A new report finds that reunification of the two Koreas would lead to a balanced sex ratio.

The National Statistical Office said Monday there are more men in South Korea than women. Men accounted for some 24-point-two million and women about 24 million out of the nation’s total population of 48-point-two million.

The estimates put the sex ratio at 101 for South Korea. The ratio, which reflects the number of males to 100 females, has declined steadily over the past two decades. It stood at 101-point-eight in 1980, 101-point-four in 2000 and 101 in 2005.

Unlike the South, where men have dominated the population, the North has more women than men, with its sex ratio now standing at 97. In contrast with the South, the North has seen its ratio rise steadily since 1980, when it stood at 92-point-seven. North Korea's sex ratio rose to 96-point-three in 2000 before landing at 96-point-nine in 2005.

If reunited, the South Korean statistical office said the sex ratio for a unified Korea would be 99-point-seven.