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Sex ratio at birth by country

The number of male births per 100 female births.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
115.44 males per 100 females
Northern Mariana Islands
Lowest
100 males per 100 females
Vatican
Median
104.89 males per 100 females
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Sex ratio at birth is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 115.44 males per 100 females in Northern Mariana Islands; the lowest is 100 males per 100 females in Vatican.

The median across all reporting countries is 104.89 males per 100 females, and the mean is 104.76 males per 100 females.

Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Wallis and Futuna (up 8.8%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 10.3%).

Sex ratio at birth: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
2 Northern Mariana Islands 115.44 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.7% rising
3 Azerbaijan 111.63 males per 100 females 2023 down 3.0% rising
4 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 111.27 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
5 China 110.63 males per 100 females 2023 down 4.7% rising
6 Vietnam 110.48 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.7% rising
7 Armenia 108.47 males per 100 females 2023 down 4.3% rising
8 Niue 108.33 males per 100 females 2023 up 1.1% falling
9 Tonga 107.91 males per 100 females 2023 up 2.2% flat
10 Uzbekistan 107.73 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
11 Hong Kong 107.7 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.6% flat
12 Brunei 107.64 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
13 North Macedonia 107.61 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
14 Macao 107.57 males per 100 females 2023 down 2.2% flat
15 Philippines 107.5 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
16 Samoa 107.38 males per 100 females 2023 up 1.0% flat
17 India 107.28 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.6% rising
19 Papua New Guinea 107.13 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
20 Albania 107.02 males per 100 females 2023 down 2.4% flat
21 Cuba 107.01 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
22 Montenegro 106.94 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.6% rising
23 Nauru 106.85 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
24 Serbia 106.82 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.9% flat
25 Taiwan 106.81 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.5% flat
26 Guam 106.8 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
27 Vanuatu 106.77 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
28 Solomon Islands 106.7 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
29 Marshall Islands 106.68 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.6% flat
30 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 106.67 males per 100 females 2023 up 6.7% flat
31 Fiji 106.63 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 106.63 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% rising
33 Faroe Islands 106.59 males per 100 females 2023 up 2.2% flat
34 Georgia 106.49 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.1% flat
35 Palau 106.45 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
36 Cyprus 106.44 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
37 Tuvalu 106.42 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.2% flat
38 East Timor 106.41 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.9% flat
39 Latvia 106.39 males per 100 females 2023 up 1.1% flat
40 Micronesia (country) 106.39 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
41 Wallis and Futuna 106.38 males per 100 females 2023 up 8.8% flat
42 Greece 106.37 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
43 Malaysia 106.37 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.2% flat
44 Kiribati 106.31 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
45 Spain 106.3 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
46 Slovenia 106.27 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% rising
47 Ukraine 106.24 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
48 Thailand 106.24 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
49 Kazakhstan 106.23 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
50 Gibraltar 106.19 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
51 Myanmar 106.01 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
52 Poland 106 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
53 Estonia 105.98 males per 100 females 2023 up 1.3% flat
54 Moldova 105.97 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
55 Denmark 105.97 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
56 Bulgaria 105.94 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.5% flat
57 Croatia 105.88 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.0% flat
58 Iceland 105.86 males per 100 females 2023 up 5.0% flat
59 French Polynesia 105.86 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.4% flat
60 Italy 105.84 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
61 Andorra 105.82 males per 100 females 2023 up 8.3% flat
62 Cook Islands 105.81 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.1% flat
63 Belarus 105.8 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
64 Hungary 105.8 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.5% flat
65 Turkmenistan 105.79 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.9% flat
66 South Korea 105.75 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
67 Sweden 105.74 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
68 Norway 105.71 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.8% flat
69 American Samoa 105.7 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.6% flat
70 Indonesia 105.69 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
71 North Korea 105.65 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
72 Tajikistan 105.64 males per 100 females 2023 up 1.2% flat
73 New Caledonia 105.64 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
74 Russia 105.63 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
75 Australia 105.59 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
76 Libya 105.55 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
77 Germany 105.55 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
79 Portugal 105.48 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
80 Uruguay 105.45 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.6% flat
81 Austria 105.44 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.4% flat
82 Romania 105.42 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
83 United Kingdom 105.42 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
84 Israel 105.37 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
85 Slovakia 105.34 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
86 Kuwait 105.33 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.4% flat
87 Yemen 105.33 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
88 New Zealand 105.3 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
89 Kyrgyzstan 105.3 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
90 Jersey 105.28 males per 100 females 2023 up 2.9% flat
91 Saint Helena 105.26 males per 100 females 2023 down 7.4% rising
92 Iraq 105.26 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
93 Panama 105.26 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
94 Canada 105.25 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
95 Singapore 105.2 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
96 Egypt 105.2 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
97 Puerto Rico 105.16 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.5% flat
98 Finland 105.14 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
99 Iran 105.14 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.5% flat
100 Czechia 105.12 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
101 Switzerland 105.11 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.3% flat
102 Guernsey 105.08 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.7% flat
103 Lebanon 105.07 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.5% flat
104 Japan 105.06 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
105 Netherlands 105.05 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
106 Tunisia 105.01 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.9% flat
107 Montserrat 105 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.8% falling
107 Falkland Islands 105 males per 100 females 2023 unchanged rising
109 Saudi Arabia 104.97 males per 100 females 2023 down 2.9% flat
110 Venezuela 104.97 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.4% flat
111 Argentina 104.97 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.9% flat
112 Isle of Man 104.96 males per 100 females 2023 down 2.5% flat
113 Maldives 104.96 males per 100 females 2023 down 10.3% rising
114 Greenland 104.95 males per 100 females 2023 down 2.2% flat
