Mapped: The Male-to-Female Ratio in Every Country

How the Balance Between Men and Women Varies Worldwide

Women generally live longer than men, but that doesn’t mean every country has more women than men. In some countries, men outnumber women by more than two to one.

This visualization by Iswardi Ishak, using 2025 data from the United Nations Population Division Data Portal, maps the number of males per 100 females worldwide. A ratio above 100 indicates more males, while a figure below 100 indicates more females.

Which Countries Have the Biggest Gender Imbalances?

The following table shows the male-to-female population ratios of 237 countries and territories.

The figures reveal striking regional contrasts, from female-majority populations across much of Europe and Latin America to male-skewed populations in parts of Asia and the Middle East.

Country/Territory	Males per 100 Females
Hong Kong SAR	81.8
Guadeloupe	82.4
Martinique	82.9
Republic of Moldova	85.1
Macao SAR	85.3
Saint Martin (French part)	86.2
Russia	86.5
Latvia	86.6
Armenia	86.6
Ukraine	87.0
Belarus	87.2
Georgia	87.4
Saint Barthélemy	88.4
Puerto Rico	88.8
Lithuania	89.5
Tonga	89.5
Aruba	89.5
British Virgin Islands	89.9
Serbia	90.1
United States Virgin Islands	90.2
Réunion	90.5
El Salvador	90.5
Wallis and Futuna Islands	90.6
Estonia	90.8
Antigua and Barbuda	90.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90.9
Portugal	90.9
Curaçao	91.0
Nepal	91.2
Bahamas	91.2
Zimbabwe	91.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	91.6
Mayotte	91.8
Barbados	92.1
Niue	92.4
Hungary	92.5
Central African Republic	92.6
French Guiana	92.8
Montenegro	92.9
Croatia	93.3
Sri Lanka	93.7
Bulgaria	93.7
Poland	93.9
Romania	93.9
Greece	94.0
France	94.1
Mexico	94.1
Uruguay	94.2
Mozambique	94.4
Anguilla	94.4
Kiribati	94.5
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	94.5
Thailand	94.7
Lebanon	94.8
South Africa	94.8
North Macedonia	94.8
Guyana	94.8
Kazakhstan	95.0
Lesotho	95.1
Japan	95.2
Malawi	95.4
Slovakia	95.4
Rwanda	95.4
Namibia	95.4
Cook Islands	95.5
Bermuda	95.6
Monaco	95.7
Italy	95.7
Tokelau	95.8
Vietnam	96.0
Cambodia	96.2
Azerbaijan	96.2
Mauritania	96.4
Spain	96.4
Turkmenistan	96.5
Eswatini	96.5
Bangladesh	96.7
Tajikistan	96.7
San Marino	96.8
South Sudan	96.8
Brazil	96.8
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	96.8
Nicaragua	96.9
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	97.0
Austria	97.0
United Kingdom	97.1
Cuba	97.3
Czechia	97.3
Saint Lucia	97.3
Belgium	97.4
New Caledonia	97.4
Colombia	97.4
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	97.4
Jersey	97.4
Germany	97.6
Eritrea	97.6
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	97.6
Trinidad and Tobago	97.6
Guernsey	97.6
Costa Rica	97.6
Tunisia	97.7
Albania	97.7
Kyrgyzstan	97.7
Jamaica	97.8
Guinea-Bissau	97.8
Finland	97.8
Haiti	97.8
Taiwan	97.8
Isle of Man	98.0
Angola	98.0
Ireland	98.0
Zambia	98.0
North Korea	98.0
Guinea	98.1
Djibouti	98.2
Sudan	98.3
United Republic of Tanzania	98.3
Saint Helena	98.4
Guatemala	98.4
Uganda	98.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	98.5
State of Palestine	98.5
Australia	98.5
Fiji	98.5
Argentina	98.6
Canada	98.6
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	98.7
Burundi	98.7
Sao Tome and Principe	98.7
Montserrat	98.7
Netherlands	98.8
Switzerland	98.8
Chile	98.8
Dominican Republic	98.8
New Zealand	98.8
Liechtenstein	98.8
Kenya	98.8
Denmark	98.8
Peru	98.9
Myanmar	99.0
Gibraltar	99.1
Gambia	99.2
Israel	99.2
Burkina Faso	99.3
Botswana	99.3
Mongolia	99.3
Cameroon	99.3
Ecuador	99.4
Mauritius	99.5
Sierra Leone	99.5
Philippines	99.5
South Korea	99.5
Türkiye	99.6
Liberia	99.7
Dominica	99.7
Ghana	99.7
Suriname	99.7
Congo	100.0
Panama	100.0
Turks and Caicos Islands	100.1
Syria	100.2
Somalia	100.4
Bolivia	100.4
Grenada	100.4
Ethiopia	100.4
Paraguay	100.5
Chad	100.6
Benin	100.6
Madagascar	100.6
Cayman Islands	100.7
Iraq	100.9
Indonesia	100.9
Laos	101.0
United States of America	101.0
World	101.1
Comoros	101.1
Slovenia	101.2
Honduras	101.4
Togo	101.4
Luxembourg	101.4
Cyprus	101.5
Samoa	101.5
Sweden	101.5
Norway	101.6
Morocco	101.6
American Samoa	101.7
Timor-Leste	101.7
Belize	101.8
Mali	101.8
Uzbekistan	101.8
Vanuatu	101.9
Egypt	102.0
Afghanistan	102.0
French Polynesia	102.2
Nigeria	102.4
Guam	102.5
Yemen	102.7
Pakistan	102.7
Gabon	102.9
Niger	103.1
Senegal	103.2
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	103.2
Côte d'Ivoire	103.4
Libya	103.4
Cabo Verde	103.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103.5
Republic of Naoero	103.6
China	103.7
Algeria	104.0
Andorra	104.5
Solomon Islands	104.6
Marshall Islands	104.7
Tuvalu	104.9
Iceland	105.1
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	105.6
Papua New Guinea	105.7
Jordan	106.2
India	106.4
Faroe Islands	106.7
Singapore	106.8
Malta	108.0
Malaysia	109.7
Greenland	110.6
Equatorial Guinea	111.4
Northern Mariana Islands	112.3
Brunei Darussalam	113.0
Bhutan	114.6
Palau	116.5
Western Sahara	122.4
Seychelles	122.5
Saudi Arabia	152.7
Kuwait	156.9
Maldives	161.1
Bahrain	163.4
Oman	166.0
United Arab Emirates	176.0
Qatar	245.9

