GDP relates to young male population
Comparing GDP (constant 2015 US$) with Age population, age 15, male, interpolated across 209 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.71
- Holding size constant
- -0.58
- Countries compared
- 209
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The relationship between GDP and young male population might be influenced by factors such as education and workforce participation. A careful reader should consider the potential impact of urbanization, which could be a likely confounder. The correlation could also be driven by regional or cultural differences.
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 output and demographic composition, when in fact other factors 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.