Countries by sex ratio of the population, 2023
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2023, at 251.1 males per 100 females. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 82.1 males per 100 females. The median was 98.4 males per 100 females and the figure for the World was 101.2 males per 100 females. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Top 40 countries, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 251.1 | -1.6% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 177.9 | -0.4% |
| 3 | Maldives Estimated | 163.8 | -0.6% |
| 4 | Oman Estimated | 163.7 | +2.2% |
| 5 | Bahrain Estimated | 163.7 | +0.4% |
| 6 | Kuwait Estimated | 157.4 | +0.4% |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 154.2 | -0.3% |
| 8 | Seychelles Estimated | 123.1 | +0.4% |
| 9 | Western Sahara Estimated | 122.9 | 0% |
| 10 | Palau Estimated | 116.9 | -0.2% |
| 11 | Bhutan Estimated | 115 | -0.2% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 113.4 | -0.2% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 111.7 | -0.2% |
| 14 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 111.5 | +0.2% |
| 15 | Greenland Estimated | 111.2 | -0.2% |
| 16 | Malaysia Estimated | 110.1 | -0.2% |
| 17 | Malta Estimated | 107.9 | -0.1% |
| 18 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 107.1 | -0.2% |
| 19 | Singapore Estimated | 107 | +0.1% |
| 20 | Jordan Estimated | 106.6 | -0.1% |
| 21 | India Estimated | 106.6 | -0% |
| 22 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 106.6 | -0.1% |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 106.1 | -0.2% |
| 24 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.2 | 0% |
| 25 | Iceland Estimated | 104.9 | -0.1% |
| 26 | Tuvalu Estimated | 104.7 | +0.1% |
| 27 | Andorra Estimated | 104.7 | -0.1% |
| 28 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.6 | -0% |
| 29 | Algeria Estimated | 104.1 | -0.1% |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 104 | -0.3% |
| 31 | China Estimated | 104 | -0.2% |
| 32 | Nauru Estimated | 103.8 | 0% |
| 33 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 103.8 | -0.2% |
| 34 | Senegal Estimated | 103.6 | +0.1% |
| 35 | Cape Verde Estimated | 103.5 | -0% |
| 36 | Libya Estimated | 103.4 | -0% |
| 37 | Iran Estimated | 103.4 | -0.1% |
| 38 | Pakistan Estimated | 103.3 | -0.4% |
| 39 | Gabon Estimated | 103.2 | -0.2% |
| 40 | Niger Estimated | 103.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Guam Estimated | 102.8 | -0.2% |
| 42 | Yemen Estimated | 102.6 | 0% |
| 43 | French Polynesia Estimated | 102.4 | -0.1% |
| 44 | Nigeria Estimated | 102.2 | +0.1% |
| 45 | American Samoa Estimated | 102 | -0.1% |
| 46 | Vanuatu Estimated | 102 | -0.1% |
| 47 | Egypt Estimated | 102 | -0% |
| 48 | Afghanistan Estimated | 101.9 | +0.1% |
| 49 | Belize Estimated | 101.9 | +0.3% |
| 50 | Mali Estimated | 101.9 | -0% |
| 51 | Morocco Estimated | 101.8 | -0.1% |
| 52 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.8 | 0% |
| 53 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 101.6 | 0% |
| 54 | Norway Estimated | 101.6 | -0.1% |
| 55 | Cyprus Estimated | 101.5 | -0% |
| 56 | Sweden Estimated | 101.4 | +0.1% |
| 57 | Honduras Estimated | 101.4 | -0% |
| 58 | Samoa Estimated | 101.4 | +0.1% |
| 59 | Luxembourg Estimated | 101.3 | -0.1% |
| 60 | Togo Estimated | 101.3 | +0.1% |
| 61 | Comoros Estimated | 101.2 | -0% |
| 62 | Laos Estimated | 101 | -0% |
| 63 | United States Estimated | 101 | -0.1% |
| 64 | Indonesia Estimated | 100.9 | -0% |
| 65 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 100.9 | -0.1% |
| 66 | Slovenia Estimated | 100.9 | +0.1% |
| 67 | Grenada Estimated | 100.7 | -0.2% |
| 68 | Iraq Estimated | 100.7 | +0.1% |
| 69 | Chad Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 70 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.6 | -0% |
| 71 | Paraguay Estimated | 100.6 | -0.1% |
| 72 | Benin Estimated | 100.5 | +0.1% |
| 73 | Bolivia Estimated | 100.4 | -0.1% |
| 74 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.4 | -0% |
| 75 | Somalia Estimated | 100.4 | -0% |
| 76 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 100.3 | -0.1% |
| 77 | Saint Helena Estimated | 100.3 | -0.7% |
| 78 | Dominica Estimated | 100.3 | -0.2% |
| 79 | Panama Estimated | 100 | -0% |
| 80 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | -0% |
| 81 | Syria Estimated | 100 | 0% |
| 82 | Suriname Estimated | 99.9 | -0.2% |
| 83 | Mauritius Estimated | 99.9 | -0.4% |
| 84 | Ghana Estimated | 99.8 | -0% |
| 85 | Türkiye Estimated | 99.7 | -0.1% |
| 86 | South Korea Estimated | 99.7 | +0.1% |
| 87 | Montserrat Estimated | 99.7 | -0.4% |
| 88 | Liberia Estimated | 99.6 | +0.1% |
| 89 | Mongolia Estimated | 99.6 | -0.2% |
| 90 | Philippines Estimated | 99.5 | -0% |
| 91 | Botswana Estimated | 99.5 | -0.2% |
| 92 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99.5 | 0% |
