Population, male by country

Male population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all male residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Countries reporting
215
Highest
754.77 million
India
Lowest
4,859
Tuvalu
Median
3.43 million
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,394

What the numbers show

Population, male is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 754.77 million in India; the lowest is 4,859 in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.43 million, and the mean is 19.15 million.

Over the past decade 181 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 43.5%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 34.0%).

Population, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 754.77 million 2025 up 10.0% rising
2 China 716.05 million 2025 up 1.4% rising
3 United States 171.74 million 2025 up 6.5% rising
4 Indonesia 143.53 million 2025 up 9.1% rising
5 Pakistan 129.31 million 2025 up 16.3% rising
6 Nigeria 120.18 million 2025 up 25.0% volatile
7 Brazil 104.66 million 2025 up 5.1% rising
8 Bangladesh 86.37 million 2025 up 10.0% rising
9 Ethiopia 67.88 million 2025 up 30.2% volatile
10 Russia 66.55 million 2025 down 0.8% rising
11 Mexico 63.98 million 2025 up 8.3% rising
12 Japan 60.15 million 2025 down 3.2% rising
13 Egypt 59.76 million 2025 up 18.8% rising
14 Philippines 58.25 million 2025 up 10.2% rising
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 55.98 million 2025 up 39.4% volatile
16 Vietnam 49.76 million 2025 up 9.9% rising
17 Iran 46.95 million 2025 up 11.5% rising
18 Turkey 42.85 million 2025 up 9.3% rising
19 Germany 41.23 million 2025 up 2.5% rising
20 Tanzania 34.98 million 2025 up 36.1% volatile
21 Thailand 34.84 million 2025 up 0.4% rising
22 United Kingdom 34.23 million 2025 up 7.2% rising
23 France 33.32 million 2025 up 3.4% rising
24 South Africa 31.50 million 2025 up 14.4% rising
25 Italy 28.81 million 2025 down 1.4% rising
26 Kenya 28.60 million 2025 up 21.9% volatile
27 Myanmar 27.29 million 2025 up 7.0% rising
28 Colombia 26.36 million 2025 up 13.5% rising
29 South Korea 25.78 million 2025 up 0.7% rising
30 Sudan 25.61 million 2025 up 28.8% rising
31 Uganda 25.50 million 2025 up 37.4% volatile
32 Spain 24.23 million 2025 up 6.0% rising
33 Algeria 24.19 million 2025 up 18.1% rising
34 Iraq 23.61 million 2025 up 25.7% volatile
35 Argentina 22.76 million 2025 up 5.7% rising
36 Saudi Arabia 22.34 million 2025 up 19.4% volatile
37 Afghanistan 22.14 million 2025 up 29.5% volatile
38 Yemen 21.17 million 2025 up 33.9% volatile
39 Canada 20.68 million 2025 up 16.8% rising
40 Morocco 19.37 million 2025 up 11.0% rising
41 Angola 19.32 million 2025 up 39.0% volatile
42 Malaysia 18.82 million 2025 up 15.1% rising
43 Uzbekistan 18.69 million 2025 up 20.8% rising
44 Ukraine 18.14 million 2025 down 14.9% flat
45 Poland 17.65 million 2025 down 4.2% rising
46 Ghana 17.51 million 2025 up 22.1% rising
47 Mozambique 17.30 million 2025 up 35.1% rising
48 Peru 17.19 million 2025 up 13.2% rising
49 Cote d'Ivoire 16.63 million 2025 up 28.2% volatile
50 Madagascar 16.42 million 2025 up 28.8% volatile
51 Cameroon 14.89 million 2025 up 31.2% volatile
52 Niger 14.17 million 2025 up 40.1% volatile
53 Nepal 14.13 million 2025 up 5.3% rising
