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This map shows the number of females per 100 males for the total population across the Nordic Region at the municipal and regional level in 2016. This figure is commonly referred to as the female ratio.

The blue tones on the map represent a predominance of males in each municipality or region (female ratio below 98). The red tone equates to a predominance of females in each municipality or region (female ratio above 102). The yellow tone shows a balance between females and males in each municipality or region (female ratio between 98 and 102). The Nordic average is 100.5.

In much of Northern Sweden, Finland, and Norway, as well as in Iceland and Greenland, there tends to be a predominance of males at the municipal level. In fact, in Southern Sweden and Norway, as well as in Denmark, most municipalities show a gender balance or a predominance of females in the population . In Southern Finland, on the other hand, the pattern is more mixed with most municipal populations either balanced or even predominated by females. At the regional level, the majority of regions have a balanced situation with respect to gender. Exceptions include Norrbotten in Sweden, regions along the coastline in Norway, most regions in Iceland, and Greenland, where males make up a larger portion of the population and several regions in Southern Finland where females make up a larger portion of the population.

Map id: 02226a

Designer/Cartographer
Shinan Wang

Data source
NSI’s

Published 31 March 2017

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Gender balance of total population 2016

March, 2017

Total number of females per 100 males in 2016

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Shinan Wang
Cartographer/GIS Analyst