Data for 2019
Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019
2019, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019 covers 222 countries. Liechtenstein is highest, at 119.9; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 101.1. The middle country reads 105.1. Against 2018, 100 values changed (35 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.
Sex Ratio at Birth · Data for 2019
HighestLiechtenstein
119.9Lowest2 countries share it
101.1Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort
LIEWestern Europe | 119.9 |
MNPMicronesia | 115.8 |
CHNEastern Asia | 113.9 |
AZEWestern Asia | 113.4 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 111.5 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 110.7 |
ARMWestern Asia | 110.4 |
MACEastern Asia | 108.4 |
UZBCentral Asia | 108.4 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 108.2 |
INDSouthern Asia | 108.2 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 108.1 |
TONPolynesia | 108.1 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 108.0 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 108.0 |
PLWMicronesia | 107.8 |
HKGEastern Asia | 107.7 |
MNESouthern Europe | 107.7 |
PNGMelanesia | 107.7 |
WSMPolynesia | 107.6 |
CUBCaribbean | 107.5 |
TWNEastern Asia | 107.3 |
FJIMelanesia | 107.2 |
KIRMicronesia | 107.2 |
NRUMicronesia | 107.2 |
GUMMicronesia | 107.1 |
NIUPolynesia | 107.1 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 107.1 |
GEOWestern Asia | 107.0 |
MHLMicronesia | 107.0 |
FSMMicronesia | 107.0 |
SLBMelanesia | 107.0 |
VUTMelanesia | 107.0 |
LVANorthern Europe | 106.9 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 106.9 |
TUVPolynesia | 106.9 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 106.8 |
FRONorthern Europe | 106.8 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 106.8 |
TKMCentral Asia | 106.8 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 106.7 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 106.7 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 106.7 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 106.7 |
KAZCentral Asia | 106.6 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 106.6 |
UKREastern Europe | 106.6 |
CYPWestern Asia | 106.5 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 106.5 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 106.4 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 106.3 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 106.3 |
MDAEastern Europe | 106.3 |
NORNorthern Europe | 106.3 |
TJKCentral Asia | 106.2 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 106.1 |
ASMPolynesia | 106.0 |
BGREastern Europe | 106.0 |
COKPolynesia | 106.0 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 106.0 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 106.0 |
PRKEastern Asia | 106.0 |
PYFPolynesia | 105.9 |
ITASouthern Europe | 105.9 |
NCLMelanesia | 105.9 |
PANCentral America | 105.9 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 105.9 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 105.9 |
SWENorthern Europe | 105.9 |
YEMWestern Asia | 105.9 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 105.8 |
BLREastern Europe | 105.8 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 105.8 |
POLEastern Europe | 105.8 |
RUSEastern Europe | 105.8 |
URYSouth America | 105.8 |
HUNEastern Europe | 105.7 |
IRQWestern Asia | 105.7 |
KGZCentral Asia | 105.7 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 105.7 |
ETHEastern Africa | 105.6 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 105.6 |
KOREastern Asia | 105.6 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 105.6 |
VENSouth America | 105.6 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 105.5 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 105.5 |
AUTWestern Europe | 105.4 |
DEUWestern Europe | 105.4 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 105.4 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 105.3 |
VGBCaribbean | 105.3 |
CANNorthern America | 105.3 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 105.3 |
ISRWestern Asia | 105.3 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 105.3 |
PRICaribbean | 105.3 |
ROUEastern Europe | 105.3 |
SVKEastern Europe | 105.3 |
SYRWestern Asia | 105.3 |
TURWestern Asia | 105.3 |
ARGSouth America | 105.2 |
BLZCentral America | 105.2 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 105.2 |
JPNEastern Asia | 105.2 |
LBNWestern Asia | 105.2 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 105.2 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 105.2 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 105.2 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 105.1 |
FINNorthern Europe | 105.1 |
HNDCentral America | 105.1 |
PSEWestern Asia | 105.1 |
SAUWestern Asia | 105.1 |
CHEWestern Europe | 105.1 |
CZEEastern Europe | 105.0 |
GRLNorthern America | 105.0 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 105.0 |
KWTWestern Asia | 105.0 |
