Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2012, at 288.8 males per 100 females. Curaçao had the lowest, at 83.2 males per 100 females. The median was 98.6 males per 100 females and the figure for the World was 101.3 males per 100 females. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Map of countries, 2012
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Top 40 countries, 2012
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2012 | Change on 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 288.8 | -3% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 189.8 | -2.4% |
| 3 | Oman Estimated | 175.7 | +13.5% |
| 4 | Bahrain Estimated | 168.1 | +1.7% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 162.1 | +1.5% |
| 6 | Kuwait Estimated | 134.2 | +1.3% |
| 7 | Maldives Estimated | 134 | +2.7% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 120.8 | +0.6% |
| 9 | Bhutan Estimated | 116.4 | 0% |
| 10 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 113 | -0.2% |
| 11 | Seychelles Estimated | 112.8 | +1.2% |
| 12 | Greenland Estimated | 112.7 | -0.1% |
| 13 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 112.6 | -0.6% |
| 14 | Palau Estimated | 112 | -0.6% |
| 15 | Brunei Estimated | 111.9 | 0% |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 110.6 | +0.5% |
| 17 | Saint Helena Estimated | 109.1 | +1.1% |
| 18 | Malaysia Estimated | 108.8 | +0.3% |
| 19 | Singapore Estimated | 108.8 | +0.5% |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 108.1 | -0.1% |
| 21 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 107.4 | +0.5% |
| 22 | India Estimated | 107.1 | -0% |
| 23 | Montserrat Estimated | 106.9 | -0.6% |
| 24 | Jordan Estimated | 106.9 | -0.1% |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 106.3 | 0% |
| 26 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 105.7 | +0.5% |
| 27 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.3 | +0.1% |
| 28 | Libya Estimated | 105.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Pakistan Estimated | 105.1 | -0.1% |
| 30 | Algeria Estimated | 105.1 | -0.1% |
| 31 | Guam Estimated | 104.8 | -0.1% |
| 32 | China Estimated | 104.8 | 0% |
| 33 | Nauru Estimated | 104.8 | +0.2% |
| 34 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 104.7 | +0.9% |
| 35 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.6 | -0% |
| 36 | Vanuatu Estimated | 104.6 | -0.3% |
| 37 | Tuvalu Estimated | 104.6 | +0.7% |
| 38 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 104.3 | -0.3% |
| 39 | Samoa Estimated | 104.2 | -0.2% |
| 40 | Iran Estimated | 104.1 | -0.1% |
| 41 | Andorra Estimated | 104 | -0.2% |
| 42 | American Samoa Estimated | 103.3 | 0% |
| 43 | Grenada Estimated | 103.2 | -0.2% |
| 44 | Niger Estimated | 103 | +0.1% |
| 45 | Gabon Estimated | 102.9 | +0.5% |
| 46 | Yemen Estimated | 102.9 | +0.1% |
| 47 | Cyprus Estimated | 102.4 | -0.1% |
| 48 | Egypt Estimated | 102.2 | -0% |
| 49 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 102.2 | -0.3% |
| 50 | South Korea Estimated | 102.2 | -0.5% |
| 51 | Afghanistan Estimated | 102 | +0.1% |
| 52 | Cape Verde Estimated | 102 | +0.1% |
| 53 | French Polynesia Estimated | 102 | -0.2% |
| 54 | Mali Estimated | 101.9 | 0% |
| 55 | Suriname Estimated | 101.9 | -0.2% |
| 56 | Tokelau Estimated | 101.8 | -1.4% |
| 57 | Bolivia Estimated | 101.8 | -0.1% |
| 58 | Honduras Estimated | 101.7 | -0% |
| 59 | Syria Estimated | 101.6 | -0.1% |
| 60 | Morocco Estimated | 101.6 | +0.1% |
| 61 | Nigeria Estimated | 101.5 | +0.1% |
| 62 | Paraguay Estimated | 101.5 | -0.1% |
| 63 | Laos Estimated | 101.3 | -0% |
| 64 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.2 | 0% |
| 65 | Fiji Estimated | 101.2 | -0.3% |
| 66 | Taiwan Estimated | 101 | -0.4% |
| 67 | Indonesia Estimated | 100.9 | 0% |
| 68 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 69 | Philippines Estimated | 100.7 | +0.1% |
| 70 | Belize Estimated | 100.7 | +0.2% |
| 71 | Türkiye Estimated | 100.7 | -0.1% |
| 72 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 100.7 | -0.2% |
| 73 | Iceland Estimated | 100.6 | -0.2% |
| 74 | Norway Estimated | 100.6 | +0.4% |
| 75 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.6 | 0% |
| 76 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.5 | -0.1% |
