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Males per Females (15-64)

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105

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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.

Notes:
- 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.

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Country
Males per Females (15-64)
Males per Females (total)
Ivory Coast10597
Bulgaria10495
Germany10398
Finland10397
North Macedonia10399
United Kingdom10299
Belgium10297
Denmark10299
Moldova10296
Jersey10297
Guernsey10299
Japan10195
France10196
Argentina10198
Poland10194
Canada10198
Netherlands10198
Switzerland10198
Serbia10195
Slovakia10194
Bosnia and Herzegovina10195
Estonia10189
New Caledonia10199
Curacao10199
Monaco10194
Tuvalu10198
United States10097
South Africa10098
Spain10095
Uzbekistan10099
Australia10099
Taiwan10097
Chile10097
Romania10093
Zimbabwe10097
Cuba10093
Azerbaijan10098
Greece10096
Hungary10091
Austria10096
Lesotho10098
Suriname10098
Montenegro10097
Bermuda10095
Ethiopia9999
Sudan99101
Venezuela9999
North Korea9995
Syria99101
Tajikistan9999
Laos9999
Turkmenistan9998
Mauritius9995
Sao Tome and Principe99100
Liechtenstein9999
Brazil9897
Morocco98100
Cameroon9899
Ecuador9898
Burundi9899
Haiti9897
Uruguay9894
Armenia9896
Latvia9887
Bahamas9895
Sint Maarten9898
Saint Pierre and Miquelon9894
Italy9793
Myanmar9797
Sri Lanka9795
Guatemala9798
Tunisia9798
Portugal9790
Central African Republic9799
Eritrea9797
Georgia9792
Gambia9798
Albania9797
Jamaica9798
Cyprus9793
Barbados9793
American Samoa9799
Nauru9796
Montserrat97100
Thailand9695
Colombia9695
Peru9696
Malawi9696
Chad9698
Togo9697
Sierra Leone9698
Kyrgyzstan9696
Lithuania9686
Timor Leste9699
Cape Verde9695
Vanuatu9699
Cayman Islands9695
Bangladesh9596
Mexico9596
Niger9598
Kazakhstan9590
Belarus9587
Russia9486
Ukraine9487
Cambodia9494
Rwanda9496
Benin9497
Nicaragua9495
Mongolia9495
Saint Lucia9494
Micronesia9496
San Marino9493
Angola9396
Mozambique9397
Ghana9395
Senegal9397
Honduras9395
Guinea Bissau9396
Kiribati9394
Aruba9390
Nepal9296
Burkina Faso9296
Puerto Rico9289
Comoros9294
Brunei9295
Saint Martin9292
Botswana9192
El Salvador9092
Mauritania9093
United States Virgin Islands9090
Uganda8995
Mali8995
British Virgin Islands8991
Macau8890
Eswatini8790
Antigua and Barbuda8789
Anguilla8489
Hong Kong8286
Djibouti7783
Namibia7396
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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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