Population ages 55-59, male (% of male population) by country

Male population between the ages 55 to 59 as a percentage of the total male population.

Countries reporting
215
Highest
9.0%
San Marino
Lowest
1.5%
Central African Republic
Median
5.1%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,424

What the numbers show

Population ages 55-59, male (% of male population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 9.0% in San Marino; the lowest is 1.5% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.1%, and the mean is 4.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 164 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 64.4%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 33.3%).

Population ages 55-59, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 San Marino 9.0% 2025 up 33.0% rising
2 Northern Mariana Islands 8.8% 2025 up 27.5% volatile
3 Cuba 8.5% 2025 up 52.2% rising
4 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 8.4% 2025 up 18.8% volatile
5 Andorra 8.4% 2025 up 20.8% rising
6 South Korea 8.3% 2025 up 10.3% rising
7 Italy 8.2% 2025 up 20.6% rising
8 China 8.1% 2025 up 48.3% rising
9 Germany 8.0% 2025 up 8.7% rising
10 Romania 8.0% 2025 up 22.5% rising
11 Greenland 7.9% 2025 up 5.5% rising
12 Liechtenstein 7.9% 2025 up 6.1% rising
13 Isle of Man 7.9% 2025 up 15.1% rising
14 Bermuda 7.9% 2025 up 1.4% rising
15 Austria 7.9% 2025 up 13.8% rising
16 Spain 7.8% 2025 up 19.9% rising
17 North Korea 7.8% 2025 up 35.2% rising
18 United States Virgin Islands 7.6% 2025 up 1.9% rising
19 Saint Martin (French part) 7.6% 2025 up 32.6% rising
20 Greece 7.6% 2025 up 17.4% rising
21 Palau 7.5% 2025 up 18.1% rising
22 Switzerland 7.4% 2025 up 9.5% rising
23 Cayman Islands 7.4% 2025 up 43.2% rising
24 Aruba 7.3% 2025 down 2.7% rising
25 Turks and Caicos Islands 7.2% 2025 up 33.3% rising
26 Hong Kong 7.2% 2025 down 18.1% rising
27 Japan 7.2% 2025 up 15.9% rising
28 Thailand 7.1% 2025 up 16.0% rising
29 Bulgaria 7.1% 2025 up 2.6% rising
30 Slovenia 7.1% 2025 down 4.0% rising
31 Luxembourg 7.1% 2025 up 9.0% rising
32 Croatia 7.1% 2025 down 5.6% rising
33 Netherlands 7.1% 2025 up 2.7% rising
34 Dominica 7.1% 2025 up 28.5% rising
35 Portugal 7.1% 2025 up 4.9% rising
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.9% 2025 down 10.0% rising
37 Hungary 6.9% 2025 up 2.0% rising
38 Lithuania 6.9% 2025 down 4.5% rising
39 Belgium 6.8% 2025 up 0.5% rising
40 Puerto Rico 6.8% 2025 up 4.9% rising
41 Denmark 6.8% 2025 up 7.4% rising
42 North Macedonia 6.7% 2025 up 1.0% rising
43 French Polynesia 6.7% 2025 up 33.0% rising
44 Norway 6.7% 2025 up 8.6% rising
45 Latvia 6.7% 2025 down 5.8% rising
46 Serbia 6.7% 2025 down 9.1% rising
47 British Virgin Islands 6.6% 2025 up 22.4% rising
48 Ukraine 6.6% 2025 down 7.2% rising
49 Antigua and Barbuda 6.6% 2025 up 21.4% rising
50 Barbados 6.5% 2025 down 2.2% rising
51 Czechia 6.5% 2025 up 1.3% rising
52 Bahamas 6.4% 2025 up 37.8% rising
53 Estonia 6.4% 2025 down 3.7% rising
54 United Kingdom 6.4% 2025 up 5.8% flat
55 Mauritius 6.4% 2025 up 2.9% rising
56 Monaco 6.4% 2025 down 16.1% flat
57 France 6.4% 2025 down 1.6% rising
58 Finland 6.3% 2025 down 6.6% rising
59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.3% 2025 up 14.3% rising
