China has 37 million more males than females. China has become the most imbalanced country in gender ratio of newborn babies in the world. This period of imbalance is also the longest time in the world. In 2005, the ratio between newborn girls and boys was 100:118.88, far from the average ratio of 100 to 104-107. In Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Anhui and Hunan provinces, the ratio is even higher- 100:130. Since the 1980s, China's birth ratio between newborn girls and boys has been increasing:
1982: 100 to 108.5
1987: 100 to 110.9
1990: 100 to 111.3
1995: 100 to 115.6
2000: 100 to 116.9
In 2000, average ratio was 100:116.9. Except for areas such as the Xinjiang Uygor Autonomous and Tibet Autonomous regions; all the provinces were above the average ratio of 100 to 104-107. Some provinces had a ratio of 100:138.