Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2017, at 299.4 males per 100 females. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 83.3 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, 2017
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- 100 and over
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Top 40 countries, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 299.4 | -2.2% |
| 2 | Oman Estimated | 188.2 | +0.5% |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 183.5 | -0.5% |
| 4 | Bahrain Estimated | 170.6 | +2.3% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 165.6 | -2% |
| 6 | Kuwait Estimated | 154.4 | +4.5% |
| 7 | Maldives Estimated | 151 | +2.3% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 122.8 | +0.2% |
| 9 | Seychelles Estimated | 118.4 | +0.9% |
| 10 | Bhutan Estimated | 116.6 | -0.1% |
| 11 | Palau Estimated | 116.2 | +0.5% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 113.1 | +0.2% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 112.4 | +0.2% |
| 14 | Greenland Estimated | 111.9 | -0% |
| 15 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 110.8 | -0.3% |
| 16 | Malaysia Estimated | 110.5 | +0.3% |
| 17 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 109.7 | +0.4% |
| 18 | Saint Helena Estimated | 109.6 | -1.8% |
| 19 | Jordan Estimated | 107.5 | -0.1% |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 107.3 | -0.2% |
| 21 | Singapore Estimated | 107 | -1.4% |
| 22 | India Estimated | 106.9 | -0% |
| 23 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 106.5 | -0.1% |
| 24 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 106.2 | -0.8% |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 105.8 | -0.1% |
| 26 | Tuvalu Estimated | 105.7 | +0.4% |
| 27 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.2 | -0% |
| 28 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 105.1 | -0.2% |
| 29 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.8 | 0% |
| 30 | Nauru Estimated | 104.7 | 0% |
| 31 | China Estimated | 104.7 | -0.1% |
| 32 | Algeria Estimated | 104.6 | -0.1% |
| 33 | Pakistan Estimated | 104.6 | -0.1% |
| 34 | Libya Estimated | 104.2 | -0.2% |
| 35 | Gabon Estimated | 104.1 | -0% |
| 36 | Guam Estimated | 104 | -0.2% |
| 37 | Montserrat Estimated | 104 | -0.9% |
| 38 | Iran Estimated | 103.9 | -0.1% |
| 39 | Vanuatu Estimated | 103.2 | -0.3% |
| 40 | Niger Estimated | 103.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Iceland Estimated | 103.1 | +1.4% |
| 42 | American Samoa Estimated | 103 | -0.1% |
| 43 | Yemen Estimated | 102.9 | -0% |
| 44 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 102.9 | -0.3% |
| 45 | Andorra Estimated | 102.8 | +0.5% |
| 46 | Cape Verde Estimated | 102.8 | +0.2% |
| 47 | Samoa Estimated | 102.7 | -0.4% |
| 48 | Tokelau Estimated | 102.5 | -0.9% |
| 49 | Afghanistan Estimated | 102.2 | -0% |
| 50 | Grenada Estimated | 102.1 | -0.3% |
| 51 | Egypt Estimated | 102 | -0% |
| 52 | Mali Estimated | 102 | 0% |
| 53 | Cyprus Estimated | 101.9 | -0.1% |
| 54 | Morocco Estimated | 101.9 | 0% |
| 55 | Nigeria Estimated | 101.9 | +0.1% |
| 56 | Malta Estimated | 101.9 | +0.6% |
| 57 | Belize Estimated | 101.7 | +0.3% |
| 58 | Honduras Estimated | 101.6 | -0% |
| 59 | Norway Estimated | 101.6 | +0.1% |
| 60 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.5 | +0.1% |
| 61 | Bolivia Estimated | 101.5 | -0.1% |
| 62 | Laos Estimated | 101.2 | -0% |
| 63 | Paraguay Estimated | 101.2 | -0.1% |
| 64 | Comoros Estimated | 101.1 | +0.2% |
| 65 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 101.1 | -0.2% |
| 66 | French Polynesia Estimated | 101.1 | 0% |
| 67 | Suriname Estimated | 101 | -0.2% |
| 68 | Indonesia Estimated | 101 | 0% |
| 69 | Luxembourg Estimated | 101 | +0.1% |
| 70 | Togo Estimated | 100.9 | +0.1% |
| 71 | Senegal Estimated | 100.8 | +0.6% |
| 72 | United States Estimated | 100.8 | +0.2% |
| 73 | Sweden Estimated | 100.8 | +0.3% |
| 74 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 75 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 76 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.6 | 0% |
