People > Sex ratio > 15-64 years: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: The number of males for each female one of five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertility patterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Qatar	4.15	2012
2	United Arab Emirates	2.75	2012
3	Bahrain	1.75	2012
4	Kuwait	1.6	2012
	OPEC countries average (profile)	1.54	2012
5	Maldives	1.48	2012
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	1.39	2012
6	Oman	1.31	2012
7	Saudi Arabia	1.29	2012
8	Palau	1.24	2012
9	Saint Barthelemy	1.18	2012
10	French Guiana	1.16	2005
11	Mayotte	1.15	2010
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	1.15	2012
12	Greenland	1.14	2012
	Muslim countries average (profile)	1.14	2012
	Former British colonies average (profile)	1.13	2012
13	Faroe Islands	1.13	2012
14	Bhutan	1.12	2012
=15	Kosovo	1.1	2012
=15	Seychelles	1.1	2012
=17	Andorra	1.09	2012
=17	Cyprus	1.09	2012
19	Montenegro	1.08	2012
=20	Pakistan	1.07	2012
=20	Samoa	1.07	2012
=20	India	1.07	2012
=20	Cook Islands	1.07	2012
=24	Libya	1.06	2012
=24	Papua New Guinea	1.06	2012
=24	Trinidad and Tobago	1.06	2012
=24	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.06	2012
=24	China	1.06	2012
=24	French Polynesia	1.06	2012
=30	Dominica	1.05	2012
=30	Gaza Strip	1.05	2012
=30	West Bank	1.05	2012
=33	South Korea	1.04	2012
=33	Afghanistan	1.04	2012
=33	Dominican Republic	1.04	2012
=33	Fiji	1.04	2012
=33	Guam	1.04	2012
=33	Solomon Islands	1.04	2012
=33	Cote d'Ivoire	1.04	2012
=33	Marshall Islands	1.04	2012
=33	Grenada	1.04	2012
=33	Saint Helena	1.04	2011
	South Asia average (profile)	1.04	2012
	Hot countries average (profile)	1.03	2012
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	1.03	2012
=43	East Timor	1.03	2012
=43	Vanuatu	1.03	2012
=43	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.03	2012
=43	Malaysia	1.03	2012
=43	Australia	1.03	2012
=43	Suriname	1.03	2012
=43	Israel	1.03	2012
=43	Jordan	1.03	2012
=43	Syria	1.03	2012
=43	Botswana	1.03	2012
=43	Spain	1.03	2012
=43	Yemen	1.03	2012
=43	Somalia	1.03	2012
=43	Iran	1.03	2012
=43	Iraq	1.03	2012
=43	Egypt	1.03	2012
=43	Malta	1.03	2012
=43	Namibia	1.03	2012
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	1.03	2012
=61	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	1.02	2012
=61	Canada	1.02	2012
=61	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.02	2012
=61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.02	2012
=61	Turkey	1.02	2012
=61	Norway	1.02	2012
=61	Finland	1.02	2012
=61	Panama	1.02	2012
=61	American Samoa	1.02	2012
=61	Belize	1.02	2012
=61	Republic of Macedonia	1.02	2012
=61	United Kingdom	1.02	2012
=61	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.02	2012
=61	Sweden	1.02	2012
=61	Angola	1.02	2012
=61	South Africa	1.02	2012
=61	Uganda	1.02	2012
=61	Algeria	1.02	2012
=61	Belgium	1.02	2012
=61	Switzerland	1.02	2012
=61	Iceland	1.02	2012
=61	Germany	1.02	2012
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	1.02	2012
	Western Europe average (profile)	1.02	2012
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	1.01	2012
	Religious countries average (profile)	1.01	2012
=83	Cameroon	1.01	2012
=83	Netherlands	1.01	2012
=83	Wallis and Futuna	1.01	2012
=83	Indonesia	1.01	2012
=83	Isle of Man	1.01	2012
=83	Costa Rica	1.01	2012
=83	Luxembourg	1.01	2012
=83	Gibraltar	1.01	2012
=83	Ireland	1.01	2012
=83	Denmark	1.01	2012
=83	Guernsey	1.01	2012
=83	Taiwan	1.01	2012
=83	Paraguay	1.01	2012
=83	Slovenia	1.01	2012
=83	Czech Republic	1.01	2012
=83	Tonga	1.01	2012
=83	Austria	1.01	2012
=83	Zambia	1.01	2012
=83	New Caledonia	1.01	2012
=83	Honduras	1.01	2012
	Southern Europe average (profile)	1.01	2012
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	1.01	2012
	Densely populated countries average (profile)	1.01	2012
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	1.01	2012
	Eurozone average (profile)	1.01	2012
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	1.01	2012
	European Union average (profile)	1	2012
=103	Serbia	1	2012
=103	Greece	1	2012
=103	Argentina	1	2012
