Countries by sex ratio of the population
Qatar had the highest sex ratio of the population of 236 countries in 2022, at 255.2 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 101.2 males per 100 females. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
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| Rank | Countries | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Estimated | 255.2 | +0.1% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 178.6 | -0.5% |
| 3 | Maldives Estimated | 164.8 | +0.6% |
| 4 | Bahrain Estimated | 163 | -0.1% |
| 5 | Oman Estimated | 160.1 | +1.8% |
| 6 | Kuwait Estimated | 156.8 | +1.7% |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 154.7 | 0% |
| 8 | Western Sahara Estimated | 122.9 | -0% |
| 9 | Seychelles Estimated | 122.6 | +0.6% |
| 10 | Palau Estimated | 117.1 | -0.2% |
| 11 | Bhutan Estimated | 115.3 | -0.2% |
| 12 | Brunei Estimated | 113.6 | -0.2% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 112 | -0.2% |
| 14 | Greenland Estimated | 111.4 | -0.1% |
| 15 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 111.3 | +0.2% |
| 16 | Malaysia Estimated | 110.4 | -0.2% |
| 17 | Malta Estimated | 107.9 | -0% |
| 18 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 107.3 | 0% |
| 19 | Singapore Estimated | 106.9 | -0% |
| 20 | Jordan Estimated | 106.8 | -0.1% |
| 21 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 106.6 | +0.2% |
| 22 | India Estimated | 106.6 | -0.1% |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 106.3 | -0.2% |
| 24 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 105.1 | +0.1% |
| 25 | Iceland Estimated | 105 | -0.1% |
| 26 | Andorra Estimated | 104.8 | +0.5% |
| 27 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 104.7 | -0% |
| 28 | Tuvalu Estimated | 104.7 | 0% |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 104.3 | -0.3% |
| 30 | Algeria Estimated | 104.2 | -0.1% |
| 31 | China Estimated | 104.2 | -0.1% |
| 32 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 104 | -0.2% |
| 33 | Nauru Estimated | 103.8 | -0% |
| 34 | Pakistan Estimated | 103.7 | -0.3% |
| 35 | Cape Verde Estimated | 103.6 | -0% |
| 36 | Libya Estimated | 103.5 | -0.1% |
| 37 | Iran Estimated | 103.5 | -0.1% |
| 38 | Senegal Estimated | 103.5 | +0.4% |
| 39 | Gabon Estimated | 103.4 | -0.2% |
| 40 | Niger Estimated | 103.1 | 0% |
| 41 | Guam Estimated | 103 | -0.2% |
| 42 | Yemen Estimated | 102.6 | -0% |
| 43 | French Polynesia Estimated | 102.5 | -0.1% |
| 44 | Nigeria Estimated | 102.2 | +0.1% |
| 45 | American Samoa Estimated | 102.2 | -0.1% |
| 46 | Vanuatu Estimated | 102.1 | -0.1% |
| 47 | Egypt Estimated | 102 | 0% |
| 48 | Mali Estimated | 101.9 | -0% |
| 49 | Morocco Estimated | 101.9 | -0.1% |
| 50 | Afghanistan Estimated | 101.9 | -0% |
| 51 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 101.7 | 0% |
| 52 | Norway Estimated | 101.7 | -0.1% |
| 53 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 101.6 | -0.1% |
| 54 | Cyprus Estimated | 101.6 | -0.1% |
| 55 | Belize Estimated | 101.5 | +0.3% |
| 56 | Honduras Estimated | 101.4 | -0% |
| 57 | Sweden Estimated | 101.4 | +0.1% |
| 58 | Luxembourg Estimated | 101.4 | -0% |
| 59 | Samoa Estimated | 101.3 | +0.1% |
| 60 | Togo Estimated | 101.2 | +0.1% |
| 61 | Comoros Estimated | 101.2 | -0% |
| 62 | United States Estimated | 101.1 | -0.1% |
| 63 | Laos Estimated | 101 | -0% |
| 64 | Saint Helena Estimated | 101 | -0.5% |
| 65 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 101 | -0.1% |
| 66 | Grenada Estimated | 101 | -0.2% |
| 67 | Indonesia Estimated | 100.9 | -0% |
| 68 | Slovenia Estimated | 100.8 | +0.1% |
| 69 | Chad Estimated | 100.7 | -0% |
| 70 | Paraguay Estimated | 100.7 | -0.1% |
| 71 | Madagascar Estimated | 100.6 | -0% |
| 72 | Iraq Estimated | 100.6 | +0.1% |
| 73 | Dominica Estimated | 100.5 | -0.1% |
| 74 | Bolivia Estimated | 100.5 | -0.2% |
| 75 | Benin Estimated | 100.5 | +0.1% |
| 76 | Ethiopia Estimated | 100.5 | -0% |
| 77 | Somalia Estimated | 100.4 | 0% |
