Fewer men 50-54 in regions with high GDP growth
Comparing Population regions with projections, per unit of GDP with Population ages 50-54, male, per capita across 208 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.83
- Holding size constant
- -0.75
- Countries compared
- 208
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The negative correlation might be linked to urbanization or changes in population distribution, as regions with high GDP growth may attract younger workers. A careful reader should consider education levels as a potential confounder. The relationship could be influenced by various socioeconomic factors.
Why this is not proof of anything
This is a correlation across countries, not an experiment. It cannot show that either indicator causes the other, and both may simply follow a third thing. This correlation could mislead by implying a direct link between economic growth and demographic shifts, when in fact other factors like government policies or healthcare may be driving the relationship.
The second figure above repeats the measurement with national population and income held constant. It is the more conservative number: a relationship that largely disappears there was mostly telling you that larger, richer countries have more of most things.
How this was measured
Both indicators were ranked across every country reporting each, and the two rankings compared — ranks rather than raw values, because a handful of very large countries can otherwise manufacture a relationship on their own. The calculation is arithmetic over figures already published on this site; the commentary above is drafted from the two indicator names and the resulting coefficients.