According to the World Bank, the world population is about 7.6 billion (2019). However, the UN estimates that there 7.8 billion people on Earth as of …
Countries Where Women Far Outnumber Men
According to the statistics, the number of women and men making up the global population is almost equal, though there are slightly more men than women. According to the UN estimate, for every 100 women, there are 101.8 men, meaning that women account for about 49.6% of the total global population. Although the human gender sex ratio is almost 1:1, women and men are distributed unequally globally. In some countries, women far outnumber men to a point of great concern.
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