Population ages 20-24, male (% of male population) by country
Male population between the ages 20 to 24 as a percentage of the total male population.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
11.6%
Syrian Arab Republic
Lowest
3.9%
Hong Kong, China
Median
7.5%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,556
What the numbers show
Population ages 20-24, male (% of male population) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 11.6% in Syrian Arab Republic; the lowest is 3.9% in Hong Kong, China.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.5%, and the mean is 7.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 157 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 58.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 56.7%).
Population ages 20-24, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11.6% | 2025 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 2 | South Sudan | 10.8% | 2025 | up 32.3% | flat |
| 3 | Timor-Leste | 10.6% | 2025 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 4 | Eritrea | 10.6% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 10.3% | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 6 | Guatemala | 10.1% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 10.1% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 10.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 10.0% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 10 | Malawi | 10.0% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 10.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 12 | Djibouti | 10.0% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 9.9% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 9.9% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 15 | El Salvador | 9.8% | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 16 | Nepal | 9.8% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 9.8% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 18 | Honduras | 9.8% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 19 | Eswatini | 9.8% | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 20 | Lesotho | 9.7% | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 9.7% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 22 | Liberia | 9.6% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 23 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 9.6% | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 24 | Botswana | 9.6% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 25 | Senegal | 9.6% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.6% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.6% | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 28 | Guinea | 9.6% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 9.6% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 30 | Tonga | 9.5% | 2025 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 31 | Sudan | 9.5% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 32 | Marshall Islands | 9.5% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 33 | Zambia | 9.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 34 | Madagascar | 9.5% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 35 | Belize | 9.4% | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 36 | Mozambique | 9.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 37 | Gambia | 9.4% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 38 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 9.4% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 39 | Haiti | 9.4% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 9.4% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 41 | Iraq | 9.4% | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 42 | Pakistan | 9.3% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 43 | Philippines | 9.3% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 44 | Niger | 9.3% | 2025 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 9.3% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 46 | Singapore | 9.2% | 2025 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 47 | Mali | 9.2% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 48 | Comoros | 9.2% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 49 | Ghana | 9.1% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 9.1% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 9.1% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 52 | Benin | 9.1% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 53 | Somalia | 9.1% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 54 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.1% | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 55 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.1% | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 56 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.0% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 57 | Chad | 9.0% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 58 | Yemen | 9.0% | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 59 | India | 9.0% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritania | 9.0% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 61 | Bhutan | 8.9% | 2025 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 8.9% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 63 | Lebanon | 8.9% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 64 | American Samoa | 8.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 65 | Kosovo | 8.8% | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 65 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 8.8% | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 67 | Palestine, State of | 8.8% | 2025 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 68 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 8.8% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 69 | Burundi | 8.8% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 70 | Malaysia | 8.8% | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 71 | Mexico | 8.7% | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 72 | Congo | 8.7% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 73 | Angola | 8.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 74 | Guyana | 8.7% | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 75 | Togo | 8.7% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 76 | Ecuador | 8.7% | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 77 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 8.7% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 78 | Suriname | 8.6% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 79 | Namibia | 8.6% | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 8.5% | 2025 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 8.5% | 2025 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 82 | Egypt | 8.4% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 83 | Libya | 8.4% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 84 | Jordan | 8.4% | 2025 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 85 | Myanmar | 8.4% | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 86 | Jamaica | 8.4% | 2025 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 87 | Paraguay | 8.3% | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 88 | Colombia | 8.3% | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 89 | South Africa | 8.2% | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 90 | Peru | 8.2% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 91 | Cambodia | 8.2% | 2025 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 92 | Oman | 8.2% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 93 | Kiribati | 8.1% | 2025 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 94 | Gabon | 8.1% | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 8.0% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 96 | Fiji | 8.0% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 8.0% | 2025 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 98 | Samoa | 8.0% | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 99 | Panama | 8.0% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.9% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 101 | Indonesia | 7.9% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 102 | Morocco | 7.8% | 2025 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 103 | Israel | 7.8% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 104 | Argentina | 7.8% | 2025 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 7.8% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 7.7% | 2025 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 107 | Tuvalu | 7.7% | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 7.7% | 2025 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 109 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.5% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 110 | Naoero | 7.5% | 2025 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 111 | Brazil | 7.5% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 112 | Uruguay | 7.4% | 2025 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.4% | 2025 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 7.4% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 115 | Bahamas | 7.4% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 7.4% | 2025 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 7.4% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 118 | French Polynesia | 7.4% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 119 | Mauritius | 7.4% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 120 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.4% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 121 | Türkiye | 7.4% | 2025 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 122 | Curaçao | 7.3% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 123 | Faroe Islands | 7.1% | 2025 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.1% | 2025 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 125 | Grenada | 7.0% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 126 | Aruba | 7.0% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 7.0% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 128 | Guam | 6.9% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 129 | Barbados | 6.9% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 6.9% | 2025 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 131 | Thailand | 6.8% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 132 | Albania | 6.8% | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 133 | Azerbaijan | 6.8% | 2025 | down 27.0% | flat |
