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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1962

1962, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1962 covers 222 countries. Nauru is highest, at 173.9956; Lesotho is lowest, at 80.0607. The middle country reads 98.4171. Against 1961, 222 values changed (140 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1962

HighestNauru

173.9956

LowestLesotho

80.0607

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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NauruNRUMicronesia173.9956
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia173.3206
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia151.7278
GuamGUMMicronesia141.3682
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa124.1429
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia118.3198
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia116.6333
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia116.1222
VanuatuVUTMelanesia115.6127
BahrainBHRWestern Asia113.3672
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia111.8274
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia111.7877
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia111.5605
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia111.5299
QatarQATWestern Asia111.5190
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia111.3876
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia110.5570
American SamoaASMPolynesia108.6198
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.4854
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia108.1758
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia107.4676
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia107.2690
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.7000
GreenlandGRLNorthern America106.3922
FijiFJIMelanesia106.2258

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nauru173.9956
  2. United Arab Emirates173.3206
  3. Kuwait151.7278
  4. Guam141.3682
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe124.1429

Lowest

  1. Lesotho80.0607
  2. Estonia80.1154
  3. Latvia80.3557
  4. Ukraine80.7854
  5. Anguilla81.7198

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.4171. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 140 · 82rose · 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 1962.

  • 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 (1962). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1962

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1962?

Nauru, at 173.9956, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1962 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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