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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2012

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2012 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 288.8235; Curaçao is lowest, at 83.2085. The middle country reads 98.5577. Against 2011, 222 values changed (123 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2012

HighestQatar

288.8235

LowestCuraçao

83.2085

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia288.8235
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia189.7840
OmanOMNWestern Asia175.6848
BahrainBHRWestern Asia168.0829
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia162.0797
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia134.2204
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia133.9814
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia116.4447
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa112.8033
GreenlandGRLNorthern America112.7234
PalauPLWMicronesia112.0241
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia111.9321
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa110.6336
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia108.8451
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia108.7942
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia108.0703
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia107.4267
IndiaINDSouthern Asia107.0534
MontserratMSRCaribbean106.9025
JordanJORWestern Asia106.8692
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean106.3390
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe105.7237
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia105.2737
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa105.1907
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia105.1261

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar288.8235
  2. United Arab Emirates189.7840
  3. Oman175.6848
  4. Bahrain168.0829
  5. Saudi Arabia162.0797

Lowest

  1. Curaçao83.2085
  2. Latvia84.3141
  3. Armenia84.8359
  4. Lithuania85.3913
  5. Hong Kong85.6590

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.5577. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 123 · 99rose · 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 2012.

  • 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 (2012). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2012

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2012?

Qatar, at 288.8235, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2012 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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