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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2017

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2017 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 299.3555; Hong Kong is lowest, at 83.2756. The middle country reads 98.5120. Against 2016, 222 values changed (119 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2017

HighestQatar

299.3555

LowestHong Kong

83.2756

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia299.3555
OmanOMNWestern Asia188.2078
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia183.5122
BahrainBHRWestern Asia170.6148
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia165.6259
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia154.3941
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia150.9683
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa118.3929
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia116.6153
PalauPLWMicronesia116.1650
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia113.1231
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa112.3824
GreenlandGRLNorthern America111.9326
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia110.4566
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia109.6630
JordanJORWestern Asia107.5217
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia107.2956
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia107.0167
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.8743
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe106.5488
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean105.7782
TuvaluTUVPolynesia105.7354
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia105.1679
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa105.0742
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia104.7642

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar299.3555
  2. Oman188.2078
  3. United Arab Emirates183.5122
  4. Bahrain170.6148
  5. Saudi Arabia165.6259

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong83.2756
  2. Curaçao84.7854
  3. Latvia85.0341
  4. Armenia85.3930
  5. Lithuania85.6074

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.5120. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 119 · 103rose · 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 2017.

  • 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 (2017). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2017

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Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2017?

Qatar, at 299.3555, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2017 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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