54 Venezuela 14.08 million 2025 down 7.3% rising
55 Australia 13.70 million 2025 up 15.9% rising
56 North Korea 13.15 million 2025 up 4.7% rising
57 Syria 12.83 million 2025 up 31.4% rising
58 Mali 12.71 million 2025 up 35.4% rising
59 Burkina Faso 11.99 million 2025 up 28.5% volatile
60 Zambia 10.85 million 2025 up 33.9% volatile
61 Malawi 10.84 million 2025 up 30.4% volatile
62 Chad 10.53 million 2025 up 43.5% volatile
63 Sri Lanka 10.52 million 2025 up 3.5% rising
64 Kazakhstan 10.16 million 2025 up 17.2% rising
65 Chile 9.87 million 2025 up 10.0% rising
66 Somalia 9.84 million 2025 up 42.4% volatile
67 Senegal 9.61 million 2025 up 31.9% rising
68 Guatemala 9.27 million 2025 up 16.9% rising
69 Romania 9.21 million 2025 down 3.8% flat
70 Ecuador 9.12 million 2025 up 12.2% rising
71 Netherlands 8.99 million 2025 up 7.2% rising
72 Cambodia 8.75 million 2025 up 14.7% rising
73 Zimbabwe 8.09 million 2025 up 18.8% rising
74 Guinea 7.48 million 2025 up 29.5% rising
75 Benin 7.43 million 2025 up 30.9% volatile
76 United Arab Emirates 7.34 million 2025 up 32.8% volatile
77 Burundi 7.15 million 2025 up 30.5% volatile
78 Rwanda 7.11 million 2025 up 26.0% rising
79 Bolivia 6.30 million 2025 up 13.5% rising
80 Tunisia 6.10 million 2025 up 7.6% rising
81 South Sudan 5.99 million 2025 up 9.1% rising
82 Jordan 5.93 million 2025 up 19.8% volatile
83 Belgium 5.89 million 2025 up 6.2% rising
84 Haiti 5.89 million 2025 up 12.6% rising
85 Dominican Republic 5.73 million 2025 up 10.1% rising
86 Honduras 5.54 million 2025 up 18.9% rising
87 Papua New Guinea 5.53 million 2025 up 22.0% volatile
88 Cuba 5.39 million 2025 down 3.6% rising
89 Czechia 5.37 million 2025 up 3.5% rising
90 Sweden 5.34 million 2025 up 8.9% rising
91 Tajikistan 5.30 million 2025 up 25.9% rising
92 Portugal 5.15 million 2025 up 4.6% rising
93 Greece 5.05 million 2025 down 3.5% rising
94 Israel 5.04 million 2025 up 21.4% rising
95 Azerbaijan 5.02 million 2025 up 7.5% rising
96 Hungary 4.57 million 2025 down 2.1% falling
97 Austria 4.54 million 2025 up 7.1% rising
98 Switzerland 4.52 million 2025 up 10.3% rising
99 Sierra Leone 4.40 million 2025 up 25.6% rising
100 Belarus 4.23 million 2025 down 3.8% rising
101 Togo 4.21 million 2025 up 22.1% rising
102 Laos 3.96 million 2025 up 15.6% rising
103 Libya 3.79 million 2025 up 13.6% rising
104 Turkmenistan 3.74 million 2025 up 22.9% rising
105 Kyrgyzstan 3.63 million 2025 up 20.9% rising
106 Paraguay 3.52 million 2025 up 13.4% rising
107 Nicaragua 3.45 million 2025 up 14.1% rising
108 Oman 3.43 million 2025 up 26.5% volatile
109 Hong Kong 3.38 million 2025 up 1.3% rising
110 Congo 3.24 million 2025 up 27.2% volatile
111 Singapore 3.16 million 2025 up 9.1% rising
112 Bulgaria 3.11 million 2025 down 8.3% falling
113 Serbia 3.10 million 2025 down 8.1% flat
114 El Salvador 3.02 million 2025 up 2.7% rising
115 Denmark 2.99 million 2025 up 5.8% rising
116 Kuwait 2.97 million 2025 up 31.9% volatile
117 Liberia 2.86 million 2025 up 23.4% rising
118 Lebanon 2.85 million 2025 down 11.6% rising
119 Norway 2.83 million 2025 up 8.3% rising
120 Finland 2.79 million 2025 up 3.5% rising
121 Ireland 2.71 million 2025 up 16.7% rising
122 Palestine 2.69 million 2025 up 26.8% rising
123 Central African Republic 2.65 million 2025 up 16.9% rising
124 New Zealand 2.65 million 2025 up 16.6% rising
