Countries by Sex Ratio 2018 - StatisticsTimes.com

List of Countries by Sex Ratio

Source	United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Source	World Bank
Last Updated	25 Nov 2018

The first list is based on the projection by United Nations for year 2018. This list include sex ratio of 201 countries and regions. Data of 2015 is taken for 2018 as data in United Nations are available for 5 year gap (2015-2020). Second list is based on the estimates by the World bank for year 2017. This list contains population of 192 country/territory.

The human sex ratio is the number of males for each 100 female in a population. Sex ratio above 100 means there are more males than females. Sex ratio below 100 means there are more females than males. Sex ratio of 100 means there are equal numbers of females and males. Lower the ratio

According to United Nations, Sex ratio of world in 2018 is 101.783. It means that World has 101783 males for each 100000 females or 98248 females for each 100000 males. 12 countries has sex ratio less than 90.0 and 37 has less than 95.0. There are more females than males in 128 countries. 160 countries has better sex ratio than world average.

Martinique has lowest gender ratio of 83.919 followed by Curaçao (84.340). Latvia (84.831), Lithuania (85.359) and Ukraine (85.913) is at 3rd, 4th and 5th position, respectively. In the list of top 10 countries having lowest male to female ratio, six countries are located in Europe continent, three in North America and one in Asia.

Top ten countries having more males population than females population are : Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Equatorial Guinea, Bhutan, Western Sahara. Qatar and United Arab Emirates has sex ratio 306.565 and 272.190 respectively. Except Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara, which belong to Africa continent, other eight are from Asia continent.

Eastern Europe has highest ratio of female population while Western Asia has lowest. Among top 20 countries having greater proportion of females, 16 belongs to Europe and North America continent. Among top 20 countries having greater proportion of males, 14 belongs to Asia and 3 each from Africa and Oceania continent.

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UN (2018)

