Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2013, at 286 males per 100 females. Curaçao had the lowest, at 83.8 males per 100 females. The median was 98.6 males per 100 females and the figure for the World was 101.4 males per 100 females. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Map of countries, 2013
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- 100 and over
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Top 40 countries, 2013
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2013 | Change on 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 286 | -1% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 187.6 | -1.2% |
| 3 | Oman Estimated | 183.3 | +4.3% |
| 4 | Bahrain Estimated | 166.7 | -0.8% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 164.4 | +1.4% |
| 6 | Maldives Estimated | 137.4 | +2.6% |
| 7 | Kuwait Estimated | 135.7 | +1.1% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 121.5 | +0.6% |
| 9 | Bhutan Estimated | 116.5 | 0% |
| 10 | Seychelles Estimated | 114 | +1.1% |
| 11 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 112.7 | -0.2% |
| 12 | Greenland Estimated | 112.5 | -0.2% |
| 13 | Palau Estimated | 112.3 | +0.3% |
| 14 | Brunei Estimated | 112.2 | +0.2% |
| 15 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 111.6 | -0.9% |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 111.1 | +0.4% |
| 17 | Saint Helena Estimated | 110.4 | +1.2% |
| 18 | Singapore Estimated | 109.6 | +0.7% |
| 19 | Malaysia Estimated | 109.2 | +0.3% |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 107.9 | -0.1% |
| 21 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 107.9 | +0.5% |
| 22 | Jordan Estimated | 107.1 | +0.2% |
| 23 | India Estimated | 107 | -0% |
| 24 | Montserrat Estimated | 106.6 | -0.3% |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 106.2 | -0.1% |
| 26 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 106.2 | +0.4% |
| 27 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 105.6 | +0.9% |
| 28 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.3 | -0% |
| 29 | Libya Estimated | 105 | -0.2% |
| 30 | Pakistan Estimated | 105 | -0.1% |
| 31 | Algeria Estimated | 105 | -0.1% |
| 32 | Tuvalu Estimated | 104.9 | +0.3% |
| 33 | China Estimated | 104.8 | 0% |
| 34 | Nauru Estimated | 104.7 | -0% |
| 35 | Guam Estimated | 104.7 | -0.1% |
| 36 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.7 | 0% |
| 37 | Vanuatu Estimated | 104.3 | -0.3% |
| 38 | Iran Estimated | 104 | -0% |
| 39 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 104 | -0.3% |
| 40 | Samoa Estimated | 104 | -0.2% |
| 41 | Andorra Estimated | 103.5 | -0.5% |
| 42 | Gabon Estimated | 103.4 | +0.5% |
| 43 | American Samoa Estimated | 103.3 | 0% |
| 44 | Grenada Estimated | 103 | -0.2% |
| 45 | Niger Estimated | 103 | 0% |
| 46 | Yemen Estimated | 102.9 | +0.1% |
| 47 | Cyprus Estimated | 102.3 | -0.1% |
| 48 | Egypt Estimated | 102.2 | -0% |
| 49 | Cape Verde Estimated | 102.1 | +0.1% |
| 50 | Afghanistan Estimated | 102.1 | +0.1% |
| 51 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 102 | -0.2% |
| 52 | Mali Estimated | 102 | 0% |
| 53 | French Polynesia Estimated | 101.8 | -0.2% |
| 54 | Suriname Estimated | 101.7 | -0.2% |
| 55 | Bolivia Estimated | 101.7 | -0.1% |
| 56 | Honduras Estimated | 101.7 | -0% |
| 57 | South Korea Estimated | 101.7 | -0.5% |
| 58 | Morocco Estimated | 101.7 | +0.1% |
| 59 | Nigeria Estimated | 101.6 | +0.1% |
| 60 | Paraguay Estimated | 101.4 | -0.1% |
| 61 | Syria Estimated | 101.4 | -0.2% |
| 62 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.3 | 0% |
| 63 | Laos Estimated | 101.3 | -0% |
| 64 | Norway Estimated | 100.9 | +0.3% |
| 65 | Fiji Estimated | 100.9 | -0.3% |
| 66 | Indonesia Estimated | 100.9 | 0% |
| 67 | Belize Estimated | 100.9 | +0.2% |
| 68 | Tokelau Estimated | 100.9 | -0.9% |
| 69 | Philippines Estimated | 100.8 | +0.1% |
| 70 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 71 | Taiwan Estimated | 100.7 | -0.3% |
| 72 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.6 | 0% |
| 73 | Türkiye Estimated | 100.6 | -0.1% |
| 74 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.6 | +0.1% |