60 American Samoa 6.3% 2025 up 43.7% rising
61 Sweden 6.3% 2025 up 6.3% flat
62 Belarus 6.3% 2025 down 14.7% rising
63 Faroe Islands 6.3% 2025 up 0.4% rising
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.3% 2025 up 2.0% rising
65 Slovakia 6.3% 2025 down 9.3% rising
66 Saint Lucia 6.2% 2025 up 27.8% rising
67 Curacao 6.2% 2025 down 10.1% rising
68 Montenegro 6.2% 2025 down 8.7% rising
69 Gibraltar 6.1% 2025 down 3.7% rising
70 Canada 6.1% 2025 down 16.3% rising
71 Ireland 6.1% 2025 up 9.0% rising
72 Chile 6.1% 2025 up 9.5% rising
73 New Caledonia 6.0% 2025 up 27.4% rising
74 New Zealand 6.0% 2025 down 2.9% rising
75 United States 6.0% 2025 down 10.2% rising
76 Albania 5.9% 2025 down 8.3% rising
77 Poland 5.9% 2025 down 19.8% rising
78 Cyprus 5.8% 2025 up 2.0% rising
79 Australia 5.8% 2025 down 4.3% rising
80 Uruguay 5.7% 2025 up 7.2% rising
81 Guam 5.7% 2025 up 5.1% rising
82 Trinidad and Tobago 5.7% 2025 down 4.8% rising
83 Russia 5.7% 2025 down 20.1% rising
84 Moldova 5.5% 2025 down 22.2% rising
85 Brazil 5.5% 2025 up 12.1% rising
86 Georgia 5.5% 2025 down 13.7% rising
87 Costa Rica 5.5% 2025 up 10.2% rising
88 Singapore 5.4% 2025 down 5.7% rising
89 Azerbaijan 5.4% 2025 up 2.8% rising
90 Iceland 5.4% 2025 down 13.6% rising
91 Sri Lanka 5.4% 2025 up 3.5% rising
92 Tuvalu 5.4% 2025 up 32.2% rising
93 Malta 5.4% 2025 down 22.6% rising
94 Turkey 5.4% 2025 up 20.4% rising
95 Vietnam 5.3% 2025 up 13.9% rising
96 Tunisia 5.3% 2025 up 6.8% rising
97 Colombia 5.3% 2025 up 13.3% rising
98 Macao 5.3% 2025 down 33.3% rising
99 Lebanon 5.2% 2025 up 16.1% rising
100 Indonesia 5.2% 2025 up 25.5% rising
101 Armenia 5.2% 2025 down 20.6% rising
102 Seychelles 5.2% 2025 up 2.2% rising
103 Suriname 5.2% 2025 up 25.5% rising
104 Kuwait 5.2% 2025 up 22.4% rising
105 Grenada 5.1% 2025 down 7.8% rising
106 Brunei 5.1% 2025 up 26.4% rising
107 Venezuela 5.1% 2025 up 22.2% rising
108 Jamaica 5.1% 2025 up 20.4% rising
109 Panama 5.0% 2025 up 22.2% rising
110 Myanmar 4.9% 2025 up 17.9% rising
111 Iran 4.9% 2025 up 23.7% rising
112 Argentina 4.8% 2025 up 2.4% rising
113 Peru 4.7% 2025 up 17.3% rising
114 Morocco 4.7% 2025 up 8.1% rising
115 Mexico 4.6% 2025 up 19.6% rising
116 Libya 4.6% 2025 up 64.4% rising
117 Fiji 4.6% 2025 up 8.4% rising
118 Algeria 4.6% 2025 up 27.4% rising
119 Kazakhstan 4.5% 2025 down 5.9% rising
120 Tonga 4.4% 2025 up 46.3% rising
121 Dominican Republic 4.4% 2025 up 11.4% rising
122 Ecuador 4.4% 2025 up 19.0% rising
123 India 4.4% 2025 up 11.7% rising
124 Guyana 4.3% 2025 up 5.7% rising
125 Malaysia 4.3% 2025 up 6.5% rising
126 Israel 4.3% 2025 down 2.9% flat
127 Marshall Islands 4.2% 2025 up 32.3% rising
128 Samoa 4.2% 2025 up 19.3% rising
129 Cape Verde 4.1% 2025 up 35.6% flat
130 Bhutan 4.1% 2025 up 28.4% rising
131 Jordan 4.1% 2025 up 52.8% rising
132 Mongolia 4.1% 2025 up 18.6% rising
133 Turkmenistan 4.0% 2025 up 19.8% rising
134 Paraguay 4.0% 2025 up 17.1% rising
135 Uzbekistan 4.0% 2025 up 7.3% rising
136 Philippines 4.0% 2025 up 21.8% rising
137 Kyrgyzstan 3.9% 2025 down 12.0% rising
138 Bahrain 3.9% 2025 up 4.2% rising
139 Cambodia 3.9% 2025 up 27.1% rising
140 Bangladesh 3.8% 2025 up 5.9% rising
141 Egypt 3.8% 2025 up 12.5% rising
142 Belize 3.8% 2025 up 19.7% rising
143 El Salvador 3.7% 2025 up 17.0% rising
