Statizoid

Sex ratio by age by country

The number of males per 100 females at age 100+.

Countries reporting
205
Highest
233.33 males per 100 females
Western Sahara
Lowest
0 males per 100 females
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
Median
22.83 males per 100 females
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
12,519

What the numbers show

Sex ratio by age is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 233.33 males per 100 females in Western Sahara; the lowest is 0 males per 100 females in Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.83 males per 100 females, and the mean is 29.09 males per 100 females.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 502.7%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Sex ratio by age: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Western Sahara 233.33 males per 100 females 2023 up 40.0% rising
2 Equatorial Guinea 200 males per 100 females 2023 down 15.4% rising
3 Mexico 136.31 males per 100 females 2023 up 13.7% rising
4 South Sudan 111.11 males per 100 females 2023 up 3.5% rising
5 Chad 110.34 males per 100 females 2023 up 47.1% volatile
6 Belize 100 males per 100 females 2023 up 100.0% volatile
6 Brunei 100 males per 100 females 2023 up 200.0% volatile
6 Liberia 100 males per 100 females 2018 down 33.3% rising
6 Papua New Guinea 100 males per 100 females 2023 down 22.2% rising
6 Solomon Islands 100 males per 100 females 2023 down 33.3% rising
6 British Virgin Islands 100 males per 100 females 2021 — volatile
12 Cote d'Ivoire 85.52 males per 100 females 2023 up 13.7% volatile
13 Romania 80.63 males per 100 females 2023 down 4.3% volatile
14 Angola 80.6 males per 100 females 2023 down 31.2% rising
15 Cameroon 80 males per 100 females 2023 up 54.7% volatile
16 Gabon 72.73 males per 100 females 2023 down 36.4% volatile
17 Trinidad and Tobago 70 males per 100 females 2023 down 30.0% volatile
18 Israel 68.62 males per 100 females 2023 down 11.7% rising
19 India 62.15 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.9% rising
20 Brazil 56.65 males per 100 females 2023 down 16.9% rising
21 Rwanda 56.25 males per 100 females 2023 up 12.5% volatile
22 Bahrain 55.56 males per 100 females 2023 up 19.0% rising
23 Thailand 51.37 males per 100 females 2023 down 13.9% rising
24 Bhutan 50 males per 100 females 2023 down 16.7% rising
24 Guinea-Bissau 50 males per 100 females 2023 down 50.0% rising
24 Maldives 50 males per 100 females 2023 down 50.0% volatile
24 Mauritania 50 males per 100 females 2023 down 21.4% volatile
24 Seychelles 50 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
24 Vanuatu 50 males per 100 females 2023 unchanged falling
31 Cuba 49.83 males per 100 females 2023 down 8.9% volatile
32 Mauritius 47.5 males per 100 females 2023 up 26.7% volatile
33 Iceland 45.95 males per 100 females 2023 up 77.2% volatile
34 Monaco 45.08 males per 100 females 2023 down 3.3% volatile
35 South Africa 43.81 males per 100 females 2023 down 18.6% volatile
36 Madagascar 43.75 males per 100 females 2023 up 15.3% volatile
37 Malaysia 40.32 males per 100 females 2023 up 23.0% volatile
38 Congo 40 males per 100 females 2023 down 70.0% volatile
39 Bulgaria 38.78 males per 100 females 2023 down 9.9% falling
40 Kenya 38.58 males per 100 females 2023 down 5.1% falling
41 New Zealand 38.3 males per 100 females 2023 up 60.2% falling
43 Sierra Leone 37.5 males per 100 females 2023 up 50.0% volatile
44 Algeria 37.2 males per 100 females 2023 down 37.3% rising
45 Andorra 36.36 males per 100 females 2023 down 37.2% falling
