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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1988

1988, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1988 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 225.4228; Ukraine is lowest, at 85.8848. The middle country reads 98.3852. Against 1987, 222 values changed (101 up, 121 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1988

HighestQatar

225.4228

LowestUkraine

85.8848

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia225.4228
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia213.1282
BahrainBHRWestern Asia147.4282
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia132.2092
OmanOMNWestern Asia125.7346
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia121.3430
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa120.6243
GreenlandGRLNorthern America118.7954
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia116.4763
VanuatuVUTMelanesia115.9804
PalauPLWMicronesia115.7643
GuamGUMMicronesia113.9340
AndorraANDSouthern Europe112.1314
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia112.0983
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia111.6772
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia111.2339
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia110.5011
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia110.4599
SamoaWSMPolynesia109.6542
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia109.0841
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.7240
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia108.3838
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean108.2625
American SamoaASMPolynesia108.1862
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia108.1573

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar225.4228
  2. United Arab Emirates213.1282
  3. Bahrain147.4282
  4. Kuwait132.2092
  5. Oman125.7346

Lowest

  1. Ukraine85.8848
  2. Moldova86.4549
  3. Latvia86.6406
  4. Georgia87.5336
  5. Estonia87.5892

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.3852. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 101 · 121rose · 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 1988.

  • 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 (1988). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1988

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1988?

Qatar, at 225.4228, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1988 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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