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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1977

1977, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1977 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 262.2776; Ukraine is lowest, at 83.5690. The middle country reads 98.5407. Against 1976, 222 values changed (124 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1977

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

262.2776

LowestUkraine

83.5690

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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia262.2776
QatarQATWestern Asia202.8207
NauruNRUMicronesia156.6464
BahrainBHRWestern Asia144.5286
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia129.8575
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia125.5718
GreenlandGRLNorthern America118.1519
AndorraANDSouthern Europe117.4615
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia114.8180
GuamGUMMicronesia114.5761
VanuatuVUTMelanesia113.0932
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia112.2007
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.1789
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia112.0373
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia110.9634
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia110.1791
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia110.0246
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.9595
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.6645
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia109.3931
PalauPLWMicronesia108.4283
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.4424
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa107.3556
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia107.3149
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.9757

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates262.2776
  2. Qatar202.8207
  3. Nauru156.6464
  4. Bahrain144.5286
  5. Kuwait129.8575

Lowest

  1. Ukraine83.5690
  2. Russia84.8225
  3. Latvia85.1823
  4. Estonia85.8052
  5. Georgia85.8653

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.5407. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 124 · 98rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Qatar196.8722 → 202.8207+5.9485
  • Kuwait127.0145 → 129.8575+2.8430
  • Macau91.3320 → 94.1676+2.8356
  • Bahrain142.6751 → 144.5286+1.8535
  • Botswana90.3531 → 91.5473+1.1942

Fell most

  • Nauru163.4533 → 156.6464−6.8069
  • Cambodia91.7228 → 89.7856−1.9372
  • Guam116.2799 → 114.5761−1.7038
  • Timor-Leste98.8404 → 97.3732−1.4672
  • Armenia94.2641 → 92.8391−1.4250

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 1977.

  • 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 (1977). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1977

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1977?

United Arab Emirates, at 262.2776, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1977 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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