| 75 | Iceland Estimated | 100.6 | -0.1% |
| 76 | Togo Estimated | 100.6 | +0.1% |
| 77 | Panama Estimated | 100.4 | -0% |
| 78 | Chad Estimated | 100.3 | +0.1% |
| 79 | Somalia Estimated | 100.3 | 0% |
| 80 | New Caledonia Estimated | 100.2 | -0.2% |
| 81 | United States Estimated | 100.1 | +0.2% |
| 82 | Luxembourg Estimated | 100 | +0.3% |
| 83 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | 0% |
| 84 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.9 | -0.1% |
| 85 | Ghana Estimated | 99.9 | 0% |
| 86 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.8 | 0% |
| 87 | Comoros Estimated | 99.8 | +0.3% |
| 88 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.7 | -0% |
| 89 | Iraq Estimated | 99.7 | +0.2% |
| 90 | Peru Estimated | 99.7 | -0.1% |
| 91 | Malta Estimated | 99.6 | +0.5% |
| 92 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 99.6 | -0.1% |
| 93 | Benin Estimated | 99.6 | +0.1% |
| 94 | Sweden Estimated | 99.6 | +0.1% |
| 95 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.6 | -0.1% |
| 96 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 99.6 | -1.1% |
| 97 | Dominica Estimated | 99.5 | -0.4% |
| 98 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 99 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.3 | 0% |
| 100 | Kenya Estimated | 99.3 | -0% |
| 101 | Tunisia Estimated | 99.3 | -0.2% |
| 102 | Micronesia Estimated | 99.2 | -0% |
| 103 | Lebanon Estimated | 99.2 | +0.1% |
| 104 | French Guiana Estimated | 99.1 | -0.3% |
| 105 | Venezuela Estimated | 99 | -0.1% |
| 106 | Australia Estimated | 99 | -0.1% |
| 107 | Liberia Estimated | 99 | +0.1% |
| 108 | Chile Estimated | 98.9 | 0% |
| 109 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 98.9 | +0.1% |
| 110 | Palestine Estimated | 98.8 | -0.2% |
| 111 | Haiti Estimated | 98.8 | -0% |
| 112 | Sudan Estimated | 98.8 | -0% |
| 113 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 98.8 | +0.1% |
| 114 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.7 | -0% |
| 115 | Tonga Estimated | 98.7 | -0.4% |
| 116 | Senegal Estimated | 98.7 | +0.3% |
| 117 | Gambia Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 118 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 119 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 120 | Cuba Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 121 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 98.5 | +0.5% |
| 122 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.5 | -0.1% |
| 123 | Denmark Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 98.4 | +0.3% |
| 125 | Canada Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 126 | Jamaica Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 127 | Bermuda Estimated | 98.3 | -0.1% |
| 128 | Burundi Estimated | 98.3 | +0.1% |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.3 | 0% |
| 130 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.3 | +0.2% |
| 131 | South Sudan Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 132 | Botswana Estimated | 98.2 | +0.3% |
| 133 | Slovenia Estimated | 98.1 | +0.1% |
| 134 | Costa Rica Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 135 | Israel Estimated | 98.1 | +0.1% |
| 136 | Ireland Estimated | 98.1 | -0.1% |
| 137 | Mongolia Estimated | 98 | -0.1% |
| 138 | Argentina Estimated | 98 | +0.1% |
| 139 | Albania Estimated | 98 | -0% |
| 140 | Colombia Estimated | 97.9 | -0% |
| 141 | Bangladesh Estimated | 97.8 | -0.4% |
| 142 | Guyana Estimated | 97.8 | -0.7% |
| 143 | Netherlands Estimated | 97.8 | 0% |
| 144 | Jersey Estimated | 97.7 | +0.1% |
| 145 | Brazil Estimated | 97.7 | -0.1% |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.6 | -0.1% |
| 147 | Switzerland Estimated | 97.6 | +0.2% |
| 148 | Uganda Estimated | 97.6 | +0.1% |
| 149 | Cook Islands Estimated | 97.6 | -0.5% |
| 150 | Guernsey Estimated | 97.5 | +0.3% |
| 151 | Angola Estimated | 97.5 | +0.1% |
| 152 | Zambia Estimated | 97.4 | +0.1% |
| 153 | Tanzania Estimated | 97.3 | +0.1% |
| 154 | Spain Estimated | 97.3 | -0.3% |
| 155 | Thailand Estimated | 97.1 | -0.2% |
| 156 | Eritrea Estimated | 96.9 | +0.1% |
| 157 | Central African Republic Estimated | 96.7 | -0% |
| 158 | Finland Estimated | 96.7 | +0.1% |
