For 50-year-olds the ratio is close to 1-to-1; for 70-year-olds there are only 89 males per 100 females; and in the very oldest age bracket (100-year-olds) there are only 25 men per 100 women. You can explore this data for any country of region of the world using the “change … A ratio above 1, for example 1.1, means there are 1.1 males for every 1 female (more males than females). Five nations sex ratio above 1.10 at birth as Azerbaijan and China are tied for the highest … The proportion of the female was 54.10% of the total population.

On the other hand, the country with the highest male population, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates has the lowest female to male ratio. As stated above, males usually exceed females at birth but subsequently experience different mortality rates due to many possible causes such as differential natural death rates, war casualties, and deliberate gender control. If there is a discrepancy between The World Factbook and a country's census data, the latter may be used instead. Around 80% of suicidesin Latvia are committed by men, often because of unemployment and unrealized financial goals. Men in Latvia have a high mortality rate due to issues such as alcoholism, smoking, and careless car driving.

A ratio below 1, for example 0.8, means there are 0.8 males for every 1 female (more females than males). A ratio of 1 means there are equal numbers of males and females. Gender imbalance is a disparity between males and females in a population. Latvia is a former Soviet Union country and experienced a great decline in the male population during World War Two. Women enjoy a longer life expectancy li…

By 2015, there were 84.8 males for every 100 females.