World ranking · 2026

Sex ratio by country, 2026

The sex ratio is the number of men for every 100 women. The world’s is 101.0 in 2026. Most countries sit between 95 and 105; the outliers have many male migrant workers or very long-lived women.

Highest

1. Qatar243.7
2. United Arab Emirates175.0
3. Oman166.5
4. Bahrain163.2
5. Kuwait156.5

Lowest

1. Hong Kong81.7
2. Moldova85.1
3. Russia86.4
4. Armenia86.5
5. Latvia86.8

12 countries of a million people or more have more than 105 men per 100 women.
17 have fewer than 92, mostly in Eastern Europe, where men die years younger than women.

Highest and lowest among countries of a million people or more.

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Darker = more men than women. Below 100, women outnumber men.

Men per 100 women

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All 237 countries and areas

Sex ratio by country, 2026
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1	Qatar	243.7	3,173,559
2	United Arab Emirates	175.0	11,574,682
3	Oman	166.5	5,671,458
4	Bahrain	163.2	1,675,572
5	Maldives	159.8	531,517
6	Kuwait	156.5	5,102,773
7	Saudi Arabia	152.0	35,165,787
8	Western Sahara	122.0	610,813
9	Seychelles	122.0	134,959
10	Palau	116.2	17,614
11	Bhutan	114.5	802,214
12	Brunei	112.9	469,775
13	Northern Mariana Islands	112.7	42,914
14	Equatorial Guinea	111.2	1,984,468
15	Greenland	110.2	55,629
16	Malaysia	109.5	36,385,115
17	Malta	108.2	549,011
18	Singapore	106.8	5,905,748
19	Faroe Islands	106.5	56,526
20	India	106.4	1,476,625,576
21	Jordan	106.0	11,589,532
22	Papua New Guinea	105.5	10,947,848
23	Iceland	105.2	402,329
24	Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	105.2	31,913
25	Tuvalu	105.0	9,362
26	Solomon Islands	104.6	858,288
27	Andorra	104.4	83,753
28	Marshall Islands	104.4	35,075
29	Algeria	104.0	48,028,334
30	China	103.6	1,412,914,089
31	Nauru	103.5	12,101
32	Cabo Verde	103.4	529,630
33	Libya	103.3	7,539,852
34	Iran	103.2	93,168,497
35	Côte d'Ivoire	103.2	33,494,346
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103.2	99,244
37	Niger	103.1	28,814,878
38	Senegal	103.0	19,366,548
39	Gabon	102.8	2,647,400
40	Yemen	102.7	42,961,653
41	Pakistan	102.5	259,299,792
42	Nigeria	102.5	242,431,832
43	Guam	102.3	170,185
44	Afghanistan	102.1	45,047,068
45	French Polynesia	102.0	283,076
46	Egypt	101.9	120,101,175
47	Uzbekistan	101.8	37,724,223
48	Mali	101.8	25,932,275
49	Vanuatu	101.8	342,564
50	Norway	101.7	5,652,989
51	Timor Leste	101.7	1,436,923
52	Belize	101.7	428,644
53	Morocco	101.6	38,762,441
54	Sweden	101.6	10,701,046
55	Samoa	101.6	220,528
56	Cyprus	101.5	1,382,334
57	Luxembourg	101.5	687,448
58	American Samoa	101.5	45,318
59	Togo	101.4	9,930,918
60	Slovenia	101.4	2,114,574
61	Honduras	101.3	11,184,760
62	Comoros	101.1	899,010
63	United States	101.0	349,035,494
64	Iraq	101.0	48,007,437
