Sex ratio at birth (females per 1,000 males) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Sex ratio at birth refers the number of female live births per 1,000 male live births.
Sex ratio at birth (females per 1,000 males) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Rwanda990.10
2Mayotte984.25
3Togo982.32
4Zimbabwe980.39
5Ivory Coast978.47
6Namibia975.61
7Madagascar974.66
8Mali971.82
9Uganda970.87
10Lesotho970.87
11Angola970.87
12Gambia970.87
13Guinea-Bissau970.87
14Equatorial Guinea970.87
15Tanzania970.87
16Zambia970.87
17Chad970.87
18Kenya970.87
19Kuwait970.87
20Burundi970.87
21Swaziland970.87
22Eritrea970.87
23Sao Tome and Principe970.87
24Somalia970.87
25Sierra Leone970.87
26Gabon970.87
27Mozambique970.87
28Saudi Arabia970.87
29Belize970.87
30Liberia970.87
31Malawi970.87
32Botswana970.87
33Central African Republic970.87
34Burma970.87
35Ethiopia970.87
36Cameroon970.87
37Republic of the Congo970.87
38St. Lucia970.87
39Cape Verde970.87
40Democratic Republic of the Congo970.87
41South Africa970.87
42St. Vincent and the Grenadines970.87
43Senegal968.99
44Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)968.01
45Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)968.01
46Nigeria966.18
47Maldives966.18
48Low income965.79
49Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)965.75
50Barbados965.25
51Least developed countries: UN classification965
52Bangladesh963.39
53Trinidad and Tobago963.39
54Djibouti962.46
55Sri Lanka961.54
56Argentina961.54
57Chile961.54
58Bhutan961.54
59High income: nonOECD960.39
60Mauritius959.69
61Benin958.77
62Niger957.85
63Bahamas957.85
64Burkina Faso956.94
65Turkmenistan956.02
66Finland954.20
67Uzbekistan953.29
68Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)953.12
69Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)953.11
70Qatar952.38
71El Salvador952.38
72Netherlands Antilles952.38
73Syria952.38
74United Arab Emirates952.38
75Honduras952.38
76Thailand952.38
77Tajikistan952.38
78Timor-Leste952.38
79Belgium952.38
80Tonga952.38
81Bahrain952.38
82Turkey952.38
83Uruguay952.38
84Bolivia952.38
85Brazil952.38
86Venezuela952.38
87Vietnam952.38
88West Bank and Gaza952.38
89Yemen952.38
90Colombia952.38
91Comoros952.38
92Costa Rica952.38
93Dominican Republic952.38
94Algeria952.38
95Ecuador952.38
96Egypt952.38
97Ghana952.38
98Grenada952.38
99Guatemala952.38
100Guyana952.38
101Haiti952.38
102Indonesia952.38
103Iran952.38
104Jamaica952.38
105Jordan952.38
106Cambodia952.38
107Laos952.38
108Lebanon952.38
109Aruba952.38
110Macau952.38
111Morocco952.38
112Mexico952.38
113Mongolia952.38
114Libya952.38
115New Caledonia952.38
116Nicaragua952.38
117Nepal952.38
118Oman952.38
119Pakistan952.38
120Panama952.38
121Peru952.38
122Paraguay952.38
123French Polynesia952.38
124Arab World951.91
125Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)951.73
126Upper middle income951.56
127United States951.47
128Netherlands951.47
129United Kingdom951.47
130North America951.19
131Switzerland950.57
132France950.57
133Middle East & North Africa (developing only)950.35
134Australia949.67
135Puerto Rico949.67
136Slovenia948.77
137Denmark948.77
138Sudan948.77
139OECD members948.43
140High income948.22
141Canada947.87
142Germany947.87
143Kyrgyzstan947.87
144Brunei Darussalam947.87
145Austria947.87
146High income: OECD947.06
147Slovakia946.97
148Japan946.97
149European Union946.22
150Norway946.07
151Cuba946.07
152Latvia946.07
153Channel Islands946.07
154Euro area945.70
155Czech Republic945.18
156Lithuania945.18
157Guam945.18
158Poland945.18
159Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)945.03
160Croatia944.29
161Sweden944.29
162Estonia944.29
163Kazakhstan944.29
164Russia944.11
165Ukraine943.75
166Europe & Central Asia (developing only)943.67
167Afghanistan943.40
168New Zealand943.40
169Philippines943.40
170Israel943.40
171Malta943.40
172Iceland943.40
173Fiji943.40
174Virgin Islands (U.S.)943.40
175Bulgaria943.40
176Hungary943.40
177Malaysia943.40
178Portugal943.40
179Moldova942.51
180Guinea941.62
181Romania940.73
182Luxembourg940.73
183Italy940.73
184Spain939.85
185Belarus938.97
186Iraq938.97
187Hong Kong937.21
188Greece937.21
189Low & middle income934.90
190Ireland934.58
191Cyprus934.58
192Tunisia934.58
193Micronesia934.58
194Albania934.58
195Vanuatu934.58
196South Asia934.54
197Bosnia and Herzegovina932.84
198Singapore931.97
199Mauritania927.64
200Papua New Guinea925.93
201Suriname925.93
202Macedonia925.93
203Montenegro925.93
204India925.93
205Western Samoa925.93
206Serbia925.93
207Middle income925.53
208Lower middle income919.66
209Solomon Islands917.43
210North Korea909.92
211South Korea909.92
212Georgia901.55
213East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)888.37
214East Asia & Pacific (developing only)884.62
215Azerbaijan865.37
216Armenia857.94
217China836.16
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