Notes

  • Topic: Health: Population: Structure
  • Definition: Sex ratio at birth refers to male births per female births. The data are 5 year averages.
  • Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

List of countries ordered by: Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)

CountrySex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
1China1.15
2Azerbaijan1.14
3Armenia1.13
4India1.11
5Viet Nam1.11
6Georgia1.10
7Maldives1.09
8Pakistan1.09
9Samoa1.08
10Papua New Guinea1.08
11Albania1.08
12LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN1.08
13Singapore1.07
14Suriname1.07
15Cyprus1.07
16Republic of Korea1.07
17Vanuatu1.07
18China, Hong Kong SAR1.07
19Solomon Islands1.07
20Iraq1.06
21Nepal1.06
22Montenegro1.06
23Kiribati1.06
24Ireland1.06
25Micronesia (Fed. States of)1.06
26Spain1.06
27Greece1.06
28Ukraine1.06
29Italy1.06
30Egypt1.06
31Thailand1.06
32Belarus1.06
33Kazakhstan1.06
34Bosnia and Herzegovina1.06
35Libya1.06
36Hungary1.06
37Malaysia1.06
38Malta1.06
39Afghanistan1.06
40Philippines1.06
41Sweden1.06
42Seychelles1.06
43Portugal1.06
44United States Virgin Islands1.06
45Fiji1.06
46Morocco1.06
47Bulgaria1.06
48Croatia1.06
49Uzbekistan1.06
50Nigeria1.06
51Republic of Moldova1.06
52Czech Republic1.06
53Guam1.06
54Romania1.06
55Germany1.06
56Kyrgyzstan1.06
57Estonia1.06
58Cuba1.06
59Bahamas1.06
60Poland1.06
61Canada1.06
62Denmark1.06
63Japan1.06
64Australia1.06
65Norway1.06
66Russian Federation1.06
67Brunei Darussalam1.05
68Austria1.05
69TFYR Macedonia1.05
70Liberia1.05
71Slovenia1.05
72Jordan1.05
73Netherlands1.05
74Latvia1.05
75New Zealand1.05
76Israel1.05
77Puerto Rico1.05
78Ghana1.05
79France1.05
80Iran1.05
81Serbia1.05
82Lithuania1.05
83Eritrea1.05
84Switzerland1.05
85United Kingdom1.05
86Belgium1.05
87Turkey1.05
88Yemen1.05
89Ecuador1.05
90El Salvador1.05
91Uruguay1.05
92Tajikistan1.05
93French Polynesia1.05
94State of Palestine1.05
95Comoros1.05
96Colombia1.05
97Grenada1.05
98Guatemala1.05
99Guyana1.05
100Haiti1.05
101Honduras1.05
102Brazil1.05
103Mexico1.05
104Nicaragua1.05
105Dem. People's Republic of Korea1.05
106Peru1.05
107Indonesia1.05
108Venezuela1.05
109Jamaica1.05
110China, Macao SAR1.05
111Tunisia1.05
112Tonga1.05
113Curaçao1.05
114Dominican Republic1.05
115Aruba1.05
116Timor-Leste1.05
117Bolivia1.05
118Costa Rica1.05
119Slovakia1.05
120Niger1.05
121New Caledonia1.05
122Laos1.05
123Lebanon1.05
124Paraguay1.05
125Algeria1.05
126Panama1.05
127Oman1.05
128Syrian Arab Republic1.05
129Mali1.05
130Mauritania1.05
131Bangladesh1.05
132Cambodia1.05
133United States of America1.05
134Finland1.05
135Luxembourg1.05
136Turkmenistan1.05
137Burkina Faso1.05
138United Arab Emirates1.04
139Qatar1.04
140Mauritius1.04
141Kuwait1.04
142Sri Lanka1.04
143Benin1.04
144Ethiopia1.04
145Sudan1.04
146South Sudan1.04
147Chile1.04
148Argentina1.04
149Bhutan1.04
150Djibouti1.04
151Bahrain1.04
152Least developed countries1.04
153Trinidad and Tobago1.04
154Iceland1.04
155Senegal1.04
156Barbados1.04
157Somalia1.03
158Saudi Arabia1.03
159Sao Tome and Principe1.03
160Saint Lucia1.03
161Myanmar1.03
162Chad1.03
163Cabo Verde1.03
164Guinea-Bissau1.03
165Cameroon1.03
166Burundi1.03
167Botswana1.03
168Belize1.03
169Mozambique1.03
170Mongolia1.03
171Malawi1.03
172Madagascar1.03
173Lesotho1.03
174Kenya1.03
175Gambia1.03
176Gabon1.03
177Equatorial Guinea1.03
178Zambia1.03
179Côte d'Ivoire1.03
180Congo1.03
181Central African Republic1.03
182Angola1.03
183Antigua and Barbuda1.03
184D.R. Congo1.03
185Tanzania1.03
186Uganda1.03
187Namibia1.03
188Swaziland1.03
189South Africa1.03
190Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.03
191Guinea1.02
192Rwanda1.02
193Zimbabwe1.02
194Sierra Leone1.02
195Togo1.02

Source: Health Nutrition and Population Statistics - World Bank - Downloaded in August 2017