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globally in 2017 the share of women in the world was 49.6%.
The evidence that highly skewed sex ratios at birth have been largely the result of gender discrimination and selective abortions has been well-established across several countries. We discuss the reasons for this discrimination here.
It’s estimated that today there are over 130 million ‘missing women’ in the world as a result of selective abortion and excess female deaths
originally posted by: TheRepublicOfCanada
I know that some countries have an issue whereby there are actually more human males than human females (to the point that it is something of a "national crisis" e.g. China and India).
But, generally speaking, on a planetary level, is Earth's human population not 50% female and 50% male i.e. nearly 4 billion females and nearly 4 billion males?
originally posted by: FyreByrd
originally posted by: TheRepublicOfCanada
I know that some countries have an issue whereby there are actually more human males than human females (to the point that it is something of a "national crisis" e.g. China and India).
But, generally speaking, on a planetary level, is Earth's human population not 50% female and 50% male i.e. nearly 4 billion females and nearly 4 billion males?
I have read that it is more like 51% Female and 49% Male - do to greater death rate in all age brackets - that's the XY chromosomes for you.
originally posted by: SallieSunshine
I once read that more male babies are born but more male babies die than female babies so it evens out the numbers.