Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2021, at 254.9 males per 100 females. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 82.2 males per 100 females. The median was 98.4 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, 2021
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Top 40 countries, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 254.9 | -1.4% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 179.5 | -0.7% |
| 3 | Maldives Estimated | 163.8 | +1.9% |
| 4 | Bahrain Estimated | 163.2 | -1.3% |
| 5 | Oman Estimated | 157.2 | -4.1% |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 154.7 | -0.6% |
| 7 | Kuwait Estimated | 154.2 | -1.2% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 123 | -0.1% |
| 9 | Seychelles Estimated | 121.9 | +0.7% |
| 10 | Palau Estimated | 117.3 | -0.2% |
| 11 | Bhutan Estimated | 115.5 | -0.2% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 113.8 | 0% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 112.2 | -0.3% |
| 14 | Greenland Estimated | 111.5 | -0.1% |
| 15 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 111 | +0.2% |
| 16 | Malaysia Estimated | 110.7 | -0.2% |
| 17 | Malta Estimated | 108 | +0.5% |
| 18 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 107.3 | +0.1% |
| 19 | Singapore Estimated | 107 | -0.3% |
| 20 | Jordan Estimated | 106.9 | -0.2% |
| 21 | India Estimated | 106.7 | -0.1% |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 106.5 | -0.2% |
| 23 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 106.5 | -0.4% |
| 24 | Iceland Estimated | 105.1 | -0.2% |
| 25 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105 | 0% |
| 26 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.7 | -0.1% |
| 27 | Tuvalu Estimated | 104.6 | -0.2% |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 104.6 | -0.5% |
| 29 | Andorra Estimated | 104.3 | +0.6% |
| 30 | China Estimated | 104.3 | -0.1% |
| 31 | Algeria Estimated | 104.3 | -0.1% |
| 32 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 104.2 | -0.2% |
| 33 | Pakistan Estimated | 104.1 | -0.2% |
| 34 | Nauru Estimated | 103.8 | -0.3% |
| 35 | Libya Estimated | 103.6 | -0.2% |
| 36 | Cape Verde Estimated | 103.6 | +0.1% |
| 37 | Gabon Estimated | 103.6 | -0.2% |
| 38 | Iran Estimated | 103.6 | -0.1% |
| 39 | Guam Estimated | 103.2 | -0.2% |
| 40 | Niger Estimated | 103.1 | -0% |
| 41 | Senegal Estimated | 103 | +0.5% |
| 42 | French Polynesia Estimated | 102.6 | -0.2% |
| 43 | Yemen Estimated | 102.6 | -0% |
| 44 | American Samoa Estimated | 102.3 | -0.1% |
| 45 | Vanuatu Estimated | 102.2 | -0.2% |
| 46 | Nigeria Estimated | 102.1 | +0.1% |
| 47 | Egypt Estimated | 102 | 0% |
| 48 | Morocco Estimated | 101.9 | -0.1% |
| 49 | Mali Estimated | 101.9 | -0% |
| 50 | Afghanistan Estimated | 101.9 | -0.1% |
| 51 | Norway Estimated | 101.8 | +0.1% |
| 52 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 101.7 | -0.3% |
| 53 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.7 | +0.1% |
| 54 | Cyprus Estimated | 101.6 | -0.1% |
| 55 | Saint Helena Estimated | 101.6 | -1.3% |
| 56 | Honduras Estimated | 101.5 | -0.1% |
| 57 | Luxembourg Estimated | 101.4 | +0.1% |
| 58 | Sweden Estimated | 101.3 | 0% |
| 59 | Belize Estimated | 101.3 | -0.1% |
| 60 | Comoros Estimated | 101.2 | -0% |
| 61 | Samoa Estimated | 101.2 | -0.2% |
| 62 | Grenada Estimated | 101.2 | -0.2% |
| 63 | Togo Estimated | 101.2 | +0.1% |
| 64 | United States Estimated | 101.1 | -0% |
| 65 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 101.1 | +0.1% |
| 66 | Laos Estimated | 101.1 | -0% |
| 67 | Indonesia Estimated | 100.9 | -0% |
| 68 | Paraguay Estimated | 100.8 | -0.1% |
| 69 | Slovenia Estimated | 100.7 | 0% |
| 70 | Bolivia Estimated | 100.7 | -0.4% |
| 71 | Chad Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 72 | Dominica Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 73 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.6 | -0% |
| 74 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.6 | -0.1% |
| 75 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.5 | -0% |
| 76 | Iraq Estimated | 100.5 | +0.1% |
