Gender ratio in China

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	16 Jan 2021

In 2020, the sex ratio of the total population in China is 105.302 males per 100 females. There are 738,247,340 or 738.25 million males and 701,076,434 or 701.08 million females in China. The percentage of the female population is 48.71 percent compared to 51.29 percent male population. China has 37.17 million more males than females. China is only behind India, where males outnumber females by 54 million. China is at 183rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio. Among Asian countries, its position is 37th out of 51 countries/territories.

In 1950, the male to female ratio in China was at the highest point of 107.9 and decreased to the lowest level in 2020.

China has the world's most skewed sex ratio at birth, with about 113 boys born for every 100 girls. Only Azerbaijan is another country with such a low ratio. This ratio is declining since 2005-10 when it had peaked at 117 boys per 100 girls.

The males to females ratio is at the highest point of 116.54 for the age group 10-14. With 114 boys per 100 girls (0-14 age group), China has the 2nd most skewed child sex ratio, only behind Kuwait. The men to women ratio is 106.2 for the group aged 15–64 and 88.2 for those over 65. China has more males than females aged below 65 years. Women outnumber men by a ratio of 2-to-1 in the age group 90-94 years and a ratio of 5-to-1 for centenarians.

China Sex ratio by age group (2020)

Age group	Male	Female	M per 100 F
00-04	43,618,041	38,827,503	112.338
05-09	46,249,680	40,523,550	114.130
10-14	45,656,257	39,240,131	116.351
15-19	44,115,993	38,125,137	115.714
20-24	45,622,406	40,171,890	113.568
25-29	49,284,391	44,149,016	111.632
30-34	65,521,745	61,146,147	107.156
35-39	54,235,468	51,425,143	105.465
40-44	48,147,343	45,900,946	104.894
45-49	58,956,438	56,445,426	104.449
50-54	63,097,125	61,775,700	102.139
55-59	52,324,540	51,284,276	102.028
60-64	39,713,795	39,383,763	100.838
65-69	36,795,051	37,970,165	96.905
70-74	23,288,974	25,595,727	90.988
75-79	12,718,638	15,006,603	84.754
80-84	7,080,234	9,455,038	74.883
85-89	3,084,699	5,010,095	61.570
90-94	860,373	1,787,325	48.137
95-99	136,798	403,048	33.941
100+	13,771	67,713	20.337
Total	740,521,760	703,694,342	105.233

Total
At birth

China Sex ratio projections

Year	Male	Female	M per 100 F
2020	738,247,340	701,076,434	105.302
2021	740,521,760	703,694,342	105.233
2022	742,454,663	706,016,741	105.161
2023	744,065,907	708,061,767	105.085
2024	745,391,547	709,863,315	105.005
2025	746,460,564	711,447,684	104.921
2026	747,276,937	712,815,314	104.835
2027	747,838,010	713,959,628	104.745
2028	748,159,905	714,892,941	104.653
2029	748,261,449	715,629,887	104.560
2030	748,158,670	716,181,480	104.465
2031	747,862,303	716,555,199	104.369
2032	747,379,071	716,751,351	104.273
2033	746,715,948	716,764,898	104.179
2034	745,878,396	716,586,728	104.088
2035	744,872,120	716,210,910	104.002
2036	743,703,881	715,637,291	103.922
2037	742,381,178	714,870,995	103.848
2038	740,910,927	713,917,517	103.781
2039	739,299,950	712,784,316	103.720
2040	737,554,247	711,477,173	103.665
2041	735,680,127	710,000,121	103.617
2042	733,681,708	708,353,424	103.576
2043	731,559,998	706,534,714	103.542
2044	729,314,366	704,539,754	103.516
2045	726,945,624	702,366,621	103.499
2046	724,457,867	700,018,654	103.491
2047	721,856,908	697,501,717	103.492
2048	719,147,363	694,819,888	103.501
2049	716,334,289	691,978,021	103.520
2050	713,423,046	688,982,121	103.547
2051	710,419,052	685,838,659	103.584
2052	707,328,241	682,556,026	103.629
2053	704,157,431	679,145,186	103.683
2054	700,913,910	675,618,718	103.744
2055	697,605,077	671,989,066	103.812
2056	694,236,435	668,265,517	103.886
2057	690,814,766	664,458,498	103.967
2058	687,350,258	660,583,299	104.052
2059	683,854,289	656,656,810	104.142
2060	680,336,519	652,694,113	104.235
2061	676,802,515	648,705,017	104.331
2062	673,256,200	644,698,187	104.430
2063	669,703,013	640,685,639	104.529
2064	666,147,951	636,679,512	104.628
2065	662,594,759	632,689,816	104.727
2066	659,047,110	628,724,807	104.823
2067	655,506,156	624,789,118	104.916
2068	651,969,562	620,883,947	105.007
2069	648,432,998	617,008,089	105.093
2070	644,893,129	613,161,094	105.175
2071	641,351,274	609,346,350	105.252
2072	637,808,587	605,567,542	105.324
2073	634,261,382	601,824,674	105.390
2074	630,704,816	598,116,842	105.448
2075	627,136,211	594,443,942	105.500
2076	623,555,764	590,807,931	105.543
2077	619,967,166	587,211,554	105.578
2078	616,375,748	583,656,551	105.606
2079	612,788,740	580,144,787	105.627
2080	609,212,750	576,678,547	105.642
2081	605,650,279	573,259,213	105.650
2082	602,104,505	569,889,834	105.653
2083	598,583,619	566,576,527	105.649
2084	595,097,241	563,326,747	105.640
2085	591,652,894	560,146,310	105.625
2086	588,253,013	557,035,545	105.604
2087	584,898,214	553,994,484	105.578
2088	581,591,547	551,027,779	105.547
2089	578,335,645	548,140,749	105.509
2090	575,131,301	545,335,627	105.464
2091	571,976,983	542,610,331	105.412
2092	568,869,023	539,958,870	105.354
2093	565,801,987	537,372,450	105.290
2094	562,769,159	534,840,583	105.222
2095	559,762,949	532,352,252	105.149
2096	556,775,037	529,896,299	105.072
2097	553,796,475	527,461,597	104.993
2098	550,817,703	525,037,152	104.910
2099	547,828,515	522,612,036	104.825
2100	544,818,071	520,175,386	104.737