MNGEastern Asia | 105.0 |
PRYSouth America | 105.0 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 105.0 |
VATSouthern Europe | 105.0 |
JORWestern Asia | 104.9 |
NLDWestern Europe | 104.9 |
TCACaribbean | 104.9 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 104.8 |
CUWCaribbean | 104.8 |
SLVCentral America | 104.8 |
LUXWestern Europe | 104.8 |
MCOWestern Europe | 104.8 |
FRAWestern Europe | 104.7 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 104.7 |
MARNorthern Africa | 104.7 |
AREWestern Asia | 104.7 |
USANorthern America | 104.7 |
DZANorthern Africa | 104.6 |
BELWestern Europe | 104.6 |
COLSouth America | 104.6 |
ECUSouth America | 104.6 |
BRASouth America | 104.5 |
DOMCaribbean | 104.5 |
GINWestern Africa | 104.5 |
ABWCaribbean | 104.4 |
SOMEastern Africa | 104.4 |
LKASouthern Asia | 104.4 |
CRICentral America | 104.3 |
MSRCaribbean | 104.3 |
BOLSouth America | 104.2 |
BFAWestern Africa | 104.2 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 104.2 |
OMNWestern Asia | 104.2 |
SURSouth America | 104.2 |
CHLSouth America | 104.1 |
GRDCaribbean | 104.1 |
GNBWestern Africa | 104.1 |
PERSouth America | 104.1 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 104.1 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 104.1 |
TTOCaribbean | 104.1 |
BHRWestern Asia | 104.0 |
BENWestern Africa | 104.0 |
BMUNorthern America | 104.0 |
JAMCaribbean | 104.0 |
NERWestern Africa | 104.0 |
MAFCaribbean | 104.0 |
LBRWestern Africa | 103.9 |
MDGEastern Africa | 103.9 |
MEXCentral America | 103.9 |
SXMCaribbean | 103.9 |
VIRCaribbean | 103.9 |
GHAWestern Africa | 103.8 |
GTMCentral America | 103.8 |
NGAWestern Africa | 103.8 |
AIACaribbean | 103.7 |
DJIEastern Africa | 103.7 |
GUYSouth America | 103.7 |
QATWestern Asia | 103.7 |
KNACaribbean | 103.7 |
CYMCaribbean | 103.6 |
DMACaribbean | 103.6 |
SYCEastern Africa | 103.6 |
BRBCaribbean | 103.5 |
MUSEastern Africa | 103.5 |
NICCentral America | 103.5 |
SSDEastern Africa | 103.5 |
VCTCaribbean | 103.4 |
CPVWestern Africa | 103.3 |
MLIWestern Africa | 103.3 |
MRTWestern Africa | 103.3 |
SLEWestern Africa | 103.3 |
ATGCaribbean | 103.2 |
BWASouthern Africa | 103.2 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 103.2 |
COMEastern Africa | 103.2 |
ERIEastern Africa | 103.2 |
GMBWestern Africa | 103.2 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 103.1 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 103.1 |
LCACaribbean | 103.1 |
SENWestern Africa | 103.1 |
CIVWestern Africa | 103.0 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 103.0 |
HTICaribbean | 103.0 |
TZAEastern Africa | 103.0 |
BHSCaribbean | 102.8 |
TGOWestern Africa | 102.8 |
UGAEastern Africa | 102.8 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 102.7 |
RWAEastern Africa | 102.7 |
STPMiddle Africa | 102.7 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 102.6 |
COGMiddle Africa | 102.5 |
BDIEastern Africa | 102.4 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 102.3 |
KENEastern Africa | 102.2 |
CODMiddle Africa | 102.1 |
GABMiddle Africa | 102.1 |
MOZEastern Africa | 102.0 |
MWIEastern Africa | 101.4 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 101.1 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 101.1 |
02In 2019
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Liechtenstein119.9
Northern Mariana Islands115.8
China113.9
Azerbaijan113.4
Vietnam111.5
Lowest
Zambiashared101.1
Namibiashared101.1
Malawi101.4
Mozambique102.0
Gabonshared102.1
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 105.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032018 → 2019
Since 2018
What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 100values changed, of 222 in both
- 35 · 65rose · fell
- 122unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Liechtenstein123.3 → 119.9−3.4
Vietnam114.8 → 111.5−3.3
Northern Mariana Islands116.3 → 115.8−0.5
Mauritius103.9 → 103.5−0.4
Armenia110.8 → 110.4−0.4
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2019.
70 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 11 countries share 105.3. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
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UN DESA Population Division’s own file, on its own site.
WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
UN DESA Population Division (2019). Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio-at-birth/2019
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07Questions
Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019: questions and answers
Which country has the highest sex ratio at birth in Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019?
Liechtenstein, at 119.9, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019 describe?
2019.
How many countries does Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019 cover?
222.
Where can I download Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Sex Ratio at Birth, 2019 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Sex Ratio at Birth, 2023.