Are there more men or women?

SURVEY SEZ!

In the United States, there are nearly 5 million more women than men!

SOURCE:

= The CIA World Factbook (July 2009 estimates):

- U.S. Total Female Population: 156.0 million.

- U.S. Total Male Population: 151.2 million.

- There are 4.8 million more females than males.

- Women comprise 51% of the U.S. Population; men comprise 49%.

INTERESTING FACTS:

= From Wikipedia - Sex Ratio:

- In the U.S. population, males outnumber females at birth: 105 male babies are born for every 100 females babies (Sex Ratio of 105).

= From the U.S. Census Bureau :

- Males continue to outnumber females until about age 40, when the number even out (Sex Ratio of 99.8).

- By age 65, there are only 88 for every 100 women (Sex Ratio of 88). By age 85, women outnumber men almost 2-to-1 (Sex Ratio of 54).

- There are four-and-a-half times as many female centenarians (those who have reached the age of 100) as there are male centenarians.

- Across the entire U.S. population, there are currently 97 men for every100 women (Sex Ratio of 97).

WORLDWIDE:

There are 36 million more men than women inhabiting Planet Earth.

SOURCES:

= The CIA World Factbook (July 2009 estimates):

- Total World Male Population: 3,412,990,488 (50.2%)

- Total World Female Population: 3,377,071,728 (49,8%)

- There are 35,918,760 more males than females.

- Males outnumber females at birth: 107 males are born for every 100 females (Sex Ratio of 107).

= From the U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base:

- Males continue to outnumber females until about age 45, when the numbers even out (Sex Ratio of 99.9)

- By age 65, there are 90 males for every 100 females worldwide (Sex Rati of 90). By age 80,there are only 57 males for every 100 females (Sex Rati of 57.1).

- Across all ages worldwide, there are 101 males for every 100 females (Sex Ratio of 101).

DIG DEEPER :

= SEX RATIO