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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1994

1994, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The sex ratio of the total population is the number of males for every 100 females, counting people of all ages. Near 100 means roughly equal numbers; above 100, more men; below, more women.

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1994 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 218.175; Latvia is lowest, at 85.879. The middle country reads 98.480. Against 1993, 222 values changed (95 up, 127 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1994

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

218.175

LowestLatvia

85.879

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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia218.175
QatarQATWestern Asia213.120
OmanOMNWestern Asia148.499
BahrainBHRWestern Asia145.459
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia132.718
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia119.071
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa117.876
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia117.637
PalauPLWMicronesia115.525
GreenlandGRLNorthern America114.840
AndorraANDSouthern Europe113.574
JordanJORWestern Asia112.032
VanuatuVUTMelanesia111.910
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia110.294
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia110.165
GuamGUMMicronesia109.752
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia108.907
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia108.691
SamoaWSMPolynesia108.023
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean107.771
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia107.609
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia107.270
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia107.209
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe107.169
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.949

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates218.175
  2. Qatar213.120
  3. Oman148.499
  4. Bahrain145.459
  5. Kuwait132.718

Lowest

  1. Latvia85.879
  2. Georgia86.505
  3. Moldova86.929
  4. Ukraine87.151
  5. Estonia87.281

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.480. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 95 · 127rose · 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 1994.

  • 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 (1994). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1994

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