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Sex Ratio at Birth, 2014

2014, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio at Birth, 2014 covers 222 countries. Liechtenstein is highest, at 127.8; Namibia is lowest, at 100.9. The middle country reads 105.2. Against 2013, 120 values changed (66 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio at Birth · Data for 2014

HighestLiechtenstein

127.8

LowestNamibia

100.9

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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe127.8
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia117.2
ChinaCHNEastern Asia115.5
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia115.1
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia112.9
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe112.2
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia112.2
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe109.4
IndiaINDSouthern Asia109.1
MacauMACEastern Asia108.9
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe108.5
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia108.2
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia108.1
TongaTONPolynesia108.1
PalauPLWMicronesia108.0
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia108.0
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia107.7
SamoaWSMPolynesia107.7
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia107.6
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia107.6
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe107.6
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia107.5
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe107.4
CubaCUBCaribbean107.3
FijiFJIMelanesia107.2

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Liechtenstein127.8
  2. Northern Mariana Islands117.2
  3. China115.5
  4. Azerbaijan115.1
  5. Armenia112.9

Lowest

  1. Namibia100.9
  2. Malawi101.1
  3. Zambia101.2
  4. Mozambique101.8
  5. DR Congo101.9

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 105.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 222 in both
  • 66 · 54rose · fell
  • 102unchanged

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 2014.

  • 75 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 9 countries share 106.0. 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 (2014). Sex Ratio at Birth, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio-at-birth/2014

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07Questions

Sex Ratio at Birth, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio at birth in Sex Ratio at Birth, 2014?

Liechtenstein, at 127.8, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio at Birth, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does Sex Ratio at Birth, 2014 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio at Birth, 2014?

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, 2014 the newest?

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

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