Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2019, at 274.4 males per 100 females. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 82.7 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, 2019
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Top 40 countries, 2019
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2019 | Change on 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 274.4 | -5.1% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 181.8 | -0.5% |
| 3 | Oman Estimated | 175.1 | -4.8% |
| 4 | Bahrain Estimated | 166.5 | -1.6% |
| 5 | Kuwait Estimated | 161 | +0.5% |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 157.5 | -1.9% |
| 7 | Maldives Estimated | 157.5 | +2.1% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 123.1 | +0.1% |
| 9 | Seychelles Estimated | 120.3 | +0.8% |
| 10 | Palau Estimated | 117.5 | +0.5% |
| 11 | Bhutan Estimated | 116.1 | -0.2% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 113.6 | +0.2% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 112.7 | +0.1% |
| 14 | Greenland Estimated | 111.8 | -0.1% |
| 15 | Malaysia Estimated | 110.9 | +0.2% |
| 16 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 110.6 | +0.4% |
| 17 | Jordan Estimated | 107.2 | -0.1% |
| 18 | Singapore Estimated | 107.1 | +0.6% |
| 19 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 107 | +0.3% |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 106.9 | -0.2% |
| 21 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 106.9 | +0.6% |
| 22 | India Estimated | 106.8 | -0% |
| 23 | Malta Estimated | 105.5 | +2.2% |
| 24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 105.5 | -0.1% |
| 25 | Tuvalu Estimated | 105.3 | -0.5% |
| 26 | Iceland Estimated | 105.2 | +0.7% |
| 27 | Saint Helena Estimated | 105.1 | -2.2% |
| 28 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.1 | -0% |
| 29 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.8 | 0% |
| 30 | Nauru Estimated | 104.7 | -0.1% |
| 31 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 104.6 | -0.2% |
| 32 | China Estimated | 104.5 | -0.1% |
| 33 | Algeria Estimated | 104.5 | -0.1% |
| 34 | Pakistan Estimated | 104.4 | -0.1% |
| 35 | Libya Estimated | 103.9 | -0.1% |
| 36 | Gabon Estimated | 103.9 | -0.1% |
| 37 | Iran Estimated | 103.7 | -0.1% |
| 38 | Guam Estimated | 103.7 | -0.2% |
| 39 | Andorra Estimated | 103.6 | +0.2% |
| 40 | Cape Verde Estimated | 103.3 | +0.2% |
| 41 | Niger Estimated | 103.1 | 0% |
| 42 | Yemen Estimated | 102.7 | -0.1% |
| 43 | French Polynesia Estimated | 102.7 | +0.8% |
| 44 | Vanuatu Estimated | 102.6 | -0.3% |
| 45 | American Samoa Estimated | 102.6 | -0.3% |
| 46 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 102.3 | -0.3% |
| 47 | Montserrat Estimated | 102.3 | -0.9% |
| 48 | Afghanistan Estimated | 102 | -0.1% |
| 49 | Nigeria Estimated | 102 | +0.1% |
| 50 | Morocco Estimated | 102 | +0.1% |
| 51 | Egypt Estimated | 102 | -0% |
| 52 | Senegal Estimated | 102 | +0.6% |
| 53 | Mali Estimated | 102 | -0% |
| 54 | Samoa Estimated | 101.8 | -0.4% |
| 55 | Cyprus Estimated | 101.8 | -0% |
| 56 | Norway Estimated | 101.6 | +0.1% |
| 57 | Honduras Estimated | 101.6 | -0% |
| 58 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Belize Estimated | 101.6 | -0.2% |
| 60 | Grenada Estimated | 101.5 | -0.3% |
| 61 | Bolivia Estimated | 101.3 | -0.1% |
| 62 | Comoros Estimated | 101.2 | 0% |
| 63 | Luxembourg Estimated | 101.2 | +0.1% |
| 64 | Laos Estimated | 101.2 | -0% |
| 65 | Sweden Estimated | 101.2 | +0.2% |
| 66 | United States Estimated | 101.1 | +0.1% |
| 67 | Togo Estimated | 101 | +0.1% |
| 68 | Paraguay Estimated | 101 | -0.1% |
| 69 | Indonesia Estimated | 101 | 0% |
| 70 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 100.8 | -0.2% |
| 71 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 72 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 100.7 | +0.3% |
| 73 | Chad Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 74 | Dominica Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 75 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 76 | Suriname Estimated | 100.6 | -0.2% |
| 77 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.6 | -0% |
