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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2009

2009, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2009 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 317.7096; Curaçao is lowest, at 84.1163. The middle country reads 98.6473. Against 2008, 222 values changed (115 up, 107 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2009

HighestQatar

317.7096

LowestCuraçao

84.1163

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia317.7096
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia206.4854
BahrainBHRWestern Asia163.7520
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia154.3836
OmanOMNWestern Asia138.4373
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia134.0336
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia123.2568
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia116.4191
PalauPLWMicronesia113.8229
GreenlandGRLNorthern America113.2525
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia113.2376
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa109.5430
MontserratMSRCaribbean109.3280
AndorraANDSouthern Europe109.0797
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia108.9094
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa108.6156
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia108.3165
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe107.9980
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia107.9136
JordanJORWestern Asia107.3620
IndiaINDSouthern Asia107.1411
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean106.1101
VanuatuVUTMelanesia105.6823
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia105.5370
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa105.2852

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar317.7096
  2. United Arab Emirates206.4854
  3. Bahrain163.7520
  4. Saudi Arabia154.3836
  5. Oman138.4373

Lowest

  1. Curaçao84.1163
  2. Latvia84.6400
  3. Armenia85.4691
  4. Georgia85.7528
  5. Lithuania85.9375

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.6473. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 115 · 107rose · 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 2009.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 99.8462. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (2009). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2009

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2009?

Qatar, at 317.7096, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2009 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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