Gender ratio in the United States

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	11 Aug 2024

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The gender ratio in the United States in 2024 will be 100.975 males per 100 females. There are 173,551,527, or 173.55 million males and 171,875,044, or 171.88 million females in the US. The percentage of the female population is 49.76 percent, compared to 50.24 percent of the male population. The United States has the 8th highest number of exceed male population of 1.68 million. The United States of America is in 174th position out of 237 countries and territories in terms of female-to-male ratio. Among North American countries, its position is 36th out of 41 countries/territories.

In 1952, the male-to-female ratio in the United States was at 98.667, which decreased to its lowest level of 94.578 in 1971. Thereafter, the ratio of males to females is increasing, and it is projected to increase to 104.853 in 2100.

As of 2024, the US has more males than females aged below 60. The male-to-female ratio is at its highest point of 107.141 for the age group 25–29. The men-to-women ratio in the U.S. shifts dramatically for older populations above 60 years old. In the age group of 65–69 years, there are six fewer men per 100 women. Women outnumber men by a ratio of 2-to-1 in the age group 90–99 years and a ratio of 3-to-1 for centenarians. The sex ratio at birth is 104.9 boys per 100 girls.

US Sex ratio by age group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	M per 100 F
00-04	9,490,675	9,058,444	104.772
05-09	10,292,852	9,791,326	105.122
10-14	10,909,743	10,300,653	105.913
15-19	11,727,117	11,040,790	106.216
20-24	11,682,168	10,960,131	106.588
25-29	11,686,741	10,907,860	107.141
30-34	12,583,866	11,760,932	106.997
35-39	12,313,307	11,544,730	106.657
40-44	11,854,781	11,212,308	105.730
45-49	10,754,798	10,265,424	104.767
50-54	10,598,028	10,239,596	103.500
55-59	10,491,668	10,336,471	101.501
60-64	10,776,308	10,915,257	98.727
65-69	9,554,799	10,194,228	93.728
70-74	7,557,789	8,458,895	89.347
75-79	5,567,297	6,538,489	85.147
80-84	3,234,077	4,240,896	76.259
85-89	1,651,225	2,488,165	66.363
90-94	656,532	1,207,534	54.370
95-99	151,309	359,344	42.107
100+	16,449	53,571	30.705
Total	173,551,529	171,875,044	100.975

Total
At birth

US Sex ratio estimates
Year	Male	Female	M per 100 F
1950	76,584,084	77,618,596	98.667
1951	77,634,920	78,846,402	98.463
1952	78,695,241	80,098,981	98.247
1953	79,779,223	81,389,092	98.022
1954	80,906,610	82,729,698	97.796
1955	82,071,569	84,128,455	97.555
1956	83,255,230	85,569,730	97.295
1957	84,458,625	87,040,602	97.034
1958	85,681,479	88,533,830	96.778
1959	87,033,291	90,112,473	96.583
1960	88,501,208	91,773,348	96.435
1961	90,003,743	93,485,742	96.275
1962	91,507,593	95,216,679	96.105
1963	92,938,871	96,886,355	95.926
1964	94,314,184	98,505,268	95.745
1965	95,605,889	100,047,886	95.560
1966	96,781,615	101,483,791	95.367
1967	97,869,015	102,830,897	95.175
1968	98,896,556	104,114,463	94.988
1969	99,917,333	105,382,700	94.814
1970	101,039,894	106,756,446	94.645
1971	102,281,515	108,144,917	94.578
1972	103,472,552	109,370,020	94.608
1973	104,535,434	110,471,117	94.627
1974	105,552,981	111,523,495	94.646
1975	106,561,458	112,567,844	94.664
1976	107,563,933	113,604,824	94.683
1977	108,594,311	114,665,107	94.706
1978	109,649,526	115,746,570	94.732
1979	110,728,561	116,846,523	94.764
1980	111,868,341	117,990,314	94.811
1981	113,077,216	119,124,402	94.924
1982	114,340,790	120,242,361	95.092
1983	115,628,095	121,358,270	95.278
1984	116,905,067	122,448,901	95.473
1985	118,165,095	123,525,348	95.661
1986	119,380,432	124,573,375	95.831
1987	120,561,148	125,600,143	95.988
1988	121,756,581	126,636,654	96.146
1989	122,974,451	127,700,602	96.299
1990	124,454,591	128,918,796	96.537
1991	126,148,545	130,322,877	96.797
1992	127,823,604	131,782,416	96.996
1993	129,451,063	133,182,168	97.198
1994	130,984,221	134,490,589	97.393
1995	132,463,414	135,742,380	97.584
1996	133,910,205	136,950,491	97.780
1997	135,340,320	138,127,693	97.982
1998	136,804,691	139,314,641	98.198
1999	138,287,056	140,498,428	98.426
2000	139,793,345	141,690,786	98.661
2001	141,301,834	142,977,805	98.828
2002	142,763,163	144,321,174	98.920
2003	144,234,114	145,673,986	99.012
2004	145,730,664	147,055,590	99.099
2005	147,251,217	148,465,446	99.182
2006	148,811,484	149,918,725	99.261
2007	150,417,936	151,426,290	99.334
2008	152,028,632	152,941,701	99.403
2009	153,598,884	154,424,570	99.465
2010	155,157,146	155,905,644	99.520
2011	156,786,614	157,318,464	99.662
2012	158,465,878	158,649,476	99.884
2013	160,131,142	159,979,617	100.095
2014	161,794,258	161,321,120	100.293
2015	163,455,402	162,671,094	100.482
2016	165,136,242	164,043,185	100.666
2017	166,798,058	165,406,601	100.841
2018	168,358,724	166,697,774	100.996
2019	169,847,310	167,942,756	101.134
2020	170,710,103	168,726,055	101.176
2021	171,036,807	169,124,634	101.131
2022	171,672,742	169,861,303	101.066
2023	172,588,709	170,888,625	100.995

