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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1991

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1991 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 218.435; Ukraine is lowest, at 86.675. The middle country reads 98.608. Against 1990, 222 values changed (107 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1991

HighestQatar

218.435

LowestUkraine

86.675

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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia218.435
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia215.643
BahrainBHRWestern Asia146.021
OmanOMNWestern Asia139.862
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia128.576
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia120.400
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa119.094
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia117.171
GreenlandGRLNorthern America117.044
PalauPLWMicronesia116.148
AndorraANDSouthern Europe113.715
VanuatuVUTMelanesia113.498
GuamGUMMicronesia112.978
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia111.335
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia110.674
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia110.157
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia109.896
JordanJORWestern Asia109.663
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia109.476
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean109.154
SamoaWSMPolynesia108.700
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia108.406
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.317
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia108.014
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.911

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar218.435
  2. United Arab Emirates215.643
  3. Bahrain146.021
  4. Oman139.862
  5. Kuwait128.576

Lowest

  1. Ukraine86.675
  2. Moldova86.777
  3. Latvia86.922
  4. Georgia87.644
  5. Estonia88.080

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.608. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 107 · 115rose · 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 1991.

  • 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 (1991). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1991

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1991?

Qatar, at 218.435, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1991 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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