Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2020, at 258.5 males per 100 females. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 82.4 males per 100 females. The median was 98.5 males per 100 females and the figure for the World was 101.3 males per 100 females. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Map of countries, 2020
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Top 40 countries, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 258.5 | -5.8% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 180.8 | -0.6% |
| 3 | Bahrain Estimated | 165.3 | -0.7% |
| 4 | Oman Estimated | 163.9 | -6.4% |
| 5 | Maldives Estimated | 160.7 | +2% |
| 6 | Kuwait Estimated | 156 | -3.1% |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 155.7 | -1.2% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 123.1 | -0% |
| 9 | Seychelles Estimated | 121.1 | +0.7% |
| 10 | Palau Estimated | 117.6 | +0.1% |
| 11 | Bhutan Estimated | 115.8 | -0.2% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 113.8 | +0.2% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 112.5 | -0.2% |
| 14 | Greenland Estimated | 111.7 | -0.1% |
| 15 | Malaysia Estimated | 110.9 | -0% |
| 16 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 110.9 | +0.3% |
| 17 | Malta Estimated | 107.4 | +1.8% |
| 18 | Singapore Estimated | 107.3 | +0.2% |
| 19 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 107.1 | +0.1% |
| 20 | Jordan Estimated | 107.1 | -0.1% |
| 21 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 106.9 | 0% |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 106.7 | -0.2% |
| 23 | India Estimated | 106.7 | -0.1% |
| 24 | Iceland Estimated | 105.3 | +0.1% |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 105.1 | -0.4% |
| 26 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105 | -0.1% |
| 27 | Tuvalu Estimated | 104.9 | -0.4% |
| 28 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.8 | -0% |
| 29 | China Estimated | 104.4 | -0.1% |
| 30 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 104.4 | -0.2% |
| 31 | Algeria Estimated | 104.4 | -0.1% |
| 32 | Pakistan Estimated | 104.3 | -0.1% |
| 33 | Nauru Estimated | 104.2 | -0.5% |
| 34 | Libya Estimated | 103.8 | -0.2% |
| 35 | Gabon Estimated | 103.8 | -0.1% |
| 36 | Iran Estimated | 103.7 | -0.1% |
| 37 | Andorra Estimated | 103.7 | +0.1% |
| 38 | Cape Verde Estimated | 103.5 | +0.2% |
| 39 | Guam Estimated | 103.4 | -0.2% |
| 40 | Niger Estimated | 103.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Saint Helena Estimated | 103 | -2.1% |
| 42 | French Polynesia Estimated | 102.8 | +0.1% |
| 43 | Yemen Estimated | 102.7 | -0.1% |
| 44 | Senegal Estimated | 102.5 | +0.5% |
| 45 | American Samoa Estimated | 102.4 | -0.2% |
| 46 | Vanuatu Estimated | 102.3 | -0.2% |
| 47 | Nigeria Estimated | 102.1 | +0.1% |
| 48 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 102 | -0.3% |
| 49 | Morocco Estimated | 102 | -0% |
| 50 | Egypt Estimated | 102 | -0% |
| 51 | Afghanistan Estimated | 102 | -0.1% |
| 52 | Mali Estimated | 101.9 | -0% |
| 53 | Norway Estimated | 101.7 | +0.1% |
| 54 | Cyprus Estimated | 101.7 | -0.1% |
| 55 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.6 | 0% |
| 56 | Honduras Estimated | 101.5 | -0% |
| 57 | Belize Estimated | 101.4 | -0.2% |
| 58 | Samoa Estimated | 101.4 | -0.4% |
| 59 | Grenada Estimated | 101.3 | -0.2% |
| 60 | Luxembourg Estimated | 101.3 | +0.1% |
| 61 | Sweden Estimated | 101.3 | +0.1% |
| 62 | Comoros Estimated | 101.2 | 0% |
| 63 | United States Estimated | 101.2 | 0% |
| 64 | Montserrat Estimated | 101.1 | -1.1% |
| 65 | Laos Estimated | 101.1 | -0% |
| 66 | Togo Estimated | 101.1 | +0.1% |
| 67 | Bolivia Estimated | 101.1 | -0.2% |
| 68 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 101 | +0.3% |
| 69 | Indonesia Estimated | 101 | -0% |
| 70 | Paraguay Estimated | 100.9 | -0.1% |
| 71 | Slovenia Estimated | 100.7 | +0.5% |
| 72 | Chad Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 73 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.7 | -0.1% |
| 74 | Dominica Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 75 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 76 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 100.6 | -0.1% |
