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Man-Shortage Countries / Countries with a Shortage of Men 2024

Man-to-woman Ratios fluctuated by an average of plus or minus one percentage point from year to year between 2015 and 2019. The World Atlas reports a total of 101.8 men to 100 women exist as of 2015, but some areas have a higher concentration of males in them than others.

1. Kazakhstan

The man-to-women ratio is 0.92:1 in Kazakhstan. The Caspian Sea borders this former Soviet republic to the West, and this country is in Central Asia. China and Russia sit southeast and northeast of it.

2. Moldova

A total of 0.91 men to 1 woman live in Moldova. This former Soviet Union nation sits between Ukraine to the northeast and Romania to the southwest. Its land consists of mostly forests, hills and vineyards, and it leads out to the Chorne Sea by the Saratsky District, which connects to the Black Sea from the Dniester Estuary.

3. Monaco

The man-to-woman ratio of Monaco, a coastal country where France and Italy meet to the south, totals 0.91:1. It is located where the Balearic and Tyrrhenian Seas meet on the French Riviera, across from the island of Corsica.

4. Hungary

Hungary sits between Slovakia to the north and Serbia to the south and is home to Lake Balaton bordered by the Uplands National Park. The Tihany Peninsula sits to the northeast of this park. This country has 0.91 men to 1 woman in it.

5. Russia

Russia, which was formerly part of the Soviet Union and is the largest landmass in the world, has a 0.88:1 man-to-woman ratio. It spans Northern Asia and Eastern Europe. Coastal land surrounds it on three sides, including spots across from the Sea of Japan.

6. Estonia

With a male to female ratio of 0.88 to 1, Estonia makes up a territory of 1500 islands, with the Gulf of Riga sitting to the southwest of it. The Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland border it to the north, and Latvia is to the south.

7. El Salvador

The North Pacific Ocean borders El Salvador to the south, and Honduras sits to the northeast. Guatemala is found to the northwest, and Nicaragua and Costa Rica are to the southeast. This Central American country has an 88:1 man-to-woman ratio.

8. Lithuania

Lithuania has coastal land that borders the Baltic Sea to its northwest. Poland connects to it from the southwest, and Belarus borders it to the southeast. It has a male-to-female ratio of 0.87 to 1.

9. Belarus

Belarus has a male-to-female ratio of 0.87 to 1. Minsk, Belarus's capital city, has earned the "eternal city" title because of it has been destroyed and rebuilt about eight times. The Kyivs'ke Reservoir connects with the Pripyat River and Dnipro Rivers.

10. Latvia

Latvia has the Gulf of Rigo, which connects to the Baltic Sea, on its northwestern border. Estonia sits to the north of it. This country has a male-to-female ratio of 0.85 to 1.

11. Ukraine

Ukraine has coastal land located northwest of the Black Sea, where it leads out to the Chorne Sea. It has a district near Klevan, which inherited the nickname “The Tunnel of Love.” Its male-to-female ratio totals 0.85 to 1.

12. Nepal

Nepal has a reputation as a predominantly patriarchal society even though it apparently has about two million more women in it than men. It has about .838 men for every 1 woman, and India borders this country from the Southwest. To the south and southeast, you’ll find Bangladesh and Bhutan, and to the Northeast, you’ll see China.

  • Table displays the number of males for each female in two age brackets: 15-64 years and the total population. In most countries, the ratio of men to women decreases as populations age, due to the fact that men have a shorter average lifespan.

