Data for 1981
Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981
1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 250.196; Ukraine is lowest, at 84.364. The middle country reads 98.782. Against 1980, 222 values changed (123 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.
Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1981
HighestUnited Arab Emirates
250.196LowestUkraine
84.364Shaded 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, 1981, 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 | 250.196 |
QATWestern Asia | 220.282 |
BHRWestern Asia | 149.897 |
KWTWestern Asia | 137.110 |
VUTMelanesia | 125.553 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 125.212 |
NRUMicronesia | 119.303 |
GRLNorthern America | 119.001 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 118.119 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 113.693 |
SAUWestern Asia | 112.864 |
PNGMelanesia | 112.032 |
TWNEastern Asia | 111.704 |
SLBMelanesia | 111.154 |
MNPMicronesia | 110.988 |
GUMMicronesia | 110.957 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 110.748 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 110.562 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 109.930 |
FRONorthern Europe | 109.165 |
PLWMicronesia | 108.481 |
PYFPolynesia | 108.151 |
ASMPolynesia | 107.594 |
HKGEastern Asia | 107.344 |
INDSouthern Asia | 107.160 |
COKPolynesia | 107.002 |
WSMPolynesia | 106.660 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 106.657 |
DZANorthern Africa | 106.492 |
NIUPolynesia | 106.041 |
SYCEastern Africa | 105.843 |
MHLMicronesia | 105.600 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 105.431 |
NCLMelanesia | 105.103 |
JORWestern Asia | 105.034 |
VGBCaribbean | 104.992 |
LKASouthern Asia | 104.270 |
CIVWestern Africa | 104.149 |
SYRWestern Asia | 103.685 |
CHNEastern Asia | 103.659 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 103.600 |
MUSEastern Africa | 103.575 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 103.496 |
CUBCaribbean | 103.411 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 103.348 |
OMNWestern Asia | 103.196 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 103.188 |
MACEastern Asia | 103.187 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 102.901 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 102.889 |
TURWestern Asia | 102.856 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 102.645 |
BMUNorthern America | 102.589 |
BLZCentral America | 102.551 |
STPMiddle Africa | 102.422 |
KOREastern Asia | 102.303 |
PANCentral America | 102.292 |
GTMCentral America | 102.154 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 102.081 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 102.003 |
TONPolynesia | 101.996 |
SURSouth America | 101.841 |
BHSCaribbean | 101.759 |
FSMMicronesia | 101.667 |
MDGEastern Africa | 101.645 |
FJIMelanesia | 101.642 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 101.604 |
CYPWestern Asia | 101.594 |
PSEWestern Asia | 101.496 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 101.454 |
LBRWestern Africa | 101.212 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 101.166 |
PRYSouth America | 101.145 |
HNDCentral America | 101.093 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 100.893 |
CRICentral America | 100.821 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 100.814 |
VENSouth America | 100.806 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 100.759 |
DOMCaribbean | 100.754 |
TCACaribbean | 100.634 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 100.600 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 100.555 |
SENWestern Africa | 100.379 |
PERSouth America | 100.350 |
COLSouth America | 100.288 |
MARNorthern Africa | 100.259 |
MAFCaribbean | 100.094 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 100.058 |
ECUSouth America | 99.962 |
MLIWestern Africa | 99.925 |
SOMEastern Africa | 99.798 |
LBNWestern Asia | 99.742 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.697 |
RWAEastern Africa | 99.653 |
BRASouth America | 99.485 |
MEXCentral America | 99.463 |
ISRWestern Asia | 99.460 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 99.425 |
CHLSouth America | 99.339 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 99.338 |
YEMWestern Asia | 99.327 |
COMEastern Africa | 99.312 |
BGREastern Europe | 99.187 |
UZBCentral Asia | 99.117 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 99.105 |
CANNorthern America | 99.073 |
TJKCentral Asia | 99.066 |
GHAWestern Africa | 98.998 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 98.814 |
IRQWestern Asia | 98.803 |
GUYSouth America | 98.762 |
BOLSouth America | 98.533 |
LIEWestern Europe | 98.468 |
MRTWestern Africa | 98.403 |
TTOCaribbean | 98.391 |
NLDWestern Europe | 98.353 |
DJIEastern Africa | 98.340 |
NGAWestern Africa | 98.148 |
KIRMicronesia | 98.142 |
NORNorthern Europe | 98.137 |
SWENorthern Europe | 98.048 |
NERWestern Africa | 97.955 |
KENEastern Africa | 97.948 |
MNGEastern Asia | 97.937 |
COGMiddle Africa | 97.873 |
TGOWestern Africa | 97.832 |
TZAEastern Africa | 97.684 |
