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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1953

1953, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1953 covers 222 countries. Guam is highest, at 188.167; Turks and Caicos Islands is lowest, at 70.971. The middle country reads 98.712. Against 1952, 222 values changed (106 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1953

HighestGuam

188.167

LowestTurks and Caicos Islands

70.971

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, 1953, 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, 1953: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GuamGUMMicronesia188.167
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia140.968
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia129.210
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia127.158
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa125.219
NauruNRUMicronesia124.249
VanuatuVUTMelanesia123.271
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia118.736
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia116.234
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia116.096
BahrainBHRWestern Asia115.936
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia115.394
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia113.013
FijiFJIMelanesia111.063
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia111.029
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia110.814
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108.880
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa107.995
SyriaSYRWestern Asia107.957
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa107.788
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia107.740
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia107.673
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia107.608
GhanaGHAWestern Africa107.552
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.316

02In 1953

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guam188.167
  2. Kuwait140.968
  3. United Arab Emirates129.210
  4. Maldives127.158
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe125.219

Lowest

  1. Turks and Caicos Islands70.971
  2. Sint Maarten71.994
  3. Lesotho75.063
  4. Estonia76.105
  5. Ukraine77.002

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.712. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031952 → 1953

Since 1952

What changed between 1952 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 1953.

  • 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 (1953). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1953 [data set], describing 1953. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1953

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1953: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1953?

Guam, at 188.167, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1953 describe?

1953.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1953 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1953?

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, 1953 the newest?

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

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