Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2016, at 306.2 males per 100 females. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 83.6 males per 100 females. The median was 98.5 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, 2016
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Top 40 countries, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 306.2 | +0.6% |
| 2 | Oman Estimated | 187.3 | +1.8% |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 184.5 | -0.6% |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 168.9 | +0.2% |
| 5 | Bahrain Estimated | 166.7 | +2.9% |
| 6 | Kuwait Estimated | 147.7 | +3.7% |
| 7 | Maldives Estimated | 147.6 | +2.4% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 122.5 | +0.2% |
| 9 | Seychelles Estimated | 117.4 | +0.9% |
| 10 | Bhutan Estimated | 116.7 | +0.1% |
| 11 | Palau Estimated | 115.6 | +0.6% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 112.9 | +0.2% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 112.1 | +0.3% |
| 14 | Greenland Estimated | 112 | -0% |
| 15 | Saint Helena Estimated | 111.6 | -0.6% |
| 16 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 111.1 | -0.6% |
| 17 | Malaysia Estimated | 110.2 | +0.3% |
| 18 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 109.3 | +0.4% |
| 19 | Singapore Estimated | 108.5 | -0.9% |
| 20 | Jordan Estimated | 107.7 | -0.1% |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 107.5 | -0.2% |
| 22 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 107.1 | -1.9% |
| 23 | India Estimated | 106.9 | -0% |
| 24 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 106.6 | -0.1% |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 105.9 | -0.1% |
| 26 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 105.3 | -0.2% |
| 27 | Tuvalu Estimated | 105.3 | +0.2% |
| 28 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.2 | -0% |
| 29 | Montserrat Estimated | 104.9 | -0.7% |
| 30 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.7 | 0% |
| 31 | China Estimated | 104.7 | -0% |
| 32 | Pakistan Estimated | 104.7 | -0.1% |
| 33 | Algeria Estimated | 104.7 | -0.1% |
| 34 | Nauru Estimated | 104.7 | -0% |
| 35 | Libya Estimated | 104.3 | -0.2% |
| 36 | Guam Estimated | 104.2 | -0.2% |
| 37 | Gabon Estimated | 104.2 | +0.1% |
| 38 | Iran Estimated | 103.9 | -0% |
| 39 | Vanuatu Estimated | 103.5 | -0.3% |
| 40 | Tokelau Estimated | 103.4 | +1% |
| 41 | American Samoa Estimated | 103.2 | -0.1% |
| 42 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 103.2 | -0.2% |
| 43 | Samoa Estimated | 103.2 | -0.3% |
| 44 | Niger Estimated | 103.1 | 0% |
| 45 | Yemen Estimated | 102.9 | -0% |
| 46 | Cape Verde Estimated | 102.7 | +0.2% |
| 47 | Grenada Estimated | 102.3 | -0.2% |
| 48 | Andorra Estimated | 102.3 | -0% |
| 49 | Afghanistan Estimated | 102.2 | 0% |
| 50 | Egypt Estimated | 102 | -0.1% |
| 51 | Cyprus Estimated | 102 | -0.1% |
| 52 | Mali Estimated | 102 | 0% |
| 53 | Morocco Estimated | 101.9 | 0% |
| 54 | Nigeria Estimated | 101.8 | +0.1% |
| 55 | Iceland Estimated | 101.7 | +0.7% |
| 56 | Honduras Estimated | 101.7 | -0% |
| 57 | Bolivia Estimated | 101.5 | -0.1% |
| 58 | Norway Estimated | 101.5 | +0.1% |
| 59 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.5 | +0.1% |
| 60 | Belize Estimated | 101.5 | +0.3% |
| 61 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 101.3 | -0.2% |
| 62 | Suriname Estimated | 101.2 | -0.2% |
| 63 | Paraguay Estimated | 101.2 | -0.1% |
| 64 | Laos Estimated | 101.2 | -0% |
| 65 | Malta Estimated | 101.2 | +0.4% |
| 66 | French Polynesia Estimated | 101.1 | -0.2% |
| 67 | Indonesia Estimated | 101 | 0% |
| 68 | Comoros Estimated | 100.9 | +0.4% |
| 69 | Luxembourg Estimated | 100.8 | +0.3% |
| 70 | Togo Estimated | 100.8 | +0.1% |
| 71 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 72 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 73 | United States Estimated | 100.7 | +0.2% |
| 74 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.6 | 0% |
| 75 | Syria Estimated | 100.6 | -0.3% |
| 76 | Chad Estimated | 100.6 | +0.1% |
| 77 | Philippines Estimated | 100.5 | -0.2% |
