The total number of females per thousand males in a country is termed as ____ ratio.

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The total number of females per thousand males in a country is called sex ratio. The sex ratio is one of the leading social indicators of development, along with education and health. It gives the insight to understand how good a country's social progress is. A country with a good sex ratio would have a more or less equal number of males and females. A sex ratio favourable to males could indicate different kinds of sex discrimination, including sex-selective abortions, female infanticides, son preferences, etc. The sex ratio of this type is against development, and it is also not good for the progress of any society as it undermines the importance of females.

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