Data for 1965
Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1965
1965, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1965 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 182.0122; Lesotho is lowest, at 80.7002. The middle country reads 98.5998. Against 1964, 222 values changed (134 up, 88 down), the same countries are covered.
Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1965
HighestUnited Arab Emirates
182.0122LowestLesotho
80.7002Shaded 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, 1965, 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
AREWestern Asia | 182.0122 |
NRUMicronesia | 158.3167 |
KWTWestern Asia | 152.8243 |
GUMMicronesia | 136.0195 |
QATWestern Asia | 122.7689 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 119.3736 |
STPMiddle Africa | 116.8901 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 116.3271 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 115.9408 |
TWNEastern Asia | 114.0645 |
VUTMelanesia | 113.7662 |
SLBMelanesia | 112.2634 |
BHRWestern Asia | 112.0338 |
PNGMelanesia | 112.0276 |
NCLMelanesia | 111.0737 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 110.1692 |
FRONorthern Europe | 109.3359 |
LKASouthern Asia | 109.1919 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 108.7103 |
GRLNorthern America | 108.4473 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 108.1619 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 107.9870 |
ASMPolynesia | 107.8641 |
INDSouthern Asia | 106.7976 |
DZANorthern Africa | 106.5011 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 106.3868 |
BMUNorthern America | 106.2535 |
WSMPolynesia | 105.9419 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 105.5725 |
SYRWestern Asia | 105.4867 |
MUSEastern Africa | 105.3832 |
SAUWestern Asia | 105.3305 |
FJIMelanesia | 105.1715 |
MHLMicronesia | 104.9885 |
PYFPolynesia | 104.7194 |
JORWestern Asia | 104.6792 |
GTMCentral America | 104.5944 |
TONPolynesia | 104.4719 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 104.4549 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 104.2326 |
LBRWestern Africa | 104.1754 |
SURSouth America | 104.1705 |
CHNEastern Asia | 104.0245 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 103.5462 |
CUBCaribbean | 103.5461 |
COKPolynesia | 103.5387 |
PANCentral America | 103.3066 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 103.2736 |
CIVWestern Africa | 103.2578 |
MDGEastern Africa | 103.1167 |
TURWestern Asia | 103.0330 |
MACEastern Asia | 102.9856 |
FSMMicronesia | 102.9004 |
SYCEastern Africa | 102.8535 |
HKGEastern Asia | 102.8393 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 102.6214 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 102.2418 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 102.1834 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 102.1801 |
KOREastern Asia | 102.0916 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 102.0592 |
PSEWestern Asia | 102.0469 |
PLWMicronesia | 101.9627 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 101.8165 |
LBNWestern Asia | 101.7235 |
VENSouth America | 101.6270 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 101.5372 |
GHAWestern Africa | 101.5270 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 101.4716 |
DOMCaribbean | 101.2364 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 101.1902 |
CRICentral America | 101.1485 |
CANNorthern America | 101.1306 |
UGAEastern Africa | 101.0327 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 100.9630 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 100.9343 |
BFAWestern Africa | 100.8980 |
PERSouth America | 100.8399 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 100.8232 |
MLIWestern Africa | 100.7175 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 100.6801 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 100.6570 |
HNDCentral America | 100.6555 |
MNPMicronesia | 100.4786 |
SENWestern Africa | 100.4714 |
ISRWestern Asia | 100.4319 |
CHLSouth America | 100.3459 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 100.2465 |
BHSCaribbean | 100.1657 |
BRASouth America | 100.1481 |
MARNorthern Africa | 100.0612 |
MEXCentral America | 100.0332 |
BGREastern Europe | 99.9561 |
SWENorthern Europe | 99.7297 |
TTOCaribbean | 99.6982 |
URYSouth America | 99.6949 |
VGBCaribbean | 99.6856 |
COLSouth America | 99.6703 |
ECUSouth America | 99.6372 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 99.6238 |
GUYSouth America | 99.5858 |
NLDWestern Europe | 99.5155 |
BLZCentral America | 99.4465 |
ARGSouth America | 99.4164 |
NORNorthern Europe | 99.2875 |
SOMEastern Africa | 99.2528 |
NICCentral America | 99.2434 |
OMNWestern Asia | 99.1291 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 99.0662 |
SLVCentral America | 98.7922 |
RWAEastern Africa | 98.6116 |
GNBWestern Africa | 98.5880 |
GINWestern Africa | 98.5449 |
KIRMicronesia | 98.3888 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 98.2837 |
COGMiddle Africa | 98.2628 |
GMBWestern Africa | 98.2605 |
MNGEastern Asia | 98.2541 |
YEMWestern Asia | 98.2362 |
PRYSouth America | 98.2318 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 98.1417 |
KENEastern Africa | 98.0065 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 97.9691 |
DJIEastern Africa | 97.9658 |