46 Reunion 35.92 males per 100 females 2023 up 44.8% volatile
47 Libya 35.29 males per 100 females 2023 down 7.4% volatile
48 Peru 34.82 males per 100 females 2023 down 8.7% falling
49 Nepal 34.78 males per 100 females 2023 up 18.3% volatile
50 Chile 34.75 males per 100 females 2023 up 87.9% volatile
51 Mozambique 34.38 males per 100 females 2023 down 11.2% rising
52 Sudan 33.66 males per 100 females 2023 up 169.3% volatile
53 Egypt 33.33 males per 100 females 2023 down 22.8% volatile
53 Pakistan 33.33 males per 100 females 2023 down 43.1% falling
53 Eswatini 33.33 males per 100 females 2023 down 33.3% volatile
53 French Guiana 33.33 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
57 Nigeria 32.85 males per 100 females 2023 up 6.8% volatile
58 Hong Kong 32.23 males per 100 females 2023 up 56.6% volatile
59 Hungary 31.75 males per 100 females 2023 up 24.3% falling
60 Sri Lanka 31.33 males per 100 females 2023 up 51.6% volatile
61 Afghanistan 31.25 males per 100 females 2023 down 6.2% volatile
62 Taiwan 31.11 males per 100 females 2023 up 10.3% volatile
63 Puerto Rico 31.07 males per 100 females 2023 up 7.7% falling
64 Ethiopia 31.01 males per 100 females 2023 down 53.5% volatile
65 Laos 30.61 males per 100 females 2023 down 35.3% volatile
66 Benin 30.43 males per 100 females 2023 up 58.3% volatile
67 Slovakia 30.38 males per 100 females 2023 up 6.0% falling
68 United States 30.23 males per 100 females 2023 up 55.6% falling
69 Cyprus 29.6 males per 100 females 2023 down 24.4% falling
70 Azerbaijan 29.41 males per 100 females 2023 up 39.7% volatile
70 Togo 29.41 males per 100 females 2023 down 26.5% volatile
72 Burundi 28.57 males per 100 females 2023 down 65.7% rising
73 Indonesia 28.04 males per 100 females 2023 down 13.5% falling
74 Paraguay 27.92 males per 100 females 2023 down 22.4% rising
75 Malawi 27.91 males per 100 females 2023 down 22.6% volatile
76 Australia 27.9 males per 100 females 2023 up 28.9% falling
77 Morocco 27.83 males per 100 females 2023 down 31.1% rising
78 Lithuania 27.41 males per 100 females 2023 down 11.3% rising
79 Zambia 26.92 males per 100 females 2023 down 19.2% falling
80 Singapore 26.64 males per 100 females 2023 up 33.2% volatile
81 Greece 26.56 males per 100 females 2023 up 54.0% volatile
82 Guatemala 26.42 males per 100 females 2023 down 36.6% flat
83 Cambodia 26.09 males per 100 females 2023 up 30.4% volatile
84 Czechia 25.42 males per 100 females 2023 up 12.4% falling
85 Belarus 25 males per 100 females 2023 up 51.1% falling
85 Cape Verde 25 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
85 Dominica 25 males per 100 females 2023 down 50.0% volatile
85 Qatar 25 males per 100 females 2023 down 37.5% volatile
85 Somalia 25 males per 100 females 2023 up 100.0% volatile
85 Saint Barthelemy 25 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
92 Bolivia 24.89 males per 100 females 2023 down 26.8% falling
93 Albania 24.68 males per 100 females 2023 up 43.9% falling
94 Colombia 24.28 males per 100 females 2023 up 37.1% falling
95 Switzerland 24.27 males per 100 females 2023 up 12.4% falling
96 Tunisia 24.27 males per 100 females 2023 down 33.5% rising
97 United Kingdom 24.15 males per 100 females 2023 up 32.3% rising
98 Argentina 24.14 males per 100 females 2023 down 6.5% falling
99 Latvia 23.75 males per 100 females 2023 up 16.2% falling
100 Spain 23.5 males per 100 females 2023 down 3.2% rising
101 Netherlands 23.45 males per 100 females 2023 up 44.2% falling
102 Mongolia 23.33 males per 100 females 2023 down 0.8% falling