| 78 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 100.3 | -0.1% |
| 79 | Mauritius Estimated | 100.3 | -0.3% |
| 80 | Suriname Estimated | 100.1 | -0.2% |
| 81 | Montserrat Estimated | 100.1 | -0.4% |
| 82 | Panama Estimated | 100.1 | -0% |
| 83 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 100 | -0% |
| 84 | Syria Estimated | 100 | 0% |
| 85 | Ghana Estimated | 99.8 | -0% |
| 86 | Türkiye Estimated | 99.8 | -0.1% |
| 87 | Mongolia Estimated | 99.7 | -0.2% |
| 88 | Botswana Estimated | 99.7 | -0.1% |
| 89 | South Korea Estimated | 99.6 | -0% |
| 90 | Liberia Estimated | 99.6 | +0.1% |
| 91 | Philippines Estimated | 99.5 | -0% |
| 92 | Ecuador Estimated | 99.5 | -0.1% |
| 93 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 99.5 | 0% |
| 94 | Cameroon Estimated | 99.4 | -0% |
| 95 | Myanmar Estimated | 99.3 | -0.1% |
| 96 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 99.2 | 0% |
| 97 | Gambia Estimated | 99.1 | 0% |
| 98 | Gibraltar Estimated | 99 | -0.1% |
| 99 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 99 | -0.1% |
| 100 | Israel Estimated | 99 | +0.1% |
| 101 | Peru Estimated | 99 | -0.1% |
| 102 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 99 | -0.1% |
| 103 | Denmark Estimated | 98.9 | -0.1% |
| 104 | Kenya Estimated | 98.9 | -0% |
| 105 | Palestine Estimated | 98.9 | +0.1% |
| 106 | Micronesia Estimated | 98.9 | -0.1% |
| 107 | Chile Estimated | 98.8 | -0.1% |
| 108 | Canada Estimated | 98.7 | -0.1% |
| 109 | Burundi Estimated | 98.7 | 0% |
| 110 | New Zealand Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 111 | Netherlands Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 112 | Switzerland Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 113 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 98.6 | +0.1% |
| 114 | Fiji Estimated | 98.5 | -0.1% |
| 115 | Australia Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 116 | Sudan Estimated | 98.5 | -0% |
| 117 | Argentina Estimated | 98.5 | 0% |
| 118 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 98.4 | 0% |
| 119 | Taiwan Estimated | 98.4 | -0.1% |
| 120 | Guatemala Estimated | 98.4 | -0% |
| 121 | Djibouti Estimated | 98.4 | -0% |
| 122 | Uganda Estimated | 98.3 | +0.1% |
| 123 | Tanzania Estimated | 98.2 | 0% |
| 124 | Isle of Man Estimated | 98.2 | -0% |
| 125 | Haiti Estimated | 98.2 | -0.1% |
| 126 | Ireland Estimated | 98.1 | 0% |
| 127 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 98 | -0.3% |
| 128 | Zambia Estimated | 98 | -0% |
| 129 | Jamaica Estimated | 98 | -0.1% |
| 130 | Tunisia Estimated | 98 | -0.2% |
| 131 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 97.9 | -0.2% |
| 132 | Angola Estimated | 97.9 | 0% |
| 133 | Guernsey Estimated | 97.9 | 0% |
| 134 | Venezuela Estimated | 97.8 | -0.1% |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 97.8 | +0.1% |
| 136 | Albania Estimated | 97.8 | -0.1% |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 97.8 | -0.1% |
| 138 | Costa Rica Estimated | 97.8 | -0.1% |
| 139 | Finland Estimated | 97.8 | 0% |
| 140 | Guinea Estimated | 97.6 | +0.2% |
| 141 | North Korea Estimated | 97.6 | +0.2% |
| 142 | Cuba Estimated | 97.6 | -0.2% |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 97.5 | +0.1% |
| 144 | Jersey Estimated | 97.5 | -0.1% |
| 145 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 97.5 | +0.1% |
| 146 | Germany Estimated | 97.5 | 0% |
| 147 | Colombia Estimated | 97.4 | -0.1% |
| 148 | Eritrea Estimated | 97.3 | +0.1% |
| 149 | New Caledonia Estimated | 97.3 | -0.1% |
| 150 | Czechia Estimated | 97.2 | 0% |
| 151 | Belgium Estimated | 97.2 | -0.1% |
| 152 | Brazil Estimated | 97 | -0.1% |
| 153 | Bangladesh Estimated | 97 | -0.1% |
| 154 | United Kingdom Estimated | 96.9 | +0.1% |
| 155 | Austria Estimated | 96.9 | 0% |
| 156 | South Sudan Estimated | 96.8 | -0% |
| 157 | Nicaragua Estimated | 96.7 | 0% |
| 158 | Cook Islands Estimated | 96.7 | -0.4% |
| 159 | Spain Estimated | 96.5 | -0% |