Rank	Country/territory	Sex Ratio	Female per 100 Male	Continent
1	Martinique	83.919	119.163	North America
2	Curaçao	84.340	118.568	North America
3	Latvia	84.831	117.881	Europe
4	Lithuania	85.359	117.152	Europe
5	Ukraine	85.913	116.397	Europe
6	China, Hong Kong SAR	85.947	116.351	Asia
7	Guadeloupe	86.603	115.469	North America
8	Russian Federation	86.769	115.249	Europe
9	Belarus	87.000	114.943	Europe
10	Estonia	87.866	113.810	Europe
11	Armenia	88.654	112.798	Asia
12	El Salvador	88.855	112.543	North America
13	Portugal	90.031	111.073	Europe
14	Hungary	90.586	110.392	Europe
15	Aruba	90.605	110.369	North America
16	United States Virgin Islands	91.224	109.620	North America
17	Georgia	91.303	109.525	Asia
18	Barbados	91.987	108.711	North America
19	China, Macao SAR	92.186	108.476	Asia
20	Antigua and Barbuda	92.233	108.421	North America
21	Republic of Moldova	92.466	108.148	Europe
22	Puerto Rico	92.541	108.060	North America
23	Sri Lanka	92.954	107.580	Asia
24	Croatia	92.986	107.543	Europe
25	Uruguay	93.310	107.170	South America
26	Poland	93.440	107.021	Europe
27	Kazakhstan	93.888	106.510	Asia
28	Réunion	93.896	106.501	Africa
29	Swaziland	94.007	106.375	Africa
30	Romania	94.043	106.334	Europe
31	Lesotho	94.178	106.182	Africa
32	Nepal	94.242	106.110	Asia
33	Namibia	94.539	105.776	Africa
34	Slovakia	94.564	105.748	Europe
35	Bulgaria	94.652	105.650	Europe
36	Zimbabwe	94.799	105.486	Africa
37	Italy	94.824	105.459	Europe
38	Mozambique	95.192	105.051	Africa
39	Cambodia	95.213	105.028	Asia
40	Thailand	95.427	104.792	Asia
41	Myanmar	95.459	104.757	Asia
42	Japan	95.534	104.675	Asia
43	Serbia	95.587	104.617	Europe
44	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	95.705	104.488	Asia
45	Argentina	95.818	104.365	South America
46	Bahamas	95.880	104.297	North America
47	Austria	95.906	104.269	Europe
48	Saint Lucia	96.036	104.128	North America
49	Angola	96.113	104.044	Africa
50	Rwanda	96.169	103.984	Africa
51	Spain	96.355	103.783	Europe
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.392	103.743	Europe
53	Senegal	96.393	103.742	Africa
54	South Africa	96.473	103.656	Africa
55	Mayotte	96.513	103.613	Africa
56	Czechia	96.608	103.511	Europe
57	France	96.609	103.510	Europe
58	Belgium	96.678	103.436	Europe
59	Guinea-Bissau	96.683	103.431	Africa
60	New Zealand	96.734	103.376	Oceania
61	Burundi	96.745	103.365	Africa
62	Brazil	96.757	103.352	South America
63	Germany	96.787	103.320	Europe
64	Turkey	96.818	103.287	Asia
65	Guatemala	96.822	103.282	North America
66	Finland	96.901	103.198	Europe
67	Colombia	96.971	103.124	South America
68	Turkmenistan	96.986	103.108	Asia
69	Greece	96.999	103.094	Europe
70	United Kingdom	97.184	102.898	Europe
71	Nicaragua	97.209	102.871	North America
72	Kiribati	97.212	102.868	Oceania
73	Montenegro	97.325	102.749	Europe
74	Central African Republic	97.328	102.745	Africa
75	Trinidad and Tobago	97.399	102.670	North America
76	Singapore	97.592	102.467	Asia
77	Tunisia	97.669	102.387	Africa
78	Botswana	97.681	102.374	Africa
79	United Republic of Tanzania	97.702	102.352	Africa
80	Haiti	97.853	102.194	North America
81	Viet Nam	97.880	102.166	Asia
82	United States of America	97.902	102.143	North America
83	Morocco	97.938	102.105	Africa
84	Switzerland	97.963	102.079	Europe
85	Sierra Leone	97.979	102.063	Africa
86	Gambia	98.030	102.010	Africa
87	Mongolia	98.071	101.967	Asia
88	Malawi	98.091	101.946	Africa
89	Chile	98.108	101.928	South America
90	Mauritius	98.133	101.903	Africa
91	Seychelles	98.257	101.774	Africa
92	Kyrgyzstan	98.332	101.696	Asia
93	Channel Islands	98.335	101.693	Europe
94	Israel	98.391	101.635	Asia
95	Ireland	98.402	101.624	Europe
96	Canada	98.426	101.599	North America
97	Slovenia	98.457	101.567	Europe
98	Zambia	98.473	101.551	Africa
99	Kenya	98.812	101.202	Africa
100	Netherlands	98.853	101.160	Europe
101	Uganda	98.907	101.105	Africa
102	Denmark	98.914	101.098	Europe
103	Ghana	99.026	100.984	Africa
