InternationalWomen'sDay1997

MENU Main Page Special Event: Q&A Teacher’s Notes Why Women’s Day? How It Happened The Issues Politics Demographics Health Education Links

The Issues How Many of Who: The Demographics Overall, there are slightly fewer women than men in the world. For every 100 men there are 98.6 women. If you just take the adult population, the ratio is different. There are nearly 1 billion adults in the world. Two out of every three of them is a woman. Out of every four households in the world, one is headed by a woman. Ratio of women to men by region, 1970 and 1995/td> The number of women for every 100 men 1970 1995 Developed regions Europe 106 105 Other developed 101 103 Africa Northern Africa 99 97 Sub-saharan Africa 104 102 Latin America and Caribbean Latin America 99 100 Caribbean 106 103 Asia and Pacific Eastern Asia 98 97 South-eastern Asia 99 100 Southern Asia 95 95 Central Asia 90 92 Western Asia 93 95 Oceania 93 95 World 99.6 98.6 Discussion Questions

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