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Is there currently any country with too many women? I've heard interesting things about Paraguay, which lost like 90% of their men after some really bad wars, and how it changed their society.

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The state of Kerala (pop 38 million) in India has 1084 females to every 1000 males according to the 2011 census. https://www.census2011.co.in/sexratio.php

Per Wikipedia, Russia has about 4 million more in the 15-64 demographic. 48m men and 52m women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia

This article seems to have a little more background on why. Wars and alcohol are harder on men than women. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/14/why-the-form...

I’ve read quite a few Chinese articles about a trend of Chinese expats working in Siberia marrying with local Russian women. I don’t know how accurate they are so I won’t post them here. It was interesting read though.

I personally know some Turkish people who’ve been in Siberia for years and what they say is the same as yours.

In Russia, men have a higher tendency to die in late middle age due to alcoholism and work-related fatalities. The difference in the "15-64 demographic" is really only visible starting at age 50. In the 20-30 range, there is no real difference.

Historically you can look at the UK after WW1, and possibly other European countries.

The war between Brazil and Paraguay ended some 150 years ago. I'm fairly sure the population has recovered back to the average by now.

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