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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1986

1986, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1986 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 230.9537; Ukraine is lowest, at 85.3164. The middle country reads 98.4310. Against 1985, 222 values changed (108 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1986

HighestQatar

230.9537

LowestUkraine

85.3164

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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia230.9537
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia211.2552
BahrainBHRWestern Asia148.4630
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia134.3515
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia122.2795
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa121.7977
GreenlandGRLNorthern America119.1436
VanuatuVUTMelanesia118.2855
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia115.6986
OmanOMNWestern Asia114.6850
PalauPLWMicronesia114.3283
GuamGUMMicronesia113.2853
AndorraANDSouthern Europe112.5456
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia112.4588
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.1289
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia111.2748
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia111.0790
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia110.7110
SamoaWSMPolynesia109.8941
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.3776
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.9031
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia108.8116
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia108.4699
American SamoaASMPolynesia107.9764
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia107.1291

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar230.9537
  2. United Arab Emirates211.2552
  3. Bahrain148.4630
  4. Kuwait134.3515
  5. Brunei122.2795

Lowest

  1. Ukraine85.3164
  2. Latvia86.1142
  3. Moldova86.6492
  4. Russia86.9522
  5. Estonia87.1735

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.4310. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 108 · 114rose · 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 1986.

  • 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 (1986). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1986

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1986?

Qatar, at 230.9537, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1986 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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