| 77 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.6 | -0% |
| 78 | Suriname Estimated | 100.5 | -0.1% |
| 79 | Somalia Estimated | 100.4 | 0% |
| 80 | Iraq Estimated | 100.4 | +0.1% |
| 81 | Benin Estimated | 100.4 | +0.1% |
| 82 | Panama Estimated | 100.2 | -0.1% |
| 83 | Türkiye Estimated | 100.1 | -0.1% |
| 84 | Mongolia Estimated | 100.1 | +0.1% |
| 85 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | -0% |
| 86 | Syria Estimated | 99.9 | -0% |
| 87 | Ghana Estimated | 99.9 | -0% |
| 88 | South Korea Estimated | 99.8 | -0.2% |
| 89 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.7 | -0.1% |
| 90 | Botswana Estimated | 99.6 | +0.1% |
| 91 | Philippines Estimated | 99.5 | -0.1% |
| 92 | Liberia Estimated | 99.5 | +0.1% |
| 93 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.4 | -0.1% |
| 94 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 95 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 96 | Peru Estimated | 99.2 | -0.1% |
| 97 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.2 | -0.1% |
| 98 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.2 | -0.1% |
| 99 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.2 | -0.1% |
| 100 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 99.1 | 0% |
| 101 | Gambia Estimated | 99.1 | 0% |
| 102 | Kenya Estimated | 99 | -0.1% |
| 103 | Micronesia Estimated | 99 | -0.1% |
| 104 | Denmark Estimated | 99 | -0% |
| 105 | Chile Estimated | 98.9 | -0% |
| 106 | Israel Estimated | 98.8 | +0.1% |
| 107 | Fiji Estimated | 98.8 | -0.3% |
| 108 | Palestine Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 109 | Canada Estimated | 98.7 | +0.1% |
| 110 | Burundi Estimated | 98.6 | 0% |
| 111 | Taiwan Estimated | 98.6 | -0.2% |
| 112 | New Zealand Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 113 | Sudan Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 114 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 115 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 98.5 | +0.3% |
| 116 | Netherlands Estimated | 98.5 | +0.1% |
| 117 | Australia Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 118 | Switzerland Estimated | 98.5 | +0.1% |
| 119 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.5 | +0.1% |
| 120 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 121 | Argentina Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 122 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 123 | Haiti Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 124 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 98.4 | -0.2% |
| 125 | Tunisia Estimated | 98.3 | -0.1% |
| 126 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.3 | -0.1% |
| 127 | Tanzania Estimated | 98.2 | -0% |
| 128 | Uganda Estimated | 98.1 | +0.1% |
| 129 | Jamaica Estimated | 98.1 | -0.1% |
| 130 | Ireland Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 131 | Venezuela Estimated | 98.1 | -0.1% |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 98 | -0.1% |
| 133 | Zambia Estimated | 98 | 0% |
| 134 | Albania Estimated | 98 | -0% |
| 135 | Cuba Estimated | 97.9 | -0.1% |
| 136 | Costa Rica Estimated | 97.9 | -0.1% |
| 137 | Guernsey Estimated | 97.9 | -0.1% |
| 138 | Angola Estimated | 97.8 | 0% |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.8 | -0.5% |
| 140 | New Caledonia Estimated | 97.7 | -0.3% |
| 141 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 97.7 | -0.6% |
| 142 | Colombia Estimated | 97.6 | -0.1% |
| 143 | Jersey Estimated | 97.6 | 0% |
| 144 | Finland Estimated | 97.6 | +0.1% |
| 145 | Germany Estimated | 97.5 | -0% |
| 146 | Tokelau Estimated | 97.5 | -1.5% |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 97.4 | +0.1% |
| 148 | Belgium Estimated | 97.3 | +0.1% |
| 149 | Guinea Estimated | 97.3 | +0.2% |
| 150 | North Korea Estimated | 97.2 | +0.1% |
| 151 | Czechia Estimated | 97.2 | +0.1% |
| 152 | Eritrea Estimated | 97.2 | +0.1% |
| 153 | Brazil Estimated | 97.2 | -0.1% |
| 154 | Cook Islands Estimated | 97.1 | +0.3% |
| 155 | Bangladesh Estimated | 97 | +0.1% |
| 156 | South Sudan Estimated | 96.9 | 0% |
| 157 | Austria Estimated | 96.8 | 0% |
