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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The sex ratio of the total population is the number of males for every 100 females, counting people of all ages. Near 100 means roughly equal numbers; above 100, more men; below, more women.

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950 covers 222 countries. Guam is highest, at 213.572; Sint Maarten is lowest, at 63.565. The middle country reads 98.705.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1950

HighestGuam

213.572

LowestSint Maarten

63.565

Shaded 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 of the Total Population, 1950, 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

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GuamGUMMicronesia213.572
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia146.954
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia130.571
VanuatuVUTMelanesia126.646
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa125.145
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia119.445
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia119.084
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia118.156
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia117.867
BahrainBHRWestern Asia117.375
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia115.609
FijiFJIMelanesia113.214
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia112.618
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa110.171
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia110.145
SyriaSYRWestern Asia109.335
GhanaGHAWestern Africa109.324
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia109.257
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia109.230
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia109.194
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa108.735
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.978
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa107.753
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia107.368
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia107.141

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guam213.572
  2. Kuwait146.954
  3. Maldives130.571
  4. Vanuatu126.646
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe125.145

Lowest

  1. Sint Maarten63.565
  2. Turks and Caicos Islands70.826
  3. Lesotho72.523
  4. Estonia74.301
  5. Ukraine75.247

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.705. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1950.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

04The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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UN DESA Population Division (1950). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1950

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