144 Djibouti 3.7% 2025 up 34.8% rising
145 South Africa 3.6% 2025 up 15.3% rising
146 Saudi Arabia 3.6% 2025 up 27.7% rising
147 Bolivia 3.6% 2025 up 14.8% rising
148 Nepal 3.6% 2025 up 4.9% rising
149 Nicaragua 3.6% 2025 up 31.6% rising
150 Kiribati 3.4% 2025 up 26.1% rising
151 Laos 3.4% 2025 up 15.0% rising
152 Maldives 3.4% 2025 up 21.5% flat
153 Micronesia (country) 3.4% 2025 down 10.4% rising
154 United Arab Emirates 3.3% 2025 down 1.7% rising
155 Papua New Guinea 3.3% 2025 up 14.7% rising
156 Syria 3.3% 2025 up 17.0% rising
157 Haiti 3.3% 2025 up 14.3% rising
158 Qatar 3.2% 2025 up 18.7% rising
159 Tajikistan 3.2% 2025 up 10.4% rising
160 Equatorial Guinea 3.2% 2025 up 21.5% falling
161 East Timor 3.1% 2025 up 26.1% rising
162 Vanuatu 3.1% 2025 up 11.8% rising
163 Ghana 3.0% 2025 up 28.8% rising
164 Comoros 3.0% 2025 up 26.4% falling
165 Gabon 3.0% 2025 up 18.3% falling
166 Honduras 3.0% 2025 up 14.3% rising
167 Solomon Islands 2.9% 2025 up 25.8% rising
168 Nauru 2.9% 2025 up 17.4% falling
169 Iraq 2.9% 2025 up 64.0% falling
170 Botswana 2.9% 2025 up 15.9% rising
171 Pakistan 2.8% 2025 up 4.7% falling
172 Sao Tome and Principe 2.8% 2025 up 21.0% falling
173 Congo 2.8% 2025 up 20.4% falling
174 South Sudan 2.7% 2025 up 30.9% falling
175 Guatemala 2.6% 2025 up 7.4% rising
176 Namibia 2.6% 2025 up 19.9% falling
177 Eritrea 2.6% 2025 up 18.0% rising
178 Kenya 2.5% 2025 up 33.1% rising
179 Palestine 2.5% 2025 up 11.3% rising
180 Sierra Leone 2.5% 2025 up 13.6% falling
181 Oman 2.5% 2025 down 2.7% rising
182 Togo 2.5% 2025 up 25.2% falling
183 Eswatini 2.5% 2025 up 10.3% rising
184 Senegal 2.5% 2025 up 20.2% falling
185 Gambia 2.5% 2025 up 18.4% falling
186 Madagascar 2.5% 2025 up 5.7% falling
187 Liberia 2.4% 2025 up 6.4% falling
188 Cote d'Ivoire 2.4% 2025 up 14.5% falling
189 Benin 2.3% 2025 up 12.2% falling
190 Ethiopia 2.3% 2025 up 14.4% falling
191 Nigeria 2.3% 2025 up 8.0% falling
192 Sudan 2.3% 2025 down 7.2% rising
193 Mauritania 2.3% 2025 down 1.0% falling
194 Rwanda 2.2% 2025 down 5.6% rising
195 Cameroon 2.2% 2025 up 10.8% falling
196 Angola 2.2% 2025 down 0.9% flat
197 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.1% 2025 down 2.4% flat
198 Guinea-Bissau 2.1% 2025 up 16.7% falling
199 Guinea 2.1% 2025 up 3.5% falling
200 Yemen 2.1% 2025 up 24.5% falling
201 Lesotho 2.1% 2025 down 6.8% falling
202 Tanzania 2.0% 2025 up 19.0% falling
203 Burkina Faso 2.0% 2025 up 12.0% falling
204 Niger 2.0% 2025 down 1.9% rising
205 Zambia 2.0% 2025 up 34.2% falling
206 Afghanistan 1.9% 2025 up 16.3% falling
207 Chad 1.9% 2025 up 11.0% falling
208 Somalia 1.8% 2025 down 4.5% falling
209 Mozambique 1.8% 2025 up 29.0% falling
210 Mali 1.8% 2025 up 5.5% falling
211 Uganda 1.8% 2025 up 20.5% falling
212 Burundi 1.7% 2025 up 2.6% falling
213 Malawi 1.7% 2025 up 4.6% falling
214 Zimbabwe 1.6% 2025 down 14.5% falling
215 Central African Republic 1.5% 2025 down 32.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Population ages 55-59, male (% of male population)
Unit
% of male population
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,424 data points, 1960–2025
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Male population between the ages 55 to 59 as a percentage of the total male population.