Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) by country
Sex ratio at birth refers to male births per female births.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
1.16 male births per female births
Liechtenstein
Lowest
1.01 male births per female births
Zambia
Median
1.05 male births per female births
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
17,290
What the numbers show
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 1.16 male births per female births in Liechtenstein; the lowest is 1.01 male births per female births in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.05 male births per female births, and the mean is 1.05 male births per female births.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 0.9%), and the largest decrease in Liechtenstein (down 9.0%).
Sex ratio at birth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 1.16 male births per female births | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 2 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.15 male births per female births | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 1.11 male births per female births | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 1.11 male births per female births | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | China | 1.1 male births per female births | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 6 | Armenia | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Tonga | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Macau, China | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 10 | Hong Kong, China | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Philippines | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 10 | Palau | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Samoa | 1.08 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 17 | Naoero | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Fiji | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | India | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 18 | Kiribati | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Cuba | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Guam | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Marshall Islands | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Solomon Islands | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Tuvalu | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Serbia | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 29 | Kosovo | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 29 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 32 | Albania | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 32 | Malta | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 34 | Faroe Islands | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Montenegro | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Georgia | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 38 | Myanmar | 1.07 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Cyprus | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Spain | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Gibraltar | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 40 | Malaysia | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 40 | San Marino | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | Greece | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Thailand | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Andorra | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 48 | Latvia | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 48 | Slovenia | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 48 | Tajikistan | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Republic of Moldova | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Ukraine | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 54 | Estonia | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 54 | Norway | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 54 | Poland | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 57 | American Samoa | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 57 | Croatia | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 57 | Indonesia | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 57 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Singapore | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 63 | Belarus | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 63 | Hungary | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 63 | Iceland | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 63 | Italy | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Korea | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 63 | New Caledonia | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | French Polynesia | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 63 | Yemen | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 71 | Iraq | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 71 | Libya | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Portugal | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 71 | Russian Federation | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 75 | Australia | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | Germany | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Denmark | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Ireland | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 75 | Romania | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 75 | Sweden | 1.06 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 82 | Austria | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 82 | Canada | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 82 | Egypt | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 82 | Ethiopia | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 82 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 82 | Israel | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 82 | Pakistan | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 82 | Slovakia | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 82 | Uruguay | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 91 | Czechia | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Channel Islands | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Cambodia | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 93 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 93 | Lebanon | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 93 | Luxembourg | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 93 | Netherlands | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 93 | New Zealand | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 93 | Panama | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 93 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 93 | British Virgin Islands | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Finland | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 102 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 102 | Lithuania | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 102 | Puerto Rico | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 102 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 107 | Argentina | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 107 | Belize | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Switzerland | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 107 | Honduras | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 107 | Japan | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 107 | Maldives | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Palestine, State of | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | France | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 116 | Greenland | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Isle of Man | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Paraguay | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 116 | Tunisia | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 116 | Türkiye | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 122 | Belgium | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 122 | Jordan | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 122 | Monaco | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 122 | Nepal | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 122 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 122 | United States of America | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 129 | Bhutan | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 129 | El Salvador | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 131 | Curaçao | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 131 | Kuwait | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 131 | Morocco | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 134 | Colombia | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Algeria | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Ecuador | 1.05 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 138 | Brazil | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Guinea | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 141 | Sri Lanka | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 141 | Mongolia | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 141 | Oman | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 141 | Somalia | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 146 | Aruba | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 146 | Chile | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 148 | Benin | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 148 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 148 | Chad | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 152 | Peru | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 152 | Qatar | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 152 | Sudan | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 155 | Bermuda | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 155 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Niger | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 155 | Suriname | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 155 | South Africa | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 162 | Grenada | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 162 | Guatemala | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 162 | Jamaica | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 162 | Mexico | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 162 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Bahrain | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 168 | Ghana | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 168 | Liberia | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 168 | Madagascar | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 168 | Nigeria | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 173 | Djibouti | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 173 | Guyana | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 173 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Cayman Islands | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Seychelles | 1.04 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 178 | Barbados | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 178 | Dominica | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 178 | Mauritius | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 178 | Nicaragua | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | South Sudan | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Sierra Leone | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 184 | Cape Verde | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Mali | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Mauritania | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Botswana | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 188 | Comoros | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Eritrea | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Gambia | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Haiti | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Saint Lucia | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 195 | Senegal | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 195 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 199 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Cameroon | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Eswatini | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Uganda | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 203 | Angola | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 203 | Bahamas | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 203 | Lesotho | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 203 | Togo | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 207 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 208 | Congo | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 208 | Rwanda | 1.03 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 210 | Burundi | 1.02 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 210 | Zimbabwe | 1.02 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 212 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.02 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 213 | Gabon | 1.02 male births per female births | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Kenya | 1.02 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 215 | Mozambique | 1.02 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 216 | Malawi | 1.01 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 217 | Namibia | 1.01 male births per female births | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 217 | Zambia | 1.01 male births per female births | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.09 male births per female births
- Chagai 1.05 male births per female births
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.09 male births per female births
- East Asia & Pacific 1.08 male births per female births
- Late-demographic dividend 1.08 male births per female births
- Pacific island small states 1.07 male births per female births
- Upper middle income 1.07 male births per female births
- IBRD only 1.07 male births per female births
- South Asia 1.07 male births per female births
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.07 male births per female births
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.07 male births per female births
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.06 male births per female births
- Europe & Central Asia 1.06 male births per female births
- Early-demographic dividend 1.06 male births per female births
- Middle income 1.06 male births per female births
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1.06 male births per female births
- European Union 1.06 male births per female births
- Euro area 1.06 male births per female births
- Low & middle income 1.06 male births per female births
- IDA & IBRD total 1.05 male births per female births
- World 1.05 male births per female births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 1.05 male births per female births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.05 male births per female births
- Lower middle income 1.05 male births per female births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.05 male births per female births
- Post-demographic dividend 1.05 male births per female births
- High income 1.05 male births per female births
- Arab World 1.05 male births per female births
- Small states 1.05 male births per female births
- OECD members 1.05 male births per female births
- North America 1.05 male births per female births
- Other small states 1.05 male births per female births
- Latin America & Caribbean 1.04 male births per female births
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.04 male births per female births
- IDA blend 1.04 male births per female births
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.04 male births per female births
- IDA total 1.04 male births per female births
- IDA only 1.04 male births per female births
- Caribbean Small States 1.04 male births per female births
- Least developed countries 1.04 male births per female births
About this data
Sex ratio at birth refers to male births per female births.