South Africa - Sex ratio

Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)

The value for Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) in South Africa was 1.03 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.03 in 1982 and a minimum value of 1.03 in 1997.

Definition: Sex ratio at birth refers to male births per female births. The data are 5 year averages.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1962 1.03
1967 1.03
1972 1.03
1977 1.03
1982 1.03
1987 1.03
1990 1.03
1992 1.03
1997 1.03
2002 1.03
2007 1.03
2008 1.03
2009 1.03
2010 1.03
2011 1.03
2012 1.03
2013 1.03
2014 1.03
2015 1.03
2016 1.03
2017 1.03
2018 1.03
2019 1.03
2020 1.03

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population