Imports linked to male population aged 40-44
Comparing Population ages 40-44, male, per capita with Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$), per capita across 185 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.59
- Holding size constant
- +0.48
- Countries compared
- 185
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The correlation might be driven by countries with older populations having more established economies, leading to increased imports. A careful reader should consider education level as a potential confounder, as it could influence both economic activity and demographic structures. The relationship could be due to various underlying factors rather than a direct link.
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 relationship between imports and male population aged 40-44, when in fact it might be driven by other economic or demographic factors.
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.