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How many men are on earth? Statistics and unusual facts

We are used to the fact that in the marriage market, competition usually goes for men. It is for them that several potential partners are fighting, while the guys themselves can simply sort through the options. But this is the situation only in Russia, and the world suffers from the lack of women suitable for starting a family and having children.

So much so that the governments of some states are even willing to pay foreigners if they come and marry all these lonely and restless guys. Geopolitical conflicts play a special role in this demographic imbalance. From places where there is a war, women flee, and from places where there is no work, men try to leave. All this ensures the situation “sometimes empty, sometimes thick” and prevents the creation of normal families.

Sweden

In Sweden, the shortage of women is explained by the housing crisis - ladies are moving to countries where they can afford to buy an apartment. And the overabundance of men is associated with the flow of refugees, among whom a significant part are unaccompanied minors. Whether it is worth going there in search of quality Swedish men is a big question. But it is also almost impossible to find a wife in this country.

China

The demographic policy of "One family - one child" has strangely affected the ratio of men and women in China. For some reason, significantly more boys were born, and this led to the fact that now Chinese men have no one to marry. China has become a country of men, and egocentric ones at that, because they all grew up in families without brothers and sisters.

Philippines

The crisis in the labor market led to a demographic crisis in the Philippines. In this country, there were already 100 women for 102 men, and after the Filipinos began to leave to work in other countries, the stronger sex generally had a hard time. Nowadays, in order to get married, a man in this country needs to have a set of exceptional qualities.

Norway

In this country of victorious feminism, the alarm is being sounded because women are physically unable to hold important positions and maintain gender equality. There simply aren't enough women for that. Their places were taken by immigrant men.

Afghanistan

It would seem that a country that has been torn apart by military conflicts over the past decades should experience a shortage of men. But no, men come to this country to fight and profit from the war. But women, on the contrary, run, trying to escape. They really have nothing to do in Afghanistan. However, men are not up to women there either.

Italy

Italy is an extremely conservative country in terms of immigration to another country or even moving to other cities. However, there were always slightly more men than women there. As the movement for gender equality developed, the women who responded to it changed their minds about marrying and having children. Thus, the guys were left out of work, losing their careers and positions to the girls and losing ample opportunities for marriage.

Egypt

75% of the inhabitants of this most populous African country are men. This statistic refers to people under the age of 25, that is, it says in plain text that the struggle for brides there is serious. The reason for this alignment, scientists call gender inequality and a high percentage of sexual violence against women. 95% of women in this country have experienced violence at least once. It is not surprising that they flee from Egypt at the first opportunity, leaving men without potential wives.

Iceland

Some time ago, all the women of the world were shocked by the news that the Icelandic government was ready to pay ladies from abroad to take men from this country as husbands. There was a problem with the demographic balance. And although this news was ultimately not confirmed, Icelandic men still suffer from a lack of girls.

Iran

And in this Middle Eastern country, despite the values ​​similar to other Muslim countries, the situation is the opposite. Local women have been liberated quite recently, and they have just got into the taste of making a career and getting an education. When the girls realized that they did not have to get married to survive, they set off to travel and move to Europe. Meanwhile, Iranian men suddenly had no one to marry.

The problem of sex ratio in the world or in a single country has been of interest to human society for many centuries. At present, on this topic, a huge amount of material has been accumulated on the sex ratio in society, both at the birth of children, and separately for each age group. These materials are quite contradictory and contain many inexplicable facts.

Who more - boys or girls are born?

What do scientists say about this? Based on statistical data, they answer that in the world, always and in all countries, regardless of race, 104-107 boys are born per 100 girls on average. Stress, natural disasters, wars - all these factors, confirmed by statistics, increase the percentage of born boys. It has also been established that males begin to predominate in the population when its numbers decrease. This applies to the plant world and populations of marine organisms.

When asked who they want to have more in the family - boys or girls, in India, China, Vietnam, Serbia, Georgia and many others, they will answer you that, of course, boys. For this reason, about 160 million embryos with female sexual characteristics die every year in the world. Women in these countries decide to have an abortion when they find out that they are going to have a girl. It got to the point that, for example, in China, 120 boys are born for every 100 girls. Among the developed countries where the male population predominates, we note such as Australia and the United States.

