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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1959

1959, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1959 covers 222 countries. Nauru is highest, at 167.5578; Estonia is lowest, at 78.3673. The middle country reads 98.8097. Against 1958, 222 values changed (126 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1959

HighestNauru

167.5578

LowestEstonia

78.3673

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, 1959, 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, 1959: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NauruNRUMicronesia167.5578
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia161.3061
GuamGUMMicronesia149.6710
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia145.5441
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa127.9544
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia121.0125
VanuatuVUTMelanesia117.7272
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia117.2555
BahrainBHRWestern Asia114.1771
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia113.3350
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia112.9185
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.6002
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia112.1192
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia111.2897
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia111.2054
American SamoaASMPolynesia108.8158
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia108.4724
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108.4067
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia108.3237
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe107.6548
FijiFJIMelanesia107.5890
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia107.4187
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia106.9737
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.4559
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.4191

02In 1959

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nauru167.5578
  2. United Arab Emirates161.3061
  3. Guam149.6710
  4. Kuwait145.5441
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe127.9544

Lowest

  1. Estonia78.3673
  2. Latvia78.7905
  3. Lesotho79.2694
  4. Ukraine79.7241
  5. Belarus80.4705

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.8097. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031958 → 1959

Since 1958

What changed between 1958 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 126 · 96rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Guam154.9553 → 149.6710−5.2843
  • Anguilla85.8105 → 82.6719−3.1386
  • Montserrat82.9923 → 81.0930−1.8993
  • Dominica87.0760 → 85.9708−1.1052
  • Macau99.9129 → 98.8864−1.0265

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 1959.

  • 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 (1959). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1959 [data set], describing 1959. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1959

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1959: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1959?

Nauru, at 167.5578, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1959 describe?

1959.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1959 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1959?

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, 1959 the newest?

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

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