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Latest items for ISSA-DATA-2

March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: DACH-DATA-1, ISSA-DATA-2

"According to the 2013 General Census of Population and Housing, Gabon has 71,492 persons aged 65 years or over and 100,937 persons aged 60 years or over. Those figures amount to ageing ratios of 3.9 per cent and 5.6 per cent, respectively. There are three women for every two men in the group aged 65 years or over... The population aged 65 years and over consists of 42,990 women and 28,502 men, or a ratio of 3 women to every 2 men" (25).
March 14, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

Table titled “Number of persons aged 65 years and over and 60 years and over and their percentage in the total resident population by sex and area of residence (2013 General Census of Population and Housing)” shows the place of residence and the number and percentage of men and women over 60 and 65 years of age. There are 17338 urban men who are 65 years and over and 2.1% of the resident population. There are 29018 urban men who are 60 years and over and make up 3.6% of the resident population. There are 25618 urban women who are 65 years and over showing 3.4% of the resident population....more
Jan. 19, 2024, 12:06 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"[I]n 2003, the Central African population is estimated at 3,895,139 inhabitants [and] distributed as follows: Women: 1,955,813 or 50.2 per cent, Men: 1,939,326 or 49.79 per cent, Youth under 18 years of age: 49.8 per cent" (5).
Jan. 16, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"The results of the latest National Population and Housing Census (2011), estimates the total population at 2,024,904, an increase from 1,680,683 registered in the 2001 Census. The population comprises of 1,035,833 females and 989,071 males" (8).
Nov. 6, 2023, 11:49 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"As at the end of 2017, the total population of the mainland of China was 1.39 billion; the female population was 680 million, or 48.8 per cent of the total" (4). "In 2017, sex ratio at birth decreased to 111.9" (13).
July 21, 2023, 11:58 a.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"For early 2018, the coverage of children by preschool educational institutions is fifteen point one (15,1) percent in relation to the overall number of children aged between 1 and 5. In comparison with 2006, this figure is lower by four point five (4,5) % and zero point nine (0.9) % more in relation to 2017. The number of children aged between 2 and 5 is six hundred seventy five thousand six hundred (675,600) in the country" (26).
June 14, 2023, 7:56 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"Bolivia’s overall population has been estimated to be 11,216,000; 50.7% women and 49.3% men. Within this total, 32.8%, or over 1.6 million, are women between 29 and 59 years of age, and 9.3% (over 465,000) are women aged 60 and over" (2).
Dec. 9, 2022, 2:29 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"A 2021 population census showed that the country has 35 million more men than women" (para 6).
July 1, 2022, 11:06 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"Women comprise 49.8 percent of Indonesia’s population. The majority of the women population (68.6 percent) belongs to the productive group of 15–64 years old" (3).
June 28, 2022, 2:56 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"The de facto population for the 2017-18 BDHS consisted of 84,084 individuals; 48% were male and 52% were female, yielding a sex ratio of 91 (number of males per 100 females)" (14).
June 14, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