The last population census for 2010 gives us the answer to the question - who is more, men or women in Russia. Here are some sample data:

  • population of the Russian Federation - 142,856,536 people;
  • the female population is (in general) - 53.8%;
  • among infants under 1 year old - 48.7%;
  • girls under the age of 20 - 49.2%;
  • women aged 21-30 - 50.1%;
  • women 31 - 40 years old - 51%;
  • women 41 - 50 years old - 54.3%;
  • women aged 51-60 - 57.6%;
  • women 61-70 years old - 64.9%;
  • women 71 - 80 years old - 72.4%;
  • women 81 - 90 years old - 82%;
  • women 91 - 99 years old - 84.5%.

Comparing age groups, it becomes clear who is becoming more in Russia, men or women. It is quite clearly seen here that after the turn of 50 years, the predominance of the female population over the male in our country becomes not only dominant, but stunningly overwhelming.

Now we will try to answer the question - why there are more women than men. The main reason is their longer life expectancy compared to men.

Scientists note 7 main reasons that positively affect the duration of female existence:

  1. Genetic (biological) causes.
  2. Different actions of female and male sex hormones.
  3. A woman cares more about her own health.
  4. Caution in women is several orders of magnitude higher than in men.
  5. Women are more emotional.
  6. Women try to shift decision-making to their men.
  7. Women have fewer bad habits.

After analyzing all of the above, we can conclude that for the existence of such a biological species as a person, we see that mother nature herself sacrifices males. A shorter male life allows for a faster turnover of males for the benefit of the whole species. It is appropriate here to recall the slogan of Urlanis, a well-known demographer, that has already become boring to everyone: “Take care of men!”.

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Who are more men or women in the world

sex ratio- the ratio of the number of males to the number of females in a dioecious population.

The sex ratio, along with sexual dimorphism, is an important characteristic of a dioecious population. It is usually expressed as the number of males per 100 females, the proportion of males, or as a percentage. Depending on the stage of ontogenesis, there are primary, secondary and tertiary sex ratio. Primary is the sex ratio in zygotes after fertilization; secondary - the sex ratio at birth and, finally, tertiary - the sex ratio of mature, able to reproduce individuals of the population.

It is now generally accepted that in most species of animals and plants, the main mechanism that determines sex is chromosomal.

Since during gametogenesis, gametes containing X or Y chromosomes are produced in equal numbers, it was believed that this mechanism provides approximately equal proportions of sexes at conception. However, the secondary sex ratio depends not only on the proportion of heterogametes, but also on many other factors. For example, on the ratio of the rates of aging and elimination of X- and Y-bearing sperm in the body of a male, on their ability to reach the egg and fertilize it, on the affinity of eggs for X- or Y-sperm, and finally, on the viability of male and female embryos at different stages embryonic development.

It has long been observed that in many species of animals the secondary sex ratio differs somewhat from the 1:1 ratio towards an excess of males of about 105-106 males per 100 females. Most reliable data is collected on a person. The average value of the secondary sex ratio for all human populations is about 106. Taking into account the unequal (differential) mortality of the sexes during the embryonic stage of development, even more shifts the extrapolated value of the primary sex ratio from a proportion of 1: 1. All available data on the sex composition of miscarriages and stillbirths in human show that male fetuses die during uterine life 2-4 times more than female. Thus, the primary sex ratio in humans seems to deviate from a 1:1 ratio towards an excess of male zygotes, and it seems to be greater than the secondary. In humans, the sex ratio at birth can be artificially violated by abortion and infanticide.

There is a direct relationship between the secondary and tertiary sex ratio - the greater the birth rate of males, the more of them can survive to adulthood.

Many data also indicate that the secondary sex ratio depends on the tertiary. In eight species of plants and animals (sleep, guppies, mites (3 species), Drosophila, mice, rats, North American woodchuck and humans), direct experiments have shown that an increase in the tertiary sex ratio leads to a decrease in the secondary.

In some insects (bees and other Hymenoptera, mealybugs, mites) females (or females and males) are obtained from fertilized eggs, and only males develop from unfertilized ones. Therefore, the fewer males in the initial population, the fewer eggs are fertilized on average and the more males are obtained in the offspring.