| 160 | Eswatini Estimated | 96.4 | 0% |
| 161 | Tajikistan Estimated | 96.3 | +0.2% |
| 162 | San Marino Estimated | 96.1 | +1.2% |
| 163 | Bermuda Estimated | 96.1 | -0.3% |
| 164 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 96 | +0.1% |
| 165 | Monaco Estimated | 96 | -0% |
| 166 | Mauritania Estimated | 96 | +0.1% |
| 167 | Vietnam Estimated | 96 | 0% |
| 168 | Tokelau Estimated | 96 | -0.5% |
| 169 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 96 | +0.1% |
| 170 | Cambodia Estimated | 95.9 | +0.1% |
| 171 | Slovakia Estimated | 95.4 | -0% |
| 172 | Namibia Estimated | 95.4 | +0.1% |
| 173 | Italy Estimated | 95.4 | +0.1% |
| 174 | Japan Estimated | 95.4 | -0.1% |
| 175 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 95.3 | +0.1% |
| 176 | Thailand Estimated | 95.3 | -0.2% |
| 177 | Malawi Estimated | 95.2 | 0% |
| 178 | Guyana Estimated | 95 | -0.1% |
| 179 | Rwanda Estimated | 95 | +0.1% |
| 180 | Lesotho Estimated | 94.9 | +0.1% |
| 181 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 94.8 | +0.1% |
| 182 | North Macedonia Estimated | 94.7 | -0% |
| 183 | Anguilla Estimated | 94.5 | -0.6% |
| 184 | Lebanon Estimated | 94.5 | 0% |
| 185 | South Africa Estimated | 94.5 | +0.2% |
| 186 | Mexico Estimated | 94.2 | -0.1% |
| 187 | Uruguay Estimated | 94.2 | -0% |
| 188 | Poland Estimated | 94 | -0.1% |
| 189 | France Estimated | 94 | 0% |
| 190 | Mozambique Estimated | 94 | +0.1% |
| 191 | Romania Estimated | 93.9 | -0% |
| 192 | Greece Estimated | 93.9 | -0.1% |
| 193 | Bulgaria Estimated | 93.8 | -0.1% |
| 194 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 93.8 | -0.1% |
| 195 | Kiribati Estimated | 93.8 | +0.2% |
| 196 | Nepal Estimated | 93.3 | -0.1% |
| 197 | Croatia Estimated | 93.1 | +0.1% |
| 198 | French Guiana Estimated | 93 | -0.5% |
| 199 | Central African Republic Estimated | 93 | -1.6% |
| 200 | Montenegro Estimated | 92.7 | -0% |
| 201 | Niue Estimated | 92.5 | +0.1% |
| 202 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 92.3 | -0.8% |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 92.3 | -0.4% |
| 204 | Hungary Estimated | 92.2 | +0.1% |
| 205 | Barbados Estimated | 92.2 | -0% |
| 206 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 91.8 | -0.6% |
| 207 | Bahamas Estimated | 91.8 | -0.2% |
| 208 | Tonga Estimated | 91.4 | -1.3% |
| 209 | Mayotte Estimated | 91.2 | 0% |
| 210 | Vatican City Estimated | 91.1 | +0.2% |
| 211 | Portugal Estimated | 91 | +0.2% |
| 212 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 90.8 | +0.1% |
| 213 | Serbia Estimated | 90.8 | -0.2% |
| 214 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 90.7 | +0.2% |
| 215 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 90.7 | -0% |
| 216 | Curaçao Estimated | 90.7 | 0% |
| 217 | Réunion Estimated | 90.6 | +0.1% |
| 218 | El Salvador Estimated | 90.5 | -0% |
| 219 | Estonia Estimated | 90.3 | +0.1% |
| 220 | Aruba Estimated | 89.4 | +0.2% |
| 221 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 89.2 | -0.2% |
| 222 | Lithuania Estimated | 89 | +0.3% |
| 223 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 88.6 | +0.3% |
| 224 | Saint Martin Estimated | 88.2 | -0.1% |
| 225 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 88.1 | 0% |
| 226 | Belarus Estimated | 87.3 | -0% |
| 227 | Georgia Estimated | 87.2 | +0.1% |
| 228 | Ukraine Estimated | 87.2 | -0.1% |
| 229 | Russia Estimated | 86.8 | 0% |
| 230 | Armenia Estimated | 86.2 | +0.2% |
| 231 | Latvia Estimated | 86.2 | +0.2% |
| 232 | Macao Estimated | 86 | -0.4% |
| 233 | Moldova Estimated | 85.3 | -0.1% |
| 234 | Martinique Estimated | 83.6 | -0.4% |
| 235 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 83.1 | -0.5% |
| 236 | Hong Kong Estimated | 82.2 | -0% |
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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 255.2 males per 100 females in 2022, 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 2022.
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