Population, male, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Population, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
216
Highest
4.58 % change on previous year
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
-4.96 % change on previous year
Saint Martin (French part)
Median
0.874 % change on previous year
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
17,130
What the numbers show
Population, male, annual growth rate is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 4.58 % change on previous year in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -4.96 % change on previous year in Saint Martin (French part).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.874 % change on previous year, and the mean is 0.9843 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 158 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 16,188.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 3,246.4%).
Population, male, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 4.58 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 4.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 3 | Oman | 4.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 190.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Qatar | 3.73 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 3.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 16,188.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Chad | 3.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Somalia | 3.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Niger | 3.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 10 | Georgia | 3.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2,086.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.26 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 12 | Angola | 3.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 3.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 896.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Mozambique | 2.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 15 | Yemen | 2.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 2.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritania | 2.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 19 | Afghanistan | 2.83 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 2.82 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 21 | Uganda | 2.78 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 22 | Malawi | 2.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 23 | Cameroon | 2.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 2.58 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 25 | Benin | 2.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 26 | Burundi | 2.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Madagascar | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 28 | Guinea | 2.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 29 | Congo | 2.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 30 | Solomon Islands | 2.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.2% | flat |
| 31 | Togo | 2.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 32 | Sudan | 2.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 33 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 35 | Palestine, State of | 2.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 36 | Rwanda | 2.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Gambia | 2.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 2.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Senegal | 2.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 2.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 42 | Iraq | 2.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 43 | Liberia | 2.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Nigeria | 2.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Namibia | 2.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 47 | Eritrea | 2.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 487.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Gabon | 2.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 49 | South Sudan | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 260.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Gibraltar | 2.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Malta | 1.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.96 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 54 | Kenya | 1.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 1.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 1.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 57 | Comoros | 1.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 58 | Cayman Islands | 1.84 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 59 | Ghana | 1.83 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 1.73 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 61 | Armenia | 1.7 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 830.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 1.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 64 | Honduras | 1.65 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 65 | Ireland | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Iceland | 1.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Botswana | 1.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Kiribati | 1.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 69 | Egypt | 1.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 70 | Australia | 1.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 71 | Guatemala | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 1.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Pakistan | 1.48 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 74 | Liechtenstein | 1.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 102.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Belize | 1.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 1.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 77 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 78 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 79 | Algeria | 1.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 80 | Djibouti | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Timor-Leste | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Israel | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 84 | Cambodia | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Panama | 1.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 86 | Singapore | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 68.0% | falling |
| 88 | Mongolia | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 89 | Paraguay | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 90 | Sint Maarten | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Lesotho | 1.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Andorra | 1.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 147.5% | volatile |
| 93 | South Africa | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Eswatini | 1.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Malaysia | 1.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 96 | Haiti | 1.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 97 | Libya | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Peru | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 99 | Spain | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 771.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Portugal | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 295.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Colombia | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 102 | Switzerland | 0.9958 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Canada | 0.9356 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 0.9352 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Seychelles | 0.9336 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Cyprus | 0.9083 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 107 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.8927 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Morocco | 0.8858 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 109 | India | 0.8622 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 110 | Ecuador | 0.8393 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 111 | Mexico | 0.8245 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 112 | Suriname | 0.8153 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Philippines | 0.8085 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 114 | Lebanon | 0.7933 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 0.7919 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 116 | Indonesia | 0.7865 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 117 | Belgium | 0.7473 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahrain | 0.733 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Aruba | 0.7194 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Norway | 0.7122 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 121 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.7066 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 122 | New Zealand | 0.6936 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Guam | 0.646 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 252.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.6354 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.3% | rising |
| 125 | British Virgin Islands | 0.6259 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Samoa | 0.6184 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Myanmar | 0.6071 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 128 | Viet Nam | 0.6003 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 129 | Bhutan | 0.5784 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Naoero | 0.5754 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Guyana | 0.5532 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Tunisia | 0.5479 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 133 | Denmark | 0.5473 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Netherlands | 0.5401 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 135 | United States of America | 0.5333 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 136 | Finland | 0.5184 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 137 | Chile | 0.486 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4839 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Fiji | 0.4673 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 887.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Azerbaijan | 0.4671 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Cape Verde | 0.4521 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 376.2% | volatile |
| 142 | El Salvador | 0.4325 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 0.4316 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 144 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.4251 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 145 | San Marino | 0.395 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Faroe Islands | 0.3896 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Türkiye | 0.3781 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 148 | Bahamas | 0.3638 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Argentina | 0.3637 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 150 | Austria | 0.3609 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.3499 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 0.3494 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Brazil | 0.3471 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 154 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.3239 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Curaçao | 0.2964 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Croatia | 0.296 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 125.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Sweden | 0.2825 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Slovenia | 0.2666 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 114.5% | volatile |
| 159 | France | 0.2504 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 160 | French Polynesia | 0.1607 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 0.1296 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Greece | 0.1181 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 113.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Lithuania | 0.0712 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Barbados | 0.0694 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0491 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 125.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Grenada | 0.0187 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Maldives | 0.0138 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 99.7% | rising |
| 168 | Italy | 0.0056 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Montenegro | -0.0273 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 116.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Germany | -0.0296 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 102.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Uruguay | -0.0335 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 108.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Isle of Man | -0.0936 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Jamaica | -0.1019 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 132.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.1101 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 139.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Greenland | -0.1339 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Bulgaria | -0.1347 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Czechia | -0.1532 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 161.4% | volatile |
| 178 | North Macedonia | -0.1588 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Slovakia | -0.1674 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 223.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Thailand | -0.1685 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 145.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Romania | -0.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Russian Federation | -0.1764 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 155.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Republic of Korea | -0.1827 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 161.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Macau (China) | -0.2121 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 106.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Bermuda | -0.2182 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 391.2% | volatile |
| 186 | China | -0.2378 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 141.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Palau | -0.2518 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 131.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Mauritius | -0.2673 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 276.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Estonia | -0.3136 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 252.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Poland | -0.3805 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 662.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Jordan | -0.3842 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 104.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Cuba | -0.4229 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 242.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Hungary | -0.4236 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Hong Kong, China | -0.4245 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 185.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Tonga | -0.4348 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Nepal | -0.4937 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 258.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Belarus | -0.5343 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 368.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Japan | -0.5432 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 382.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Dominica | -0.6314 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 837.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Puerto Rico | -0.632 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 201 | Serbia | -0.658 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.6927 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 203 | Kuwait | -0.7164 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 112.2% | volatile |
| 204 | Sri Lanka | -0.7441 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 183.3% | volatile |
| 205 | Monaco | -0.7884 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 144.0% | volatile |
| 206 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.8119 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Latvia | -0.8846 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 208 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.9117 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,381.1% | volatile |
| 209 | Kosovo | -1.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Albania | -1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 211 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.48 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 212 | Tuvalu | -1.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 875.0% | volatile |
| 213 | American Samoa | -1.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 214 | Republic of Moldova | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 215 | Marshall Islands | -3.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 216 | Saint Martin (French part) | -4.96 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3,246.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 2.74 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.65 % change on previous year
- Euro area 0.313 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.58 % change on previous year
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.55 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.47 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.47 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.47 % change on previous year
- Africa Western and Central 2.35 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries 2.32 % change on previous year
- IDA only 2.24 % change on previous year
- Arab World 2.21 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Population, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Population, male World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Population, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.