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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1969

1969, 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, 1969 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 217.1196; Ukraine is lowest, at 82.4272. The middle country reads 98.9102. Against 1968, 222 values changed (123 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1969

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

217.1196

LowestUkraine

82.4272

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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia217.1196
NauruNRUMicronesia173.2973
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia138.6681
QatarQATWestern Asia132.9602
GuamGUMMicronesia129.8665
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia122.9174
BahrainBHRWestern Asia118.4480
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia116.2656
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia114.8242
VanuatuVUTMelanesia114.0278
AndorraANDSouthern Europe113.3617
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia113.3570
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia113.0839
GreenlandGRLNorthern America112.8982
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.4580
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia111.4696
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia110.0383
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa109.6586
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.1047
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia108.9951
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia108.7700
BermudaBMUNorthern America108.0345
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia107.7917
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia107.6185
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.3141

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates217.1196
  2. Nauru173.2973
  3. Kuwait138.6681
  4. Qatar132.9602
  5. Guam129.8665

Lowest

  1. Ukraine82.4272
  2. Monaco83.6120
  3. Latvia83.7694
  4. Russia83.7998
  5. Estonia83.9913

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.9102. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 123 · 99rose · 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 1969.

  • 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 (1969). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1969

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