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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1972

1972, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1972 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 248.7710; Ukraine is lowest, at 82.6602. The middle country reads 98.6677. Against 1971, 222 values changed (125 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1972

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

248.7710

LowestUkraine

82.6602

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia248.7710
NauruNRUMicronesia171.6650
QatarQATWestern Asia164.4021
BahrainBHRWestern Asia132.6830
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia131.5571
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia125.2428
GuamGUMMicronesia123.8823
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia116.4635
AndorraANDSouthern Europe115.5486
GreenlandGRLNorthern America115.4211
VanuatuVUTMelanesia115.1236
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia113.7401
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.5712
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia112.5189
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia111.7143
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia110.0276
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.5006
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia109.2106
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.9479
BermudaBMUNorthern America107.8961
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia107.8372
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.3280
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia107.2402
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa107.0700
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia107.0221

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates248.7710
  2. Nauru171.6650
  3. Qatar164.4021
  4. Bahrain132.6830
  5. Kuwait131.5571

Lowest

  1. Ukraine82.6602
  2. Russia83.7667
  3. Monaco84.3405
  4. Latvia84.6737
  5. Estonia84.8071

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.6677. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 125 · 97rose · 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 1972.

  • 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 (1972). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1972

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1972?

United Arab Emirates, at 248.7710, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1972 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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