Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Nigeria: Population, male
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
49.2%
in 2025
Nigeria
50.6%
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
40th
Nigeria rank
41st
Population, male over time
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 50.6% against 49.2% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 40th and Nigeria ranks 41st of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50.0% | 49.4% | 0.6% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1970s | 49.9% | 49.4% | 0.5% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 49.8% | 49.6% | 0.2% | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 49.6% | 49.9% | 0.3% | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 49.5% | 50.2% | 0.7% | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 49.4% | 50.4% | 1.0% | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 49.2% | 50.6% | 1.3% | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, male, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 50.6% against 49.2% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population, male between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Nigeria?
- 1.4%, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Nigeria?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Nigeria rank globally for population, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 40th and Nigeria ranks 41st of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Population, male (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Male population is the percentage of the population that is male. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.