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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1952

1952, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1952 covers 222 countries. Guam is highest, at 196.1853; Sint Maarten is lowest, at 69.6704. The middle country reads 98.6052. Against 1951, 222 values changed (108 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1952

HighestGuam

196.1853

LowestSint Maarten

69.6704

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, 1952, 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, 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GuamGUMMicronesia196.1853
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia142.8781
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia128.2604
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa124.9524
VanuatuVUTMelanesia124.3865
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia123.0611
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia118.9810
NauruNRUMicronesia117.6471
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia117.1141
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia116.7319
BahrainBHRWestern Asia116.3626
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia116.2541
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia113.8321
FijiFJIMelanesia111.7611
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia111.5494
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia109.7050
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108.9839
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa108.7126
SyriaSYRWestern Asia108.3507
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia108.2339
GhanaGHAWestern Africa108.0995
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa108.0995
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia107.6651
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.4149
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa107.2614

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guam196.1853
  2. Kuwait142.8781
  3. Maldives128.2604
  4. São Tomé and Príncipe124.9524
  5. Vanuatu124.3865

Lowest

  1. Sint Maarten69.6704
  2. Turks and Caicos Islands71.3115
  3. Lesotho74.1740
  4. Estonia75.5307
  5. Ukraine76.4356

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.6052. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

What changed between 1951 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 108 · 114rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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.

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. It can differ from what was first published for 1952.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 108.0995. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1952). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1952

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1952: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1952?

Guam, at 196.1853, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1952 describe?

1952.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1952 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1952?

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 of the Total Population, 1952 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023.

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