Gender imbalance- the demographic effect that arises in connection with wars, for example, in Europe after the First World War and after the Great Patriotic War (in Russia, see Demographics in the Soviet Union), or as a result of internal politics (for example, one family - one child) .

People are not strictly monogamous, and among those peoples in which polygamy is common, there are various deviations of the tertiary sex ratio from the 1: 1 ratio, usually towards its decrease. Among the Nigerians, the anthropologist Northcote W. Thomas noticed an increase in the secondary sex ratio with an increase in the number of wives.

The secondary sex ratio in harems increases to about 62% (harems: Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398, China) 26 boys: 16 girls; Pharaoh Ramses II (1317-1251 BC, Egypt) 74 wives, 111: 68; and Sultan Maul Ismail (1646-1727, Morocco) 548:340) . Data from countries where male births are more valued should be treated with caution, taking into account the possibility of artificial intervention before and after birth.

The table shows the indicators of the number of men per 1 woman in various countries. (Cited in 2014 en:CIA World Factbook report).

At the end of the 19th century, there were 1,055 women per 1,000 men, and in the 20-30s of the 20th century - about 1,120. After the Second World War, the gender imbalance in Russia increased dramatically. Number of women per 1000 men: in 1959-1242; in 1970-1193; in 1979-1174; in 1989-1140.

A significant shortage of males appears during and after wars. During this period, an increase in male births by about 1-2% is observed in the warring countries. So, during the First World War in European countries, the proportion of boys increased by 1-2.5% compared to the usual one and amounted to 108.5% in Germany, approximately the same increase occurred by the end of 1942 in Great Britain and France. In Transcaucasia, since the early 1990s (the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict), there has been an increase in the birth rate of boys. This phenomenon, established on a very large statistical material, was called in demography "the phenomenon of the war years", since the sex ratio in a person in peaceful years is quite stable.

Hamilton (Hamilton, 1948) provides a review of differential sex mortality for 70 species, including life forms as diverse as nematodes, molluscs, crustaceans, insects, arachnids, birds, reptiles, fish, and mammals. According to these data, in 62 species (89%), the average life span of males is shorter than that of females; most of the rest have no difference, and only in some cases the life expectancy of males is greater than that of females.

It can be concluded that increased male mortality is a general biological phenomenon, it is observed in plants, animals and humans for all levels of organization from all extreme values ​​of environmental factors.

In humans, the average life expectancy is different in different countries, and men are 3-10 years less than women.

The increased mortality of males, as a general biological phenomenon, can be explained in some organisms by non-random causes. For example, in many mammals, including deer, humans and other animals, increased male mortality is possible in the process of males fighting for the right to possess females. In some arachnids, in which the females are much larger than the males, females systematically eat males after mating. In bees, all worker bees are underdeveloped females, unable to produce offspring. A real female bee is always alone in the hive. If there are two of them, then one of them dies. Real male bees - drones after mating with the queen are not allowed back into the hive and soon die.

Determining the sex of a child in a person is not a purely random event. Research carried out in Saxony in 1876-1885. and later in England, France, the USA and Finland, it was found that families in which one sex predominates appear much more often, and families with an equal sex ratio - much less often compared to the theoretical expectation. It has also been found that there is a slight but real tendency in families to produce a second child of the same sex as the first, third children of the same sex as the second, and so on.

In cattle, in the offspring of individual sires, a predominance of steers (1.5%) was observed, as well as a correlation between the sex ratio in the offspring of the sire and his father.

Influence of reproductive rank ("success") on secondary sex ratio Edit

The reproductive rank (access to marriage partners) of parents affects the sex ratio of their offspring. In males, the reproductive rank correlates, as a rule, with their social and hierarchical rank. In females, an inverse correlation can take place, since their hierarchical rank, like that of males, is determined by strength and aggressiveness, while their reproductive rank is determined more by attractiveness and compliance. In deer, pigs, sheep, dogs, seals, and humans, it has been shown that females with greater "reproductive success" gave birth to more male offspring.