| 78 | Türkiye Estimated | 100.4 | -0.1% |
| 79 | Sweden Estimated | 100.4 | +0.3% |
| 80 | South Korea Estimated | 100.4 | -0.3% |
| 81 | Somalia Estimated | 100.4 | 0% |
| 82 | Panama Estimated | 100.3 | -0% |
| 83 | Senegal Estimated | 100.3 | +0.6% |
| 84 | Iraq Estimated | 100.1 | +0.1% |
| 85 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | 0% |
| 86 | Benin Estimated | 100 | +0.1% |
| 87 | Fiji Estimated | 100 | -0.3% |
| 88 | Ghana Estimated | 99.9 | 0% |
| 89 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.8 | 0% |
| 90 | Dominica Estimated | 99.8 | +0.6% |
| 91 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 99.8 | +0.4% |
| 92 | Taiwan Estimated | 99.8 | -0.3% |
| 93 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.7 | -0.1% |
| 94 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.6 | -0% |
| 95 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 99.6 | +0.6% |
| 96 | Peru Estimated | 99.5 | -0% |
| 97 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 98 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.4 | -0.1% |
| 99 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 100 | Kenya Estimated | 99.2 | -0% |
| 101 | New Caledonia Estimated | 99.2 | -0.4% |
| 102 | Liberia Estimated | 99.2 | +0.1% |
| 103 | Micronesia Estimated | 99.2 | -0% |
| 104 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 99.1 | -0.2% |
| 105 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99.1 | +0.1% |
| 106 | Botswana Estimated | 99 | +0.3% |
| 107 | Denmark Estimated | 99 | +0.2% |
| 108 | Chile Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 109 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 98.9 | +0.1% |
| 110 | Gambia Estimated | 98.9 | +0.1% |
| 111 | Tunisia Estimated | 98.8 | -0.1% |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 98.8 | -0.1% |
| 113 | Venezuela Estimated | 98.7 | -0.1% |
| 114 | Sudan Estimated | 98.7 | -0% |
| 115 | Haiti Estimated | 98.6 | -0.1% |
| 116 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 117 | Mongolia Estimated | 98.6 | +0.3% |
| 118 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 119 | Australia Estimated | 98.5 | -0.1% |
| 120 | Bermuda Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 121 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.5 | -0.1% |
| 122 | Slovenia Estimated | 98.5 | +0.1% |
| 123 | Burundi Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 124 | Canada Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 125 | Palestine Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 126 | Cuba Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 127 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 128 | Jamaica Estimated | 98.3 | -0% |
| 129 | Israel Estimated | 98.3 | +0.1% |
| 130 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.2 | -0% |
| 131 | Argentina Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 132 | Switzerland Estimated | 98.1 | +0.2% |
| 133 | Netherlands Estimated | 98.1 | +0.2% |
| 134 | Guernsey Estimated | 98.1 | 0% |
| 135 | Costa Rica Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 136 | Lebanon Estimated | 98 | -0.9% |
| 137 | Ireland Estimated | 98 | +0.1% |
| 138 | Albania Estimated | 98 | 0% |
| 139 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 97.9 | -0.2% |
| 140 | Tanzania Estimated | 97.9 | +0.3% |
| 141 | Uganda Estimated | 97.8 | +0.1% |
| 142 | Colombia Estimated | 97.7 | -0% |
| 143 | Zambia Estimated | 97.7 | +0.1% |
| 144 | Jersey Estimated | 97.7 | -0% |
| 145 | Angola Estimated | 97.6 | +0.1% |
| 146 | New Zealand Estimated | 97.6 | +0.6% |
| 147 | South Sudan Estimated | 97.5 | -0.4% |
| 148 | Brazil Estimated | 97.5 | -0.1% |
| 149 | Germany Estimated | 97.4 | +0.5% |
| 150 | Tonga Estimated | 97.4 | -0.5% |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.4 | -0.1% |
| 152 | Finland Estimated | 97.1 | +0.2% |
| 153 | French Guiana Estimated | 97 | -0.8% |
| 154 | Belgium Estimated | 97 | +0.2% |
| 155 | Eritrea Estimated | 97 | 0% |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 96.9 | +0.1% |
| 157 | Czechia Estimated | 96.9 | +0.1% |
| 158 | Spain Estimated | 96.8 | -0.1% |
