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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1957

1957, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1957 covers 222 countries. Guam is highest, at 160.649; Turks and Caicos Islands is lowest, at 77.153. The middle country reads 98.566. Against 1956, 222 values changed (121 up, 101 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1957

HighestGuam

160.649

LowestTurks and Caicos Islands

77.153

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, 1957, 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, 1957: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GuamGUMMicronesia160.649
NauruNRUMicronesia154.390
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia151.618
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia140.947
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa126.938
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia122.951
VanuatuVUTMelanesia119.379
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia117.738
BahrainBHRWestern Asia114.664
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia114.460
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia113.621
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia113.318
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia112.502
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia111.477
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia110.801
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia109.135
FijiFJIMelanesia108.611
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108.544
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia108.496
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.798
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe107.481
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.788
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia106.746
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia106.674
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa106.542

02In 1957

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guam160.649
  2. Nauru154.390
  3. United Arab Emirates151.618
  4. Kuwait140.947
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe126.938

Lowest

  1. Turks and Caicos Islands77.153
  2. Estonia78.207
  3. Latvia78.221
  4. Lesotho78.530
  5. Ukraine79.136

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.566. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031956 → 1957

Since 1956

What changed between 1956 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 121 · 101rose · 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 1957.

  • 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 (1957). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1957 [data set], describing 1957. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1957

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1957: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1957?

Guam, at 160.649, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1957 describe?

1957.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1957 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1957?

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, 1957 the newest?

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

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