104	Jamaica	99.041	100.968	North America
105	Azerbaijan	99.059	100.950	Asia
106	Mexico	99.152	100.855	North America
107	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	99.152	100.855	South America
108	Sao Tome and Principe	99.163	100.844	Africa
109	Cabo Verde	99.186	100.821	Africa
110	Burkina Faso	99.196	100.811	Africa
111	Somalia	99.283	100.722	Africa
112	Uzbekistan	99.300	100.705	Asia
113	Dominican Republic	99.315	100.690	North America
114	Togo	99.318	100.687	Africa
115	Benin	99.327	100.678	Africa
116	Australia	99.361	100.643	Oceania
117	Lao People's Democratic Republic	99.378	100.626	Asia
118	Belize	99.401	100.603	North America
119	Honduras	99.412	100.591	North America
120	Madagascar	99.420	100.583	Africa
121	Democratic Republic of the Congo	99.465	100.538	Africa
122	Ethiopia	99.698	100.303	Africa
123	Sudan	99.805	100.195	Africa
124	Peru	99.806	100.194	South America
125	Sweden	99.927	100.073	Europe
126	French Guiana	99.952	100.048	South America
127	Ecuador	99.972	100.028	South America
128	TFYR Macedonia	99.972	100.028	Europe
129	Mali	100.039	99.961	Africa
130	China, Taiwan Province of China	100.067	99.933	Asia
131	Congo	100.090	99.910	Africa
132	Cameroon	100.119	99.881	Africa
133	Costa Rica	100.135	99.865	North America
134	Cuba	100.156	99.844	North America
135	Chad	100.185	99.815	Africa
136	Republic of Korea	100.220	99.780	Asia
137	South Sudan	100.304	99.697	Africa
138	Cyprus	100.311	99.690	Asia
139	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	100.312	99.689	South America
140	Eritrea	100.356	99.645	Africa
141	Niger	100.387	99.614	Africa
142	Guinea	100.451	99.551	Africa
143	Tonga	100.562	99.441	Oceania
144	Panama	100.565	99.438	North America
145	Grenada	100.644	99.360	North America
146	Malta	100.649	99.355	Europe
147	Iceland	100.693	99.312	Europe
148	Luxembourg	100.755	99.251	Europe
149	Djibouti	100.803	99.203	Africa
150	Suriname	100.863	99.144	South America
151	Lebanon	100.930	99.079	Asia
152	Tajikistan	101.083	98.929	Asia
153	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	101.327	98.690	Asia
154	Norway	101.391	98.628	Europe
155	Mauritania	101.447	98.574	Africa
156	Guyana	101.466	98.555	South America
157	Indonesia	101.495	98.527	Asia
158	Philippines	101.504	98.518	Asia
159	Liberia	101.656	98.371	Africa
160	Comoros	101.749	98.281	Africa
161	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	101.842	98.191	North America
162	Bangladesh	101.860	98.174	Asia
163	New Caledonia	101.908	98.128	Oceania
164	Albania	101.961	98.077	Europe
165	Libya	101.998	98.041	Africa
166	Algeria	102.003	98.036	Africa
167	Yemen	102.139	97.906	Asia
168	Egypt	102.242	97.807	Africa
169	Syrian Arab Republic	102.349	97.705	Asia
170	Iraq	102.441	97.617	Asia
171	Vanuatu	102.609	97.457	Oceania
172	Nigeria	102.635	97.433	Africa
173	Jordan	102.714	97.358	Asia
174	Guam	102.739	97.334	Oceania
175	State of Palestine	102.904	97.178	Asia
176	Paraguay	103.031	97.058	South America
177	Côte d'Ivoire	103.063	97.028	Africa
178	Timor-Leste	103.180	96.918	Asia
179	Solomon Islands	103.382	96.729	Oceania
180	Fiji	103.445	96.670	Oceania
181	Papua New Guinea	103.542	96.579	Oceania
182	French Polynesia	104.018	96.137	Oceania
183	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	104.972	95.263	Oceania
184	Pakistan	105.638	94.663	Asia
185	Gabon	105.707	94.601	Africa
186	Brunei Darussalam	106.254	94.114	Asia
187	China	106.274	94.096	Asia
188	Afghanistan	106.379	94.004	Asia
189	Samoa	106.551	93.852	Oceania
190	Malaysia	106.942	93.509	Asia
191	India	107.625	92.915	Asia
192	Western Sahara	110.528	90.475	Africa
193	Bhutan	113.416	88.171	Asia
194	Equatorial Guinea	123.043	81.272	Africa
195	Maldives	130.216	76.795	Asia
196	Saudi Arabia	130.943	76.369	Asia
197	Kuwait	134.999	74.075	Asia
198	Bahrain	161.256	62.013	Asia
199	Oman	184.414	54.226	Asia
200	United Arab Emirates	272.190	36.739	Asia
201	Qatar	306.565	32.620	Asia
	World	101.783	98.248

