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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1968

1968, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1968 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 199.7535; Ukraine is lowest, at 82.2801. The middle country reads 98.8859. Against 1967, 222 values changed (127 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1968

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

199.7535

LowestUkraine

82.2801

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, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia199.7535
NauruNRUMicronesia160.5187
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia141.9702
GuamGUMMicronesia131.3404
QatarQATWestern Asia130.9022
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia122.1836
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia116.1657
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia115.1165
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia114.0552
VanuatuVUTMelanesia113.0312
BahrainBHRWestern Asia112.9739
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia112.8993
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.3610
AndorraANDSouthern Europe112.3246
GreenlandGRLNorthern America111.6903
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa111.2483
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia110.0739
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.2829
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia109.0924
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia108.7939
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia108.3172
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia107.9820
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia107.8296
BermudaBMUNorthern America107.5392
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.4344

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates199.7535
  2. Nauru160.5187
  3. Kuwait141.9702
  4. Guam131.3404
  5. Qatar130.9022

Lowest

  1. Ukraine82.2801
  2. Lesotho83.2065
  3. Monaco83.3164
  4. Latvia83.3460
  5. Estonia83.4872

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.8859. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 127 · 95rose · 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 1968.

  • 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 (1968). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1968

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1968: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1968?

United Arab Emirates, at 199.7535, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1968 describe?

1968.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1968 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1968?

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, 1968 the newest?

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

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