103 Oman 22.86 males per 100 females 2023 down 36.5% volatile
103 Zimbabwe 22.86 males per 100 females 2023 down 14.3% flat
105 Portugal 22.83 males per 100 females 2023 up 6.3% rising
106 Grenada 22.73 males per 100 females 2023 down 20.5% volatile
107 Norway 22.65 males per 100 females 2023 up 26.9% falling
109 Canada 22.01 males per 100 females 2023 up 22.1% falling
110 Sweden 21.69 males per 100 females 2023 up 9.0% falling
111 Iran 21.46 males per 100 females 2023 down 43.1% falling
112 Belgium 21.43 males per 100 females 2023 up 36.4% falling
112 Isle of Man 21.43 males per 100 females 2023 up 7.1% volatile
114 Saudi Arabia 21.26 males per 100 females 2023 down 73.6% volatile
115 Macao 20.51 males per 100 females 2023 up 89.7% volatile
116 United Arab Emirates 20 males per 100 females 2023 unchanged volatile
116 Faroe Islands 20 males per 100 females 2023 up 20.0% volatile
116 Ghana 20 males per 100 females 2023 down 51.2% falling
116 San Marino 20 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
116 Tajikistan 20 males per 100 females 2023 down 36.0% volatile
116 Jersey 20 males per 100 females 2023 up 170.0% volatile
122 Italy 19.76 males per 100 females 2023 down 5.9% falling
123 Russia 19.55 males per 100 females 2023 up 13.4% falling
124 Costa Rica 19.49 males per 100 females 2023 up 2.1% volatile
125 Syria 19.15 males per 100 females 2023 down 20.7% falling
126 Austria 18.7 males per 100 females 2023 down 8.2% falling
127 Iraq 18.42 males per 100 females 2023 down 21.3% volatile
128 Panama 18.36 males per 100 females 2023 up 50.6% volatile
129 Kuwait 18.18 males per 100 females 2023 down 75.8% volatile
129 Lesotho 18.18 males per 100 females 2023 up 45.5% volatile
129 French Polynesia 18.18 males per 100 females 2023 down 77.3% volatile
132 Ecuador 18.05 males per 100 females 2023 up 26.3% falling
133 Armenia 18 males per 100 females 2023 down 10.0% volatile
134 Germany 17.95 males per 100 females 2023 up 10.7% volatile
135 Guernsey 17.39 males per 100 females 2023 up 21.7% volatile
137 Poland 17.25 males per 100 females 2023 down 13.0% falling
138 Estonia 17.12 males per 100 females 2023 up 5.7% falling
139 Slovenia 17.05 males per 100 females 2023 down 10.5% volatile
140 France 16.97 males per 100 females 2023 up 4.8% falling
141 Denmark 16.89 males per 100 females 2023 down 2.3% falling
142 Guam 16.67 males per 100 females 2023 down 58.3% volatile
142 Guyana 16.67 males per 100 females 2023 down 12.5% volatile
144 Uganda 16.41 males per 100 females 2023 up 502.7% volatile
145 Japan 16.17 males per 100 females 2023 up 20.5% falling
146 Dominican Republic 15.7 males per 100 females 2023 down 36.4% volatile
147 Jamaica 15.62 males per 100 females 2023 down 14.1% volatile
148 Nicaragua 15.38 males per 100 females 2023 down 30.8% volatile
149 Bahamas 15.19 males per 100 females 2023 down 30.4% volatile
150 Bangladesh 15.17 males per 100 females 2023 down 77.2% volatile
152 Bermuda 14.29 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
152 Gibraltar 14.29 males per 100 females 2023 down 42.9% volatile
152 Saint Martin (French part) 14.29 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
152 Yemen 14.29 males per 100 females 2023 down 85.2% volatile
157 Palestine 13.33 males per 100 females 2023 down 20.0% volatile
158 Turkmenistan 13.04 males per 100 females 2023 down 34.8% falling
159 Barbados 12.5 males per 100 females 2023 down 50.0% volatile
159 Jordan 12.5 males per 100 females 2023 down 50.0% volatile
159 New Caledonia 12.5 males per 100 females 2023 down 37.5% volatile
