Maldives vs Saudi Arabia: Population, male
Maldives
61.7%
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
60.4%
in 2025
Maldives rank
5th
Saudi Arabia rank
7th
Population, male over time
- Maldives
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 61.7% against 60.4% in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 5th and Saudi Arabia ranks 7th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Saudi Arabia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54.0% | 51.3% | 2.7% | Maldives |
| 1970s | 53.6% | 52.1% | 1.6% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 53.0% | 53.4% | 0.4% | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 52.5% | 54.0% | 1.6% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 53.1% | 58.0% | 5.0% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 58.7% | 62.0% | 3.3% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 61.9% | 60.7% | 1.3% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, male, Maldives or Saudi Arabia?
- Maldives, at 61.7% against 60.4% in Saudi Arabia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population, male between Maldives and Saudi Arabia?
- 1.3%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Saudi Arabia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Saudi Arabia rank globally for population, male?
- Maldives ranks 5th and Saudi Arabia ranks 7th of 218 countries.
- 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.