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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1951

1951, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1951 covers 222 countries. Guam is highest, at 204.659; Sint Maarten is lowest, at 66.720. The middle country reads 98.625. Against 1950, 222 values changed (106 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1951

HighestGuam

204.659

LowestSint Maarten

66.720

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, 1951, 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, 1951: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GuamGUMMicronesia204.659
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia144.872
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia129.395
VanuatuVUTMelanesia125.486
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa124.767
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia119.217
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia118.067
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia117.309
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia117.166
BahrainBHRWestern Asia116.837
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia116.677
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia114.697
FijiFJIMelanesia112.470
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia112.083
NauruNRUMicronesia110.968
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa109.430
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia109.109
SyriaSYRWestern Asia108.805
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia108.727
GhanaGHAWestern Africa108.685
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia108.554
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa108.416
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia108.248
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.626
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa107.504

02In 1951

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guam204.659
  2. Kuwait144.872
  3. Maldives129.395
  4. Vanuatu125.486
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe124.767

Lowest

  1. Sint Maarten66.720
  2. Turks and Caicos Islands71.312
  3. Lesotho73.319
  4. Estonia74.926
  5. Ukraine75.852

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.625. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031950 → 1951

Since 1950

What changed between 1950 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 106 · 116rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 1951.

  • 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 (1951). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1951 [data set], describing 1951. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1951

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1951: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1951?

Guam, at 204.659, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1951 describe?

1951.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1951 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1951?

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, 1951 the newest?

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

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