218 Rows

Country
Males per Females (15-64)
Males per Females (total)
Qatar429332
United Arab Emirates247213
Bahrain168150
Kuwait151136
Saudi Arabia142131
Palau125106
Oman124116
Equatorial Guinea122116
Seychelles114108
Jordan113110
Ukraine11297
Faroe Islands112107
Gabon111107
Cyprus111105
Northern Mariana Islands111112
Guam110106
Slovenia109100
Guyana108104
Bhutan108107
India107106
South Korea107101
Malta107102
Greenland107107
China106104
Egypt106106
Malaysia106105
Maldives106104
French Polynesia106105
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines106104
Cook Islands106105
Pakistan105104
Czech Republic10597
Libya105104
Norway105102
Fiji105103
Solomon Islands105104
Luxembourg105102
Andorra105105
Iran104103
Somalia104101
Israel104101
Bulgaria10495
Trinidad and Tobago104101
Samoa104103
Grenada104103
Isle of Man104101
Dominica104102
Turkey103101
Germany10398
Algeria103103
Afghanistan103102
Yemen103102
South Sudan103104
Dominican Republic103102
Hungary10395
Denmark10399
Finland10397
North Macedonia10399
Jersey10398
Marshall Islands103103
Philippines102100
Vietnam102101
United Kingdom10299
Ivory Coast102101
Netherlands10299
Bolivia102101
Belgium10297
Papua New Guinea102103
Switzerland10299
Lebanon102100
New Zealand102100
Costa Rica102100
Panama102102
Estonia10289
Iceland102100
Tonga102101
Guernsey10299
Saint Kitts and Nevis102100
Gibraltar102101
Monaco10293
Tuvalu10298
Japan10195
France10196
Iraq101102
Argentina10198
Canada10198
Madagascar101101
Australia10199
Cuba10199
Paraguay101100
Serbia10195
Republic of the Congo101100
Singapore101100
Bosnia and Herzegovina10195
New Caledonia10199
Bermuda10195
United States10097
Indonesia100100
DR Congo100100
Tanzania100100
Kenya100100
Spain10095
Uzbekistan100101
North Korea10095
Taiwan10097
Zambia100100
Chile10097
Romania10093
Guinea100100
Tajikistan100101
Azerbaijan100100
Greece10096
Austria10096
Croatia10093
Lesotho10098
Montenegro10096
Suriname10098
Ethiopia9999
Sudan99101
Morocco99100
Venezuela9999
Syria99101
Laos99100
Turkmenistan9998
Liberia99100
Armenia9996
Mauritius9995
Sao Tome and Principe99100
Liechtenstein9999
Brazil9897
South Africa9896
Cameroon9899
Burundi9899
Slovakia9893
Ireland9898
Uruguay9894
Latvia9887
Curacao9893
Sint Maarten9898
Montserrat98100
Italy9793
Myanmar9797
Guatemala9798
Ecuador9797
Tunisia9798
Haiti9797
Portugal9790
Central African Republic9799
Eritrea9797
Jamaica9798
Albania9797
Gambia9798
Barbados9793
American Samoa9799
Nauru9796
Saint Pierre and Miquelon9793
Thailand9695
Colombia9695
Poland9691
Peru9696
Malawi9696
Kazakhstan9694
Chad9698
Togo9697
Belarus9688
Sierra Leone9698
Kyrgyzstan9696
Lithuania9686
Timor Leste9699
Cape Verde9695
Belize9698
Vanuatu9699
Cayman Islands9695
Bangladesh9596
Russia9587
Mexico9596
Niger9598
Sri Lanka9594
Cambodia9594
Rwanda9596
Nicaragua9596
Georgia9592
Namibia9597
Senegal9497
Benin9497
Mongolia9495
Moldova9489
Saint Lucia9494
Micronesia9496
San Marino9493
Angola9396
Mozambique9397
Ghana9396
Nepal9396
Burkina Faso9396
Guinea Bissau9396
Kiribati9394
Aruba9390
Zimbabwe9295
Puerto Rico9289
Comoros9294
Saint Martin9292
Honduras9193
Botswana9192
Brunei9195
Uganda9095
El Salvador9092
Mauritania9093
United States Virgin Islands9090
Mali8995
British Virgin Islands8990
Eswatini8790
Macau8790
Antigua and Barbuda8789
Bahamas8686
Anguilla8388
Hong Kong8186
Djibouti7783

Which country has lowest male to female ratio?

The country of Nepal has approximately 2 million fewer men than women. There are about .838 men for every woman, making it the country with the lowest male-to-female ratio.

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