Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Qatar: Population, male

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
51.4%
in 2025
Qatar
71.1%
in 2025
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
2nd
Qatar rank
1st

Population, male over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Qatar
020406080196019922025

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 71.1% against 51.4% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 19.7%.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.4 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 2nd and Qatar ranks 1st of 47 groups.

Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Qatar Difference Ahead
1960s 51.5% 54.4% 2.9% Qatar
1970s 51.5% 64.4% 12.9% Qatar
1980s 51.4% 69.3% 17.9% Qatar
1990s 51.3% 68.2% 16.9% Qatar
2000s 51.5% 70.9% 19.4% Qatar
2010s 51.6% 74.7% 23.0% Qatar
2020s 51.5% 71.6% 20.2% Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, male, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Qatar?
Qatar, at 71.1% against 51.4% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in population, male between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Qatar?
19.7%, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Qatar?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Qatar rank globally for population, male?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 2nd and Qatar ranks 1st 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Qatar: Population, male. Statizoid, drawing on World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/population-male-percent-of-total-population/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/qatar/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/population-male-percent-of-total-population/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/qatar/">Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Qatar: Population, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population, male (% of total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,556 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.