Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2014, at 294.1 males per 100 females. Curaçao had the lowest, at 84.2 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.
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Top 40 countries, 2014
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2014 | Change on 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 294.1 | +2.9% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 186.6 | -0.5% |
| 3 | Oman Estimated | 183 | -0.2% |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 166.5 | +1.3% |
| 5 | Bahrain Estimated | 162 | -2.8% |
| 6 | Maldives Estimated | 140.8 | +2.5% |
| 7 | Kuwait Estimated | 138.4 | +2% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 122 | +0.4% |
| 9 | Bhutan Estimated | 116.5 | 0% |
| 10 | Seychelles Estimated | 115.2 | +1% |
| 11 | Palau Estimated | 113.7 | +1.2% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 112.4 | +0.2% |
| 13 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 112.3 | -0.4% |
| 14 | Greenland Estimated | 112.2 | -0.3% |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 111.5 | +0.4% |
| 16 | Saint Helena Estimated | 111.5 | +0.9% |
| 17 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 110.7 | -0.8% |
| 18 | Singapore Estimated | 109.8 | +0.2% |
| 19 | Malaysia Estimated | 109.5 | +0.3% |
| 20 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 108.4 | +0.4% |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 107.8 | -0.1% |
| 22 | Jordan Estimated | 107.7 | +0.5% |
| 23 | India Estimated | 107 | -0% |
| 24 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 106.6 | +0.4% |
| 25 | Montserrat Estimated | 106.3 | -0.3% |
| 26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 106.1 | -0.1% |
| 27 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 105.9 | +0.3% |
| 28 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.3 | 0% |
| 29 | Tuvalu Estimated | 104.9 | +0.1% |
| 30 | Pakistan Estimated | 104.9 | -0.1% |
| 31 | Algeria Estimated | 104.9 | -0.1% |
| 32 | Libya Estimated | 104.8 | -0.2% |
| 33 | China Estimated | 104.8 | -0% |
| 34 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Nauru Estimated | 104.7 | -0.1% |
| 36 | Guam Estimated | 104.5 | -0.1% |
| 37 | Vanuatu Estimated | 104 | -0.3% |
| 38 | Iran Estimated | 104 | -0% |
| 39 | Gabon Estimated | 103.8 | +0.4% |
| 40 | Samoa Estimated | 103.7 | -0.2% |
| 41 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 103.7 | -0.3% |
| 42 | American Samoa Estimated | 103.3 | -0% |
| 43 | Niger Estimated | 103 | 0% |
| 44 | Yemen Estimated | 103 | 0% |
| 45 | Andorra Estimated | 102.9 | -0.5% |
| 46 | Grenada Estimated | 102.8 | -0.2% |
| 47 | Cape Verde Estimated | 102.3 | +0.2% |
| 48 | Egypt Estimated | 102.2 | -0% |
| 49 | Cyprus Estimated | 102.2 | -0.1% |
| 50 | Afghanistan Estimated | 102.2 | +0.1% |
| 51 | Mali Estimated | 102 | 0% |
| 52 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 101.8 | -0.2% |
| 53 | Morocco Estimated | 101.7 | +0.1% |
| 54 | Honduras Estimated | 101.7 | -0% |
| 55 | Nigeria Estimated | 101.7 | +0.1% |
| 56 | Bolivia Estimated | 101.7 | -0.1% |
| 57 | Suriname Estimated | 101.6 | -0.2% |
| 58 | French Polynesia Estimated | 101.5 | -0.2% |
| 59 | Paraguay Estimated | 101.4 | -0.1% |
| 60 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.3 | +0.1% |
| 61 | Tokelau Estimated | 101.3 | +0.4% |
| 62 | Laos Estimated | 101.3 | -0% |
| 63 | Syria Estimated | 101.2 | -0.2% |
| 64 | South Korea Estimated | 101.1 | -0.5% |
| 65 | Norway Estimated | 101.1 | +0.2% |
| 66 | Belize Estimated | 101 | +0.1% |
| 67 | Indonesia Estimated | 100.9 | 0% |
| 68 | Philippines Estimated | 100.8 | 0% |
| 69 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 70 | Iceland Estimated | 100.7 | +0.1% |
| 71 | Togo Estimated | 100.7 | +0.1% |
| 72 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.6 | 0% |
| 73 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.6 | 0% |
| 74 | Fiji Estimated | 100.6 | -0.3% |
| 75 | Türkiye Estimated | 100.6 | -0.1% |
| 76 | Chad Estimated | 100.4 | +0.1% |
| 77 | Taiwan Estimated | 100.4 | -0.3% |
| 78 | Panama Estimated | 100.4 | -0% |