| 77 | Chad Estimated | 100.6 | +0.1% |
| 78 | Dominica Estimated | 100.6 | +0.7% |
| 79 | Türkiye Estimated | 100.4 | -0.1% |
| 80 | Somalia Estimated | 100.4 | 0% |
| 81 | Panama Estimated | 100.3 | -0% |
| 82 | Syria Estimated | 100.3 | -0.3% |
| 83 | South Korea Estimated | 100.3 | -0.1% |
| 84 | Philippines Estimated | 100.2 | -0.2% |
| 85 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 100.1 | +0.3% |
| 86 | Iraq Estimated | 100.1 | 0% |
| 87 | Benin Estimated | 100.1 | +0.1% |
| 88 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | 0% |
| 89 | Ghana Estimated | 99.9 | 0% |
| 90 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.8 | 0% |
| 91 | Fiji Estimated | 99.7 | -0.3% |
| 92 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.6 | -0.1% |
| 93 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.6 | -0% |
| 94 | Peru Estimated | 99.5 | -0% |
| 95 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 99.4 | -0.1% |
| 96 | Taiwan Estimated | 99.4 | -0.3% |
| 97 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 98 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 99 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.3 | -0.1% |
| 100 | Liberia Estimated | 99.3 | +0.1% |
| 101 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99.2 | +0.1% |
| 102 | Kenya Estimated | 99.2 | -0% |
| 103 | Botswana Estimated | 99.2 | +0.2% |
| 104 | Micronesia Estimated | 99.1 | -0% |
| 105 | Denmark Estimated | 99 | +0.1% |
| 106 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 99 | +0.1% |
| 107 | Mongolia Estimated | 99 | +0.4% |
| 108 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 99 | -0.2% |
| 109 | Chile Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 110 | Gambia Estimated | 98.9 | +0.1% |
| 111 | New Caledonia Estimated | 98.8 | -0.4% |
| 112 | Slovenia Estimated | 98.7 | +0.2% |
| 113 | Tunisia Estimated | 98.7 | -0.1% |
| 114 | Sudan Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 115 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 116 | Haiti Estimated | 98.6 | -0.1% |
| 117 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 118 | Venezuela Estimated | 98.5 | -0.2% |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 98.5 | -0.3% |
| 120 | Burundi Estimated | 98.5 | 0% |
| 121 | Canada Estimated | 98.5 | +0.1% |
| 122 | Australia Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 123 | Israel Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 124 | Palestine Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 126 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 127 | Switzerland Estimated | 98.3 | +0.2% |
| 128 | Jamaica Estimated | 98.3 | -0% |
| 129 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.3 | +0.1% |
| 130 | Argentina Estimated | 98.3 | +0.1% |
| 131 | Cuba Estimated | 98.3 | -0.1% |
| 132 | Netherlands Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 133 | Bermuda Estimated | 98.2 | -0.3% |
| 134 | Tanzania Estimated | 98.1 | +0.2% |
| 135 | Guernsey Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 136 | Costa Rica Estimated | 98 | -0% |
| 137 | Ireland Estimated | 98 | +0.1% |
| 138 | New Zealand Estimated | 98 | +0.4% |
| 139 | Albania Estimated | 98 | 0% |
| 140 | Uganda Estimated | 97.9 | +0.1% |
| 141 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 97.9 | -0.1% |
| 142 | Zambia Estimated | 97.8 | +0.1% |
| 143 | Colombia Estimated | 97.7 | -0% |
| 144 | Angola Estimated | 97.7 | +0.1% |
| 145 | Jersey Estimated | 97.7 | -0% |
| 146 | Germany Estimated | 97.5 | +0.1% |
| 147 | Brazil Estimated | 97.4 | -0.1% |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.4 | -0.1% |
| 149 | Finland Estimated | 97.3 | +0.2% |
| 150 | Lebanon Estimated | 97.1 | -1% |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 97 | +0.1% |
| 152 | Eritrea Estimated | 97 | 0% |
| 153 | Belgium Estimated | 97 | 0% |
| 154 | South Sudan Estimated | 97 | -0.5% |
| 155 | Czechia Estimated | 97 | +0.1% |
| 156 | North Korea Estimated | 96.9 | +0.2% |
| 157 | Guinea Estimated | 96.7 | +0.2% |
| 158 | Austria Estimated | 96.7 | +0.1% |
| 159 | Bangladesh Estimated | 96.7 | -0.1% |
| 160 | Tonga Estimated | 96.7 | -0.8% |
