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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2016 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 306.1817; Hong Kong is lowest, at 83.6006. The middle country reads 98.5367. Against 2015, 221 values changed (118 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2016

HighestQatar

306.1817

LowestHong Kong

83.6006

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia306.1817
OmanOMNWestern Asia187.2849
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia184.4557
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia168.9407
BahrainBHRWestern Asia166.7000
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia147.7366
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia147.6180
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa117.3812
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia116.6936
PalauPLWMicronesia115.5775
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia112.9017
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa112.1495
GreenlandGRLNorthern America111.9829
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia110.1717
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia109.2567
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia108.5038
JordanJORWestern Asia107.6717
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia107.4667
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.9112
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe106.6322
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean105.8664
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa105.3262
TuvaluTUVPolynesia105.2681
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia105.2177
MontserratMSRCaribbean104.9271

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar306.1817
  2. Oman187.2849
  3. United Arab Emirates184.4557
  4. Saudi Arabia168.9407
  5. Bahrain166.7000

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong83.6006
  2. Curaçao84.6859
  3. Latvia84.9227
  4. Armenia85.3015
  5. Lithuania85.3454

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.5367. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 118 · 103rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Kuwait142.4163 → 147.7366+5.3203
  • Bahrain161.9943 → 166.7000+4.7057
  • Maldives144.2122 → 147.6180+3.4058
  • Oman183.8914 → 187.2849+3.3935
  • Qatar304.4668 → 306.1817+1.7149

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 2016.

  • 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 (2016). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2016

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2016?

Qatar, at 306.1817, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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