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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1973

1973, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1973 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 254.034; Ukraine is lowest, at 82.890. The middle country reads 98.648. Against 1972, 222 values changed (122 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1973

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

254.034

LowestUkraine

82.890

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia254.034
QatarQATWestern Asia174.085
NauruNRUMicronesia170.102
BahrainBHRWestern Asia135.641
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia129.678
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia125.196
GuamGUMMicronesia121.828
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia116.480
AndorraANDSouthern Europe116.147
GreenlandGRLNorthern America115.952
VanuatuVUTMelanesia114.939
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia113.447
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.458
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia112.431
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia111.303
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.627
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.037
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia108.949
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia108.872
PalauPLWMicronesia108.678
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia108.128
BermudaBMUNorthern America107.691
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia107.628
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.354
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.710

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates254.034
  2. Qatar174.085
  3. Nauru170.102
  4. Bahrain135.641
  5. Kuwait129.678

Lowest

  1. Ukraine82.890
  2. Russia83.966
  3. Monaco84.468
  4. Latvia84.840
  5. Estonia85.035

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.648. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 122 · 100rose · 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 1973.

  • 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 (1973). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1973

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Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1973?

United Arab Emirates, at 254.034, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1973 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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