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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1974

1974, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1974 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 257.955; Ukraine is lowest, at 83.091. The middle country reads 98.671. Against 1973, 221 values changed (125 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1974

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

257.955

LowestUkraine

83.091

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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia257.955
QatarQATWestern Asia182.624
NauruNRUMicronesia168.145
BahrainBHRWestern Asia138.276
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia127.944
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia125.196
GuamGUMMicronesia119.882
AndorraANDSouthern Europe116.663
GreenlandGRLNorthern America116.488
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia116.319
VanuatuVUTMelanesia114.627
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia113.147
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia112.443
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.370
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia110.958
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.734
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia109.455
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.212
PalauPLWMicronesia109.176
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia108.554
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia108.257
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia107.536
BermudaBMUNorthern America107.503
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.376
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia107.107

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates257.955
  2. Qatar182.624
  3. Nauru168.145
  4. Bahrain138.276
  5. Kuwait127.944

Lowest

  1. Ukraine83.091
  2. Russia84.166
  3. Monaco84.598
  4. Latvia84.995
  5. Estonia85.241

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.671. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 125 · 96rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1974.

  • 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 (1974). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1974

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1974?

United Arab Emirates, at 257.955, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1974 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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