Data for 2022

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2022

Name: Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2022
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2022 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 255.203; Hong Kong is lowest, at 82.182. The middle country reads 98.474. Against 2021, 222 values changed (88 up, 134 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2022

HighestQatar

255.203

LowestHong Kong

82.182

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	255.203
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	178.576
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	164.807
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	162.970
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	160.113
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	156.769
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	154.676
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	122.645
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	117.116
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	115.292
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	113.584
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	111.967
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	111.409
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	111.251
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	110.390
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	107.948
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	107.324
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	106.941
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	106.766
India`IND`Southern Asia	106.616
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	106.291
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	105.129
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	105.034
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	104.834
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	104.675
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	104.670
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	104.315
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	104.205
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	104.155
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	103.950
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	103.782
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	103.708
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	103.556
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	103.492
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	103.487
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	103.473
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	103.409
Niger`NER`Western Africa	103.137
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	103.017
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	102.597
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	102.524
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	102.191
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	102.164
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	102.075
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	102.002
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	101.895
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	101.871
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	101.853
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	101.723
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	101.690
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	101.608
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	101.556
Belize`BLZ`Central America	101.548
Honduras`HND`Central America	101.442
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	101.387
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	101.376
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	101.288
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	101.188
United States`USA`Northern America	101.066
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	101.045
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	100.976
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	100.957
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	100.944
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100.794
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	100.676
Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.671
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	100.636
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	100.585
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.509
Bolivia`BOL`South America	100.504
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	100.487
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	100.477
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	100.419
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	100.347
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	100.293
Suriname`SUR`South America	100.118
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	100.090
Panama`PAN`Central America	100.074
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	99.994
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	99.954
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	99.834
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	99.829
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.733
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99.681
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.610
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	99.567
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	99.535
Ecuador`ECU`South America	99.482
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	99.454
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	99.364
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	99.266
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	99.236
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	99.133
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	99.040
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	99.036
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.994
Peru`PER`South America	98.979
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	98.967
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.948
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	98.932
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	98.885
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	98.875
Chile`CHL`South America	98.809
Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.687
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	98.679
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	98.642
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	98.620
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.606
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	98.596
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	98.513
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.485
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	98.463
Argentina`ARG`South America	98.454
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	98.449
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	98.399
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	98.389
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	98.364
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	98.268
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	98.222
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	98.158
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	98.157
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.067
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	97.984
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.966
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	97.954
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	97.879
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	97.878
Venezuela`VEN`South America	97.834
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	97.828
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.826
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.820
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.755
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	97.753
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	97.631
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.569
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.551
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	97.545
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	97.503
Colombia`COL`South America	97.441
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	97.347
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	97.292
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	97.246
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	97.178
Brazil`BRA`South America	96.995
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	96.992
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	96.930
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	96.888
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	96.827
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	96.816
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	96.708
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	96.654
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	96.479
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.415
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	96.316
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	96.139
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	96.113
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	96.043
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	96.030
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	96.016
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	95.992
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	95.969
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	95.922
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	95.434
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	95.413
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	95.411
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	95.397
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	95.343
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	95.304
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	95.191
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	95.072
Guyana`GUY`South America	95.040
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	94.969
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	94.873
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	94.773
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	94.688
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	94.506
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	94.505
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	94.492
Mexico`MEX`Central America	94.246
Uruguay`URY`South America	94.155
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	94.047
France`FRA`Western Europe	94.018
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	94.008
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.928
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	93.917
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.839
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	93.803
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.755
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	93.332
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	93.052
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	92.978
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	92.725
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	92.548
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	92.298
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	92.264
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	92.181
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	92.175
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	91.774
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	91.366
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	91.132
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	90.978
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	90.754
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	90.753
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	90.700
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	90.691
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	90.675
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	90.491
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	90.325
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	89.420
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	89.232
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	88.963
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	88.610
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	88.247
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	87.252
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	87.236
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	87.170
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	86.762
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	86.231
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	86.155
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	86.048
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	85.321
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	82.182

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Qatar255.203
United Arab Emirates178.576
Maldives164.807
Bahrain162.970
Oman160.113

Lowest

Hong Kong82.182
Moldova85.321
Macau86.048
Latvia86.155
Armenia86.231

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.474. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
88 · 134rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Oman157.247 → 160.113+2.867
Kuwait154.205 → 156.769+2.563
San Marino94.983 → 96.139+1.156
Maldives163.778 → 164.807+1.030
Seychelles121.939 → 122.645+0.706

Fell most

Central African Republic94.461 → 92.978−1.484
Tonga92.610 → 91.366−1.243
United Arab Emirates179.504 → 178.576−0.928
United States Virgin Islands93.084 → 92.298−0.787
Anguilla95.048 → 94.506−0.542

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

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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 2022.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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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.

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2022). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2022

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