Why do some countries have noticeably more men than women, while others have the opposite pattern?
This map, via Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins, shows which countries have male- or female-majority populations using World Population Review data on the number of males per 100 females.
While sex ratios at birth differ only slightly, demographic forces can produce striking imbalances over time.
Countries Where There Are More Men
Of the 233 countries and territories in the dataset, men outnumber women in just 33%.
RankCountryRatio (Males per 100 females) 1🇶🇦 Qatar243.7 2🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates175.0 3🇴🇲 Oman166.5 4🇧🇠Bahrain163.2 5🇲🇻 Maldives159.8 6🇰🇼 Kuwait156.5 7🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia152.0 8🇪🇠Western Sahara122.0 9🇸🇨 Seychelles122.0 10🇵🇼 Palau116.2 11🇧🇹 Bhutan114.5 12🇧🇳 Brunei112.9 13🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands112.7 14🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea111.2 15🇬🇱 Greenland110.2 16🇲🇾 Malaysia109.5 17🇲🇹 Malta108.2 18🇸🇬 Singapore106.8 19🇫🇴 Faroe Islands106.5 20🇮🇳 India106.4 21🇯🇴 Jordan106.0 22🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea105.5 23🇮🇸 Iceland105.2 24🇹🇻 Tuvalu105.0 25🇸🇧 Solomon Islands104.6 26🇦🇩 Andorra104.4 27🇲🇠Marshall Islands104.4 28🇩🇿 Algeria104.0 29🇨🇳 China103.6 30🇳🇷 Nauru103.5 31🇨🇻 Cape Verde103.4 32🇱🇾 Libya103.3 33🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines103.2 34🇨🇮 Ivory Coast103.2 35🇮🇷 Iran103.2 36🇳🇪 Niger103.1 37🇸🇳 Senegal103.0 38🇬🇦 Gabon102.8 39🇾🇪 Yemen102.7 40🇵🇰 Pakistan102.5 41🇳🇬 Nigeria102.5 42🇬🇺 Guam102.3 43🇦🇫 Afghanistan102.1 44🇵🇫 French Polynesia102.0 45🇪🇬
