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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1997

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1997 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 221.076; Georgia is lowest, at 85.312. The middle country reads 98.191. Against 1996, 222 values changed (99 up, 123 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 1997

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

221.076

LowestGeorgia

85.312

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia221.076
QatarQATWestern Asia210.400
BahrainBHRWestern Asia144.868
OmanOMNWestern Asia143.608
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia137.859
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia117.989
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia117.927
PalauPLWMicronesia117.161
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa116.636
GreenlandGRLNorthern America114.895
JordanJORWestern Asia111.566
VanuatuVUTMelanesia110.583
AndorraANDSouthern Europe110.453
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia110.089
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia109.422
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia107.995
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia107.580
SamoaWSMPolynesia107.375
NauruNRUMicronesia107.067
IndiaINDSouthern Asia107.057
MontserratMSRCaribbean106.960
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia106.946
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia106.937
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe106.874
GuamGUMMicronesia106.775

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates221.076
  2. Qatar210.400
  3. Bahrain144.868
  4. Oman143.608
  5. Kuwait137.859

Lowest

  1. Georgia85.312
  2. Latvia85.435
  3. Moldova86.790
  4. Estonia87.030
  5. Ukraine87.293

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.191. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 99 · 123rose · 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 1997.

  • 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 (1997). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/1997

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1997?

United Arab Emirates, at 221.076, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1997 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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