NICCentral America | 97.617 |
JPNEastern Asia | 97.612 |
UGAEastern Africa | 97.502 |
SLVCentral America | 97.341 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 97.317 |
DMACaribbean | 97.302 |
VCTCaribbean | 97.232 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 97.189 |
ARGSouth America | 97.130 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 97.007 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 96.945 |
SLEWestern Africa | 96.749 |
SXMCaribbean | 96.717 |
HTICaribbean | 96.640 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 96.638 |
SVKEastern Europe | 96.598 |
GRDCaribbean | 96.513 |
CYMCaribbean | 96.499 |
BRBCaribbean | 96.496 |
BFAWestern Africa | 96.470 |
TKMCentral Asia | 96.418 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 96.392 |
CODMiddle Africa | 96.376 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 96.370 |
BDIEastern Africa | 96.311 |
URYSouth America | 96.197 |
GMBWestern Africa | 96.194 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 96.086 |
ERIEastern Africa | 95.866 |
GINWestern Africa | 95.674 |
ETHEastern Africa | 95.633 |
VATSouthern Europe | 95.520 |
LCACaribbean | 95.497 |
BELWestern Europe | 95.488 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 95.453 |
FRAWestern Europe | 95.394 |
SSDEastern Africa | 95.323 |
JAMCaribbean | 95.291 |
KGZCentral Asia | 95.268 |
LUXWestern Europe | 95.218 |
GNBWestern Africa | 95.058 |
POLEastern Europe | 95.033 |
BWASouthern Africa | 94.940 |
USANorthern America | 94.924 |
GABMiddle Africa | 94.890 |
ABWCaribbean | 94.889 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 94.776 |
CHEWestern Europe | 94.774 |
ITASouthern Europe | 94.701 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 94.645 |
PRICaribbean | 94.628 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 94.594 |
BENWestern Africa | 94.488 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 94.416 |
ROUEastern Europe | 94.189 |
CZEEastern Europe | 94.041 |
MNESouthern Europe | 94.035 |
CUWCaribbean | 94.009 |
MWIEastern Africa | 93.980 |
HUNEastern Europe | 93.794 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 93.670 |
FINNorthern Europe | 93.644 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 93.625 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 93.607 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 93.572 |
MSRCaribbean | 93.450 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 93.021 |
AIACaribbean | 92.902 |
AZEWestern Asia | 92.835 |
KNACaribbean | 92.798 |
MOZEastern Africa | 92.573 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 92.336 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 92.325 |
VIRCaribbean | 92.106 |
PRKEastern Asia | 91.936 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 91.484 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 91.474 |
ARMWestern Asia | 91.329 |
DEUWestern Europe | 91.077 |
KAZCentral Asia | 90.741 |
AUTWestern Europe | 89.778 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 89.281 |
ATGCaribbean | 88.984 |
CPVWestern Africa | 88.925 |
TUVPolynesia | 88.080 |
MCOWestern Europe | 87.388 |
BLREastern Europe | 86.996 |
MDAEastern Europe | 86.845 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 86.400 |
GEOWestern Asia | 86.343 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 86.129 |
RUSEastern Europe | 85.662 |
LVANorthern Europe | 85.365 |
UKREastern Europe | 84.364 |
02In 1981
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
United Arab Emirates250.196
Qatar220.282
Bahrain149.897
Kuwait137.110
Vanuatu125.553
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.782. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031980 → 1981
Since 1980
What changed between 1980 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
Qatar216.787 → 220.282+3.495
Zimbabwe92.419 → 95.453+3.035
Turks and Caicos Islands99.328 → 100.634+1.306
Macau102.259 → 103.187+0.929
Cyprus100.713 → 101.594+0.881
Fell most
Nauru127.228 → 119.303−7.925
United Arab Emirates257.633 → 250.196−7.437
Vanuatu127.291 → 125.553−1.738
São Tomé and Príncipe103.108 → 102.422−0.686
El Salvador98.007 → 97.341−0.666
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.
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 1981.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
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UN DESA Population Division’s own file, on its own site.
WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
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 (1981). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1981
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07Questions
Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981: questions and answers
Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981?
United Arab Emirates, at 250.196, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981 describe?
1981.
How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981 cover?
222.
Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981?
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, 1981 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023.