Pollen Amount and Secondary Sex Ratio in Plants Edit

It has been found that the amount of pollen that reaches the female flower can affect the secondary sex ratio of cross-pollinating plants. This dependence was confirmed in four plant species belonging to three families - sorrel (Rumex acetosa, Polygonaceae), sandman (Melandrium album, Cariophyllaceae), hemp (Cannabis sativa, Cannabinaceae) and hops (Humulus japonicus, Cannabinaceae).

In many species of turtles, lizards, crocodiles, and some snakes, the sex of the offspring depends on the temperature at which the eggs are incubated. Since females determine where they lay their eggs, they can control the sex of their offspring. The temperature at which a 1:1 sex ratio is reached is called the threshold temperature. In some species of turtles, low incubation temperatures produce males and high incubation temperatures females; in other species, males appear at both low and high temperatures and females at medium temperatures.

Secondary sex ratio and intensity of sexual activity Edit

The intensity (frequency) of sexual activity in animals can affect the secondary sex ratio. It is directly related to the physiological parameters of the body. The low intensity of sexual activity in males and females is equivalent to the fact that, as a rule, older sperm and eggs are involved in the process of fertilization. In seven animal species belonging to six families (chickens, mice, rabbits, pigs, horses, sheep and cattle), with a decrease in male sexual activity or aging of sperm, a decrease in the number of male births was observed.

For man, an increase in the birth rate of boys with an increase in the intensity of male sexual activity has been proven on a large statistical material in the works of James.

Differences in inactivation and death of Y- and X-sperms Edit

The connection of the secondary sex ratio with the intensity of sexual activity in humans and various animal species may be due to the faster death or inactivation of Y-sperm compared to X-sperm. For humans, this assumption was confirmed experimentally. It has been found that after long periods of abstinence, the content of Y-chromatin in semen is markedly reduced. With abstinence for less than 2 days, the percentage of Y-chromatin was 43.5%, with abstinence for 14 days or more - 37.2%. A decrease in the concentration of Y-spermatozoa in semen over time can explain the underestimated compared with the theoretically expected value (50%) of the Y-chromatin values ​​obtained by different authors, as well as a large scatter of these values.

Many authors have noted the relationship between delayed egg fertilization and secondary sex ratio. In the classic work of Hertwig and Kuszakiewicz, an increase in male birth was noted on the frog (Rana esculenta). Similar results were obtained on butterflies, silkworms, trout, bugs, Drosophila, mice, rats, rabbits, cattle and humans, a total of 15 species with both male and female heterogamety, belonging to 11 families.

Dependence of the secondary sex ratio on the age of the mother Edit

V. N. Bolshakov and B. S. Kubantsev, having analyzed the dependence of the sex ratio of offspring on the age of the mother in foxes, minks, arctic foxes, dogs, pigs, sheep, cattle, horses and humans, came to the conclusion that “... young mothers in offspring, as a rule, newborn males predominate. In middle-aged mothers, who are in the prime of their reproductive function, the relative number of female offspring increases. In mothers of the older age group, the percentage of males in the offspring increases again.

Dependence of the secondary sex ratio on living conditions Edit

For entire countries, the better the living conditions, welfare, climate, nutrition, the more boys are born. Livestock breeders also note the same pattern - the better the conditions for keeping farm animals, the more males are born.

During great natural or social shifts (dramatic climate change, drought, war, famine, resettlement), there is a tendency to increase the secondary sex ratio - the percentage of girls is growing.

However, there are a number of scientists who prove the exact opposite, that, on the contrary, it is girls who are born more often in more favorable conditions.

Modern medicine allows you to determine the sex prenatally. This is used in some countries to select the sex of the offspring. , mainly by aborting fetuses of the unwanted sex, also at conception or after birth (infanticide). Such a practice, if widely used, can even lead to a violation of the sex and age structure of society, which explains the abnormally large number of males in the age category up to 30 years in modern China and India. (See also Bioethics).

According to Kalmus and Smith (Kalmus, Smith, 1960), the value of the tertiary sex ratio of 1: 1 is optimal, since it makes it as easy as possible for individuals of the opposite sex to meet and reduces the degree of inbreeding. Their theory is unable to explain the observed deviations of the values ​​of the secondary sex ratio in many species from 1: 1, as well as its changes depending on various factors.

Maynard Smith (1981) came closest to the idea of ​​sex ratio regulation, who suggested that "it may be advantageous for parents to produce offspring of a sex that is rarer in a given locality" .

