Japan vs Switzerland: Sex ratio at birth
Japan
105.06 males per 100 females
in 2023
Switzerland
105.11 males per 100 females
in 2023
Japan rank
104th
Switzerland rank
101st
Sex ratio at birth over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 105.11 males per 100 females against 105.06 males per 100 females in Japan, a difference of 0.05 males per 100 females.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Switzerland ahead.
Japan ranks 104th and Switzerland ranks 101st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Switzerland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 104.7 males per 100 females | 105.03 males per 100 females | 0.3336 males per 100 females | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 105.56 males per 100 females | 104.53 males per 100 females | 1.03 males per 100 females | Japan |
| 1970s | 106.14 males per 100 females | 105.13 males per 100 females | 1.01 males per 100 females | Japan |
| 1980s | 105.62 males per 100 females | 104.76 males per 100 females | 0.8577 males per 100 females | Japan |
| 1990s | 105.47 males per 100 females | 105.12 males per 100 females | 0.3566 males per 100 females | Japan |
| 2000s | 105.43 males per 100 females | 105.81 males per 100 females | 0.3817 males per 100 females | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 105.35 males per 100 females | 105.73 males per 100 females | 0.3831 males per 100 females | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 105.1 males per 100 females | 105.42 males per 100 females | 0.3248 males per 100 females | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sex ratio at birth, Japan or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 105.11 males per 100 females against 105.06 males per 100 females in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sex ratio at birth between Japan and Switzerland?
- 0.05 males per 100 females, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for sex ratio at birth?
- Japan ranks 104th and Switzerland ranks 101st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Sex ratio at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of male births per 100 female births.