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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1980

1980, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1980 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 257.6327; Ukraine is lowest, at 84.1436. The middle country reads 98.8339. Against 1979, 222 values changed (117 up, 105 down), the same countries are covered.

Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1980

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

257.6327

LowestUkraine

84.1436

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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia257.6327
QatarQATWestern Asia216.7869
BahrainBHRWestern Asia149.1219
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia136.6143
VanuatuVUTMelanesia127.2911
NauruNRUMicronesia127.2282
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia125.2669
GreenlandGRLNorthern America119.0144
AndorraANDSouthern Europe117.9340
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia113.8853
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia112.1879
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.0277
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia111.7402
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia111.2840
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia111.0233
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia110.8061
GuamGUMMicronesia110.6541
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.9927
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa109.9676
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.3034
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia108.4682
PalauPLWMicronesia107.7893
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.5487
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia107.3112
IndiaINDSouthern Asia107.1335

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates257.6327
  2. Qatar216.7869
  3. Bahrain149.1219
  4. Kuwait136.6143
  5. Vanuatu127.2911

Lowest

  1. Ukraine84.1436
  2. Latvia85.2813
  3. Russia85.4431
  4. Cambodia85.9315
  5. Georgia86.1505

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.8339. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 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

  • Vanuatu120.1759 → 127.2911+7.1152
  • Qatar212.7433 → 216.7869+4.0436
  • Macau99.6502 → 102.2585+2.6083
  • Zimbabwe89.8616 → 92.4186+2.5570
  • Kuwait134.8472 → 136.6143+1.7671

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 1980.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 96.3447. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1980). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1980

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1980?

United Arab Emirates, at 257.6327, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1980 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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