The scale of these differences is striking. Qatar has 245.9 males per 100 females, followed by the UAE (176.0) and Oman (166.0).

At the other extreme, Hong Kong has just 81.8 males per 100 females, followed by Guadeloupe (82.4) and Martinique (82.9).

Why Do Eastern Europe and Russia Have More Women?

Across Eastern Europe and former Soviet countries, women’s longer life expectancy is amplified by elevated male mortality. Cardiovascular disease, alcohol-related deaths, and historical demographic shocks have all contributed to the imbalance.

Pew Research Center also highlights the lasting demographic consequences of World War II and differences in male and female survival rates.

The imbalance is particularly pronounced among older age groups, where women substantially outnumber men. In countries such as Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia, decades of lower male life expectancy have contributed to some of the world’s most female-skewed populations.

Why Are Gulf Countries So Male-Dominated?

The Persian Gulf presents the opposite pattern. Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia have exceptionally male-heavy populations because they attract large numbers of predominantly male migrant workers, particularly in construction and infrastructure.

Many of these workers arrive from South Asian countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal, often without their families. This creates an unusually large population of working-age men, pushing national gender ratios far beyond what natural birth patterns would produce.

Elsewhere in Asia, male-skewed populations in countries such as India and China reflect different forces, including historical son preference and sex-selective births. Unlike the Gulf states, these imbalances are driven more by long-term demographic and cultural factors than labor migration.

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To explore another dimension of gender inequality, see Mapped: America’s Gender Earnings Gap by State, which examines differences in earnings between men and women across the United States.