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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 251.0773; Hong Kong is lowest, at 82.0801. The middle country reads 98.4846. Against 2022, 222 values changed (92 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2023

HighestQatar

251.0773

LowestHong Kong

82.0801

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia251.0773
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia177.8729
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia163.8201
OmanOMNWestern Asia163.6999
BahrainBHRWestern Asia163.6901
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia157.4493
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia154.1567
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa123.1241
PalauPLWMicronesia116.9165
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia115.0347
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia113.4044
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa111.7117
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia111.4922
GreenlandGRLNorthern America111.1678
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia110.1329
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe107.8705
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe107.1226
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia106.9963
JordanJORWestern Asia106.6346
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.5639
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia106.0759
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia105.1787
IcelandISLNorthern Europe104.9170
TuvaluTUVPolynesia104.7242
AndorraANDSouthern Europe104.6884

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar251.0773
  2. United Arab Emirates177.8729
  3. Maldives163.8201
  4. Oman163.6999
  5. Bahrain163.6901

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong82.0801
  2. Moldova85.2703
  3. Macau85.6263
  4. Latvia86.2854
  5. Armenia86.5244

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.4846. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 92 · 130rose · 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 2023.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 95.9957. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (2023). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2023

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023?

Qatar, at 251.0773, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.

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