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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
Unit
male births per female births
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,290 data points, 1960–2024
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Sex ratio at birth refers to male births per female births.