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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1983

1983, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1983 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 228.7280; Ukraine is lowest, at 84.6345. The middle country reads 98.5825. Against 1982, 222 values changed (118 up, 104 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1983

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

228.7280

LowestUkraine

84.6345

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia228.7280
QatarQATWestern Asia226.0459
BahrainBHRWestern Asia149.6780
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia136.3422
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia124.1759
VanuatuVUTMelanesia122.3940
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa119.9758
GreenlandGRLNorthern America119.0805
AndorraANDSouthern Europe116.0559
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia114.2337
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia113.3721
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.1105
GuamGUMMicronesia112.0180
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia111.2840
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia111.2104
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia111.0454
PalauPLWMicronesia110.8454
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia109.8215
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.7379
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe109.0288
SamoaWSMPolynesia107.8067
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia107.7237
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.7139
NauruNRUMicronesia107.6184
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia107.5648

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates228.7280
  2. Qatar226.0459
  3. Bahrain149.6780
  4. Kuwait136.3422
  5. Brunei124.1759

Lowest

  1. Ukraine84.6345
  2. Latvia85.5886
  3. Russia86.1748
  4. Estonia86.6968
  5. Georgia86.7211

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.5825. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 118 · 104rose · 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 1983.

  • 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 (1983). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1983

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Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1983?

United Arab Emirates, at 228.7280, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1983 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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