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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 250.196; Ukraine is lowest, at 84.364. The middle country reads 98.782. Against 1980, 222 values changed (123 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1981

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

250.196

LowestUkraine

84.364

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia250.196
QatarQATWestern Asia220.282
BahrainBHRWestern Asia149.897
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia137.110
VanuatuVUTMelanesia125.553
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia125.212
NauruNRUMicronesia119.303
GreenlandGRLNorthern America119.001
AndorraANDSouthern Europe118.119
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia113.693
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia112.864
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.032
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia111.704
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia111.154
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia110.988
GuamGUMMicronesia110.957
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa110.748
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia110.562
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.930
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.165
PalauPLWMicronesia108.481
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia108.151
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.594
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia107.344
IndiaINDSouthern Asia107.160

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates250.196
  2. Qatar220.282
  3. Bahrain149.897
  4. Kuwait137.110
  5. Vanuatu125.553

Lowest

  1. Ukraine84.364
  2. Latvia85.365
  3. Russia85.662
  4. Cambodia86.129
  5. Georgia86.343

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.782. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 123 · 99rose · 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 1981.

  • 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 (1981). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1981

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981?

United Arab Emirates, at 250.196, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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