| 77 | Montserrat Estimated | 100.5 | -0.7% |
| 78 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 100.5 | -0.2% |
| 79 | Benin Estimated | 100.4 | +0.1% |
| 80 | Somalia Estimated | 100.4 | 0% |
| 81 | Suriname Estimated | 100.3 | -0.2% |
| 82 | Panama Estimated | 100.1 | -0.1% |
| 83 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | -0% |
| 84 | Türkiye Estimated | 100 | -0.1% |
| 85 | Syria Estimated | 99.9 | 0% |
| 86 | Mongolia Estimated | 99.9 | -0.2% |
| 87 | Ghana Estimated | 99.9 | -0% |
| 88 | Botswana Estimated | 99.7 | +0.1% |
| 89 | South Korea Estimated | 99.6 | -0.2% |
| 90 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.6 | -0.1% |
| 91 | Philippines Estimated | 99.5 | 0% |
| 92 | Liberia Estimated | 99.5 | +0.1% |
| 93 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99.4 | 0% |
| 94 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 95 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.3 | -0.1% |
| 96 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 99.2 | +0.1% |
| 97 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99.1 | -0.1% |
| 98 | Gambia Estimated | 99.1 | 0% |
| 99 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99.1 | -0.1% |
| 100 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99.1 | -0.1% |
| 101 | Peru Estimated | 99 | -0.2% |
| 102 | Denmark Estimated | 99 | 0% |
| 103 | Kenya Estimated | 99 | -0.1% |
| 104 | Micronesia Estimated | 98.9 | -0.1% |
| 105 | Israel Estimated | 98.9 | +0.1% |
| 106 | Chile Estimated | 98.9 | -0.1% |
| 107 | Palestine Estimated | 98.8 | +0.1% |
| 108 | Canada Estimated | 98.7 | 0% |
| 109 | Burundi Estimated | 98.7 | 0% |
| 110 | Fiji Estimated | 98.6 | -0.2% |
| 111 | New Zealand Estimated | 98.6 | 0% |
| 112 | Netherlands Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 113 | Switzerland Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 114 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.5 | +0.1% |
| 115 | Taiwan Estimated | 98.5 | -0.1% |
| 116 | Sudan Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 117 | Australia Estimated | 98.5 | 0% |
| 118 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 119 | Argentina Estimated | 98.4 | -0% |
| 120 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 121 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 122 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 98.4 | -0.2% |
| 123 | Haiti Estimated | 98.3 | -0.1% |
| 124 | Uganda Estimated | 98.2 | +0.1% |
| 125 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.2 | -0.1% |
| 126 | Tanzania Estimated | 98.2 | 0% |
| 127 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 98.1 | -0.3% |
| 128 | Tunisia Estimated | 98.1 | -0.2% |
| 129 | Ireland Estimated | 98.1 | -0% |
| 130 | Jamaica Estimated | 98 | -0.1% |
| 131 | Zambia Estimated | 98 | 0% |
| 132 | Venezuela Estimated | 97.9 | -0.1% |
| 133 | Albania Estimated | 97.9 | -0.1% |
| 134 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 97.9 | -0.1% |
| 135 | Guernsey Estimated | 97.9 | 0% |
| 136 | Costa Rica Estimated | 97.8 | -0.1% |
| 137 | Angola Estimated | 97.8 | 0% |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.8 | -0% |
| 139 | Cuba Estimated | 97.7 | -0.2% |
| 140 | Finland Estimated | 97.7 | +0.1% |
| 141 | Jersey Estimated | 97.6 | -0% |
| 142 | Colombia Estimated | 97.5 | -0.1% |
| 143 | Germany Estimated | 97.5 | -0% |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 97.4 | +0.1% |
| 145 | Guinea Estimated | 97.4 | +0.2% |
| 146 | New Caledonia Estimated | 97.4 | -0.3% |
| 147 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 97.4 | -0.3% |
| 148 | North Korea Estimated | 97.4 | +0.1% |
| 149 | Belgium Estimated | 97.3 | -0% |
| 150 | Eritrea Estimated | 97.3 | +0.1% |
| 151 | Czechia Estimated | 97.2 | 0% |
| 152 | Brazil Estimated | 97.1 | -0.1% |
| 153 | Bangladesh Estimated | 97 | +0.1% |
| 154 | Cook Islands Estimated | 97 | -0.1% |
| 155 | United Kingdom Estimated | 96.9 | +0.1% |
| 156 | Austria Estimated | 96.9 | 0% |
| 157 | South Sudan Estimated | 96.8 | -0% |
| 158 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.7 | -0% |
| 159 | Spain Estimated | 96.5 | -0% |