CUWCaribbean | 97.9553 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 97.9116 |
SVKEastern Europe | 97.8982 |
VIRCaribbean | 97.8896 |
NGAWestern Africa | 97.7304 |
MRTWestern Africa | 97.7246 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 97.7045 |
COMEastern Africa | 97.6163 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 97.4860 |
IRQWestern Asia | 97.4223 |
NIUPolynesia | 97.3814 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 97.2691 |
BOLSouth America | 97.1945 |
SSDEastern Africa | 97.1768 |
TZAEastern Africa | 97.1295 |
LUXWestern Europe | 96.9767 |
TGOWestern Africa | 96.9720 |
LIEWestern Europe | 96.9561 |
CYPWestern Asia | 96.9178 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 96.8995 |
TJKCentral Asia | 96.7642 |
ABWCaribbean | 96.7507 |
SXMCaribbean | 96.7157 |
ERIEastern Africa | 96.6972 |
PRICaribbean | 96.6917 |
MAFCaribbean | 96.6542 |
MOZEastern Africa | 96.4223 |
ETHEastern Africa | 96.0651 |
SLEWestern Africa | 96.0266 |
UZBCentral Asia | 95.9338 |
BELWestern Europe | 95.8530 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 95.6539 |
USANorthern America | 95.5601 |
TKMCentral Asia | 95.2881 |
JPNEastern Asia | 95.2764 |
ARMWestern Asia | 95.2417 |
HTICaribbean | 95.0245 |
CHEWestern Europe | 94.9725 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 94.9571 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 94.9459 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 94.9018 |
FRAWestern Europe | 94.8871 |
ROUEastern Europe | 94.8165 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 94.7195 |
VATSouthern Europe | 94.5175 |
BDIEastern Africa | 94.5004 |
ITASouthern Europe | 94.2890 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 94.2754 |
POLEastern Europe | 94.2658 |
CZEEastern Europe | 94.1070 |
GRDCaribbean | 93.9511 |
BRBCaribbean | 93.7805 |
GABMiddle Africa | 93.7639 |
HUNEastern Europe | 93.6705 |
CPVWestern Africa | 93.6378 |
KAZCentral Asia | 93.4803 |
FINNorthern Europe | 93.3895 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 93.2484 |
KGZCentral Asia | 93.1024 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 93.0060 |
NERWestern Africa | 92.9712 |
MWIEastern Africa | 92.9631 |
CODMiddle Africa | 92.7838 |
LCACaribbean | 92.6977 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 92.3744 |
JAMCaribbean | 92.3628 |
ATGCaribbean | 91.4812 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 91.4664 |
AZEWestern Asia | 91.4316 |
BWASouthern Africa | 91.4081 |
VCTCaribbean | 91.2531 |
BENWestern Africa | 91.0813 |
TUVPolynesia | 91.0261 |
CYMCaribbean | 90.7590 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 90.4335 |
MNESouthern Europe | 90.2098 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 90.1096 |
GEOWestern Asia | 89.9486 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 89.3755 |
DEUWestern Europe | 88.9004 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 88.5815 |
AUTWestern Europe | 88.0191 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 87.2342 |
KNACaribbean | 86.8348 |
DMACaribbean | 86.6791 |
TCACaribbean | 86.1797 |
PRKEastern Asia | 85.3944 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 85.1909 |
MSRCaribbean | 84.7252 |
MDAEastern Europe | 84.6801 |
BLREastern Europe | 83.4630 |
AIACaribbean | 83.4044 |
RUSEastern Europe | 82.9234 |
MCOWestern Europe | 82.7928 |
LVANorthern Europe | 81.9198 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 81.9051 |
UKREastern Europe | 81.6274 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 80.7002 |
02In 1965
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
United Arab Emirates182.0122
Nauru158.3167
Kuwait152.8243
Guam136.0195
Qatar122.7689
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.5998. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031964 → 1965
Since 1964
What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 222values changed, of 222 in both
- 134 · 88rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Qatar119.4809 → 122.7689+3.2880
United Arab Emirates179.3283 → 182.0122+2.6839
Macau100.7410 → 102.9856+2.2446
Algeria105.1228 → 106.5011+1.3783
Gibraltar95.6120 → 96.8995+1.2875
Fell most
Nauru163.2848 → 158.3167−4.9681
São Tomé and Príncipe119.1061 → 116.8901−2.2160
Tuvalu93.0201 → 91.0261−1.9940
Guam137.7356 → 136.0195−1.7161
Vatican City95.2331 → 94.5175−0.7156
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
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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 1965.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
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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 (1965). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1965
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07Questions
Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1965: questions and answers
Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1965?
United Arab Emirates, at 182.0122, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1965 describe?
1965.
How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1965 cover?
222.
Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1965?
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, 1965 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023.