China Sex ratio estimates

Year	Male	Female	M per 100 F
1950	287,739,865	266,679,404	107.897
1951	295,567,965	274,341,143	107.737
1952	301,939,824	280,636,673	107.591
1953	307,333,563	286,032,319	107.447
1954	312,143,382	290,908,934	107.299
1955	316,679,542	295,562,010	107.145
1956	321,165,115	300,198,118	106.984
1957	325,739,211	304,938,437	106.821
1958	330,466,798	309,828,979	106.661
1959	335,354,975	314,857,756	106.510
1960	340,401,908	320,006,146	106.374
1961	345,648,969	325,303,732	106.254
1962	351,226,376	330,876,278	106.150
1963	357,372,801	336,966,283	106.056
1964	364,379,894	343,874,708	105.963
1965	372,429,283	351,789,687	105.867
1966	381,611,058	360,803,829	105.767
1967	391,796,727	370,784,449	105.667
1968	402,668,343	381,406,372	105.575
1969	413,776,039	392,209,902	105.499
1970	424,765,456	402,835,929	105.444
1971	435,557,247	413,202,462	105.410
1972	446,159,375	423,326,587	105.394
1973	456,413,553	433,071,815	105.390
1974	466,158,309	442,305,897	105.393
1975	475,291,833	450,949,056	105.398
1976	483,746,630	458,938,782	105.405
1977	491,570,923	466,320,348	105.415
1978	498,936,410	473,269,031	105.423
1979	506,094,367	480,037,847	105.428
1980	513,254,169	486,835,059	105.427
1981	520,383,823	493,638,388	105.418
1982	527,494,380	500,454,609	105.403
1983	534,882,854	507,548,547	105.386
1984	542,922,384	515,249,589	105.371
1985	551,836,686	523,752,677	105.362
1986	561,798,689	533,215,417	105.361
1987	572,625,011	543,470,464	105.365
1988	583,740,460	553,983,774	105.371
1989	594,344,178	564,013,215	105.378
1990	603,859,475	573,024,206	105.381
1991	612,077,869	580,819,408	105.382
1992	619,162,850	587,548,393	105.381
1993	625,367,136	593,449,923	105.378
1994	631,105,159	598,914,867	105.375
1995	636,686,865	604,233,674	105.371
1996	642,170,097	609,466,081	105.366
1997	647,469,136	614,526,881	105.361
1998	652,586,590	619,395,759	105.359
1999	657,496,739	624,018,094	105.365
2000	662,187,757	628,363,010	105.383
2001	666,683,342	632,446,405	105.413
2002	671,028,743	636,323,513	105.454
2003	675,255,679	640,047,843	105.501
2004	679,398,856	643,685,783	105.548
2005	683,485,900	647,290,480	105.592
2006	687,528,851	650,879,793	105.631
2007	691,533,479	654,460,412	105.665
2008	695,511,018	658,058,462	105.691
2009	699,470,312	661,699,098	105.708
2010	703,414,019	665,396,585	105.714
2011	707,339,988	669,157,645	105.706
2012	711,236,631	672,969,777	105.686
2013	715,082,615	676,800,720	105.656
2014	718,849,365	680,604,601	105.619
2015	722,508,006	684,339,862	105.577
2016	726,052,413	687,996,940	105.531
2017	729,462,380	691,559,414	105.481
2018	732,677,783	694,970,006	105.426
2019	735,624,259	698,159,433	105.366