The ratio between the number of males and females in a society is referred to as the gender ratio. This ratio is not stable but instead shaped by biological, social, technological, cultural, and economic forces. And in turn the gender ratio itself has an impact on society, demography, and the economy. In this entry we provide an overview of the variation and the changes of the gender ratio across the world. We study how it changes from birth to late life; the forces that change the ratio of men to women. The sex ratio — the share of the population that is female — varies across the world. And globally in the share of women in the world was In the map we see the sex ratio of populations: this is shown as the percentage of the total population which is female. Countries over 50 percent shown in blue have more females than males; those below 50 percent shown in red have fewer females. Most countries have a female share of the population between 49 and 51 percent within one percentage point of parity.


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