| 161 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.7 | 0% |
| 162 | Spain Estimated | 96.7 | -0.1% |
| 163 | United Kingdom Estimated | 96.5 | +0.1% |
| 164 | Thailand Estimated | 96.4 | -0.2% |
| 165 | French Guiana Estimated | 96.3 | -0.8% |
| 166 | Cook Islands Estimated | 96.2 | -0.1% |
| 167 | Monaco Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 168 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 169 | Central African Republic Estimated | 95.9 | -0.2% |
| 170 | Anguilla Estimated | 95.8 | -0.1% |
| 171 | North Macedonia Estimated | 95.8 | -0.3% |
| 172 | Vietnam Estimated | 95.7 | +0.2% |
| 173 | Japan Estimated | 95.6 | -0% |
| 174 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.6 | +0.1% |
| 175 | Eswatini Estimated | 95.6 | +0.3% |
| 176 | Tajikistan Estimated | 95.5 | +0.2% |
| 177 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.3 | +0.1% |
| 178 | Mauritania Estimated | 95.3 | +0.2% |
| 179 | Guyana Estimated | 95.2 | -0.6% |
| 180 | Mexico Estimated | 95 | -0.1% |
| 181 | Malawi Estimated | 95 | +0.1% |
| 182 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 94.9 | +0.6% |
| 183 | Italy Estimated | 94.8 | +0.3% |
| 184 | Namibia Estimated | 94.7 | +0.2% |
| 185 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.6 | +0.1% |
| 186 | Bulgaria Estimated | 94.4 | -0.1% |
| 187 | Rwanda Estimated | 94.4 | +0.1% |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 94.3 | -0.4% |
| 189 | Poland Estimated | 94.2 | 0% |
| 190 | Uruguay Estimated | 94.1 | +0.1% |
| 191 | San Marino Estimated | 94.1 | 0% |
| 192 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 94 | -0.1% |
| 193 | South Africa Estimated | 93.9 | -0.4% |
| 194 | France Estimated | 93.8 | +0.1% |
| 195 | Romania Estimated | 93.7 | +0.1% |
| 196 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 93.5 | -0.2% |
| 197 | Greece Estimated | 93.4 | +0.1% |
| 198 | Mozambique Estimated | 93.4 | +0.2% |
| 199 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 93.3 | +0.6% |
| 200 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 93.1 | +0.5% |
| 201 | Kiribati Estimated | 93.1 | -0% |
| 202 | Montenegro Estimated | 93 | -0% |
| 203 | Croatia Estimated | 92.9 | 0% |
| 204 | Bahamas Estimated | 92.8 | -0.3% |
| 205 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 92.3 | +0.2% |
| 206 | Nepal Estimated | 92.1 | -0.7% |
| 207 | Vatican City Estimated | 92 | -0.5% |
| 208 | Barbados Estimated | 92 | +0.1% |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 92 | +1% |
| 210 | Réunion Estimated | 91.5 | +1.1% |
| 211 | Hungary Estimated | 91.4 | +0.2% |
| 212 | Niue Estimated | 91.2 | -0.3% |
| 213 | Serbia Estimated | 90.9 | 0% |
| 214 | El Salvador Estimated | 90.8 | -0.1% |
| 215 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.6 | +0.1% |
| 216 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.5 | +0.1% |
| 217 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 90.4 | -0.4% |
| 218 | Portugal Estimated | 90.3 | -0% |
| 219 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 90 | +0.1% |
| 220 | Aruba Estimated | 89.8 | -0.2% |
| 221 | Estonia Estimated | 88.7 | +0.4% |
| 222 | Mayotte Estimated | 88.7 | 0% |
| 223 | Macao Estimated | 88.1 | -0.5% |
| 224 | Saint Martin Estimated | 88 | -0.1% |
| 225 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.3 | +0.1% |
| 226 | Georgia Estimated | 87.2 | -0% |
| 227 | Belarus Estimated | 87.2 | +0.1% |
| 228 | Russia Estimated | 86.6 | +0.1% |
| 229 | Moldova Estimated | 86.2 | -0.2% |
| 230 | Martinique Estimated | 85.7 | -0.5% |
| 231 | Lithuania Estimated | 85.6 | +0.3% |
| 232 | Armenia Estimated | 85.4 | +0.1% |
| 233 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 85.1 | -0.2% |
| 234 | Latvia Estimated | 85 | +0.1% |
| 235 | Curaçao Estimated | 84.8 | +0.1% |
| 236 | Hong Kong Estimated | 83.3 | -0.4% |
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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 299.4 males per 100 females in 2017, 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 83.3 males per 100 females in 2017.
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