Table 3.5 :  SEX RATIO OF POPULATION BY LOCALITY, 1985, 1990, 1995,2000 AND 2006
			(Males per 100 female)
Locality	1985	1990	1995	2000	2006
Republic	107.94	105.25	103.69	103.23	102.68
Male'	129.63	120.70	115.49	108.59	100.56
Atolls	101.43	100.36	99.93	101.28	103.82
HA	92.59	92.25	91.25	88.21	87.85
HDh	87.23	85.79	88.67	88.76	85.91
Sh	93.18	91.71	91.23	90.67	89.55
N	90.35	87.24	88.77	85.47	84.57
R	98.86	98.89	96.05	96.31	93.65
B	105.49	100.52	102.98	108.28	107.99
Lh	95.49	112.75	97.64	108.83	106.15
K 1-/	128.51	227.72	211.33	227.04	239.74
Ari Atoll  2-/	99.27	-	-	-
AA	-	136.10	134.09	132.34	136.33
ADh	-	99.96	119.94	129.43	129.06
V	121.64	134.39	113.21	127.37	121.82
M	97.73	100.10	99.14	96.67	105.59
F	89.42	84.60	92.28	101.95	94.37
Dh	97.24	96.86	98.71	102.28	107.82
Th	94.21	92.09	96.32	93.98	98.57
L	98.05	101.44	96.52	101.71	106.12
GA	99.80	98.45	97.54	99.93	102.65
GDh	90.44	92.94	94.99	92.92	96.03
Gn	86.35	91.30	88.08	85.24	87.20
S	88.66	83.90	84.96	80.70	87.28
Source: Department of National Planning
1-/ Sex ratio is high due to the presence of many tourist resorts in K. Atoll
and are  employing mostly by men
2-/ In 1985 AA and A.Dh was combined as Ari Atoll