Sex ratio in China 2022, by age group
population of the country. Although the policy is no longer in place, the population gender difference throughout the country is still evident. In 2022, fifteen to nineteen-year-old children had the largest gender disparity of 115.77 males to every 100 females.
The gender or sex ratio in China has been a contentious issue since the introduction of the one-child policy in 1979, intended to limit the