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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1963

1963, 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, 1963 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 176.493; Lesotho is lowest, at 80.284. The middle country reads 98.512. Against 1962, 222 values changed (139 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1963

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

176.493

LowestLesotho

80.284

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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia176.493
NauruNRUMicronesia168.922
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia152.318
GuamGUMMicronesia139.522
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa121.521
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia117.517
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia117.213
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia116.427
QatarQATWestern Asia115.735
VanuatuVUTMelanesia114.966
BahrainBHRWestern Asia112.997
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia112.316
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia111.825
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia111.778
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia111.776
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia111.062
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia110.085
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.790
American SamoaASMPolynesia108.332
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108.106
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia107.709
GreenlandGRLNorthern America107.220
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia106.958
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.746
AndorraANDSouthern Europe106.642

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates176.493
  2. Nauru168.922
  3. Kuwait152.318
  4. Guam139.522
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe121.521

Lowest

  1. Lesotho80.284
  2. Estonia80.737
  3. Latvia80.926
  4. Ukraine81.094
  5. Monaco82.251

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.512. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 139 · 83rose · 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 1963.

  • 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 (1963). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1963

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