Table 12, titled "The population (as of December 2018)" shows that in 2012, there were 30041 men, and 26708 women with a total of 56749 people in Greenland meaning that women made up 47.0% of the population. In 2014, women again made up 47% of the population which had a total of 56370 people, of which there were 29838 men and 26532 women. In 2015 women made up 47.1% of the population. There were 56282 people in total with 29730 men and 26552 women. In 2016, 55983 people made up the population of Greenland. Men made up 29555 of these and women made up 26428 which was 47.2% of the...more
June 7, 2022, 10:47 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"Using 0:00 am on November 1, 2010 as the standard point of time, China carried out its sixth national census; some of the key data were released in April 2011. According to the census, the total population of the mainland of China was 1.339 billion; the female population was 653 million, or 48.73 per cent of the total" (6). "China’s sex ratio at birth has dropped from 120.5 in 2005 to 118.06 in 2010" (23).
March 25, 2022, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Kosovo
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"The boy-to-girl ratio at birth was 109 boys to 100 girls" (24).
March 25, 2022, 9:33 p.m.
Countries: Armenia
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"According to the Statistical Committee of Armenia, the boy to girl ratio at birth was 112 to 100 in 2018" (30).
March 9, 2022, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"Similarly, from 1961 to 2005, there has been the record of halving the average number of children per woman" (12).
Jan. 24, 2022, 1:07 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"According to the most recent census (2011), the national average male-female sex ratio at birth was 106 to 100" (47). "[T]he male/female sex ratio at birth improved from 108.3 to 100 to 107.4 to 100" (48).
Oct. 25, 2021, 2:40 p.m.
Countries: Vietnam
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"According to 2018 data, the national average male to female sex ratio at birth was 115.1 boys to 100 girls" (30).
Sept. 13, 2021, 2:24 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"The most recent information from the PRC’s National Bureau of Statistics stated the boy-girl birth ratio was 111.9 to 100 in 2017, which was lower than the World Bank’s statistic of 115 to 100 for the same year" (69-70).
Sept. 8, 2021, 6:18 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"...Preference for male births coincide with demography as more boys than girls are born. The United Nations Population Division reported that male children in 2016 reached 20,159,730, while female children totaled 19,044,399..." (para 7).
Sept. 8, 2021, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"...Overall, boys outnumber girls in Sweden. In 2017, the Statistics Sweden registered 59,000 live births of males and 56,000 live births of females in a population of 5,083,000 men and 5,038,000 women" (para 4).
July 16, 2021, 1:54 p.m.
Countries: Vietnam
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"The sex ratio at birth was 113 boys to 100 girls [in Hanoi in 2020]" (para 5). "The sex ratio at birth of 113.3 boys per 100 daughters [in the first 6 months of 2021 in Hanoi]. Pre-birth screening rate was 83.88%" (para 6). "The sex ratio of the population was 99.1 males per 100 females" (para 18).
June 25, 2021, 9:13 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"Thanks to years of a one-child policy that favored having boys but not girls, the country has a very large imbalance in male-female marrying-age ratios. The policy is now gone, but challenges that resulted from it remain." (Para 3) "'Following decades of the one-child policy, China is now faced with a shocking gender imbalance for every girl below the age of 18 in China, there are now three boys,' the article noted. The law was introduced in order to promote social harmony,' commented one of the Peoples Courts legislators. 'We need to ensure there are enough Chinese women available for marriage; otherwise there is a high probability of increased levels...more
June 25, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"But while its cumulative trajectory has improved slightly over the past decade, Montenegro also maintains one of the 10 highest imbalances in the world: around 108 newborn boys for every 100 girls in 2020" (Para 24). "A World Bank chart on cumulative sex ratios at birth shows a deceptively steady closing of the gap between male and female births in Montenegro through 2019. But a UN Population Fund (UNFPA) table based on official Montenegrin data showed a gap of nearly 110 boys to 100 girls in 2019, as bad as it's been for decades. The national statistical agency, Monstat, put the figure for 2020 at 108 boys for every 100...more
June 23, 2021, 6:44 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"China is currently struggling with a gender imbalance problem: by the end of last year there were 32.66 million more males than females, according to the National Bureau of Statistics" (Para 26).
June 9, 2021, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"Between 2002 and 2009, the number of live births increased gradually. The rate of live births oscillated between 9.3 in 2002 and 11.0 in 2009. The sex-related differences in this rate are related to the demographic pattern that there are more boys born than girls" (64).
April 26, 2021, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"Similarly, from 1961 to 2005, there has been the record of halving the average number of children per woman" (12).
March 16, 2021, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Rwanda
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

“At the end of the Genocide [1994], there was an estimated seventy percent women constituting the population” (para 23).
Feb. 27, 2021, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"The gender percentage ratio in the total population in 2010 2014 has not changed and makes up to 53.9 per cent women among the total population" (7).
Oct. 22, 2020, 2:22 p.m.
Countries: Armenia
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"Currently, Armenia has the third highest level of birth masculinity observed in the world with the Gegharkunik region in particular having the highest known rates as roughly 124 males are born per 100 females" (37).
Oct. 5, 2020, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISSA-DATA-2

"As the country's sex ratio imbalance has made it difficult for many men to find wives, 'bride' trafficking from neighboring countries to China appears to have increased from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, North Korea, and Pakistan" (para 40).