| 78 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 100.5 | -6.9% |
| 79 | Somalia Estimated | 100.4 | 0% |
| 80 | Iraq Estimated | 100.3 | +0.1% |
| 81 | Benin Estimated | 100.3 | +0.1% |
| 82 | Panama Estimated | 100.3 | -0% |
| 83 | Türkiye Estimated | 100.2 | -0.1% |
| 84 | Slovenia Estimated | 100.2 | +0.9% |
| 85 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | 0% |
| 86 | South Korea Estimated | 100 | -0.1% |
| 87 | Syria Estimated | 100 | -0.1% |
| 88 | Mongolia Estimated | 99.9 | +0.5% |
| 89 | Ghana Estimated | 99.9 | -0% |
| 90 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.8 | -0% |
| 91 | Philippines Estimated | 99.6 | -0.3% |
| 92 | Botswana Estimated | 99.5 | +0.2% |
| 93 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.5 | -0% |
| 94 | Liberia Estimated | 99.4 | +0.1% |
| 95 | Peru Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 96 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 97 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.4 | -0.2% |
| 98 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99.3 | +0.1% |
| 99 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.3 | -0% |
| 100 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.2 | -0% |
| 101 | Kenya Estimated | 99.1 | -0% |
| 102 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 99.1 | 0% |
| 103 | Micronesia Estimated | 99.1 | -0% |
| 104 | Fiji Estimated | 99 | -0.3% |
| 105 | Gambia Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 106 | Denmark Estimated | 99 | -0% |
| 107 | Tokelau Estimated | 99 | -1.6% |
| 108 | Chile Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 109 | Taiwan Estimated | 98.8 | -0.3% |
| 110 | Israel Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 111 | Canada Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 112 | Palestine Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 113 | Burundi Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 114 | Sudan Estimated | 98.6 | -0% |
| 115 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 98.6 | -0.2% |
| 116 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.6 | 0% |
| 117 | Australia Estimated | 98.5 | 0% |
| 118 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 119 | New Zealand Estimated | 98.5 | +0.2% |
| 120 | Haiti Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 121 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 122 | Argentina Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 123 | Tunisia Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 124 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 125 | Netherlands Estimated | 98.4 | +0.1% |
| 126 | Switzerland Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 127 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.3 | -0% |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 98.3 | +0.2% |
| 129 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 98.3 | -0.6% |
| 130 | Venezuela Estimated | 98.2 | -0.2% |
| 131 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 98.2 | +0.2% |
| 132 | Jamaica Estimated | 98.2 | -0.1% |
| 133 | Tanzania Estimated | 98.2 | -0% |
| 134 | Ireland Estimated | 98.1 | 0% |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 98.1 | -0.1% |
| 136 | Cuba Estimated | 98.1 | -0.1% |
| 137 | Uganda Estimated | 98.1 | +0.1% |
| 138 | Albania Estimated | 98 | 0% |
| 139 | Costa Rica Estimated | 98 | -0% |
| 140 | New Caledonia Estimated | 98 | -0.4% |
| 141 | Zambia Estimated | 98 | +0.1% |
| 142 | Guernsey Estimated | 98 | -0.1% |
| 143 | Angola Estimated | 97.8 | 0% |
| 144 | Colombia Estimated | 97.7 | -0% |
| 145 | Jersey Estimated | 97.6 | -0% |
| 146 | Germany Estimated | 97.6 | 0% |
| 147 | Finland Estimated | 97.5 | +0.1% |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 97.3 | +0.1% |
| 149 | Brazil Estimated | 97.2 | -0.1% |
| 150 | Bermuda Estimated | 97.2 | -0.5% |
| 151 | Belgium Estimated | 97.2 | +0.1% |
| 152 | Czechia Estimated | 97.2 | +0.1% |
| 153 | North Korea Estimated | 97.2 | +0.1% |
| 154 | Eritrea Estimated | 97.2 | +0.1% |
| 155 | Guinea Estimated | 97.1 | +0.2% |
| 156 | Bangladesh Estimated | 96.9 | +0.1% |
| 157 | South Sudan Estimated | 96.8 | +0.1% |