| 160 | Tokelau Estimated | 96.4 | -1.1% |
| 161 | Bermuda Estimated | 96.4 | -0.4% |
| 162 | Eswatini Estimated | 96.4 | +0.1% |
| 163 | Tajikistan Estimated | 96.2 | +0.2% |
| 164 | Monaco Estimated | 96 | +0.2% |
| 165 | Vietnam Estimated | 96 | 0% |
| 166 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 167 | Mauritania Estimated | 95.9 | +0.1% |
| 168 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.8 | +0.1% |
| 169 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 95.8 | +0.1% |
| 170 | Thailand Estimated | 95.5 | -0.2% |
| 171 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.5 | -0% |
| 172 | Japan Estimated | 95.5 | -0.1% |
| 173 | Italy Estimated | 95.3 | +0.1% |
| 174 | Namibia Estimated | 95.3 | +0.1% |
| 175 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 95.2 | +0.5% |
| 176 | Guyana Estimated | 95.2 | -0.2% |
| 177 | Malawi Estimated | 95.1 | 0% |
| 178 | Anguilla Estimated | 95 | -0.6% |
| 179 | San Marino Estimated | 95 | +0.6% |
| 180 | Rwanda Estimated | 94.8 | +0.1% |
| 181 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.8 | +0.1% |
| 182 | North Macedonia Estimated | 94.7 | -0.2% |
| 183 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 94.7 | +0.4% |
| 184 | Lebanon Estimated | 94.5 | 0% |
| 185 | Central African Republic Estimated | 94.5 | -0.2% |
| 186 | Mexico Estimated | 94.4 | -0.2% |
| 187 | South Africa Estimated | 94.3 | +0.1% |
| 188 | Uruguay Estimated | 94.2 | 0% |
| 189 | Poland Estimated | 94.1 | -0.1% |
| 190 | France Estimated | 94 | 0% |
| 191 | Greece Estimated | 94 | -0.1% |
| 192 | Romania Estimated | 94 | -0% |
| 193 | Mozambique Estimated | 93.9 | +0.1% |
| 194 | Bulgaria Estimated | 93.9 | -0.1% |
| 195 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 93.9 | -0.1% |
| 196 | Kiribati Estimated | 93.5 | +0.3% |
| 197 | French Guiana Estimated | 93.5 | -0% |
| 198 | Nepal Estimated | 93.5 | +0.7% |
| 199 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 93.1 | -0.9% |
| 200 | Croatia Estimated | 93 | 0% |
| 201 | Montenegro Estimated | 92.8 | -0.1% |
| 202 | Tonga Estimated | 92.6 | -1.2% |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 92.6 | -0.5% |
| 204 | Niue Estimated | 92.4 | +0.4% |
| 205 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 92.4 | -0.3% |
| 206 | Barbados Estimated | 92.2 | +0.1% |
| 207 | Hungary Estimated | 92.1 | +0.1% |
| 208 | Bahamas Estimated | 92 | -0.2% |
| 209 | Mayotte Estimated | 91.1 | 0% |
| 210 | Serbia Estimated | 91 | -0% |
| 211 | Vatican City Estimated | 91 | -0.7% |
| 212 | Portugal Estimated | 90.8 | +0.3% |
| 213 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.7 | +0.1% |
| 214 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.7 | +0.1% |
| 215 | Curaçao Estimated | 90.7 | +0.1% |
| 216 | Réunion Estimated | 90.6 | +0.2% |
| 217 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 90.5 | +0.2% |
| 218 | El Salvador Estimated | 90.5 | -0% |
| 219 | Estonia Estimated | 90.2 | +0.2% |
| 220 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 89.4 | -0.2% |
| 221 | Aruba Estimated | 89.3 | +0.1% |
| 222 | Lithuania Estimated | 88.7 | +0.7% |
| 223 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 88.3 | -0.5% |
| 224 | Saint Martin Estimated | 88.3 | -2.9% |
| 225 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 88.1 | -4.1% |
| 226 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.3 | 0% |
| 227 | Belarus Estimated | 87.3 | -0.1% |
| 228 | Georgia Estimated | 87.2 | 0% |
| 229 | Russia Estimated | 86.8 | +0.1% |
| 230 | Macao Estimated | 86.4 | -0.4% |
| 231 | Armenia Estimated | 86.1 | +0.1% |
| 232 | Latvia Estimated | 86 | +0.2% |
| 233 | Moldova Estimated | 85.4 | -0.2% |
| 234 | Martinique Estimated | 83.9 | -0.3% |
| 235 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 83.5 | -0.4% |
| 236 | Hong Kong Estimated | 82.2 | -0.2% |
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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 254.9 males per 100 females in 2021, 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 82.2 males per 100 females in 2021.
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