| 77 | Togo Estimated | 100.5 | +0.1% |
| 78 | Panama Estimated | 100.4 | -0.1% |
| 79 | New Caledonia Estimated | 100.4 | -0.2% |
| 80 | Somalia Estimated | 100.3 | -0% |
| 81 | Chad Estimated | 100.2 | +0.1% |
| 82 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 99.9 | 0% |
| 83 | Dominica Estimated | 99.9 | -0% |
| 84 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.9 | +0.1% |
| 85 | United States Estimated | 99.9 | +0.2% |
| 86 | Ghana Estimated | 99.8 | 0% |
| 87 | Peru Estimated | 99.8 | -0.1% |
| 88 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.8 | -0% |
| 89 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.8 | -0% |
| 90 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 99.7 | -0.1% |
| 91 | Luxembourg Estimated | 99.7 | +0.4% |
| 92 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.6 | -0.1% |
| 93 | Iraq Estimated | 99.6 | +0.2% |
| 94 | Tunisia Estimated | 99.5 | -0.2% |
| 95 | Comoros Estimated | 99.5 | +0.2% |
| 96 | Sweden Estimated | 99.4 | +0.1% |
| 97 | Benin Estimated | 99.4 | +0.1% |
| 98 | French Guiana Estimated | 99.3 | +0.3% |
| 99 | Kenya Estimated | 99.3 | -0% |
| 100 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.3 | +0.1% |
| 101 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.3 | 0% |
| 102 | Micronesia Estimated | 99.2 | -0% |
| 103 | Malta Estimated | 99.2 | +0.3% |
| 104 | Tonga Estimated | 99.2 | -0.4% |
| 105 | Venezuela Estimated | 99.1 | -0.1% |
| 106 | Lebanon Estimated | 99.1 | +0.1% |
| 107 | Australia Estimated | 99.1 | -0% |
| 108 | Palestine Estimated | 99 | -0.2% |
| 109 | Chile Estimated | 98.9 | 0% |
| 110 | Liberia Estimated | 98.9 | +0.1% |
| 111 | Haiti Estimated | 98.8 | -0% |
| 112 | Sudan Estimated | 98.8 | -0% |
| 113 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.8 | -0% |
| 114 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 98.8 | +0.1% |
| 115 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 98.7 | -0.3% |
| 116 | Gambia Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 117 | Cuba Estimated | 98.6 | -0.1% |
| 118 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 119 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 120 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.6 | -0.1% |
| 121 | Guyana Estimated | 98.5 | -0.4% |
| 122 | Bermuda Estimated | 98.4 | -0.3% |
| 123 | Senegal Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 124 | Jamaica Estimated | 98.4 | -0% |
| 125 | Denmark Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 126 | Canada Estimated | 98.3 | +0.1% |
| 127 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.2 | 0% |
| 128 | Ireland Estimated | 98.2 | -0.2% |
| 129 | Burundi Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 130 | Bangladesh Estimated | 98.2 | -0.4% |
| 131 | Costa Rica Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 98.1 | +0.4% |
| 133 | Mongolia Estimated | 98.1 | -0.2% |
| 134 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.1 | +0.1% |
| 135 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 98.1 | +0.5% |
| 136 | South Sudan Estimated | 98.1 | +0.2% |
| 137 | Israel Estimated | 98 | +0.1% |
| 138 | Cook Islands Estimated | 98 | -0.7% |
| 139 | Slovenia Estimated | 98 | 0% |
| 140 | Albania Estimated | 98 | -0% |
| 141 | Colombia Estimated | 97.9 | -0% |
| 142 | Argentina Estimated | 97.9 | +0.1% |
| 143 | Botswana Estimated | 97.9 | +0.2% |
| 144 | Brazil Estimated | 97.8 | -0.1% |
| 145 | Netherlands Estimated | 97.7 | 0% |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.7 | -0.1% |
| 147 | Jersey Estimated | 97.7 | +0.1% |
| 148 | Spain Estimated | 97.6 | -0.3% |
| 149 | Uganda Estimated | 97.5 | +0.1% |
| 150 | Angola Estimated | 97.4 | +0.1% |
| 151 | Switzerland Estimated | 97.4 | +0.2% |
| 152 | Zambia Estimated | 97.3 | +0.1% |
| 153 | Tanzania Estimated | 97.2 | 0% |
| 154 | Thailand Estimated | 97.2 | -0.2% |
| 155 | Guernsey Estimated | 97.2 | +0.3% |
| 156 | Eritrea Estimated | 96.8 | +0.1% |
| 157 | Niue Estimated | 96.8 | -0.5% |
| 158 | Central African Republic Estimated | 96.7 | 0% |
| 159 | Belgium Estimated | 96.6 | +0.1% |
| 160 | Finland Estimated | 96.6 | +0.1% |
| 161 | North Macedonia Estimated | 96.5 | +0.1% |
| 162 | Czechia Estimated | 96.5 | +0.1% |