| 93 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 94 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 95 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 99.2 | 0% |
| 96 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.2 | -0.1% |
| 97 | Gambia Estimated | 99.2 | 0% |
| 98 | Israel Estimated | 99.1 | +0.1% |
| 99 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.1 | 0% |
| 100 | Peru Estimated | 99 | -0% |
| 101 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 98.9 | -0.1% |
| 102 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 98.9 | -0.1% |
| 103 | Kenya Estimated | 98.9 | -0% |
| 104 | Denmark Estimated | 98.8 | -0.1% |
| 105 | Palestine Estimated | 98.8 | -0.1% |
| 106 | Chile Estimated | 98.8 | -0% |
| 107 | Micronesia Estimated | 98.8 | -0.1% |
| 108 | New Zealand Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 109 | Burundi Estimated | 98.7 | 0% |
| 110 | Netherlands Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 111 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 112 | Switzerland Estimated | 98.7 | 0% |
| 113 | Canada Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 114 | Fiji Estimated | 98.5 | 0% |
| 115 | Argentina Estimated | 98.5 | 0% |
| 116 | Australia Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.5 | 0% |
| 118 | Sudan Estimated | 98.4 | -0% |
| 119 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 120 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.3 | -0% |
| 121 | Uganda Estimated | 98.3 | +0.1% |
| 122 | Tanzania Estimated | 98.2 | 0% |
| 123 | Taiwan Estimated | 98.2 | -0.2% |
| 124 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 125 | Haiti Estimated | 98.1 | -0.1% |
| 126 | Ireland Estimated | 98 | -0% |
| 127 | Zambia Estimated | 98 | -0% |
| 128 | Angola Estimated | 97.9 | 0% |
| 129 | Jamaica Estimated | 97.9 | -0.1% |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.8 | 0% |
| 131 | Tunisia Estimated | 97.8 | -0.1% |
| 132 | Guinea Estimated | 97.8 | +0.2% |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 97.8 | -0% |
| 134 | Albania Estimated | 97.8 | -0% |
| 135 | Guernsey Estimated | 97.8 | -0.1% |
| 136 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 97.8 | -0.3% |
| 137 | North Korea Estimated | 97.7 | +0.2% |
| 138 | Venezuela Estimated | 97.7 | -0.1% |
| 139 | Costa Rica Estimated | 97.7 | -0.1% |
| 140 | Finland Estimated | 97.7 | -0.1% |
| 141 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 97.7 | -0.2% |
| 142 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 97.6 | +0.1% |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 97.6 | +0.1% |
| 144 | Germany Estimated | 97.5 | 0% |
| 145 | Jersey Estimated | 97.5 | -0.1% |
| 146 | Cuba Estimated | 97.5 | -0.1% |
| 147 | Eritrea Estimated | 97.4 | +0.1% |
| 148 | Colombia Estimated | 97.4 | -0% |
| 149 | New Caledonia Estimated | 97.3 | 0% |
| 150 | Czechia Estimated | 97.3 | 0% |
| 151 | Belgium Estimated | 97.2 | 0% |
| 152 | United Kingdom Estimated | 97 | 0% |
| 153 | Austria Estimated | 96.9 | 0% |
| 154 | Brazil Estimated | 96.9 | -0.1% |
| 155 | Bangladesh Estimated | 96.8 | -0.2% |
| 156 | South Sudan Estimated | 96.8 | -0% |
| 157 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.8 | +0.1% |
| 158 | San Marino Estimated | 96.7 | +0.6% |
| 159 | Spain Estimated | 96.5 | -0% |
| 160 | Tajikistan Estimated | 96.5 | +0.2% |
| 161 | Eswatini Estimated | 96.4 | -0% |
| 162 | Cook Islands Estimated | 96.3 | -0.4% |
| 163 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96.2 | +0.2% |
| 164 | Mauritania Estimated | 96.2 | +0.1% |
| 165 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 96.1 | +0.1% |
| 166 | Cambodia Estimated | 96 | +0.1% |
| 166 | Vietnam Estimated | 96 | 0% |
| 168 | Tokelau Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 169 | Bermuda Estimated | 95.9 | -0.2% |
| 170 | Monaco Estimated | 95.9 | -0.2% |
| 171 | Italy Estimated | 95.5 | +0.1% |
| 172 | Namibia Estimated | 95.5 | 0% |
| 173 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.4 | -0% |
| 174 | Japan Estimated | 95.3 | -0.1% |
| 175 | Malawi Estimated | 95.2 | +0.1% |
| 176 | Rwanda Estimated | 95.1 | +0.1% |
| 177 | Thailand Estimated | 95.1 | -0.2% |
| 178 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 95.1 | -0.3% |
| 179 | Guyana Estimated | 94.9 | -0.1% |
| 180 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.9 | +0.1% |
| 181 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 94.9 | +0.1% |
| 182 | South Africa Estimated | 94.7 | +0.3% |
| 183 | North Macedonia Estimated | 94.7 | -0% |
| 184 | Lebanon Estimated | 94.6 | +0.1% |
| 185 | Anguilla Estimated | 94.5 | 0% |
| 186 | Mexico Estimated | 94.2 | -0.1% |
| 187 | Uruguay Estimated | 94.2 | -0% |
| 188 | Mozambique Estimated | 94.1 | +0.1% |
| 189 | France Estimated | 94.1 | 0% |
| 190 | Kiribati Estimated | 94 | +0.3% |
| 191 | Poland Estimated | 94 | -0% |
| 192 | Romania Estimated | 93.9 | 0% |
| 193 | Greece Estimated | 93.9 | 0% |
| 194 | Bulgaria Estimated | 93.8 | -0.1% |
