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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2018

2018, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2018 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 289.2073; Hong Kong is lowest, at 83.0016. The middle country reads 98.5407. Against 2017, 222 values changed (128 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2018

HighestQatar

289.2073

LowestHong Kong

83.0016

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia289.2073
OmanOMNWestern Asia183.9774
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia182.6984
BahrainBHRWestern Asia169.2285
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia160.6115
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia160.2383
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia154.2563
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa119.3641
PalauPLWMicronesia116.8269
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia116.3394
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia113.3429
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa112.5551
GreenlandGRLNorthern America111.8699
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia110.6957
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia110.0899
JordanJORWestern Asia107.3752
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia107.1231
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.8373
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe106.7284
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia106.4055
TuvaluTUVPolynesia105.7906
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean105.6506
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia105.1276
NauruNRUMicronesia104.8456
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa104.8355

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar289.2073
  2. Oman183.9774
  3. United Arab Emirates182.6984
  4. Bahrain169.2285
  5. Saudi Arabia160.6115

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong83.0016
  2. Latvia85.3093
  3. Armenia85.5664
  4. Moldova85.9852
  5. Lithuania86.1090

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.5407. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 128 · 94rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Kuwait154.3941 → 160.2383+5.8442
  • Curaçao84.7854 → 89.5780+4.7926
  • Maldives150.9683 → 154.2563+3.2880
  • Malta101.8627 → 103.2889+1.4262
  • Iceland103.0592 → 104.4399+1.3807

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 2018.

  • 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 (2018). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2018

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2018?

Qatar, at 289.2073, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2018 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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