World Bank (2017)

Rank	Country/territory	Female (%)	Male per 100 Female
1	Curacao	54.178	84.576
2	Latvia	54.073	84.934
3	Hong Kong SAR, China	54.015	85.135
4	Lithuania	53.928	85.432
5	Ukraine	53.767	85.987
6	Russian Federation	53.526	86.824
7	Belarus	53.466	87.034
8	Estonia	53.145	88.163
9	El Salvador	53.039	88.541
10	Armenia	52.965	88.805
11	Portugal	52.675	89.845
12	Aruba	52.518	90.412
13	Hungary	52.430	90.730
14	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	52.334	91.081
15	Georgia	52.255	91.370
16	Barbados	52.123	91.854
17	Moldova	52.019	92.238
18	Macao SAR, China	52.001	92.303
19	Antigua and Barbuda	51.999	92.310
20	Sri Lanka	51.938	92.535
21	Puerto Rico	51.931	92.563
22	Croatia	51.796	93.064
23	Poland	51.707	93.398
24	Uruguay	51.692	93.454
25	Eswatini	51.572	93.904
26	Kazakhstan	51.567	93.922
27	Romania	51.551	93.983
28	Nepal	51.457	94.338
29	Lesotho	51.448	94.369
30	Bulgaria	51.389	94.595
31	Slovak Republic	51.386	94.606
32	Namibia	51.351	94.739
33	Zimbabwe	51.294	94.954
34	Italy	51.265	95.065
35	Thailand	51.237	95.172
36	Cambodia	51.207	95.288
37	Japan	51.166	95.444
38	Mozambique	51.160	95.466
39	Myanmar	51.158	95.475
40	Serbia	51.136	95.557
41	Argentina	51.056	95.862
42	St. Lucia	51.046	95.900
43	Bahamas, The	51.036	95.942
44	Austria	50.969	96.198
45	Spain	50.965	96.212
46	Rwanda	50.964	96.217
47	Angola	50.963	96.221
48	South Africa	50.922	96.379
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.907	96.438
50	Senegal	50.870	96.578
51	Brazil	50.855	96.638
52	Czech Republic	50.845	96.675
53	France	50.833	96.724
54	New Zealand	50.826	96.748
55	Colombia	50.800	96.849
56	Guinea-Bissau	50.797	96.861
57	Burundi	50.788	96.898
58	Guatemala	50.783	96.916
59	Greece	50.780	96.929
60	Turkmenistan	50.760	97.006
61	Germany	50.758	97.014
62	Turkey	50.750	97.045
63	Trinidad and Tobago	50.737	97.094
64	Finland	50.722	97.155
65	Seychelles	50.721	97.155
66	Nicaragua	50.698	97.245
67	Kiribati	50.692	97.270
68	Belgium	50.689	97.280
69	Central African Republic	50.677	97.330
70	Montenegro	50.663	97.382
71	United Kingdom	50.659	97.399
72	Tunisia	50.598	97.637
73	Singapore	50.590	97.667
74	Botswana	50.570	97.745
75	Haiti	50.552	97.817
76	Tanzania	50.546	97.839
77	Mauritius	50.537	97.876
78	Mongolia	50.532	97.892
79	Vietnam	50.515	97.961
80	United States	50.504	98.002
81	Gambia, The	50.502	98.012
82	Sierra Leone	50.477	98.109
83	Morocco	50.472	98.129
84	Chile	50.463	98.165
85	Malawi	50.461	98.172
86	Switzerland	50.454	98.199
87	Kyrgyz Republic	50.414	98.356
88	Ireland	50.404	98.395
89	Channel Islands	50.400	98.411
90	Canada	50.382	98.483
91	Zambia	50.379	98.494
92	Slovenia	50.344	98.632
93	Israel	50.330	98.688
94	Kenya	50.300	98.806
95	Denmark	50.262	98.956
96	Venezuela, RB	50.261	98.961
97	Uganda	50.258	98.973
98	Netherlands	50.245	99.026
99	Jamaica	50.242	99.036
100	Belize	50.212	99.156
101	Mexico	50.209	99.168
102	Dominican Republic	50.206	99.180
103	Sao Tome and Principe	50.202	99.196
104	Azerbaijan	50.188	99.250
105	Somalia	50.187	99.255
106	Australia	50.183	99.272
107	Ghana	50.170	99.321
108	Cabo Verde	50.170	99.323
109	Togo	50.151	99.397
110	Uzbekistan	50.151	99.398
