The Sex Ratio in Australia in 2021 is 99.2 males per 100 females. There are 12.84 million males and 12.94 million females in Australia. The percentage of female population is 50.21% compare to 49.79% male population.
There are 12.9 million females of all ages in Australia, just over half (51%) of the country's population. Overall, there are about 102.7 females for every 100 males (ABS 2021b).
As of June 2021, about 12.98 million females and 12.75 million males lived in Australia. The population of both sexes has been increasing consistently with slightly more females than males.
Worldwide, the male population is slightly higher than the female population, although this varies by country. As of 2021, the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, under the control of China, has the highest share of women worldwide with 54.2 percent.
“Australia has 100,000 more females than males even though there are more male babies born than females, and there are more males than females until around age 35,” he said. One of the reasons we have a man drought is because men are increasingly heading overseas to work.
In Australia there are almost 100,000 more women than men, with 6 out of our 8 states and territories experiencing a man drought, while the Northern Territory and Western Australia have a significant male surplus.
Population - Female population - Ranking. China is the top country by female population in the world. As of 2022, female population in China was 691 million persons that accounts for 17.55% of the world's female population.
Gender Ratio: Global Scenario
In 2021, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Nepal, Hong Kong, and Curacao have the lowest gender ratios globally. In 2021, there were 101 males for every 100 females on average in the world. 3.97 billion men, or 50.42% of the world's population, were male in 2021.
Population, female (% of total population) in Japan was reported at 51.4 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.
Childcare staff, receptionists and primary school teachers are among some of the key occupations that have become even more female-dominated in 2021-22, compared to 1986-87. But female employment has jumped slightly in truck driving, from 2.9 per cent in 1986-87 to 4 per cent in 2021-22.
Barriers to gender equality
Australian women are over-represented as part-time workers in low-paid industries and in insecure work and continue to be underrepresented in leadership roles in the private and public sectors. More than half of women aged 18 or older have experienced sexual harassment in their lifetime.
Australia's gender pay gap by industry
The gender pay gap is highest in Construction (29%) and Financial and Insurance Services (28.6%). The gender pay gap was the smallest in Public Administration and Safety (3.7%). Accommodation and Food Services has the second-smallest gender pay gap at 6.9%.
If you are 16 years old and above, you can legally have sex (or do another sexual activity) with another person who is 16 years or older as long as you both agree to it.
With a total population of around 22 million people, Australia is a busy place. Who are all these people? Well, Australia has a unique ethnic distribution. About 85–90% of the population identifies as ethnically white (meaning of European ancestry), but this is actually a compilation of several ethnic categories.
However, a clear majority of Australians – 60 per cent – said they "define" themselves a feminist, described as someone who "advocates and supports equal opportunities for women". That was a little higher than the international average of 58 per cent.
Gender ratio in China
There are 738,247,340 or 738.25 million males and 701,076,434 or 701.08 million females in China. The percentage of the female population is 48.71 percent compared to 51.29 percent male population. China has 37.17 million more males than females.
Population in China 2012-2022, by gender
In 2022, there were around 722 million male inhabitants and 690 million female inhabitants living in China, amounting to around 1.41 billion people in total.
The gender ratio in Russia attained a value of 86 males to 100 females in 2021. The ratio recorded a year-on-year increase of 0.02% in 2021. Between 2018-2021, the gender ratio in Russia increased by 0.07%.
The number of men and women in the world is roughly equal, though men hold a slight lead with 102 men for 100 women (in 2020). More precisely, out of 1,000 people, 504 are men (50.4%) and 496 are women (49.6%).
The Sex Ratio in Germany in 2021 is 97.88 males per 100 females.
Female population, percent of total, 2021 - Country rankings: The average for 2021 based on 47 countries was 50.95 percent. The highest value was in Belarus: 53.91 percent and the lowest value was in Malta: 47.99 percent.
Key statistics
Life expectancy at birth was 81.3 years for males and 85.4 years for females in 2019-21. The Australian Capital Territory had the highest male (82.7 years) and female (86.3 years) life expectancy of the states and territories.
Key facts. The national gender pay gap, on base salary, is 13.3%. For every $1 men make on average, Australian women make 87 cents.