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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1978

1978, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1978 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 260.8770; Ukraine is lowest, at 83.6885. The middle country reads 98.6386. Against 1977, 222 values changed (117 up, 105 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1978

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

260.8770

LowestUkraine

83.6885

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia260.8770
QatarQATWestern Asia208.0978
BahrainBHRWestern Asia146.1976
NauruNRUMicronesia145.8895
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia132.5239
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia125.5491
GreenlandGRLNorthern America118.5490
AndorraANDSouthern Europe117.5878
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia114.3945
GuamGUMMicronesia112.9983
VanuatuVUTMelanesia112.6759
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.1256
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia111.8725
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia111.7153
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia111.2376
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia110.8658
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia110.1903
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia110.0037
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.5362
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia109.1832
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa108.2703
PalauPLWMicronesia108.1228
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.6129
IndiaINDSouthern Asia107.0230
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa106.8063

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates260.8770
  2. Qatar208.0978
  3. Bahrain146.1976
  4. Nauru145.8895
  5. Kuwait132.5239

Lowest

  1. Ukraine83.6885
  2. Russia85.0841
  3. Latvia85.2339
  4. Georgia85.9514
  5. Estonia85.9642

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.6386. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 117 · 105rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Qatar202.8207 → 208.0978+5.2771
  • Macau94.1676 → 96.9446+2.7770
  • Kuwait129.8575 → 132.5239+2.6664
  • Bahrain144.5286 → 146.1976+1.6690
  • Botswana91.5473 → 93.0350+1.4877

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 1978.

  • 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 (1978). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1978

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1978?

United Arab Emirates, at 260.8770, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1978 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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