111	Honduras	50.140	99.442
112	Madagascar	50.131	99.479
113	Burkina Faso	50.129	99.485
114	Benin	50.119	99.525
115	Lao PDR	50.119	99.526
116	Congo, Dem. Rep.	50.109	99.566
117	Ethiopia	50.069	99.723
118	Peru	50.055	99.781
119	Sudan	50.024	99.905
120	Ecuador	50.022	99.913
121	Macedonia, FYR	50.007	99.971
122	Costa Rica	49.986	100.055
123	Cuba	49.979	100.085
124	Congo, Rep.	49.977	100.091
125	Korea, Rep.	49.962	100.151
126	Mali	49.956	100.174
127	Sweden	49.956	100.177
128	Cameroon	49.953	100.189
129	Chad	49.944	100.225
130	Cyprus	49.940	100.240
131	Bolivia	49.938	100.250
132	South Sudan	49.895	100.419
133	Panama	49.891	100.435
134	Guinea	49.860	100.560
135	Niger	49.855	100.581
136	Lebanon	49.838	100.649
137	Tonga	49.834	100.665
138	Iceland	49.825	100.701
139	Djibouti	49.816	100.737
140	Suriname	49.816	100.739
141	Grenada	49.782	100.876
142	Malta	49.777	100.896
143	Tajikistan	49.776	100.898
144	Luxembourg	49.743	101.032
145	Iran, Islamic Rep.	49.711	101.164
146	Philippines	49.674	101.312
147	Indonesia	49.658	101.377
148	New Caledonia	49.622	101.523
149	Mauritania	49.600	101.612
150	Libya	49.590	101.652
151	Bangladesh	49.574	101.717
152	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.574	101.718
153	Comoros	49.560	101.774
154	Liberia	49.548	101.826
155	Norway	49.546	101.831
156	Albania	49.520	101.937
157	Guyana	49.518	101.946
158	Algeria	49.498	102.027
159	Yemen, Rep.	49.482	102.092
160	Syrian Arab Republic	49.474	102.127
161	Egypt, Arab Rep.	49.438	102.274
162	Vanuatu	49.400	102.428
163	Iraq	49.377	102.524
164	Guam	49.365	102.574
165	Jordan	49.361	102.590
166	Cote d'Ivoire	49.343	102.665
167	Nigeria	49.326	102.732
168	West Bank and Gaza	49.286	102.895
169	Paraguay	49.277	102.936
170	Fiji	49.236	103.103
171	Timor-Leste	49.218	103.177
172	Solomon Islands	49.162	103.409
173	Papua New Guinea	49.129	103.547
174	French Polynesia	49.080	103.747
175	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	48.745	105.147
176	Gabon	48.634	105.616
177	Pakistan	48.634	105.618
178	Brunei Darussalam	48.534	106.041
179	China	48.470	106.312
180	Afghanistan	48.467	106.328
181	Samoa	48.403	106.597
182	Malaysia	48.377	106.711
183	India	48.180	107.554
184	Bhutan	46.926	113.101
185	Equatorial Guinea	44.643	124.000
186	Maldives	43.139	131.807
187	Saudi Arabia	42.930	132.939
188	Kuwait	42.579	134.860
189	Bahrain	37.271	168.306
190	Oman	34.156	192.775
191	United Arab Emirates	27.596	262.366
192	Qatar	24.927	301.176
193	American Samoa	-	-
194	Bermuda	-	-
195	Nauru	-	-
196	Palau	-	-
197	Kosovo	-	-
198	Liechtenstein	-	-
199	St. Kitts and Nevis	-	-
200	Cayman Islands	-	-
201	British Virgin Islands	-	-
202	St. Martin (French part)	-	-
203	Gibraltar	-	-
204	Turks and Caicos Islands	-	-
205	San Marino	-	-
206	Isle of Man	-	-
207	Andorra	-	-
208	Northern Mariana Islands	-	-
209	Eritrea	-	-
210	Tuvalu	-	-
211	Monaco	-	-
212	Faroe Islands	-	-
213	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-	-
214	Marshall Islands	-	-
215	Greenland	-	-
216	Dominica	-	-
	World	49.556	101.792

List of Countries by Sex Ratio

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World Bank (2017)