| 159 | Bangladesh Estimated | 96.8 | -0.3% |
| 160 | North Korea Estimated | 96.7 | +0.2% |
| 161 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.6 | 0% |
| 162 | Austria Estimated | 96.6 | +0.5% |
| 163 | Guinea Estimated | 96.6 | +0.2% |
| 164 | Thailand Estimated | 96.6 | -0.2% |
| 165 | United Kingdom Estimated | 96.4 | +0.2% |
| 166 | Cook Islands Estimated | 96.2 | -0.4% |
| 167 | North Macedonia Estimated | 96.1 | -0.2% |
| 168 | Monaco Estimated | 96.1 | 0% |
| 169 | Central African Republic Estimated | 96 | 0% |
| 170 | Anguilla Estimated | 96 | -0.2% |
| 171 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 172 | Guyana Estimated | 95.8 | -0.7% |
| 173 | Japan Estimated | 95.6 | -0% |
| 174 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.5 | +0.1% |
| 175 | Vietnam Estimated | 95.5 | +0.2% |
| 176 | Tajikistan Estimated | 95.3 | +0.2% |
| 177 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.2 | +0.1% |
| 178 | Eswatini Estimated | 95.2 | +0.4% |
| 179 | Mauritania Estimated | 95.2 | +0.2% |
| 180 | Mexico Estimated | 95.1 | -0.2% |
| 181 | Malawi Estimated | 94.9 | +0.1% |
| 182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 94.7 | -0.4% |
| 183 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.6 | 0% |
| 184 | Italy Estimated | 94.5 | +0.2% |
| 185 | Namibia Estimated | 94.5 | +0.2% |
| 186 | Bulgaria Estimated | 94.5 | -0.1% |
| 187 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 94.4 | +0.4% |
| 188 | Rwanda Estimated | 94.3 | +0.1% |
| 189 | South Africa Estimated | 94.2 | -0.1% |
| 190 | Poland Estimated | 94.2 | 0% |
| 191 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 94.1 | -0.1% |
| 192 | Uruguay Estimated | 94.1 | +0.1% |
| 193 | San Marino Estimated | 94 | -0% |
| 194 | France Estimated | 93.8 | 0% |
| 195 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 93.7 | -0.2% |
| 196 | Romania Estimated | 93.6 | +0.1% |
| 197 | Greece Estimated | 93.3 | -0.1% |
| 198 | Mozambique Estimated | 93.3 | +0.1% |
| 199 | Kiribati Estimated | 93.1 | -0.2% |
| 200 | Bahamas Estimated | 93.1 | -0.3% |
| 201 | Montenegro Estimated | 93 | 0% |
| 202 | Croatia Estimated | 92.9 | 0% |
| 203 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 92.7 | +0.5% |
| 204 | Nepal Estimated | 92.7 | -0.5% |
| 205 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 92.7 | +0.4% |
| 206 | Vatican City Estimated | 92.5 | +0.9% |
| 207 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 92.2 | +0.2% |
| 208 | Barbados Estimated | 91.9 | +0.1% |
| 209 | Niue Estimated | 91.5 | -1.9% |
| 210 | Hungary Estimated | 91.2 | +0.1% |
| 211 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 91 | +0.6% |
| 212 | Serbia Estimated | 90.9 | -0% |
| 213 | El Salvador Estimated | 90.9 | -0.1% |
| 214 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 90.8 | -0.3% |
| 215 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.6 | 0% |
| 216 | Réunion Estimated | 90.5 | -0% |
| 217 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.4 | +0.1% |
| 218 | Portugal Estimated | 90.3 | -0.1% |
| 219 | Aruba Estimated | 90 | -0.2% |
| 220 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 89.8 | +0.1% |
| 221 | Mayotte Estimated | 88.6 | -0.5% |
| 222 | Macao Estimated | 88.5 | -0.5% |
| 223 | Estonia Estimated | 88.3 | +0.3% |
| 224 | Saint Martin Estimated | 88.1 | -0% |
| 225 | Georgia Estimated | 87.2 | -0% |
| 226 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.2 | +0.1% |
| 227 | Belarus Estimated | 87.1 | +0.1% |
| 228 | Russia Estimated | 86.5 | +0.1% |
| 229 | Moldova Estimated | 86.4 | -0.3% |
| 230 | Martinique Estimated | 86.1 | -0.3% |
| 231 | Lithuania Estimated | 85.3 | -0% |
| 232 | Armenia Estimated | 85.3 | +0.1% |
| 233 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 85.3 | -0.3% |
| 234 | Latvia Estimated | 84.9 | +0.1% |
| 235 | Curaçao Estimated | 84.7 | +0.2% |
| 236 | Hong Kong Estimated | 83.6 | -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 306.2 males per 100 females in 2016, 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 83.6 males per 100 females in 2016.
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