115 Turkey 104.93 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.5% flat
116 Belize 104.93 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
117 Turks and Caicos Islands 104.9 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
118 Lithuania 104.89 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.8% flat
119 Pakistan 104.85 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
120 Palestine 104.84 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
121 Honduras 104.82 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
122 France 104.82 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
123 Cambodia 104.79 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
124 Syria 104.78 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
125 Ethiopia 104.77 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
126 Belgium 104.76 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
127 United States 104.75 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
128 Paraguay 104.72 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
129 Jordan 104.66 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
130 Nepal 104.64 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
131 Laos 104.64 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
132 El Salvador 104.63 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.7% flat
133 Bangladesh 104.56 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.7% flat
134 Afghanistan 104.53 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.5% flat
135 Monaco 104.52 males per 100 females 2023 up 2.1% flat
136 Ecuador 104.44 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
137 Western Sahara 104.44 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
138 Bhutan 104.44 males per 100 females 2023 down 3.6% rising
139 Costa Rica 104.41 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
140 United Arab Emirates 104.4 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% falling
141 Morocco 104.39 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
142 British Virgin Islands 104.38 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.5% flat
143 Tokelau 104.35 males per 100 females 2023 up 4.3% flat
144 Colombia 104.3 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
145 Algeria 104.29 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
146 Curacao 104.28 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
147 Sri Lanka 104.26 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
148 Mongolia 104.24 males per 100 females 2023 up 1.1% flat
149 Brazil 104.21 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
150 Chile 104.16 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
151 United States Virgin Islands 104.05 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
152 Aruba 104.01 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
153 Bermuda 103.89 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.9% flat
154 Dominican Republic 103.86 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
155 Peru 103.83 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
156 Bahrain 103.8 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.4% flat
158 Trinidad and Tobago 103.77 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
159 Qatar 103.76 males per 100 females 2023 up 1.3% flat
160 Grenada 103.73 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
161 Bolivia 103.72 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
162 Suriname 103.72 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 103.72 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
164 Somalia 103.7 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
165 Mexico 103.67 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
166 Guinea 103.64 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
167 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 103.61 males per 100 females 2023 down 3.0% flat
168 Jamaica 103.57 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
169 Burkina Faso 103.56 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
170 Sudan 103.53 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
171 South Africa 103.52 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
172 Guatemala 103.5 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.6% flat
173 Senegal 103.49 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
174 Niger 103.48 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
175 Cayman Islands 103.46 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
176 French Guiana 103.41 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
177 Dominica 103.39 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
178 Benin 103.39 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
179 Seychelles 103.38 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.5% flat
180 Chad 103.37 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.4% flat
181 Barbados 103.3 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
184 Ghana 103.23 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
185 Nicaragua 103.22 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
186 Madagascar 103.21 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
187 Guinea-Bissau 103.16 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 103.16 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.8% flat
189 Guyana 103.14 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
190 Antigua and Barbuda 103.13 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
191 Djibouti 103.12 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
192 Cape Verde 103.09 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.0% flat
193 Anguilla 103.08 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
194 Oman 103.07 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.3% flat
195 Nigeria 103.07 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
196 Mauritius 103.06 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
197 Saint Martin (French part) 103.06 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.3% flat
198 Liberia 102.94 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
199 South Sudan 102.92 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
200 Saint Lucia 102.83 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
201 Botswana 102.7 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
202 Mauritania 102.66 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.6% flat
203 Bahamas 102.63 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
204 Comoros 102.62 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
205 Sao Tome and Principe 102.61 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.2% flat
206 Eritrea 102.58 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
207 Mali 102.57 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.2% flat
208 Gambia 102.56 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
209 Tanzania 102.46 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.5% flat
210 Togo 102.42 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
211 Haiti 102.36 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.0% flat
212 Sierra Leone 102.32 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
213 Eswatini 102.27 males per 100 females 2023 up 1.0% flat
214 Uganda 102.26 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.8% flat
215 Cameroon 102.26 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
216 Equatorial Guinea 102.25 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
217 Reunion 102.1 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.1% flat
218 Saint Barthelemy 102.08 males per 100 females 2023 down 1.8% rising
219 Rwanda 102.08 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.1% flat
220 Congo 102.03 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
221 Cote d'Ivoire 101.94 males per 100 females 2023 down 3.2% flat
222 Burundi 101.91 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.4% flat
223 Angola 101.85 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.5% flat
224 Lesotho 101.81 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
225 Zimbabwe 101.78 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.6% flat
226 Central African Republic 101.76 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.6% flat
227 Democratic Republic of Congo 101.55 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.5% flat
228 Gabon 101.53 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
229 Kenya 101.53 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.0% flat
231 Mozambique 101.22 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.3% flat
232 Malawi 100.76 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.8% flat
233 Namibia 100.46 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
234 Zambia 100.39 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% flat
235 San Marino 100 males per 100 females 2023 down 8.5% flat
235 Vatican 100 males per 100 females 2023 unchanged rising

About this data

Indicator
Sex ratio at birth
Unit
males per 100 females
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The number of male births per 100 female births.