Population, male (% of total population) by country
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.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
71.1%
Qatar
Lowest
45.0%
Hong Kong
Median
49.6%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,556
What the numbers show
Population, male (% of total population) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 71.1% in Qatar; the lowest is 45.0% in Hong Kong.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.6%, and the mean is 50.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 4.5%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 5.6%).
Population, male (% of total population): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 71.1% | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 63.8% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | Oman | 62.4% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 4 | Bahrain | 62.0% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 5 | Maldives | 61.7% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 6 | Kuwait | 61.1% | 2025 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 60.4% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 8 | Seychelles | 55.1% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 9 | Palau | 53.8% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 10 | Bhutan | 53.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Brunei | 53.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Northern Mariana Islands | 52.9% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.7% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 14 | Greenland | 52.5% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Malaysia | 52.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Malta | 51.9% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 17 | Singapore | 51.7% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 18 | Faroe Islands | 51.6% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | India | 51.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Jordan | 51.5% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea | 51.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Iceland | 51.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 23 | Tuvalu | 51.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 24 | Marshall Islands | 51.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 25 | Solomon Islands | 51.1% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 26 | Andorra | 51.1% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 27 | Algeria | 51.0% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | China | 50.9% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 29 | Nauru | 50.9% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.9% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 50.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 32 | Libya | 50.8% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 50.8% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 34 | Iran | 50.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 35 | Senegal | 50.8% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 36 | Niger | 50.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 37 | Gabon | 50.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 38 | Pakistan | 50.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 50.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Guam | 50.6% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 41 | Nigeria | 50.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 42 | French Polynesia | 50.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 43 | Afghanistan | 50.5% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Egypt | 50.5% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 50.5% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 50.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 47 | Mali | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 48 | Belize | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 49 | East Timor | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 50 | American Samoa | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 51 | Morocco | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Norway | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | Sweden | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 54 | Samoa | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 55 | Cyprus | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 50.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 57 | Honduras | 50.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 58 | Slovenia | 50.3% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 59 | Comoros | 50.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 60 | United States | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 61 | Laos | 50.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 62 | Indonesia | 50.2% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 63 | Iraq | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 64 | Cayman Islands | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 65 | Madagascar | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 66 | Benin | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 67 | Chad | 50.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 68 | Paraguay | 50.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 69 | Ethiopia | 50.1% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 70 | Grenada | 50.1% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia | 50.1% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 72 | Somalia | 50.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 73 | Syria | 50.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 74 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 50.0% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 75 | Panama | 50.0% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 76 | Congo | 50.0% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 77 | Dominica | 49.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 78 | Suriname | 49.9% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 79 | Ghana | 49.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 80 | Liberia | 49.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 81 | Turkey | 49.9% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 82 | South Korea | 49.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 83 | Philippines | 49.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 49.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 85 | Mauritius | 49.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 86 | Ecuador | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 87 | Cameroon | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 88 | Mongolia | 49.8% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 89 | Botswana | 49.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 49.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 91 | Israel | 49.8% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 92 | Gambia | 49.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 93 | Gibraltar | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 94 | Myanmar | 49.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 95 | Peru | 49.7% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 96 | Denmark | 49.7% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 97 | Kenya | 49.7% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 98 | New Zealand | 49.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 49.7% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 100 | Chile | 49.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 101 | Liechtenstein | 49.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 102 | Switzerland | 49.7% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 103 | Netherlands | 49.7% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 49.7% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 105 | Burundi | 49.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 106 | Micronesia (country) | 49.7% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 107 | Canada | 49.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 108 | Argentina | 49.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 109 | Fiji | 49.6% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 110 | Australia | 49.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 111 | Palestine | 49.6% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 49.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 113 | Uganda | 49.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 114 | Guatemala | 49.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 115 | Tanzania | 49.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 116 | Sudan | 49.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 117 | Djibouti | 49.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 118 | Guinea | 49.5% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 119 | North Korea | 49.