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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1990 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 220.5321; Ukraine is lowest, at 86.4694. The middle country reads 98.5823. Against 1989, 222 values changed (107 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1990

HighestQatar

220.5321

LowestUkraine

86.4694

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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia220.5321
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia214.8247
BahrainBHRWestern Asia146.4456
OmanOMNWestern Asia135.4538
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia130.2229
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia120.7840
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa119.5708
GreenlandGRLNorthern America117.8513
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia116.9556
PalauPLWMicronesia116.4858
VanuatuVUTMelanesia114.0854
GuamGUMMicronesia113.9489
AndorraANDSouthern Europe111.8839
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia111.7452
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia111.0947
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia110.7742
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia110.3901
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia109.7703
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean109.4346
SamoaWSMPolynesia109.0041
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia108.6862
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.5809
American SamoaASMPolynesia108.2515
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia108.1057
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia107.7796

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar220.5321
  2. United Arab Emirates214.8247
  3. Bahrain146.4456
  4. Oman135.4538
  5. Kuwait130.2229

Lowest

  1. Ukraine86.4694
  2. Moldova86.6463
  3. Latvia86.9532
  4. Georgia87.8504
  5. Estonia87.9790

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.5823. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 107 · 115rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Qatar222.8492 → 220.5321−2.3171
  • Kuwait131.2881 → 130.2229−1.0652
  • Vanuatu114.9121 → 114.0854−0.8267
  • Macau94.9073 → 94.1907−0.7166
  • Liberia100.4976 → 99.8798−0.6178

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 1990.

  • 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 (1990). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1990

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1990?

Qatar, at 220.5321, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1990 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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