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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1961

1961, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1961 covers 222 countries. Nauru is highest, at 176.404; Estonia is lowest, at 79.483. The middle country reads 98.463. Against 1960, 222 values changed (136 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1961

HighestNauru

176.404

LowestEstonia

79.483

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, 1961, 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, 1961: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NauruNRUMicronesia176.404
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia169.721
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia150.295
GuamGUMMicronesia143.343
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa127.046
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia119.180
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia116.828
VanuatuVUTMelanesia116.296
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia114.982
BahrainBHRWestern Asia113.686
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia112.098
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia111.906
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia111.609
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia111.305
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia111.050
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia110.445
American SamoaASMPolynesia108.932
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108.253
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.203
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia107.599
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia107.265
QatarQATWestern Asia107.077
FijiFJIMelanesia106.654
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.631
SyriaSYRWestern Asia106.108

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nauru176.404
  2. United Arab Emirates169.721
  3. Kuwait150.295
  4. Guam143.343
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe127.046

Lowest

  1. Estonia79.483
  2. Latvia79.769
  3. Lesotho79.822
  4. Ukraine80.456
  5. Montserrat80.935

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.463. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 136 · 86rose · 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 1961.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 104.910. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1961). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1961

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1961?

Nauru, at 176.404, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1961?

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, 1961 the newest?

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

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