| 158 | Austria Estimated | 96.8 | 0% |
| 159 | Cook Islands Estimated | 96.8 | +0.4% |
| 160 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.7 | 0% |
| 161 | United Kingdom Estimated | 96.7 | +0.1% |
| 162 | Spain Estimated | 96.5 | -0% |
| 163 | Guyana Estimated | 96.4 | +0.3% |
| 164 | Eswatini Estimated | 96.1 | +0.3% |
| 165 | Thailand Estimated | 96 | -0.2% |
| 166 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 167 | Monaco Estimated | 96 | -0.1% |
| 168 | Anguilla Estimated | 95.9 | -0.1% |
| 169 | Vietnam Estimated | 95.9 | +0.1% |
| 170 | Tajikistan Estimated | 95.9 | +0.2% |
| 171 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.6 | 0% |
| 172 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 95.6 | +0.3% |
| 173 | Mauritania Estimated | 95.6 | +0.2% |
| 174 | Japan Estimated | 95.6 | -0% |
| 175 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.5 | +0.1% |
| 176 | North Macedonia Estimated | 95.3 | -0.3% |
| 177 | Central African Republic Estimated | 95.2 | -0.6% |
| 178 | Italy Estimated | 95.2 | +0.1% |
| 179 | Malawi Estimated | 95.1 | +0.1% |
| 180 | Namibia Estimated | 95 | +0.1% |
| 181 | Lebanon Estimated | 95 | -1.1% |
| 182 | Mexico Estimated | 94.7 | -0.1% |
| 183 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.7 | 0% |
| 184 | Tonga Estimated | 94.7 | -1% |
| 185 | Rwanda Estimated | 94.6 | +0.1% |
| 186 | San Marino Estimated | 94.3 | +0.1% |
| 187 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 94.3 | +0.5% |
| 188 | Poland Estimated | 94.3 | 0% |
| 189 | French Guiana Estimated | 94.2 | -1.4% |
| 190 | Uruguay Estimated | 94.2 | 0% |
| 191 | Bulgaria Estimated | 94.1 | -0.1% |
| 192 | South Africa Estimated | 94.1 | +0.1% |
| 193 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 94.1 | +0.5% |
| 194 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 93.9 | -0.1% |
| 195 | France Estimated | 93.9 | +0.1% |
| 196 | Romania Estimated | 93.9 | +0.1% |
| 197 | Greece Estimated | 93.8 | +0.3% |
| 198 | Mozambique Estimated | 93.7 | +0.1% |
| 199 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 93.5 | +0.8% |
| 200 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 93.5 | -0.4% |
| 201 | Kiribati Estimated | 93.1 | 0% |
| 202 | Montenegro Estimated | 92.9 | -0% |
| 203 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 92.9 | -0.3% |
| 204 | Croatia Estimated | 92.9 | 0% |
| 205 | Bahamas Estimated | 92.4 | -0.2% |
| 206 | Curaçao Estimated | 92.2 | +3% |
| 207 | Barbados Estimated | 92.1 | +0.1% |
| 208 | Niue Estimated | 92 | -0.1% |
| 209 | Hungary Estimated | 91.9 | +0.3% |
| 210 | Nepal Estimated | 91.8 | +0.3% |
| 211 | Saint Martin Estimated | 91.4 | +3% |
| 212 | Vatican City Estimated | 91.3 | +0.4% |
| 213 | Mayotte Estimated | 91.1 | +1.3% |
| 214 | Serbia Estimated | 91 | 0% |
| 215 | Réunion Estimated | 90.7 | -1% |
| 216 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.6 | -0% |
| 217 | El Salvador Estimated | 90.6 | -0.1% |
| 218 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.6 | +0.1% |
| 219 | Portugal Estimated | 90.3 | +0.1% |
| 220 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 90.2 | +0.1% |
| 221 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 89.8 | -0.2% |
| 222 | Estonia Estimated | 89.7 | +0.5% |
| 223 | Aruba Estimated | 89.4 | -0.3% |
| 224 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 89.2 | -1.4% |
| 225 | Belarus Estimated | 87.3 | +0.1% |
| 226 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.3 | -0% |
| 227 | Macao Estimated | 87.2 | -0.5% |
| 228 | Georgia Estimated | 87.2 | -0% |
| 229 | Lithuania Estimated | 87 | +1% |
| 230 | Russia Estimated | 86.7 | 0% |
| 231 | Armenia Estimated | 85.8 | +0.3% |
| 232 | Moldova Estimated | 85.8 | -0.2% |
| 233 | Latvia Estimated | 85.6 | +0.4% |
| 234 | Martinique Estimated | 84.6 | -0.7% |
| 235 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 84.1 | -0.6% |
| 236 | Hong Kong Estimated | 82.7 | -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 274.4 males per 100 females in 2019, 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 82.7 males per 100 females in 2019.
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