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 120 | Zambia | 49.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 121 | Ireland | 49.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 122 | Angola | 49.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 123 | Isle of Man | 49.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 124 | Haiti | 49.5% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 125 | Finland | 49.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 49.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 127 | Jamaica | 49.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 129 | Albania | 49.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 130 | Tunisia | 49.4% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 49.4% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.4% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 133 | Venezuela | 49.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 134 | Eritrea | 49.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 135 | Germany | 49.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 136 | Channel Islands | 49.4% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 137 | Colombia | 49.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 138 | New Caledonia | 49.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 139 | Belgium | 49.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 140 | Saint Lucia | 49.3% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 141 | Czechia | 49.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 142 | Cuba | 49.3% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 143 | United Kingdom | 49.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 144 | Austria | 49.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 145 | Nicaragua | 49.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 146 | Kosovo | 49.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 146 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 49.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 148 | Brazil | 49.2% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 149 | South Sudan | 49.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 150 | San Marino | 49.2% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 151 | Tajikistan | 49.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 152 | Bangladesh | 49.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 153 | Eswatini | 49.1% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 49.1% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 155 | Spain | 49.1% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 156 | Mauritania | 49.1% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 157 | Azerbaijan | 49.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 158 | Cambodia | 49.0% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 159 | Vietnam | 49.0% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 160 | Togo | 48.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 161 | Italy | 48.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 162 | Monaco | 48.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 163 | Bermuda | 48.9% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 164 | Namibia | 48.8% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 165 | Rwanda | 48.8% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 166 | Slovakia | 48.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 167 | Malawi | 48.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 168 | Japan | 48.8% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 169 | Lesotho | 48.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 170 | Kazakhstan | 48.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 171 | Guyana | 48.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 172 | North Macedonia | 48.7% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 173 | South Africa | 48.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 174 | Lebanon | 48.7% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 175 | Thailand | 48.6% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 176 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 48.6% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 177 | Kiribati | 48.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 178 | Mozambique | 48.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 179 | Uruguay | 48.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 180 | Mexico | 48.5% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 181 | France | 48.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 182 | Greece | 48.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 183 | Romania | 48.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 184 | Poland | 48.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 185 | Bulgaria | 48.4% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 186 | Sri Lanka | 48.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 187 | Croatia | 48.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 188 | Montenegro | 48.1% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 48.1% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 190 | Hungary | 48.1% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 191 | Barbados | 47.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47.8% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 193 | Zimbabwe | 47.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 194 | Bahamas | 47.7% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 195 | Nepal | 47.7% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 196 | Curacao | 47.6% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 197 | Portugal | 47.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 198 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 199 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 200 | Estonia | 47.6% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 201 | El Salvador | 47.5% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 202 | United States Virgin Islands | 47.4% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 203 | Serbia | 47.4% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 204 | British Virgin Islands | 47.3% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 205 | Aruba | 47.2% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 206 | Tonga | 47.2% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 207 | Lithuania | 47.2% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 208 | Puerto Rico | 47.0% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 209 | Georgia | 46.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 210 | Belarus | 46.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 211 | Ukraine | 46.5% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 212 | Armenia | 46.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 213 | Latvia | 46.4% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 214 | Russia | 46.4% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 215 | Saint Martin (French part) | 46.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 216 | Macao | 46.0% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 217 | Moldova | 46.0% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 218 | Hong Kong | 45.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab World 51.8%
- Chagai 49.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 51.4%
- South Asia 51.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 51.2%
- Lower middle income 50.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 50.7%
- Other small states 50.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 50.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 50.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 50.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 50.6%
- Middle income 50.5%
- IDA blend 50.4%
- IBRD only 50.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 50.4%
- Low & middle income 50.4%
- Africa Western and Central 50.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 50.3%
- World 50.3%
- Small states 50.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 50.2%
- North America 50.2%
- Pacific island small states 50.2%
- Upper middle income 50.2%
- Pre-demographic dividend 50.0%
- IDA total 49.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 49.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 49.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 49.8%
- Low income 49.8%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 49.8%
- High income 49.7%
- IDA only 49.7%
- Least developed countries 49.6%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 49.5%
- OECD members 49.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 49.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 49.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 49.2%
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.