| 79 | Somalia Estimated | 100.3 | 0% |
| 80 | United States Estimated | 100.3 | +0.2% |
| 81 | Luxembourg Estimated | 100.3 | +0.2% |
| 82 | Malta Estimated | 100.2 | +0.6% |
| 83 | Comoros Estimated | 100.2 | +0.4% |
| 84 | New Caledonia Estimated | 100 | -0.2% |
| 85 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | 0% |
| 86 | Ghana Estimated | 99.9 | 0% |
| 87 | Iraq Estimated | 99.9 | +0.1% |
| 88 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.8 | -0.1% |
| 89 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.8 | 0% |
| 90 | Sweden Estimated | 99.8 | +0.2% |
| 91 | Benin Estimated | 99.7 | +0.1% |
| 92 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.7 | -0% |
| 93 | Peru Estimated | 99.6 | -0.1% |
| 94 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.5 | -0.1% |
| 95 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 99.5 | -0.2% |
| 96 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 97 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.3 | 0% |
| 98 | Kenya Estimated | 99.3 | -0% |
| 99 | Lebanon Estimated | 99.3 | +0.1% |
| 100 | Micronesia Estimated | 99.2 | -0% |
| 101 | Senegal Estimated | 99.2 | +0.5% |
| 102 | Dominica Estimated | 99.1 | -0.4% |
| 103 | Tunisia Estimated | 99.1 | -0.2% |
| 104 | Liberia Estimated | 99 | +0.1% |
| 105 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 99 | +0.4% |
| 106 | Chile Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 107 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99 | +0.1% |
| 108 | Venezuela Estimated | 98.9 | -0.1% |
| 109 | Australia Estimated | 98.8 | -0.2% |
| 110 | Gambia Estimated | 98.8 | +0.1% |
| 111 | Haiti Estimated | 98.8 | -0% |
| 112 | Sudan Estimated | 98.7 | -0% |
| 113 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 114 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.7 | -0% |
| 115 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 98.7 | -0.1% |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 98.7 | +0.3% |
| 117 | Palestine Estimated | 98.7 | -0.2% |
| 118 | Denmark Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 119 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 120 | Cuba Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 121 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.5 | +0.3% |
| 122 | French Guiana Estimated | 98.5 | -0.6% |
| 123 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 98.5 | -1.1% |
| 124 | Botswana Estimated | 98.5 | +0.3% |
| 125 | Bermuda Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 126 | Canada Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 127 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 128 | Jamaica Estimated | 98.4 | -0% |
| 129 | Burundi Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 130 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.3 | 0% |
| 131 | Tonga Estimated | 98.3 | -0.4% |
| 132 | Slovenia Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 133 | Israel Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 134 | South Sudan Estimated | 98.1 | -0.1% |
| 135 | Mongolia Estimated | 98.1 | +0.1% |
| 136 | Costa Rica Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 137 | Argentina Estimated | 98.1 | +0.1% |
| 138 | Albania Estimated | 98 | 0% |
| 139 | Ireland Estimated | 97.9 | -0.2% |
| 140 | Netherlands Estimated | 97.8 | +0.1% |
| 141 | Colombia Estimated | 97.8 | -0% |
| 142 | Guernsey Estimated | 97.8 | +0.3% |
| 143 | Switzerland Estimated | 97.8 | +0.2% |
| 144 | Jersey Estimated | 97.7 | 0% |
| 145 | Uganda Estimated | 97.7 | +0.1% |
| 146 | Brazil Estimated | 97.6 | -0.1% |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.6 | -0.1% |
| 148 | Zambia Estimated | 97.5 | +0.1% |
| 149 | Angola Estimated | 97.5 | +0.1% |
| 150 | Bangladesh Estimated | 97.5 | -0.4% |
| 151 | Tanzania Estimated | 97.4 | +0.1% |
| 152 | Cook Islands Estimated | 97.1 | -0.5% |
| 153 | Guyana Estimated | 97.1 | -0.7% |
| 154 | Spain Estimated | 97.1 | -0.2% |
| 155 | Eritrea Estimated | 96.9 | 0% |
| 156 | Thailand Estimated | 96.9 | -0.2% |
| 157 | Finland Estimated | 96.8 | +0.1% |
| 158 | Czechia Estimated | 96.7 | +0.1% |
| 159 | Belgium Estimated | 96.6 | 0% |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 96.6 | +0.1% |
