Gender ratio has an impact on society and the nation as a whole. Knowing the difference in the number of men and women in a country enables the appropriate distribution of resources towards meeting gender-specific needs. Besides resource allocation, in countries and societies with higher gender imbalance, the gender data forms the basis for investigating the causes of the imbalance and possible mitigating factors that can help reduce the gender gap. According to the World Bank, Nepal has the highest proportion of females.
Females account for According to the statistics, there are Although Nepal is a predominantly patriarchal society, there are over two million more women than men. One of the reasons for more females than males is the higher life expectancy at birth in females. The average life expectancy in Nepal is 71 years. Therefore, females tend to live longer than their men. Besides higher life expectancy, more working-age Nepalese men are migrating abroad to take up jobs, leaving behind females, boys, and elderly men.
According to the government, 1, Nepalese, mostly men, leave the country daily, with the majority ending up in India. It is interesting to note that 8 of the top 10 countries with more women than men is found in Europe, especially Eastern Europe. In most of the former Soviet republics and allied states in eastern Europe, women far outnumber men.
However, in most of these countries, newborn boys outnumber newborn girls. But, from around age onwards, the women outnumber men. In Russia, for example, there are 86 men for every women, while in Latvia, there are The gender imbalance in most of the former Soviet republics and allies has a historical origin.
In the early years late 19th century , the number of men almost matched that of women. For example, Russia had about 98 men for every women in its first census in Every year, there are always more baby boys than girls born in England and Wales.
Since records began in , the cries of babies born every year have been predominately male. In not one year, stretching back to the start of Queen Victoria's reign, have girls outnumbered boys at birth.
In , in England and Wales, for example, there were , live male births and , live female births - a difference of roughly 17, And that higher tally of males compared to females born each year is a pattern that has repeated itself for nearly years. In fact, a ratio of roughly male births for every female ones is generally seen as natural and normal.
It is fairly consistent around the world, although in some countries like China and India the gap is wider because male offspring are more desirable. More surprisingly, it is a ratio that has been known about since the 17th Century. But why this ratio exists is not yet completely understood - although there are several theories. The first theory is an evolutionary one which says that in order to have an equal number of males and female in adulthood, there have to be slightly more males born.
That is because being a male is a dangerous thing. Males are more likely than females to die in childhood and at all stages of life - from accidents, taking risks, suicide and from health problems. So more males than females at the start of life should mean equal numbers of men and women in adulthood, so the theory goes. In fact, adult women always end up slightly outnumbering adult men in the UK, according to Office for National Statistics figures - and living longer. The Majority of countries and regions in the world have more females than males.
But the top two most populous countries China and India, have a higher male population with a margin. Therefore there are more males than females in the world. If the population of China and India is excluded, there are more females than males in the rest of the world. The sex ratio at birth is boys per girls. With The males to females ratio is at the highest point of The men to women ratio is for the group aged 15—64 and The world has more women than men aged above In the age group years, there are five fewer men per women.
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