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Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2015

2015, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2015 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 304.4668; Hong Kong is lowest, at 84.0803. The middle country reads 98.6335. Against 2014, 222 values changed (125 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Sex Ratio of the Total Population · Data for 2015

HighestQatar

304.4668

LowestHong Kong

84.0803

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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia304.4668
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia185.5944
OmanOMNWestern Asia183.8914
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia168.6136
BahrainBHRWestern Asia161.9943
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia144.2122
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia142.4163
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia116.5876
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa116.3106
PalauPLWMicronesia114.8930
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia112.6715
GreenlandGRLNorthern America112.0241
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa111.8543
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia109.8651
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia109.4605
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia108.8357
JordanJORWestern Asia107.8198
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia107.6336
IndiaINDSouthern Asia106.9458
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe106.7335
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean105.9835
MontserratMSRCaribbean105.6558
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa105.5882
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia105.2597
TuvaluTUVPolynesia105.0309

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar304.4668
  2. United Arab Emirates185.5944
  3. Oman183.8914
  4. Saudi Arabia168.6136
  5. Bahrain161.9943

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong84.0803
  2. Curaçao84.5002
  3. Latvia84.8368
  4. Armenia85.1970
  5. Lithuania85.3663

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 98.6335. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 125 · 97rose · 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 2015.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 97.8738. 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 (2015). Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/sex-ratio/2015

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07Questions

Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sex ratio in Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2015?

Qatar, at 304.4668, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2015 cover?

222.

Where can I download Sex Ratio of the Total Population, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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