65	Indonesia	100.9	287,886,782
66	Laos	100.9	7,974,018
67	Benin	100.7	15,170,420
68	Cayman Islands	100.7	77,196
69	Madagascar	100.6	33,522,052
70	Chad	100.6	21,560,380
71	Paraguay	100.5	7,095,279
72	Ethiopia	100.4	138,902,185
73	Syria	100.4	26,472,497
74	Somalia	100.3	20,305,907
75	Bolivia	100.3	12,749,291
76	Grenada	100.3	117,362
77	Panama	100.0	4,625,718
78	Turks and Caicos Islands	100.0	47,148
79	Congo	99.9	6,637,786
80	Liberia	99.8	5,853,949
81	Ghana	99.7	35,697,557
82	Suriname	99.7	645,256
83	Philippines	99.5	117,724,472
84	Turkey	99.5	87,926,082
85	Sierra Leone	99.5	8,996,744
86	Dominica	99.5	65,511
87	South Korea	99.4	51,600,388
88	Ecuador	99.4	18,444,506
89	Cameroon	99.3	30,640,817
90	Burkina Faso	99.3	24,601,700
91	Israel	99.3	9,647,689
92	Mauritius	99.3	1,265,059
93	Mongolia	99.2	3,556,798
94	Gambia	99.2	2,884,079
95	Botswana	99.2	2,603,388
96	Myanmar	99.0	55,184,819
97	Gibraltar	99.0	40,867
98	Peru	98.9	34,922,148
99	Denmark	98.9	6,023,520
100	New Zealand	98.9	5,287,479
101	Liechtenstein	98.9	40,368
102	Kenya	98.8	58,636,412
103	Chile	98.8	19,945,850
104	Netherlands	98.8	18,448,775
105	Dominican Republic	98.8	11,609,500
106	Switzerland	98.8	9,007,798
107	Burundi	98.7	14,729,157
108	Sao Tome and Principe	98.7	244,994
109	Uganda	98.6	52,761,470
110	Argentina	98.6	46,003,734
111	Canada	98.6	40,467,728
112	Micronesia	98.6	114,182
113	Montserrat	98.6	4,328
114	DR Congo	98.5	116,452,162
115	Australia	98.5	27,227,096
116	Palestine	98.5	5,692,790
117	Fiji	98.5	937,282
118	Tanzania	98.4	72,563,780
119	Guatemala	98.4	18,967,978
120	Sudan	98.2	53,282,719
121	North Korea	98.2	26,633,691
122	Guinea	98.2	15,441,992
123	Djibouti	98.2	1,199,459
124	Zambia	98.1	22,521,915
125	Angola	98.0	40,215,180
126	Ireland	98.0	5,356,950
127	Finland	97.9	5,621,739
128	Guinea-Bissau	97.9	2,297,808
129	Isle of Man	97.9	84,054
130	Taiwan	97.7	23,011,292
131	Haiti	97.7	12,037,506
132	Kyrgyzstan	97.7	7,400,464
133	Jamaica	97.7	2,833,404
134	Albania	97.7	2,751,025
135	Germany	97.6	83,644,258
136	Tunisia	97.6	12,415,138
137	Costa Rica	97.6	5,174,789
138	Eritrea	97.6	3,682,669
139	Guernsey	97.6	64,610
140	Saint Helena	97.6	5,148
141	Venezuela	97.5	28,633,711
142	Belgium	97.5	11,774,642
143	Trinidad and Tobago	97.5	1,513,268
144	Colombia	97.4	53,936,226
145	Czechia	97.4	10,527,780
146	New Caledonia	97.4	297,892
147	Jersey	97.4	104,106
148	Cuba	97.2	10,892,659
149	United Kingdom	97.1	69,931,528
150	Austria	97.1	9,107,266
151	Saint Lucia	97.1	180,488
152	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	97.1	5,513
153	Tajikistan	96.9	10,978,598
154	Nicaragua	96.9	7,097,329
155	Kosovo	96.8	1,666,992
156	San Marino	96.8	33,605
157	Brazil	96.7	213,562,666
158	Bangladesh	96.7	177,818,044
159	South Sudan	96.7	12,436,037
160	Turkmenistan	96.6	7,736,632
161	Eswatini	96.6	1,269,859
