Latin America & Caribbean vs Nigeria: Population, male, per capita

Latin America & Caribbean
0.4921 units per person
in 2025
Nigeria
0.506 units per person
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean rank
38th
Nigeria rank
41st

Population, male, per capita over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.506 units per person against 0.4921 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.0139 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 38th and Nigeria ranks 41st of 44 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.5002 units per person 0.4944 units per person 0.0058 units per person Latin America & Caribbean
1970s 0.4993 units per person 0.4941 units per person 0.0052 units per person Latin America & Caribbean
1980s 0.4979 units per person 0.4962 units per person 0.0017 units per person Latin America & Caribbean
1990s 0.4963 units per person 0.4992 units per person 0.0029 units per person Nigeria
2000s 0.495 units per person 0.5021 units per person 0.0071 units per person Nigeria
2010s 0.4939 units per person 0.5042 units per person 0.0104 units per person Nigeria
2020s 0.4924 units per person 0.5055 units per person 0.0131 units per person Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, male, per capita, Latin America & Caribbean or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.506 units per person against 0.4921 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2025.
What is the difference in population, male, per capita between Latin America & Caribbean and Nigeria?
0.0139 units per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Nigeria?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Nigeria rank globally for population, male, per capita?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 38th and Nigeria ranks 41st of 44 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population, male, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population, male, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.