Organismic mechanisms of sex ratio regulation Edit

The feedback link in cross-pollinated plants is the amount of pollen that falls on the female flower, while in animals it is the intensity of sexual activity, which manifests itself through the unequal aging of X- and Y-sperm and through the different affinity of fresh and old eggs for them. At the same time, small amounts of pollen, intense sexual activity of males, fresh sperm and old eggs are the factors that lead to an increase in the birth rate of males.

Population mechanisms of sex ratio regulation Edit

To implement the population mechanism, it is necessary that the probability of having a descendant of a given sex differ in different individuals and be determined by their genotype. At the same time, there should be an inverse relationship between the reproductive rank of a given individual and the sex of its offspring: the higher the reproductive rank, the more offspring of the opposite sex should be. In this case, regulation can be carried out at the population level, with greater or lesser participation in reproduction of individuals that produce an excess of males or females in their offspring.

The existence of a negative feedback has been shown by direct experiments in at least three species (one plant species and two animal species): Melandrium album, Lebistes reticulatus peters, Macrocheles. Many plant and animal species (4 plant species and 16 animal species), as well as humans, have certain mechanisms for its implementation.

The ratio of women and men in the world is in balance. Statistics show that in 2017 the number of the male population is 50.4%, while women - 49.6%. Since the middle of the 20th century, the number of men began to grow rapidly, as was said by experts from the Pew Research Center research group.

The ratio of men and women in the world

According to the UN, 100 women in the world corresponds to 102 men. However, in some states the ratio of women and men has a noticeable difference.

Martinique tops the list of countries with a high female population, with 85 males for every 100 females. The same figure is observed in the following countries:

  • Japan;
  • Brazil;
  • France;
  • Germany;
  • Mexico;
  • Italy.

In total, the number of countries with a high female population is 108.

The United Arab Emirates is the leader among states with a high number of male population: for example, for 274 men, there are only 100 women. A high percentage of the male population remains in such states as China, India, among the population of North Africa and the Middle East: in total there are 55 countries. The difference is about 6-8%.

Experts believe that the current situation has developed not for the reason that many boys are born, but under the influence of two other factors:

  1. Most women are excluded from participating in the census because of religion and cultural values;
  2. These countries have a high level of guest workers.

Based on this, experts came to the conclusion that the ratio of women and men in these states is equal.

A dangerous situation is observed in the Eastern countries, where a low percentage of women have developed due to abortion. Researchers and the authorities themselves suggest that such a ratio, when there are 107 men per 100 women, can cause violent actions on the part of the male population. In China, in order to avoid dangerous consequences, they take cruel measures to prevent abortions and help families in villages.

Only in 21 states the ratio of men and women is approximately the same.

Studies have shown that the countries that make up the former Soviet Union are included in the list of states where the female population predominates.

In these countries, there is a noticeable difference in life expectancy for both sexes. So, in Belarus, the average age of men reaches 65 years, and women about 80. In this regard, Belarus is ahead of Syria, but this is due to a long civil war.

There is a discrepancy in the sex ratio among different age categories. For example, in Russia every year more boys than girls are born, and up to 30 years the male population predominates. But closer to 40 years, the number of women is growing. Every year this gap in the ratio becomes larger.

Researchers believe that such a difference was influenced by historical events. The census of people of those times shows that, since the 1900s, in Russia 99 men correspond to 100 women.

Since 1917, the number of women on the territory of the Soviet states continued to grow, then the famine and Stalinist repressions influenced this. So, by 1940, there were only 92 men for every 100 women. After 1945, the difference in the ratio increased, the rate of men fell to 82. An even smaller percentage was observed in Ukraine, where the rate was 80. By the beginning of the 21st century, the rate had grown, and there were 90 men per 100 women in the USSR.

The reason for the equal sex ratio in the world

Despite wars and other cataclysms, the ratio of men and women in the world always remains approximately the same. It is not yet possible to name the exact reasons for this phenomenon, however, scientists suggest that this is influenced by the need to preserve the human race, for which it is important to maintain the sex ratio in balance.

German scientists have confirmed the theory that on our planet the number of women has always exceeded the number of men, despite the fact that more boys are born than girls. However, the trend may soon change.

