Pink - Countries with more females
Green - Countries with equal numbers of males and females
Blue - More males than females
Grey - No data.
Green - Countries with equal numbers of males and females
Blue - More males than females
Grey - No data.
Source: The World Factbook
A most comonly used justification for polygamy in Islam given by people like Naik and his followers is,
There are more women in the world than men
Let's look at the world sex ratio over all i.e. World Sex Ratio as male to female ratio.
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Sources : scroll down to World in this list
Detailed UN Statistics listing ratios of male to female in different continents along with different age groups (PDF file)
And now the irony, the ratios of male to female is the highest in the Muslim countries including and esp the Arab world.
Afghanistan at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female
Algeria at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female
Egypt at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female
Indonesia at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female
Pakistan at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.07 male(s)/female
Saudi Arabia at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.27 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.03 male(s)/female
total population: 1.17 male(s)/female
Sources: United Nations Statistics Division, Demographic and Social Statistics
Adult Sex Ratio (Proportion of Males to Females, Aged 15 to 64), Global Health Facts.
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