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Data for 1998

Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998

1998, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 116.6; Liechtenstein is lowest, at 97.4. The middle country reads 105.1. Against 1997, 107 values changed (59 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio at Birth · Data for 1998

HighestChina

116.6

LowestLiechtenstein

97.4

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia116.6
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia116.1
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia114.0
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia113.3
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia110.7
South KoreaKOREastern Asia110.0
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe109.7
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe109.7
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe109.5
CubaCUBCaribbean109.3
IndiaINDSouthern Asia109.3
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia108.9
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe108.8
TongaTONPolynesia108.7
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia108.6
MacauMACEastern Asia108.1
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe108.0
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia108.0
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa108.0
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia107.9
PalauPLWMicronesia107.8
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia107.7
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe107.6
GuamGUMMicronesia107.4
SamoaWSMPolynesia107.4

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China116.6
  2. Armenia116.1
  3. Northern Mariana Islands114.0
  4. Azerbaijan113.3
  5. Georgia110.7

Lowest

  1. Liechtenstein97.4
  2. Zambia100.6
  3. Namibia100.7
  4. Malawi101.2
  5. Mozambique101.3

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 105.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 107values changed, of 222 in both
  • 59 · 48rose · fell
  • 115unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1998.

  • 74 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 10 countries share 105.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1998). Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio-at-birth/1998

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07Questions

Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio at birth in Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998?

China, at 116.6, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Sex Ratio at Birth, 1998 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Sex Ratio at Birth, 2023.

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