| 161 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.6 | 0% |
| 162 | North Macedonia Estimated | 96.5 | -0.1% |
| 163 | North Korea Estimated | 96.3 | +0.2% |
| 164 | Central African Republic Estimated | 96.3 | -0.4% |
| 165 | New Zealand Estimated | 96.3 | +0.5% |
| 166 | Germany Estimated | 96.3 | +0.3% |
| 167 | Guinea Estimated | 96.3 | +0.1% |
| 168 | United Kingdom Estimated | 96.1 | +0.1% |
| 169 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96 | -0.1% |
| 170 | Monaco Estimated | 95.9 | +0.1% |
| 171 | Anguilla Estimated | 95.9 | +0.3% |
| 172 | Austria Estimated | 95.6 | +0.3% |
| 173 | Japan Estimated | 95.6 | -0% |
| 174 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 95.4 | -0.3% |
| 175 | Mexico Estimated | 95.4 | -0.1% |
| 176 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.4 | +0.1% |
| 177 | Vietnam Estimated | 95.2 | +0.1% |
| 178 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.1 | +0.1% |
| 179 | Tajikistan Estimated | 94.9 | +0.3% |
| 180 | Mauritania Estimated | 94.9 | +0.1% |
| 181 | Malawi Estimated | 94.7 | +0.1% |
| 182 | Bulgaria Estimated | 94.7 | -0.1% |
| 183 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.5 | 0% |
| 184 | Eswatini Estimated | 94.4 | +0.4% |
| 185 | Niue Estimated | 94.4 | -1.3% |
| 186 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 94.2 | -0.1% |
| 187 | Italy Estimated | 94.2 | +0.1% |
| 188 | Namibia Estimated | 94.1 | +0.2% |
| 189 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 94.1 | -0.5% |
| 190 | Poland Estimated | 94.1 | 0% |
| 191 | San Marino Estimated | 94.1 | +0.1% |
| 192 | Rwanda Estimated | 94 | +0.2% |
| 193 | Uruguay Estimated | 94 | 0% |
| 194 | France Estimated | 93.9 | -0% |
| 195 | Greece Estimated | 93.8 | -0.5% |
| 196 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 93.7 | +0.3% |
| 197 | South Africa Estimated | 93.7 | +0.3% |
| 198 | Kiribati Estimated | 93.6 | -0.4% |
| 199 | Nepal Estimated | 93.6 | -0.6% |
| 200 | Bahamas Estimated | 93.6 | -0.3% |
| 201 | Romania Estimated | 93.4 | +0.1% |
| 202 | Mozambique Estimated | 93 | +0.1% |
| 203 | Montenegro Estimated | 92.9 | +0.1% |
| 204 | Croatia Estimated | 92.9 | 0% |
| 205 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 92 | +0.1% |
| 206 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 91.9 | +0.1% |
| 207 | Barbados Estimated | 91.8 | +0.1% |
| 208 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 91.7 | +0.6% |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 91.6 | -1% |
| 210 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 91.2 | -0.2% |
| 211 | El Salvador Estimated | 91 | -0% |
| 212 | Hungary Estimated | 90.9 | +0.1% |
| 213 | Serbia Estimated | 90.9 | -0% |
| 214 | Réunion Estimated | 90.8 | +0.1% |
| 215 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.6 | -0% |
| 216 | Portugal Estimated | 90.6 | -0.3% |
| 217 | Vatican City Estimated | 90.5 | -0.3% |
| 218 | Aruba Estimated | 90.5 | -0.3% |
| 219 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.3 | +0.1% |
| 220 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 89.6 | +0.1% |
| 221 | Mayotte Estimated | 89.5 | -0.6% |
| 222 | Macao Estimated | 89.4 | -0.5% |
| 223 | Saint Martin Estimated | 88 | +0.1% |
| 224 | Estonia Estimated | 87.8 | +0.2% |
| 225 | Georgia Estimated | 87.3 | +0.2% |
| 226 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.1 | +0.1% |
| 227 | Belarus Estimated | 86.9 | +0.1% |
| 228 | Moldova Estimated | 86.9 | -0.1% |
| 229 | Martinique Estimated | 86.4 | +0.1% |
| 230 | Russia Estimated | 86.4 | +0.1% |
| 231 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 85.8 | -0.4% |
| 232 | Lithuania Estimated | 85.4 | 0% |
| 233 | Armenia Estimated | 85.1 | +0.1% |
| 234 | Latvia Estimated | 84.7 | +0.2% |
| 235 | Hong Kong Estimated | 84.6 | -0.6% |
| 236 | Curaçao Estimated | 84.2 | +0.5% |
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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 294.1 males per 100 females in 2014, 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 84.2 males per 100 females in 2014.
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