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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1966

1966, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1966 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 184.8921; Lesotho is lowest, at 80.5046. The middle country reads 98.6096. Against 1965, 222 values changed (126 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1966

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

184.8921

LowestLesotho

80.5046

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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia184.8921
NauruNRUMicronesia155.3232
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia150.3156
GuamGUMMicronesia134.4003
QatarQATWestern Asia125.7481
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia120.3817
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia116.2001
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia115.6811
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa114.8444
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia114.8172
VanuatuVUTMelanesia113.2046
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia112.4811
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.1319
BahrainBHRWestern Asia111.3419
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia110.7277
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia109.7799
AndorraANDSouthern Europe109.7519
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.5001
GreenlandGRLNorthern America109.2897
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia108.7715
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia108.3761
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia107.9392
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.6976
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa107.1524
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.7841

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates184.8921
  2. Nauru155.3232
  3. Kuwait150.3156
  4. Guam134.4003
  5. Qatar125.7481

Lowest

  1. Lesotho80.5046
  2. Ukraine81.8590
  3. Latvia82.3934
  4. Estonia82.4616
  5. Monaco83.0017

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.6096. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 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

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 1966.

  • 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 (1966). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1966

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1966?

United Arab Emirates, at 184.8921, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1966 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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