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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1956

1956, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1956 covers 222 countries. Guam is highest, at 166.817; Turks and Caicos Islands is lowest, at 75.573. The middle country reads 98.668. Against 1955, 222 values changed (119 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1956

HighestGuam

166.817

LowestTurks and Caicos Islands

75.573

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, 1956, 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, 1956: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GuamGUMMicronesia166.817
NauruNRUMicronesia148.057
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia146.367
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia140.552
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa126.422
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia123.966
VanuatuVUTMelanesia120.268
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia117.981
BahrainBHRWestern Asia114.933
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia114.212
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia113.969
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia113.963
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia113.130
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia110.904
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia110.573
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia109.577
FijiFJIMelanesia109.157
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia108.640
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108.621
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.596
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe107.351
SyriaSYRWestern Asia107.022
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa106.853
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia106.828
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia106.510

02In 1956

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guam166.817
  2. Nauru148.057
  3. United Arab Emirates146.367
  4. Kuwait140.552
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe126.422

Lowest

  1. Turks and Caicos Islands75.573
  2. Estonia77.713
  3. Lesotho77.852
  4. Latvia77.936
  5. Ukraine78.625

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.668. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031955 → 1956

Since 1955

What changed between 1955 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 119 · 103rose · 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 1956.

  • 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 (1956). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1956 [data set], describing 1956. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1956

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1956: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1956?

Guam, at 166.817, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1956 describe?

1956.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1956 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1956?

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, 1956 the newest?

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

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