US Sex ratio projections
Year	Male	Female	M per 100 F
2024	173,551,527	171,875,044	100.975
2025	174,496,826	172,778,981	100.994
2026	175,399,113	173,636,381	101.015
2027	176,269,922	174,458,432	101.038
2028	177,133,880	175,270,206	101.063
2029	177,985,082	176,065,185	101.090
2030	178,815,911	176,833,970	101.121
2031	179,635,555	177,587,160	101.153
2032	180,444,878	178,325,095	101.189
2033	181,246,082	179,047,926	101.228
2034	182,042,745	179,759,066	101.270
2035	182,830,885	180,453,831	101.317
2036	183,605,388	181,126,272	101.369
2037	184,371,049	181,781,321	101.425
2038	185,130,337	182,421,118	101.485
2039	185,871,764	183,035,054	101.550
2040	186,590,701	183,618,614	101.619
2041	187,293,653	184,175,824	101.693
2042	187,987,699	184,717,073	101.771
2043	188,664,866	185,235,812	101.851
2044	189,312,565	185,716,680	101.936
2045	189,937,718	186,168,755	102.024
2046	190,538,937	186,592,791	102.115
2047	191,122,736	186,995,030	102.207
2048	191,688,231	187,375,514	102.302
2049	192,233,179	187,733,726	102.397
2050	192,767,078	188,079,832	102.492
2051	193,292,561	188,415,835	102.588
2052	193,805,746	188,738,008	102.685
2053	194,308,101	189,051,231	102.781
2054	194,794,264	189,351,656	102.874
2055	195,260,416	189,633,881	102.967
2056	195,725,109	189,917,231	103.058
2057	196,205,293	190,219,932	103.147
2058	196,706,098	190,547,608	103.232
2059	197,210,370	190,882,688	103.315
2060	197,705,837	191,212,557	103.396
2061	198,209,402	191,555,892	103.473
2062	198,727,628	191,919,894	103.547
2063	199,250,995	192,294,623	103.618
2064	199,771,992	192,672,236	103.685
2065	200,295,181	193,057,428	103.749
2066	200,832,510	193,461,840	103.810
2067	201,381,857	193,885,369	103.866
2068	201,931,930	194,316,356	103.919
2069	202,483,495	194,753,910	103.969
2070	203,028,711	195,189,377	104.016
2071	203,568,929	195,623,991	104.061
2072	204,098,802	196,053,002	104.104
2073	204,612,331	196,468,202	104.145
2074	205,116,959	196,876,389	104.186
2075	205,621,483	197,288,680	104.224
2076	206,121,072	197,699,854	104.260
2077	206,596,473	198,086,989	104.296
2078	207,057,709	198,460,993	104.332
2079	207,500,914	198,819,016	104.367
2080	207,921,846	199,157,970	104.400
2081	208,354,685	199,511,599	104.432
2082	208,788,042	199,867,818	104.463
2083	209,198,245	200,203,414	104.493
2084	209,601,280	200,533,387	104.522
2085	209,984,687	200,845,297	104.550
2086	210,365,133	201,154,954	104.579
2087	210,758,682	201,478,094	104.606
2088	211,164,065	201,814,715	104.633
2089	211,572,564	202,158,177	104.657
2090	211,966,889	202,490,750	104.680
2091	212,360,128	202,826,261	104.701
2092	212,758,235	203,170,765	104.719
2093	213,150,573	203,511,553	104.736
2094	213,540,198	203,851,417	104.753
2095	213,926,380	204,189,148	104.769
2096	214,292,212	204,507,886	104.784
2097	214,645,981	204,815,036	104.800
2098	214,987,618	205,108,202	104.817
2099	215,316,194	205,386,694	104.835
2100	215,629,610	205,649,280	104.853