Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2015, at 304.5 males per 100 females. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 84.1 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, 2015
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Top 40 countries, 2015
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2015 | Change on 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 304.5 | +3.5% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 185.6 | -0.5% |
| 3 | Oman Estimated | 183.9 | +0.5% |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 168.6 | +1.2% |
| 5 | Bahrain Estimated | 162 | -0% |
| 6 | Maldives Estimated | 144.2 | +2.4% |
| 7 | Kuwait Estimated | 142.4 | +2.9% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 122.3 | +0.2% |
| 9 | Bhutan Estimated | 116.6 | +0.1% |
| 10 | Seychelles Estimated | 116.3 | +1% |
| 11 | Palau Estimated | 114.9 | +1% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 112.7 | +0.2% |
| 13 | Saint Helena Estimated | 112.3 | +0.8% |
| 14 | Greenland Estimated | 112 | -0.1% |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 111.9 | +0.3% |
| 16 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 111.7 | -0.5% |
| 17 | Malaysia Estimated | 109.9 | +0.3% |
| 18 | Singapore Estimated | 109.5 | -0.4% |
| 19 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 109.2 | -1.4% |
| 20 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 108.8 | +0.4% |
| 21 | Jordan Estimated | 107.8 | +0.2% |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 107.6 | -0.1% |
| 23 | India Estimated | 106.9 | -0% |
| 24 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 106.7 | +0.2% |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 106 | -0.1% |
| 26 | Montserrat Estimated | 105.7 | -0.6% |
| 27 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 105.6 | -0.3% |
| 28 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.3 | -0% |
| 29 | Tuvalu Estimated | 105 | +0.1% |
| 30 | Pakistan Estimated | 104.8 | -0.1% |
| 31 | Algeria Estimated | 104.8 | -0.1% |
| 32 | China Estimated | 104.8 | -0% |
| 33 | Nauru Estimated | 104.7 | 0% |
| 34 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.7 | 0% |
| 35 | Libya Estimated | 104.6 | -0.2% |
| 36 | Guam Estimated | 104.4 | -0.1% |
| 37 | Gabon Estimated | 104.1 | +0.2% |
| 38 | Iran Estimated | 103.9 | -0% |
| 39 | Vanuatu Estimated | 103.8 | -0.3% |
| 40 | Samoa Estimated | 103.5 | -0.3% |
| 41 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 103.4 | -0.3% |
| 42 | American Samoa Estimated | 103.2 | -0% |
| 43 | Niger Estimated | 103.1 | 0% |
| 44 | Yemen Estimated | 103 | 0% |
| 45 | Grenada Estimated | 102.6 | -0.2% |
| 46 | Cape Verde Estimated | 102.5 | +0.2% |
| 47 | Tokelau Estimated | 102.4 | +1.1% |
| 48 | Andorra Estimated | 102.3 | -0.6% |
| 49 | Afghanistan Estimated | 102.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Egypt Estimated | 102.1 | -0.1% |
| 51 | Cyprus Estimated | 102.1 | -0.1% |
| 52 | Mali Estimated | 102 | 0% |
| 53 | Morocco Estimated | 101.8 | +0.1% |
| 54 | Nigeria Estimated | 101.7 | +0.1% |
| 55 | Honduras Estimated | 101.7 | -0% |
| 56 | Bolivia Estimated | 101.6 | -0.1% |
| 57 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 101.6 | -0.2% |
| 58 | Suriname Estimated | 101.4 | -0.2% |
| 59 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.4 | +0.1% |
| 60 | Norway Estimated | 101.3 | +0.2% |
| 61 | French Polynesia Estimated | 101.3 | -0.2% |
| 62 | Paraguay Estimated | 101.3 | -0.1% |
| 63 | Laos Estimated | 101.2 | -0% |
| 64 | Belize Estimated | 101.2 | +0.1% |
| 65 | Iceland Estimated | 101 | +0.3% |
| 66 | Syria Estimated | 101 | -0.3% |
| 67 | Indonesia Estimated | 100.9 | 0% |
| 68 | Malta Estimated | 100.9 | +0.6% |
| 69 | Togo Estimated | 100.7 | +0.1% |
| 70 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 71 | Philippines Estimated | 100.7 | -0.1% |
| 72 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 73 | South Korea Estimated | 100.7 | -0.5% |
| 74 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.6 | 0% |
| 75 | Comoros Estimated | 100.6 | +0.4% |
| 76 | Luxembourg Estimated | 100.6 | +0.3% |
