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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1955

1955, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1955 covers 222 countries. Guam is highest, at 173.4870; Turks and Caicos Islands is lowest, at 73.3750. The middle country reads 98.6340. Against 1954, 222 values changed (114 up, 108 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1955

HighestGuam

173.4870

LowestTurks and Caicos Islands

73.3750

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, 1955, 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, 1955: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GuamGUMMicronesia173.4870
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia140.8639
NauruNRUMicronesia140.8246
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia139.1787
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa125.9662
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia125.0145
VanuatuVUTMelanesia121.2337
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia118.2261
BahrainBHRWestern Asia115.2160
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia114.8328
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia114.6663
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia113.8058
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia112.9349
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia111.4534
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia110.0440
FijiFJIMelanesia109.7455
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia109.6261
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108.7015
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia108.4515
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.4211
SyriaSYRWestern Asia107.2936
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa107.1657
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe107.1274
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia106.9773
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia106.8527

02In 1955

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guam173.4870
  2. United Arab Emirates140.8639
  3. Nauru140.8246
  4. Kuwait139.1787
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe125.9662

Lowest

  1. Turks and Caicos Islands73.3750
  2. Sint Maarten76.7347
  3. Lesotho76.9095
  4. Estonia77.1979
  5. Latvia77.6644

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.6340. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031954 → 1955

Since 1954

What changed between 1954 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 114 · 108rose · 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 1955.

  • 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 (1955). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1955 [data set], describing 1955. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1955

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1955: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1955?

Guam, at 173.4870, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1955 describe?

1955.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1955 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1955?

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, 1955 the newest?

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

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