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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1989

1989, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1989 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 222.8492; Ukraine is lowest, at 86.2328. The middle country reads 98.5677. Against 1988, 222 values changed (104 up, 118 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1989

HighestQatar

222.8492

LowestUkraine

86.2328

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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia222.8492
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia213.9923
BahrainBHRWestern Asia146.9260
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia131.2881
OmanOMNWestern Asia130.7548
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia121.0486
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa120.0816
GreenlandGRLNorthern America118.4520
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia116.7163
PalauPLWMicronesia116.3747
VanuatuVUTMelanesia114.9121
GuamGUMMicronesia114.2066
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.0296
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia111.4479
AndorraANDSouthern Europe111.2138
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia111.1739
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia110.4359
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia110.0974
SamoaWSMPolynesia109.3272
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean109.1368
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia108.9148
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.6932
American SamoaASMPolynesia108.3255
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia108.2056
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia107.9526

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar222.8492
  2. United Arab Emirates213.9923
  3. Bahrain146.9260
  4. Kuwait131.2881
  5. Oman130.7548

Lowest

  1. Ukraine86.2328
  2. Moldova86.4808
  3. Latvia86.8499
  4. Estonia87.7697
  5. Georgia87.7745

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.5677. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 104 · 118rose · 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 1989.

  • 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 (1989). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1989

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Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1989?

Qatar, at 222.8492, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1989 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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