| 195 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 93.8 | -0% |
| 196 | Croatia Estimated | 93.1 | +0.1% |
| 197 | Niue Estimated | 93 | +0.5% |
| 198 | Montenegro Estimated | 92.8 | 0% |
| 199 | French Guiana Estimated | 92.7 | -0.3% |
| 200 | Nepal Estimated | 92.6 | -0.8% |
| 201 | Hungary Estimated | 92.3 | +0.1% |
| 202 | Barbados Estimated | 92.1 | -0.1% |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 92 | -0.3% |
| 204 | Central African Republic Estimated | 91.9 | -1.1% |
| 205 | Vatican City Estimated | 91.7 | +0.6% |
| 206 | Bahamas Estimated | 91.5 | -0.2% |
| 207 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 91.5 | -0.8% |
| 208 | Mayotte Estimated | 91.3 | +0.2% |
| 209 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 91.1 | -0.8% |
| 210 | Portugal Estimated | 91 | -0% |
| 211 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 90.9 | +0.2% |
| 212 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.8 | +0.1% |
| 213 | Curaçao Estimated | 90.7 | 0% |
| 214 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.7 | -0% |
| 215 | Réunion Estimated | 90.5 | -0.1% |
| 216 | El Salvador Estimated | 90.5 | -0% |
| 217 | Estonia Estimated | 90.5 | +0.2% |
| 218 | Serbia Estimated | 90.4 | -0.3% |
| 219 | Tonga Estimated | 90.2 | -1.3% |
| 220 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 89.5 | +1% |
| 221 | Aruba Estimated | 89.5 | +0.1% |
| 222 | Lithuania Estimated | 89.2 | +0.3% |
| 223 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 89.1 | -0.1% |
| 224 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 88.1 | -0% |
| 225 | Saint Martin Estimated | 87.7 | -0.6% |
| 226 | Belarus Estimated | 87.3 | 0% |
| 227 | Georgia Estimated | 87.3 | 0% |
| 228 | Ukraine Estimated | 86.9 | -0.3% |
| 229 | Russia Estimated | 86.7 | -0.1% |
| 230 | Armenia Estimated | 86.5 | +0.3% |
| 231 | Latvia Estimated | 86.3 | +0.2% |
| 232 | Macao Estimated | 85.6 | -0.5% |
| 233 | Moldova Estimated | 85.3 | -0.1% |
| 234 | Martinique Estimated | 83.2 | -0.4% |
| 235 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 82.7 | -0.5% |
| 236 | Hong Kong Estimated | 82.1 | -0.1% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Males per 100 females in the total population on July 1. UN World Population Prospects estimates for every country and the World.
Values above 100 mean more men than women. Large inflows of male migrant workers raise the ratio well above 100 in some Gulf states. This is the ratio for all ages, not the sex ratio at birth.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.Citation styles
APA 7
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio) (Countries by sex ratio of the population, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
MLA 9
World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio), Countries by sex ratio of the population, 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/sex-ratio/countries. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio). Countries by sex ratio of the population, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/sex-ratio/countries.
Harvard
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio), Countries by sex ratio of the population, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/sex-ratio/countries (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{united_countries_by_sex_ratio_2023,
author = {{United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division}},
title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio): Countries by sex ratio of the population, 2023}},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/sex-ratio/countries. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
RIS
TY - DATA
AU - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
TI - World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio): Countries by sex ratio of the population, 2023
PY - 2024
DA - 2024/12/13
PB - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
DB - Invokely
UR - https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
L2 - https://invokely.ai/rankings/sex-ratio/countries
Y2 - 2026/10/12
N1 - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/sex-ratio/countries.
N1 - Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
ER -
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Rank Countries by sex ratio of the population using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"sex_ratio","level":"country","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=sex_ratio&level=country&limit=10Questions
Which country has the highest sex ratio of the population?
Qatar, with 251.1 males per 100 females in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Which country has the lowest sex ratio of the population?
Hong Kong, with 82.1 males per 100 females in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Population sex ratio on 1 July, males per 100 females, estimates 1950 to 2023 (PopSexRatio). Retrieved 2026-10-12.