| 77 | Chad Estimated | 100.5 | +0.1% |
| 78 | Türkiye Estimated | 100.5 | -0.1% |
| 79 | United States Estimated | 100.5 | +0.2% |
| 80 | Somalia Estimated | 100.4 | 0% |
| 81 | Panama Estimated | 100.3 | -0% |
| 82 | Fiji Estimated | 100.3 | -0.3% |
| 83 | Sweden Estimated | 100.1 | +0.3% |
| 84 | Taiwan Estimated | 100.1 | -0.3% |
| 85 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | 0% |
| 86 | Iraq Estimated | 100 | +0.1% |
| 87 | Ghana Estimated | 99.9 | 0% |
| 88 | Benin Estimated | 99.9 | +0.1% |
| 89 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.8 | 0% |
| 90 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.8 | -0% |
| 91 | Senegal Estimated | 99.7 | +0.5% |
| 92 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.6 | -0% |
| 93 | New Caledonia Estimated | 99.6 | -0.4% |
| 94 | Peru Estimated | 99.5 | -0.1% |
| 95 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.5 | -0.1% |
| 96 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 97 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 99.4 | +0.4% |
| 98 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 99 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 99.3 | -0.2% |
| 100 | Kenya Estimated | 99.3 | -0% |
| 101 | Dominica Estimated | 99.2 | +0.1% |
| 102 | Micronesia Estimated | 99.2 | -0% |
| 103 | Liberia Estimated | 99.1 | +0.1% |
| 104 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99 | +0.1% |
| 105 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 99 | +0.3% |
| 106 | Tunisia Estimated | 99 | -0.2% |
| 107 | Chile Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 108 | Lebanon Estimated | 98.9 | -0.4% |
| 109 | Gambia Estimated | 98.8 | +0.1% |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 98.8 | +0.1% |
| 111 | Venezuela Estimated | 98.8 | -0.1% |
| 112 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 98.8 | +0.1% |
| 113 | Denmark Estimated | 98.8 | +0.2% |
| 114 | Botswana Estimated | 98.7 | +0.3% |
| 115 | Haiti Estimated | 98.7 | -0.1% |
| 116 | Sudan Estimated | 98.7 | -0% |
| 117 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.7 | -0% |
| 118 | Australia Estimated | 98.6 | -0.2% |
| 119 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 120 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 121 | Bermuda Estimated | 98.5 | +0.1% |
| 122 | Palestine Estimated | 98.5 | -0.1% |
| 123 | Cuba Estimated | 98.5 | -0.1% |
| 124 | Canada Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 125 | Burundi Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 126 | Jamaica Estimated | 98.4 | -0% |
| 127 | Slovenia Estimated | 98.3 | +0.1% |
| 128 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.3 | 0% |
| 129 | Mongolia Estimated | 98.3 | +0.2% |
| 130 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.3 | -0.1% |
| 131 | Israel Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 132 | Argentina Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 133 | Costa Rica Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 134 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 98.1 | -0.4% |
| 135 | Guernsey Estimated | 98 | +0.2% |
| 136 | Albania Estimated | 98 | 0% |
| 137 | Netherlands Estimated | 97.9 | +0.1% |
| 138 | Switzerland Estimated | 97.9 | +0.2% |
| 139 | Ireland Estimated | 97.9 | -0% |
| 140 | South Sudan Estimated | 97.9 | -0.3% |
| 140 | Tonga Estimated | 97.9 | -0.4% |
| 142 | French Guiana Estimated | 97.8 | -0.7% |
| 143 | Colombia Estimated | 97.8 | -0% |
| 144 | Uganda Estimated | 97.7 | +0.1% |
| 145 | Jersey Estimated | 97.7 | -0% |
| 146 | Zambia Estimated | 97.6 | +0.1% |
| 147 | Tanzania Estimated | 97.6 | +0.2% |
| 148 | Angola Estimated | 97.6 | +0.1% |
| 149 | Brazil Estimated | 97.6 | -0.1% |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.5 | -0.1% |
| 151 | Bangladesh Estimated | 97.1 | -0.4% |
| 152 | New Zealand Estimated | 97 | +0.7% |
| 153 | Eritrea Estimated | 97 | 0% |
| 154 | Germany Estimated | 96.9 | +0.6% |
| 155 | Spain Estimated | 96.9 | -0.1% |
| 156 | Finland Estimated | 96.9 | +0.1% |
| 157 | Belgium Estimated | 96.8 | +0.2% |
| 158 | Czechia Estimated | 96.8 | +0.1% |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 96.8 | +0.1% |
