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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1996

1996, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1996 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 220.1837; Latvia is lowest, at 85.4877. The middle country reads 98.3287. Against 1995, 222 values changed (100 up, 122 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1996

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

220.1837

LowestLatvia

85.4877

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia220.1837
QatarQATWestern Asia210.2211
BahrainBHRWestern Asia145.0713
OmanOMNWestern Asia145.0591
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia136.7969
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia118.3305
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia117.8454
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa117.0700
PalauPLWMicronesia115.9775
GreenlandGRLNorthern America114.7407
JordanJORWestern Asia112.0383
VanuatuVUTMelanesia110.9940
AndorraANDSouthern Europe110.9282
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia110.0625
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia109.6949
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia108.2211
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia108.0123
GuamGUMMicronesia107.7031
SamoaWSMPolynesia107.5832
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia107.1491
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia107.0374
IndiaINDSouthern Asia107.0182
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean106.9642
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe106.9035
NauruNRUMicronesia106.8874

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates220.1837
  2. Qatar210.2211
  3. Bahrain145.0713
  4. Oman145.0591
  5. Kuwait136.7969

Lowest

  1. Latvia85.4877
  2. Georgia85.6993
  3. Moldova86.8678
  4. Estonia87.0350
  5. Ukraine87.2646

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.3287. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 100 · 122rose · 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 1996.

  • 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 (1996). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1996

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Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1996?

United Arab Emirates, at 220.1837, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1996 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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