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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1970

1970, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1970 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 231.312; Ukraine is lowest, at 82.382. The middle country reads 98.795. Against 1969, 222 values changed (127 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1970

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

231.312

LowestUkraine

82.382

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, 1970, 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, 1970: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia231.312
NauruNRUMicronesia175.488
QatarQATWestern Asia140.832
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia135.953
GuamGUMMicronesia128.101
BahrainBHRWestern Asia124.113
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia123.899
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia116.349
VanuatuVUTMelanesia114.705
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia114.530
AndorraANDSouthern Europe114.168
GreenlandGRLNorthern America114.099
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia113.150
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia113.010
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia112.727
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.540
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia109.952
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.184
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.952
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa108.505
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia108.363
BermudaBMUNorthern America108.286
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia107.847
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia107.277
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.275

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates231.312
  2. Nauru175.488
  3. Qatar140.832
  4. Kuwait135.953
  5. Guam128.101

Lowest

  1. Ukraine82.382
  2. Russia83.693
  3. Monaco83.891
  4. Latvia84.036
  5. Estonia84.346

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.795. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 127 · 95rose · 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 1970.

  • 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 (1970). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1970

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1970?

United Arab Emirates, at 231.312, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1970 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1970?

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, 1970 the newest?

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

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