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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950 covers 222 countries. Guam is highest, at 213.572; Sint Maarten is lowest, at 63.565. The middle country reads 98.705.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1950

HighestGuam

213.572

LowestSint Maarten

63.565

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 of the Total Population, 1950, 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 of the Total Population, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GuamGUMMicronesia213.572
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia146.954
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia130.571
VanuatuVUTMelanesia126.646
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa125.145
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia119.445
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia119.084
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia118.156
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia117.867
BahrainBHRWestern Asia117.375
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia115.609
FijiFJIMelanesia113.214
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia112.618
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa110.171
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia110.145
SyriaSYRWestern Asia109.335
GhanaGHAWestern Africa109.324
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia109.257
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia109.230
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia109.194
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa108.735
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.978
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa107.753
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia107.368
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia107.141

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guam213.572
  2. Kuwait146.954
  3. Maldives130.571
  4. Vanuatu126.646
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe125.145

Lowest

  1. Sint Maarten63.565
  2. Turks and Caicos Islands70.826
  3. Lesotho72.523
  4. Estonia74.301
  5. Ukraine75.247

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.705. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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 1950.

  • 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.

04The 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 (1950). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1950

0574 held

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06Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950?

Guam, at 213.572, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1950?

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 of the Total Population, 1950 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2023.

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