Countries with more women than men
European Union
Regionally, the numbers are quite interesting. In 2021, the European Union registered 5% more women than men across Member States.
Exceptions
Do you know which African countries have more women than men? It’s Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini. But the difference is so slight that none of these countries make it onto the top 10 list.
North America
In North America, the ratio is quite stable and balanced, but there was a recorded increase of 0.03% in 2021, in which a slightly higher percentage of females were born.
Oceania
The Oceania population remains ever so slightly male dominated (50.1%), with countries across the region reporting slight increase of females to the newborn population.
War and migration
Historically, the sex ratio has been driven by a number of factors. Certainly, war and migration play a significant role.
10. Serbia
So which nations have the highest ratio of women? The nation with the 10th-highest ratio of women to men in the world is Serbia.
9. Tonga
The nation with the ninth-highest proportion of women in their population is Tonga. Women in the Polynesian nation make up 52.59% of the population.
7. Lithuania
Women in Lithuania make up 52.85% of the country’s population, making it the country with the eighth-highest ratio of women to men. Interestingly, this is not due to higher female birthrates.
Refugees in Lithuania
Additionally, the swelling of Lithuania’s female population is due to the large number of Ukrainian refugees that the country received since the start of the Ukraine-Russia war. The majority of these refugees have been women.
Income inequality
Belarus, much like Tonga, has a great deal of gender inequality issues. The average working woman in the nation receives 80% of the income of her male counterpart.
Factors
In Georgia, there’s a nine-year difference in life expectancy between women and men. Another factor is that most of the population that has immigrated to other nations for work has been men.
Although Ukrainian women are highly educated, like Belarusian women, they only make 80% of the income of their male counterparts.
Disease prevalence
Russian men have not only been sacrificed in wars, but also grapple with issues of addiction and disease, which contribute to the relatively low life expectancy rates, resulting in its ranking as the fourth nation with more women than men.
Despite their significant numbers in the country, women in Armenia suffer from gender discrepancies, particularly related to their income levels in the employment market.
Health choices
Latvian women make up 53.68% of the nation’s population. The numbers are quite shocking. According to World Atlas, below 40 years of age, the population is represented by more men than women. Yet, the population over 65 years of age consists of double the amount of women than men. This is largely driven by health choices.
1. Moldova
The nation with the largest population of women, of course, is an Eastern European nation. Moldova ranks number one on the list.