| 134 | United States of America | 6.8% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 135 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 6.8% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 136 | Ireland | 6.8% | 2025 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 137 | Northern Mariana Islands | 6.8% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 138 | Uzbekistan | 6.8% | 2025 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 139 | Tunisia | 6.7% | 2025 | down 21.6% | flat |
| 140 | Bahrain | 6.7% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 141 | Chile | 6.7% | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.6% | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 143 | France | 6.6% | 2025 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 144 | Viet Nam | 6.6% | 2025 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 145 | Dominica | 6.6% | 2025 | down 29.7% | flat |
| 146 | Netherlands | 6.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | British Virgin Islands | 6.6% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 148 | Gibraltar | 6.5% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 149 | New Zealand | 6.5% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 150 | Iceland | 6.5% | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 151 | Mongolia | 6.5% | 2025 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 152 | Montenegro | 6.4% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 153 | Armenia | 6.4% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.4% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 155 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.4% | 2025 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 156 | Kazakhstan | 6.3% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 157 | Denmark | 6.3% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 158 | Norway | 6.3% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 159 | Algeria | 6.3% | 2025 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 160 | Seychelles | 6.3% | 2025 | down 31.5% | flat |
| 161 | Australia | 6.2% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 162 | Canada | 6.2% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 163 | Georgia | 6.1% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 164 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.1% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 165 | Cuba | 6.0% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 166 | Belgium | 6.0% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 167 | United States Virgin Islands | 5.9% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 168 | North Macedonia | 5.9% | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 169 | China | 5.9% | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 170 | Sweden | 5.9% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 171 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.8% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 172 | Finland | 5.8% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 173 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.8% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 174 | Greenland | 5.8% | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 175 | Portugal | 5.8% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 176 | Andorra | 5.7% | 2025 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 177 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 5.7% | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 178 | San Marino | 5.7% | 2025 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 179 | Russian Federation | 5.7% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 180 | Luxembourg | 5.7% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 181 | Hungary | 5.7% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 182 | Lithuania | 5.7% | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 183 | Isle of Man | 5.7% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 184 | Palau | 5.7% | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 185 | Romania | 5.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 186 | Channel Islands | 5.6% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 187 | Greece | 5.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 188 | Spain | 5.6% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 189 | Ukraine | 5.5% | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 190 | Liechtenstein | 5.5% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 191 | Serbia | 5.5% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 192 | Cyprus | 5.5% | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 193 | Republic of Moldova | 5.5% | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 194 | Republic of Korea | 5.5% | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 195 | Qatar | 5.5% | 2025 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 196 | Italy | 5.4% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 197 | Bermuda | 5.4% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 198 | Croatia | 5.4% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 199 | Latvia | 5.3% | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 200 | Austria | 5.3% | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 201 | Maldives | 5.3% | 2025 | down 56.7% | rising |
| 202 | Switzerland | 5.3% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 203 | Belarus | 5.2% | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 204 | Japan | 5.2% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 205 | Estonia | 5.2% | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 206 | Czechia | 5.2% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 207 | Cayman Islands | 5.2% | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 208 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.2% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 209 | Germany | 5.1% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 210 | Bulgaria | 5.0% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 211 | Macau, China | 5.0% | 2025 | down 39.2% | flat |
| 212 | Slovakia | 5.0% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 213 | Poland | 4.9% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 214 | Monaco | 4.8% | 2025 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 215 | Slovenia | 4.8% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 216 | Malta | 4.8% | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 217 | Kuwait | 4.5% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 218 | Hong Kong, China | 3.9% | 2025 | down 41.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 9.5%
- Chagai 5.6%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 9.5%
- Pre-demographic dividend 9.4%
- Africa Western and Central 9.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 9.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 9.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 9.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 9.4%
- IDA blend 9.3%
- IDA total 9.3%
- IDA only 9.3%
- Least developed countries 9.3%
- Lower middle income 9.0%
- South Asia 9.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 9.0%
- Early-demographic dividend 8.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 8.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 8.6%
- Pacific island small states 8.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 8.5%
- Arab World 8.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 8.2%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 8.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 8.1%
- Low & middle income 8.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 8.0%
- Middle income 7.9%
- Small states 7.9%
- Other small states 7.8%
- World 7.8%
- Caribbean Small States 7.6%
- IBRD only 7.5%
- Upper middle income 6.9%
- North America 6.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 6.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 6.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 6.5%
- OECD members 6.5%
About this data
Male population between the ages 20 to 24 as a percentage of the total male population.