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Specialists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany) presented the results of their study of the demographic history of mankind in the journal Investigative Genetics. For their study, they used a new technique for extracting genetic information.

As a result of data processing, scientists found that, despite the fact that there were always significantly more women even in the tribes of the ancestors of modern man than men. This was partly due to the early mortality of the boys. As a result of the numerical superiority of women over men, such a trend as polygamy could have formed. As a result, it was women who "gave" their descendants the largest number of genes, compared with men.

However, scientists warn that the number of women on Earth will steadily decline, and this phenomenon threatens the future of mankind.

According to the latest research in the world, despite the fact that for every hundred female babies, 104-106 boys are born.

In fact, everything is much more complicated than it seems. For some time now, in the world, for example, in China and India, more boys than girls are born in general. But this is not explained by the mysterious intentions of nature, but by the subtle calculation of the parents themselves. In the same China, in conditions when a family can have only one child, preference is given to boys. Girls are often disposed of immediately after an ultrasound. In India, the girl is still, in some way, a burden to the family. Not only does she need to prepare a good dowry for marriage, but she will also leave for another family, will not keep the clan name and will not be able to take care of her parents when they are old. There are many theories about the balance of newborn boys and girls. Popular - boys are more often born for war, and girls - for peacetime. But I would say that men portend a general variability, and women - a kind of constancy. It just so happened. True, I already foresee how almost everyone is surprised: if more boys are born, why then in old age only grandmothers sit on benches? This is easily explained: the mortality rate among young men is an order of magnitude higher than among girls of the same age. In addition, the overall life expectancy of men is still lower. But I am definitely pleased with the fact that in our country, as such, there are no fundamental preferences regarding the sex of the child.

Sex ratio is a demographic term. It shows the number of men for every 100 women. The ideal ratio is between 105 and 107 men per 100 women. This optimal proportion was first recorded in 1710.

It has been proven that if a society is dominated by men, the risk of murder and violence increases. In those countries where there are more women, the disparity in income between the two sexes is often bad for the economy. After all, a large number of unmarried women leads to a decrease in the birth rate.

In general, there are more men in the world than women. According to the UN, last year the sex ratio was 101.8:100. However, there are many countries where the number of women exceeds the number of men.

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Age– 4.54 billion years

Medium radius - 6,378.2 km

Middle circle - 40,030.2 km

Square– 510,072 million km² (29.1% land and 70.9% water)

Number of continents– 6: Eurasia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia and Antarctica

Number of oceans– 4: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic

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Number of nationalities– about 2,000

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Latvia

Latvia ranks first in the ranking of countries with the largest gender imbalance. In 2015, there were 84.8 men for every 100 women. Thus, women made up 54.1% of the total population. This is partly the result of the Second World War. In addition, men in Latvia have a high mortality rate due to problems such as alcoholism, smoking and reckless driving. About 80% of suicides in Latvia are committed by men. The most common causes are unemployment and financial hardship. Women on average live 11 years longer than men.

Lithuania

The gender gap in Lithuania is primarily associated with factors that increase the death rate of men. First, there are significantly more male smokers than female smokers, putting their health at risk. Secondly, the life expectancy of the male population is reduced by mental illness, depression and suicide. Women in Lithuania live an average of 79.3 years, while men live only 68.1. The gender gap is especially noticeable among Lithuanians in their 30s and 40s. In 2015, women made up 54% of the total population.

Curacao

Curacao is a self-governing island nation in the Caribbean. In 2015, women made up 53.9% of the total population. At the same time, the sex ratio was 92 to 100. The average life expectancy for women is 80.2 years, and for men - 72.4 years. Most women fall in the 15 to 64 age group.

Ukraine

Women in Ukraine make up 53.7% of the total population. As in the case of Latvia, these are still echoes of the Second World War. The average life expectancy for men is 62 years, and for women - 74. Ukrainians often have serious health problems, and in combination with a high level of emigration, this contributes to a decrease in the male population of the country.

10 countries where there are more women than men

The causes of gender imbalance can be very different, but studies show that it is highly undesirable. In such countries, educated, high-income women cannot find partners. At the same time, men who are unable to provide for their families begin to suffer from mental health problems. Both genders lose out.