Fill in the blank (_) in the following sentence from the following choices.
Sentence: the statistics show many females compared to the males are being born everyday, the _ are many.

Choice 1: the statistics show many females compared to the males are being born everyday, the females are many.
Choice 2: the statistics show many females compared to the males are being born everyday, the males are many.
Which of the choices is correct? Respond with only "1" or "2" and no additional text.
1
1.