Transgender Ratio

What’s the ratio of FtM compared to MtF transgendered persons?

By Deane Barker 1 min read

Common perception is that there are more transwomen (male to female) than transmen (female to male). Some studies have confirmed this.

This study puts the ratio at about 4:1. The study was about increasing frequency, but it offers these numbers, from which I extrapolated the ratio:

Evidence suggests that the prevalence has increased over the last decades to up to 5 – 14 male-to-female transgender (MtF) individuals per 1000 adult males and 2 – 3 female-to-male transgender (FtM) individuals per 1000 adult females.

Another study in Sweden put the ratio at 2:1.

Of course, these studies depend on self-identification, and that might lead to sample bias. Transwomen might simply be more likely to identify as such, than transmen.

Assuming an imbalance does exist, a question at the psychology Stack Exchange asked the reason for the imbalance. Several answers were offered:

That same question at Stack Exchange offhandedly cited an APA study that the ratio was 3:1, but I couldn’t locate a full version of the source, so I couldn’t verify it.

Why I Looked It Up

I’ve just always wondered.