| 163 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.5 | 0% |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 96.4 | +0.2% |
| 165 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96.2 | -0.1% |
| 166 | Guinea Estimated | 96.2 | +0.1% |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 96 | -0.2% |
| 168 | Anguilla Estimated | 96 | -0.5% |
| 169 | North Korea Estimated | 96 | +0.2% |
| 170 | United Kingdom Estimated | 95.8 | +0.1% |
| 171 | Japan Estimated | 95.7 | -0% |
| 172 | New Zealand Estimated | 95.6 | -0% |
| 173 | Monaco Estimated | 95.6 | +0.2% |
| 174 | Germany Estimated | 95.6 | +0.4% |
| 175 | Mexico Estimated | 95.5 | -0% |
| 176 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 95.3 | -0.8% |
| 177 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.2 | +0.1% |
| 178 | Austria Estimated | 95.2 | +0.2% |
| 179 | Greece Estimated | 95 | -0.6% |
| 180 | Slovakia Estimated | 95 | +0.1% |
| 181 | Vietnam Estimated | 94.9 | +0.1% |
| 182 | Nepal Estimated | 94.9 | -0.7% |
| 183 | Mauritania Estimated | 94.9 | -0.4% |
| 184 | Bulgaria Estimated | 94.8 | 0% |
| 185 | Malawi Estimated | 94.6 | +0.1% |
| 186 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.5 | -0% |
| 187 | Kiribati Estimated | 94.4 | -0.4% |
| 188 | Tajikistan Estimated | 94.3 | +0.3% |
| 189 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 94.3 | -0.2% |
| 190 | Bahamas Estimated | 94.1 | -0.3% |
| 191 | Poland Estimated | 94 | +0.2% |
| 192 | Italy Estimated | 94 | +0.1% |
| 193 | Uruguay Estimated | 93.9 | 0% |
| 194 | France Estimated | 93.9 | 0% |
| 195 | San Marino Estimated | 93.8 | +0.6% |
| 196 | Rwanda Estimated | 93.7 | +0.3% |
| 197 | Namibia Estimated | 93.7 | +0.1% |
| 198 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 93.7 | -1.6% |
| 199 | Eswatini Estimated | 93.6 | +0.5% |
| 200 | Romania Estimated | 93.2 | +0.1% |
| 201 | South Africa Estimated | 93.2 | +0.2% |
| 202 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 93.1 | +0.3% |
| 203 | Montenegro Estimated | 92.8 | +0.1% |
| 204 | Mozambique Estimated | 92.8 | +0.1% |
| 205 | Croatia Estimated | 92.8 | -0% |
| 206 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 91.9 | +0.2% |
| 207 | Vatican City Estimated | 91.9 | -0% |
| 208 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 91.7 | +0.1% |
| 209 | Barbados Estimated | 91.6 | +0.1% |
| 210 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 91.6 | -0.2% |
| 211 | Portugal Estimated | 91.2 | -0.3% |
| 212 | El Salvador Estimated | 91.1 | -0% |
| 213 | Aruba Estimated | 91 | -0.3% |
| 214 | Serbia Estimated | 91 | +0.1% |
| 215 | Réunion Estimated | 90.9 | -0.4% |
| 216 | Hungary Estimated | 90.8 | +0.1% |
| 217 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.7 | -0.1% |
| 218 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 90.7 | +0.4% |
| 219 | Mayotte Estimated | 90.5 | -0.3% |
| 220 | Macao Estimated | 90.3 | -0.4% |
| 221 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.2 | +0.1% |
| 222 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 89.7 | -0.3% |
| 223 | Saint Martin Estimated | 88 | -0.1% |
| 224 | Estonia Estimated | 87.5 | +0.1% |
| 225 | Ukraine Estimated | 87 | +0.1% |
| 226 | Moldova Estimated | 86.8 | +0.1% |
| 227 | Belarus Estimated | 86.8 | -0% |
| 228 | Georgia Estimated | 86.8 | +0.4% |
| 229 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 86.4 | -0.3% |
| 230 | Russia Estimated | 86.2 | +0.1% |
| 231 | Martinique Estimated | 86.2 | -0% |
| 232 | Hong Kong Estimated | 85.7 | -0.6% |
| 233 | Lithuania Estimated | 85.4 | -0.1% |
| 234 | Armenia Estimated | 84.8 | +0.1% |
| 235 | Latvia Estimated | 84.3 | +0.2% |
| 236 | Curaçao Estimated | 83.2 | -0% |
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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.
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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
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Which country has the highest sex ratio of the population?
Qatar, with 288.8 males per 100 females in 2012, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Which country has the lowest sex ratio of the population?
Curaçao, with 83.2 males per 100 females in 2012.
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