| 159 | Belgium Estimated | 96.6 | 0% |
| 160 | Czechia Estimated | 96.6 | +0.1% |
| 161 | North Macedonia Estimated | 96.6 | +0.1% |
| 162 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.5 | 0% |
| 163 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 96.5 | +0.2% |
| 164 | Guinea Estimated | 96.2 | +0.1% |
| 165 | North Korea Estimated | 96.2 | +0.2% |
| 166 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96.1 | -0.1% |
| 167 | Germany Estimated | 96 | +0.5% |
| 168 | United Kingdom Estimated | 95.9 | +0.1% |
| 169 | New Zealand Estimated | 95.8 | +0.2% |
| 170 | Monaco Estimated | 95.8 | +0.2% |
| 171 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 95.7 | -0.3% |
| 172 | Niue Estimated | 95.7 | -1.1% |
| 173 | Japan Estimated | 95.6 | -0% |
| 174 | Anguilla Estimated | 95.6 | -0.4% |
| 175 | Mexico Estimated | 95.5 | -0.1% |
| 176 | Austria Estimated | 95.4 | +0.2% |
| 177 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.3 | +0.1% |
| 178 | Vietnam Estimated | 95.1 | +0.1% |
| 179 | Slovakia Estimated | 95 | +0.1% |
| 180 | Bulgaria Estimated | 94.8 | -0% |
| 181 | Mauritania Estimated | 94.8 | -0.1% |
| 182 | Malawi Estimated | 94.7 | +0.1% |
| 183 | Tajikistan Estimated | 94.6 | +0.3% |
| 184 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 94.5 | -0.8% |
| 185 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.5 | 0% |
| 186 | Greece Estimated | 94.4 | -0.6% |
| 187 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 94.3 | -0.1% |
| 188 | Nepal Estimated | 94.2 | -0.7% |
| 189 | Italy Estimated | 94.1 | +0.1% |
| 190 | Poland Estimated | 94.1 | 0% |
| 191 | Eswatini Estimated | 94.1 | +0.4% |
| 192 | San Marino Estimated | 94 | +0.2% |
| 193 | Kiribati Estimated | 94 | -0.4% |
| 194 | Uruguay Estimated | 93.9 | 0% |
| 195 | Namibia Estimated | 93.9 | +0.3% |
| 196 | France Estimated | 93.9 | 0% |
| 197 | Rwanda Estimated | 93.9 | +0.2% |
| 198 | Bahamas Estimated | 93.8 | -0.3% |
| 199 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 93.4 | +0.3% |
| 200 | South Africa Estimated | 93.4 | +0.2% |
| 201 | Romania Estimated | 93.3 | +0.1% |
| 202 | Mozambique Estimated | 92.9 | +0.1% |
| 203 | Montenegro Estimated | 92.9 | +0.1% |
| 204 | Croatia Estimated | 92.8 | 0% |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 92.5 | -1.2% |
| 206 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 92 | +0.1% |
| 207 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 91.8 | +0.1% |
| 208 | Barbados Estimated | 91.7 | +0.1% |
| 209 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 91.4 | -0.2% |
| 210 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 91.2 | +0.6% |
| 211 | El Salvador Estimated | 91 | -0% |
| 212 | Serbia Estimated | 90.9 | -0% |
| 213 | Portugal Estimated | 90.9 | -0.4% |
| 214 | Hungary Estimated | 90.9 | +0.1% |
| 215 | Vatican City Estimated | 90.8 | -1.2% |
| 216 | Réunion Estimated | 90.7 | -0.2% |
| 217 | Aruba Estimated | 90.7 | -0.3% |
| 218 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.6 | -0.1% |
| 219 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.3 | +0.1% |
| 220 | Mayotte Estimated | 90.1 | -0.5% |
| 221 | Macao Estimated | 89.8 | -0.5% |
| 222 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 89.5 | -0.1% |
| 223 | Saint Martin Estimated | 87.9 | -0.1% |
| 224 | Estonia Estimated | 87.6 | +0.2% |
| 225 | Georgia Estimated | 87.1 | +0.4% |
| 226 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.1 | +0.1% |
| 227 | Moldova Estimated | 86.9 | +0.1% |
| 228 | Belarus Estimated | 86.8 | 0% |
| 229 | Martinique Estimated | 86.3 | +0.1% |
| 230 | Russia Estimated | 86.3 | +0.1% |
| 231 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 86.1 | -0.3% |
| 232 | Lithuania Estimated | 85.4 | 0% |
| 233 | Hong Kong Estimated | 85.2 | -0.6% |
| 234 | Armenia Estimated | 85 | +0.1% |
| 235 | Latvia Estimated | 84.5 | +0.2% |
| 236 | Curaçao Estimated | 83.8 | +0.7% |
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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 286 males per 100 females in 2013, 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 83.8 males per 100 females in 2013.
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