162	Falkland Islands	96.6	3,465
163	Mauritania	96.5	5,461,319
164	Spain	96.4	47,850,793
165	Cambodia	96.3	18,051,219
166	Azerbaijan	96.3	10,454,855
167	Tokelau	96.1	2,691
168	Vietnam	96.0	102,177,431
169	Italy	95.9	58,926,166
170	Monaco	95.7	38,087
171	Rwanda	95.5	14,889,693
172	Malawi	95.4	22,785,535
173	Namibia	95.4	3,153,246
174	Bermuda	95.4	64,459
175	Slovakia	95.3	5,451,342
176	Lesotho	95.2	2,389,336
177	Cook Islands	95.2	12,826
178	Japan	95.1	122,427,731
179	Kazakhstan	95.1	21,083,626
180	Lebanon	94.8	5,897,467
181	North Macedonia	94.8	1,804,062
182	South Africa	94.7	65,453,084
183	Guyana	94.7	840,890
184	Kiribati	94.7	138,445
185	Thailand	94.5	71,559,614
186	Mozambique	94.5	36,639,850
187	Uruguay	94.3	3,382,537
188	Sint Maarten	94.3	44,447
189	Anguilla	94.3	14,817
190	Mexico	94.1	132,997,658
191	France	94.1	66,746,401
192	Greece	94.1	9,897,116
193	Romania	93.9	18,800,605
194	Poland	93.8	37,843,188
195	Sri Lanka	93.7	23,348,315
196	Bulgaria	93.7	6,667,660
197	Croatia	93.3	3,822,345
198	Central African Republic	92.9	5,698,984
199	Montenegro	92.9	626,233
200	French Guiana	92.9	318,872
201	Hungary	92.6	9,585,818
202	Niue	92.3	1,822
203	Barbados	92.1	282,724
204	Mayotte	92.0	347,536
205	Vatican	91.5	506
206	Zimbabwe	91.4	17,273,580
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	91.4	46,992
208	Curacao	91.2	185,440
209	Bahamas	91.1	404,628
210	Bosnia and Herzegovina	91.0	3,114,242
211	Estonia	91.0	1,331,062
212	Portugal	90.9	10,395,362
213	Antigua and Barbuda	90.9	94,626
214	Nepal	90.7	29,629,410
215	El Salvador	90.5	6,391,254
216	Wallis and Futuna	90.5	11,113
217	Reunion	90.4	886,298
218	Serbia	90.0	6,641,964
219	British Virgin Islands	89.8	39,936
220	U.S. Virgin Islands	89.7	83,400
221	Lithuania	89.6	2,797,338
222	Aruba	89.5	108,164
223	Tonga	89.5	103,291
224	Puerto Rico	88.7	3,222,688
225	Saint Barthelemy	88.5	11,550
226	Georgia	87.4	3,804,642
227	Belarus	87.2	8,937,018
228	Ukraine	87.1	39,535,848
229	Latvia	86.8	1,835,935
230	Armenia	86.5	2,930,915
231	Russia	86.4	143,394,458
232	Saint Martin	85.5	23,898
233	Macao	85.2	723,188
234	Moldova	85.1	2,961,253
235	Martinique	82.8	337,711
236	Guadeloupe	82.4	372,453
237	Hong Kong	81.7	7,378,602

Questions

Which country has the most men compared with women?

Qatar, with 243.7 men per 100 women in 2026, then United Arab Emirates (175.0), Oman (166.5), Bahrain (163.2): Gulf states with large male migrant workforces.

Which country has the most women compared with men?

Hong Kong, with 81.7 men per 100 women, then Moldova (85.1), Russia (86.4), Armenia (86.5).

Are there more men or women in the world?

Slightly more men: 101.0 for every 100 women in 2026, or 42.3 million more men in all. More boys are born, but women live longer, so women outnumber men from about age 50.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method