99 0.97 0.92 0.88 0.78 0.92
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)1.06 1.07 1.08 0.94 1.07 0.75 0.94
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.03 1.02 1.02 1.08 1.08 0.91 1.04
Samoa1.05 1.07 1.06 1.05 1.04 0.78 1.04
San Marino1.09 1.12 1.10 0.89 0.94 0.82 0.94
Sao Tome and Principe1.03 1.03 1.03 0.97 0.87 0.77 1.00
Saudi Arabia1.05 1.04 1.09 1.52 1.61 1.12 1.30
Senegal1.03 1.01 0.99 0.86 0.75 0.77 0.94
Serbia1.07 1.06 1.07 1.02 0.94 0.72 0.95
Seychelles1.03 1.06 1.12 1.15 1.02 0.70 1.07
Sierra Leone1.03 1.00 0.96 0.92 0.90 0.70 0.95
Singapore1.07 1.05 0.96 0.95 1.00 0.85 0.96
(Netherlands)1.05 1.08 1.04 0.97 0.90 0.89 0.98
Slovakia1.07 1.06 1.05 1.02 0.92 0.65 0.94
Slovenia1.04 1.05 1.08 1.11 0.99 0.76 1.00
Solomon Islands1.05 1.06 1.06 1.04 1.07 0.88 1.04
Somalia1.03 1.00 1.01 1.07 1.05 0.66 1.02
South Africa1.02 1.00 0.97 1.02 0.87 0.72 0.98
1.05 1.04 1.05 1.05 1.23 1.35 1.06
Spain1.07 1.06 1.07 1.04 0.96 0.75 0.98
Sri Lanka1.04 1.04 1.04 0.97 0.86 0.73 0.95
Sudan1.05 1.03 1.04 0.95 1.04 1.12 1.01
Suriname1.05 1.04 1.04 1.04 0.98 0.78 1.01
Sweden1.06 1.06 1.07 1.03 1.01 0.87 1.00
Switzerland1.06 1.06 1.05 1.00 1.01 0.80 0.98
1.06 1.05 1.00 0.97 0.97 0.88 1.00
1.06 1.05 1.05 0.99 0.96 0.83 0.97
Tajikistan1.05 1.04 1.03 0.99 0.85 0.70 0.99
1.03 1.02 1.01 1.01 0.86 0.71 1.00
Thailand1.05 1.05 1.04 0.99 0.88 0.77 0.96
Timor-Leste1.07 1.06 1.03 0.92 0.94 0.94 1.00
Togo1.03 1.01 1.00 0.99 0.90 0.76 0.98
Tonga1.03 1.03 1.05 0.99 1.04 0.81 1.01
Trinidad and Tobago1.03 1.04 1.09 1.10 1.00 0.78 1.03
Tunisia1.06 1.07 1.03 0.95 0.98 0.90 0.99
Turkey1.05 1.05 1.04 1.03 0.98 0.81 1.01
Turkmenistan1.05 1.03 1.01 0.99 0.88 0.77 0.98
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)1.05 1.04 1.00 1.01 1.11 0.89 1.01
Tuvalu1.05 1.05 1.07 1.05 0.70 0.62 0.98
Uganda1.03 1.02 0.94 0.85 0.85 0.75 0.94
Ukraine1.06 1.06 1.05 0.97 0.76 0.51 0.86
United Arab Emirates1.06 1.07 1.19 3.27 6.05 3.39 2.56
United Kingdom1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 0.98 0.82 0.99
United States1.05 1.04 1.04 1.01 0.94 0.81 0.97
Uruguay1.04 1.04 1.03 0.99 0.89 0.67 0.94
Uzbekistan1.06 1.05 1.05 0.99 0.89 0.75 0.99
Vanuatu1.05 1.04 0.98 0.95 0.97 0.99 0.99
-- -- -- -- -- -- All male
1.05 1.05 1.03 0.99 0.92 0.84 0.99
1.09 1.11 1.09 1.03 0.88 0.66 1.01
(UK)1.05 0.97 0.92 0.88 0.94 0.92 0.91
(US)1.06 1.05 0.95 0.88 0.91 0.81 0.91
Wallis and Futuna (France)1.05 1.09 1.13 1.05 0.89 0.93 1.04
/Palestine1.06 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.06 0.85 1.04
Western Sahara1.04 1.02 1.01 0.97 0.88 0.79 0.99
Yemen1.05 1.04 1.03 1.05 0.84 0.84 1.02
Zambia1.03 1.01 1.00 1.01 0.87 0.78 1.00
Zimbabwe1.03 0.98 0.96 1.05 0.63 0.66 0.96

See also

Notes and References

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