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World map showing whether countries have more males or females (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Isn't this mostly showing that females have longer lifespans and in countries where they have weird preference for boys, the skew towards male?

[–] zarkony@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, plus migrant labor. I imagine most countries that skew male are only a percent or two off. The major outliers are the Persian gulf nations, because they are tiny and rich. All those extra men are migrant workers from poorer nations, sending money back home.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Also impacting the ratios of where they left from.

A lot of men from Lithuania will work abroad, artificially inflating the ratio of women left behind

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's not "young hot women got no one to fuck". It's mostly grannies. The more purple the country, the more grannies it has.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yup. In Lithuania, women tend to live 10-15 years longer, hence the surplus of women.