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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2020

2020, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2020 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 258.546; Hong Kong is lowest, at 82.354. The middle country reads 98.490. Against 2019, 222 values changed (98 up, 124 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2020

HighestQatar

258.546

LowestHong Kong

82.354

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia258.546
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia180.767
BahrainBHRWestern Asia165.326
OmanOMNWestern Asia163.894
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia160.655
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia156.020
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia155.682
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa121.131
PalauPLWMicronesia117.613
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia115.810
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia113.761
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa112.500
GreenlandGRLNorthern America111.657
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia110.917
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia110.856
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe107.402
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia107.344
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe107.140
JordanJORWestern Asia107.078
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia106.743
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.741
IcelandISLNorthern Europe105.302
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean105.116
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia105.024
TuvaluTUVPolynesia104.856

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar258.546
  2. United Arab Emirates180.767
  3. Bahrain165.326
  4. Oman163.894
  5. Maldives160.655

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong82.354
  2. Moldova85.603
  3. Latvia85.862
  4. Armenia85.974
  5. Russia86.708

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.490. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 98 · 124rose · 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 2020.

  • 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 (2020). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2020

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Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2020?

Qatar, at 258.546, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2020 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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