The table presents female-to-male population proportion of six distinct areas around the world in 1995 and 2005.
Overall, Europe and Africa exhibited a modest growth in their population ratio over the decade, whereas other remaining regions saw an opposite pattern. Among the six areas, Asian nations maintained the highest ratio.
In 1995, Europe and Africa recorded the lowest proportion between women and men with respective ratios of 89.4 and 97.8. Conversely, Asia had the dominant ratio of 105.3 females per 100 males, the population in Oceania followed a similar pattern albeit at a lower rate. In America regions, both the North and the Central displayed a comparatively balanced ratio between 2 genders.
Turning to the period of 10 years later, Europe and Africa figures respectively increased to 92.8 and 99.2. A downward trend was seen in the population ratio between men and women of Asia despite its proportion of females still outnumbered males through 10-year period. Other areas: Oceania, Central America, North America followed the trend, declining to 99.8, 97.5 and 96.9 in turn.