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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2006

2006, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2006 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 250.866; Latvia is lowest, at 84.774. The middle country reads 98.539. Against 2005, 222 values changed (115 up, 107 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2006

HighestQatar

250.866

LowestLatvia

84.774

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia250.866
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia221.054
BahrainBHRWestern Asia159.047
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia145.106
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia141.539
OmanOMNWestern Asia137.294
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia116.622
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia115.524
PalauPLWMicronesia115.391
GreenlandGRLNorthern America113.715
MontserratMSRCaribbean112.402
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia112.193
AndorraANDSouthern Europe109.427
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia108.424
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe108.076
JordanJORWestern Asia107.919
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa107.487
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia107.229
IndiaINDSouthern Asia107.199
VanuatuVUTMelanesia106.830
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia106.028
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa105.912
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean105.766
SamoaWSMPolynesia105.691
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa105.534

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar250.866
  2. United Arab Emirates221.054
  3. Bahrain159.047
  4. Saudi Arabia145.106
  5. Kuwait141.539

Lowest

  1. Latvia84.774
  2. Georgia84.822
  3. Curaçao85.144
  4. Moldova86.104
  5. Russia86.273

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.539. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 115 · 107rose · 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 2006.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 99.214. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (2006). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2006

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2006?

Qatar, at 250.866, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2006 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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