The Second World War had a sever impact on gender ratios across European countries, particularly in the Soviet Union. While the United States had a balanced gender ratio of one man for every woman, in the Soviet Union the ratio was below 5:4 in favor of women, and in Soviet Russia this figure was closer to 4:3.
As young men were disproportionately killed during the war, this had long-term implications for demographic development, where the generation who would have typically started families in the 1940s was severely depleted in many countries.
Number of men per 100 women after the Second World War in select countries in 1950
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Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (May 6, 2020). Number of men per 100 women after the Second World War in select countries in 1950 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261433/post-wwii-gender-ratios-in-select-countries/
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