162 Kazakhstan 12.31 males per 100 females 2023 down 22.6% volatile
163 Finland 12.31 males per 100 females 2023 down 33.0% falling
164 Botswana 12.12 males per 100 females 2023 down 19.2% volatile
165 North Macedonia 11.11 males per 100 females 2023 down 33.3% volatile
166 United States Virgin Islands 10 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
167 Serbia 9.81 males per 100 females 2023 up 2.8% volatile
168 Uzbekistan 9.7 males per 100 females 2023 up 28.5% volatile
169 El Salvador 9.68 males per 100 females 2023 down 64.1% volatile
170 Honduras 9.52 males per 100 females 2023 down 71.4% volatile
171 Tanzania 9.24 males per 100 females 2023 down 30.2% falling
172 North Korea 8.47 males per 100 females 2023 down 59.0% volatile
173 Ukraine 8.28 males per 100 females 2023 down 34.8% falling
174 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.24 males per 100 females 2023 down 81.5% volatile
175 Croatia 7.77 males per 100 females 2023 down 35.8% falling
176 Suriname 7.14 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
177 Uruguay 7.11 males per 100 females 2023 down 26.4% volatile
178 Montenegro 7.04 males per 100 females 2023 down 29.6% volatile
179 Turkey 6.88 males per 100 females 2023 down 48.1% volatile
180 China 6.45 males per 100 females 2023 up 94.1% volatile
181 Moldova 5.98 males per 100 females 2023 down 31.3% falling
182 Myanmar 5.56 males per 100 females 2023 down 36.1% volatile
183 Vietnam 5.48 males per 100 females 2023 down 24.0% falling
184 South Korea 4.67 males per 100 females 2023 down 10.8% volatile
185 Namibia 4.44 males per 100 females 2023 down 20.0% volatile
186 Guinea 4.35 males per 100 females 2023 down 82.6% volatile
187 Lebanon 4.13 males per 100 females 2023 down 71.6% volatile
188 Philippines 3.95 males per 100 females 2023 down 86.5% falling
189 Georgia 3.07 males per 100 females 2023 down 37.4% volatile
190 Venezuela 2.78 males per 100 females 2023 down 77.4% volatile
191 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6676 males per 100 females 2023 up 121.6% volatile
192 Antigua and Barbuda 0 males per 100 females 2023 down 100.0% volatile
192 Burkina Faso 0 males per 100 females 2023 down 100.0% volatile
192 Central African Republic 0 males per 100 females 2013 down 100.0% volatile
192 Comoros 0 males per 100 females 2023 — flat
192 Curacao 0 males per 100 females 2023 — flat
192 Cayman Islands 0 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
192 Djibouti 0 males per 100 females 2023 — flat
192 Eritrea 0 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
192 Fiji 0 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
192 Gambia 0 males per 100 females 2023 down 100.0% volatile
192 Haiti 0 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
192 Kyrgyzstan 0 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 males per 100 females 2023 down 100.0% volatile
192 Saint Lucia 0 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
192 Niger 0 males per 100 females 2020 down 100.0% volatile
192 Senegal 0 males per 100 females 2023 down 100.0% volatile
192 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 males per 100 females 2023 — flat
192 Tonga 0 males per 100 females 2023 down 100.0% volatile
192 Samoa 0 males per 100 females 2023 — volatile
192 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 males per 100 females 2022 — volatile

About this data

Indicator
Sex ratio by age
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
212 places, 12,519 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The number of males per 100 females at age 100+.