=103	Ghana	1	2012
=103	Gabon	1	2012
=103	New Zealand	1	2012
=103	Kenya	1	2012
=103	Mongolia	1	2012
=103	Benin	1	2012
=103	Cuba	1	2012
=103	United States	1	2012
=103	Vietnam	1	2012
=103	Romania	1	2012
=103	Japan	1	2012
=103	Niger	1	2012
=103	Guyana	1	2012
=103	Swaziland	1	2012
=103	Burkina Faso	1	2012
=103	Monaco	1	2012
=103	Jersey	1	2012
=103	France	1	2012
=103	Slovakia	1	2012
=103	Malawi	1	2012
=103	Liechtenstein	1	2012
=103	Portugal	1	2012
=103	Guinea	1	2012
=103	Philippines	1	2012
=103	Sudan	1	2012
=103	Martinique	1	2005
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	0.998	2012
	Christian countries average (profile)	0.998	2012
	Europe average (profile)	0.998	2012
	Catholic countries average (profile)	0.997	2012
	NATO countries average (profile)	0.997	2012
	Cold countries average (profile)	0.997	2012
	failed states average (profile)	0.993	2012
=132	Congo, Republic of the	0.99	2012
=132	Madagascar	0.99	2012
=132	Mauritius	0.99	2012
=132	Nigeria	0.99	2012
=132	Rwanda	0.99	2012
=132	Uzbekistan	0.99	2012
=132	Croatia	0.99	2012
=132	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.99	2012
=132	Poland	0.99	2012
=132	North Korea	0.99	2012
=132	Burma	0.99	2012
=132	Serbia and Montenegro	0.99	2005
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	0.987	2012
	Emerging markets average (profile)	0.987	2012
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	0.983	2012
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	0.982	2012
=144	Turkmenistan	0.98	2012
=144	Liberia	0.98	2012
=144	Tanzania	0.98	2012
=144	Tajikistan	0.98	2012
=144	Central African Republic	0.98	2012
=144	Thailand	0.98	2012
=144	Moldova	0.98	2012
=144	Colombia	0.98	2012
=144	Italy	0.98	2012
=144	Hungary	0.98	2012
=144	Jamaica	0.98	2012
=144	Equatorial Guinea	0.98	2012
=144	Laos	0.98	2012
=144	Federated States of Micronesia	0.98	2012
=144	Togo	0.98	2012
=144	Brazil	0.98	2012
=144	Chile	0.98	2012
=144	Haiti	0.98	2012
=144	Burundi	0.98	2012
=144	Guadeloupe	0.98	2005
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	0.978	2012
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	0.976	2012
=164	The Bahamas	0.97	2012
=164	Lithuania	0.97	2012
=164	Sao Tome and Principe	0.97	2012
=164	Venezuela	0.97	2012
=164	Ecuador	0.97	2012
=164	Barbados	0.97	2012
=164	Nauru	0.97	2012
=164	Bermuda	0.97	2012
=164	Western Sahara	0.97	2012
=164	Bulgaria	0.97	2012
=164	Brunei	0.97	2012
=164	Uruguay	0.97	2012
=164	Tunisia	0.97	2012
=164	Reunion	0.97	2005
	Former French colonies average (profile)	0.964	2012
=178	Sri Lanka	0.96	2012
=178	Singapore	0.96	2012
=178	Kyrgyzstan	0.96	2012
=178	Mali	0.96	2012
=178	Peru	0.96	2012
=178	Eritrea	0.96	2012
=178	Azerbaijan	0.96	2012
=178	Albania	0.96	2012
=178	Bolivia	0.96	2012
=178	The Gambia	0.96	2012
=178	Morocco	0.96	2012
=178	Ethiopia	0.96	2012
=190	Kiribati	0.95	2012
=190	Latvia	0.95	2012
=190	Cayman Islands	0.95	2012
=190	Lesotho	0.95	2012
=190	Lebanon	0.95	2012
=190	Tuvalu	0.95	2012
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	0.947	2012
=196	Kazakhstan	0.94	2012
=196	Guinea-Bissau	0.94	2012
=196	Belarus	0.94	2012
=196	San Marino	0.94	2012
=196	Saint Lucia	0.94	2012
=196	Guatemala	0.94	2012
=196	Cape Verde	0.94	2012
=196	Mexico	0.94	2012
=196	Georgia	0.94	2012
=205	Montserrat	0.93	2012
=205	Nicaragua	0.93	2012
=205	Puerto Rico	0.93	2012
=205	Cambodia	0.93	2012
=205	Nepal	0.93	2012
=205	Hong Kong	0.93	2012
=211	British Virgin Islands	0.92	2012
=211	Ukraine	0.92	2012
=211	Aruba	0.92	2012
=211	Zimbabwe	0.92	2012
=211	Sierra Leone	0.92	2012
=211	Netherlands Antilles	0.92	2005
=217	Russia	0.91	2012
=217	Estonia	0.91	2012
=217	Saint Martin	0.91	2012
=220	Comoros	0.9	2012
=220	Mozambique	0.9	2012
=220	Bangladesh	0.9	2012
=223	Mauritania	0.89	2012
=223	Senegal	0.89	2012
=223	Anguilla	0.89	2012
=223	El Salvador	0.89	2012
=227	Macau	0.88	2012
=227	Armenia	0.88	2012
=229	Virgin Islands	0.87	2012
=229	Northern Mariana Islands	0.87	2012
=229	Antigua and Barbuda	0.87	2012
232	Chad	0.86	2012
233	Djibouti	0.79	2012

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