| 158 | Bermuda Estimated | 96.8 | -0.4% |
| 159 | United Kingdom Estimated | 96.8 | +0.1% |
| 160 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.7 | -0% |
| 161 | Spain Estimated | 96.5 | -0% |
| 162 | Eswatini Estimated | 96.3 | +0.2% |
| 163 | Tajikistan Estimated | 96 | +0.2% |
| 164 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 165 | Vietnam Estimated | 95.9 | 0% |
| 166 | Monaco Estimated | 95.9 | -0.1% |
| 167 | Mauritania Estimated | 95.7 | +0.1% |
| 168 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 95.7 | +0.1% |
| 169 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.7 | +0.1% |
| 170 | Thailand Estimated | 95.7 | -0.2% |
| 171 | Anguilla Estimated | 95.7 | -0.2% |
| 172 | Japan Estimated | 95.5 | -0% |
| 173 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.5 | 0% |
| 174 | Guyana Estimated | 95.4 | -1% |
| 175 | Italy Estimated | 95.3 | +0.1% |
| 176 | Namibia Estimated | 95.2 | +0.1% |
| 177 | Malawi Estimated | 95.1 | 0% |
| 178 | North Macedonia Estimated | 94.9 | -0.4% |
| 179 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 94.8 | +0.5% |
| 180 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.8 | +0.1% |
| 181 | Rwanda Estimated | 94.7 | +0.1% |
| 182 | Central African Republic Estimated | 94.7 | -0.6% |
| 183 | Mexico Estimated | 94.6 | -0.2% |
| 184 | Lebanon Estimated | 94.5 | -0.6% |
| 185 | San Marino Estimated | 94.4 | 0% |
| 186 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 94.3 | +0.8% |
| 187 | Poland Estimated | 94.2 | -0% |
| 188 | South Africa Estimated | 94.2 | +0.1% |
| 189 | Uruguay Estimated | 94.2 | 0% |
| 190 | Greece Estimated | 94 | +0.2% |
| 191 | Bulgaria Estimated | 94 | -0.2% |
| 192 | Romania Estimated | 94 | +0.1% |
| 193 | France Estimated | 93.9 | 0% |
| 194 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 93.9 | -0.2% |
| 195 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 93.9 | -0% |
| 196 | Mozambique Estimated | 93.8 | +0.1% |
| 197 | Tonga Estimated | 93.7 | -1% |
| 198 | French Guiana Estimated | 93.5 | -0.8% |
| 199 | Kiribati Estimated | 93.3 | +0.2% |
| 200 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 93 | -0.5% |
| 201 | Croatia Estimated | 93 | 0% |
| 202 | Montenegro Estimated | 92.9 | -0.1% |
| 203 | Nepal Estimated | 92.8 | +1.1% |
| 204 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 92.7 | -0.3% |
| 205 | Bahamas Estimated | 92.2 | -0.2% |
| 206 | Barbados Estimated | 92.2 | +0.1% |
| 207 | Niue Estimated | 92 | +0.1% |
| 208 | Hungary Estimated | 92 | +0.2% |
| 209 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 91.8 | -8.7% |
| 210 | Vatican City Estimated | 91.7 | +0.4% |
| 211 | Mayotte Estimated | 91.1 | 0% |
| 212 | Serbia Estimated | 91 | 0% |
| 213 | Saint Martin Estimated | 90.9 | -0.6% |
| 214 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.6 | 0% |
| 215 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.6 | +0.1% |
| 216 | Curaçao Estimated | 90.6 | -1.8% |
| 217 | El Salvador Estimated | 90.6 | -0.1% |
| 218 | Portugal Estimated | 90.5 | +0.3% |
| 219 | Réunion Estimated | 90.4 | -0.3% |
| 220 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 90.4 | +0.2% |
| 221 | Estonia Estimated | 90 | +0.4% |
| 222 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 89.6 | -0.2% |
| 223 | Aruba Estimated | 89.2 | -0.2% |
| 224 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 88.7 | -0.5% |
| 225 | Lithuania Estimated | 88.1 | +1.2% |
| 226 | Belarus Estimated | 87.3 | -0% |
| 227 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.3 | -0% |
| 228 | Georgia Estimated | 87.1 | -0% |
| 229 | Macao Estimated | 86.8 | -0.5% |
| 230 | Russia Estimated | 86.7 | 0% |
| 231 | Armenia Estimated | 86 | +0.2% |
| 232 | Latvia Estimated | 85.9 | +0.3% |
| 233 | Moldova Estimated | 85.6 | -0.2% |
| 234 | Martinique Estimated | 84.2 | -0.5% |
| 235 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 83.8 | -0.3% |
| 236 | Hong Kong Estimated | 82.4 | -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 258.5 males per 100 females in 2020, 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 82.4 males per 100 females in 2020.
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