| 160 | Thailand Estimated | 96.7 | -0.2% |
| 161 | Cook Islands Estimated | 96.6 | -0.5% |
| 162 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.6 | 0% |
| 163 | North Korea Estimated | 96.5 | +0.2% |
| 164 | Guyana Estimated | 96.4 | -0.7% |
| 165 | Guinea Estimated | 96.4 | +0.1% |
| 166 | North Macedonia Estimated | 96.3 | -0.2% |
| 167 | United Kingdom Estimated | 96.2 | +0.2% |
| 168 | Anguilla Estimated | 96.2 | +0.3% |
| 169 | Austria Estimated | 96.1 | +0.5% |
| 170 | Monaco Estimated | 96 | +0.1% |
| 171 | Central African Republic Estimated | 96 | -0.3% |
| 172 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 173 | Japan Estimated | 95.6 | -0% |
| 174 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.4 | +0.1% |
| 175 | Vietnam Estimated | 95.3 | +0.1% |
| 176 | Mexico Estimated | 95.3 | -0.1% |
| 177 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.1 | +0.1% |
| 178 | Tajikistan Estimated | 95.1 | +0.2% |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 95.1 | -0.4% |
| 180 | Mauritania Estimated | 95 | +0.1% |
| 181 | Eswatini Estimated | 94.8 | +0.4% |
| 182 | Malawi Estimated | 94.8 | +0.1% |
| 183 | Bulgaria Estimated | 94.6 | -0.1% |
| 184 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.5 | 0% |
| 185 | Namibia Estimated | 94.4 | +0.2% |
| 186 | Italy Estimated | 94.3 | +0.1% |
| 187 | South Africa Estimated | 94.3 | +0.7% |
| 188 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 94.2 | -0.1% |
| 189 | Rwanda Estimated | 94.2 | +0.1% |
| 190 | Poland Estimated | 94.1 | 0% |
| 191 | San Marino Estimated | 94.1 | 0% |
| 192 | Uruguay Estimated | 94 | +0.1% |
| 193 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 93.9 | +0.3% |
| 194 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 93.9 | -0.3% |
| 195 | France Estimated | 93.8 | -0.1% |
| 196 | Romania Estimated | 93.6 | +0.1% |
| 197 | Greece Estimated | 93.4 | -0.4% |
| 198 | Bahamas Estimated | 93.3 | -0.3% |
| 199 | Niue Estimated | 93.3 | -1.2% |
| 200 | Kiribati Estimated | 93.3 | -0.4% |
| 201 | Nepal Estimated | 93.2 | -0.5% |
| 202 | Mozambique Estimated | 93.1 | +0.1% |
| 203 | Montenegro Estimated | 93 | 0% |
| 204 | Croatia Estimated | 92.9 | 0% |
| 205 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 92.3 | +0.2% |
| 206 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 92.2 | +0.5% |
| 207 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 92 | +0.1% |
| 208 | Barbados Estimated | 91.8 | +0.1% |
| 209 | Vatican City Estimated | 91.6 | +1.2% |
| 210 | Hungary Estimated | 91.1 | +0.2% |
| 211 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 91 | -0.2% |
| 212 | El Salvador Estimated | 91 | -0.1% |
| 213 | Serbia Estimated | 90.9 | -0% |
| 214 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.6 | -0% |
| 215 | Réunion Estimated | 90.6 | -0.2% |
| 216 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 90.5 | -1.1% |
| 217 | Portugal Estimated | 90.4 | -0.2% |
| 218 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.4 | +0.1% |
| 219 | Aruba Estimated | 90.2 | -0.2% |
| 220 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 89.7 | +0.1% |
| 221 | Mayotte Estimated | 89.1 | -0.5% |
| 222 | Macao Estimated | 89 | -0.5% |
| 223 | Saint Martin Estimated | 88.1 | +0.1% |
| 224 | Estonia Estimated | 88.1 | +0.3% |
| 225 | Georgia Estimated | 87.3 | -0% |
| 226 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.2 | 0% |
| 227 | Belarus Estimated | 87 | +0.1% |
| 228 | Moldova Estimated | 86.6 | -0.3% |
| 229 | Russia Estimated | 86.4 | +0.1% |
| 230 | Martinique Estimated | 86.4 | -0.1% |
| 231 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 85.5 | -0.3% |
| 232 | Lithuania Estimated | 85.4 | -0.1% |
| 233 | Armenia Estimated | 85.2 | +0.1% |
| 234 | Latvia Estimated | 84.8 | +0.2% |
| 235 | Curaçao Estimated | 84.5 | +0.4% |
| 236 | Hong Kong Estimated | 84.1 | -0.6% |
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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 304.5 males per 100 females in 2015, 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 84.1 males per 100 females in 2015.
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