125 Slovakia 2.64 million 2025 down 0.1% rising
126 Mauritania 2.61 million 2025 up 35.0% volatile
127 Costa Rica 2.55 million 2025 up 6.7% rising
128 Panama 2.29 million 2025 up 15.2% rising
129 Qatar 2.11 million 2025 up 19.7% volatile
130 Croatia 1.87 million 2025 down 6.4% falling
131 Georgia 1.84 million 2025 up 5.7% falling
132 Eritrea 1.78 million 2025 up 16.5% rising
133 Mongolia 1.78 million 2025 up 18.5% rising
134 Uruguay 1.64 million 2025 up 0.6% rising
135 Namibia 1.51 million 2025 up 31.0% rising
136 Puerto Rico 1.50 million 2025 down 11.0% rising
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.50 million 2025 down 10.6% falling
138 Armenia 1.43 million 2025 up 3.6% rising
139 Gambia 1.41 million 2025 up 27.1% volatile
140 Jamaica 1.40 million 2025 up 0.9% rising
141 Lithuania 1.36 million 2025 up 1.8% falling
142 Gabon 1.32 million 2025 up 26.4% volatile
143 Botswana 1.28 million 2025 up 16.6% rising
144 Albania 1.16 million 2025 down 14.1% rising
145 Lesotho 1.15 million 2025 up 12.7% rising
146 Guinea-Bissau 1.11 million 2025 up 26.6% rising
147 Moldova 1.09 million 2025 down 17.5% rising
148 Slovenia 1.07 million 2025 up 4.8% rising
149 Equatorial Guinea 1.02 million 2025 up 33.0% volatile
150 Bahrain 992,852 2025 up 17.2% volatile
151 North Macedonia 886,097 2025 down 5.6% rising
152 Latvia 857,488 2025 down 5.5% falling
153 East Timor 715,244 2025 up 16.7% rising
154 Cyprus 690,463 2025 up 12.1% rising
155 Trinidad and Tobago 675,684 2025 up 1.4% rising
156 Estonia 650,456 2025 up 5.6% flat
157 Mauritius 620,178 2025 down 2.1% rising
158 Eswatini 616,995 2025 up 10.9% rising
159 Djibouti 586,804 2025 up 15.8% volatile
160 Fiji 463,127 2025 up 0.7% rising
161 Comoros 443,878 2025 up 21.8% rising
162 Solomon Islands 428,775 2025 up 31.1% volatile
163 Bhutan 425,494 2025 up 6.7% rising
164 Guyana 406,822 2025 up 9.2% rising
165 Luxembourg 345,899 2025 up 21.1% rising
166 Maldives 326,850 2025 up 29.3% volatile
167 Suriname 319,510 2025 up 9.1% rising
168 Macao 315,701 2025 up 4.3% rising
169 Malta 301,029 2025 up 35.0% rising
170 Montenegro 300,021 2025 down 0.3% rising
171 Cape Verde 268,154 2025 up 3.4% rising
172 Brunei 247,435 2025 up 10.6% rising
173 Belize 213,334 2025 up 19.0% rising
174 Iceland 201,062 2025 up 21.0% rising
175 Bahamas 192,294 2025 up 3.4% rising
176 Vanuatu 169,145 2025 up 24.8% rising
177 New Caledonia 145,703 2025 up 3.1% rising
178 French Polynesia 142,759 2025 up 2.1% rising
179 Barbados 135,517 2025 up 1.5% rising
180 Sao Tome and Principe 119,369 2025 up 19.6% rising
181 Samoa 110,473 2025 up 7.7% rising
182 Saint Lucia 88,858 2025 up 2.0% rising
183 Guam 85,537 2025 up 1.6% rising
184 Curacao 74,452 2025 up 2.9% flat
185 Seychelles 67,569 2025 up 34.5% rising
186 Kiribati 66,306 2025 up 17.6% rising
187 Grenada 58,766 2025 up 1.2% rising
188 Micronesia (country) 56,456 2025 up 4.3% rising
189 Aruba 51,382 2025 up 0.4% rising
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50,820 2025 down 7.7% rising
191 United States Virgin Islands 49,234 2025 down 4.7% rising
192 Tonga 48,999 2025 down 6.6% rising
193 Antigua and Barbuda 44,849 2025 up 5.7% rising
194 Andorra 42,360 2025 up 16.0% rising
195 Isle of Man 41,627 2025 up 0.5% rising
196 Cayman Islands 38,063 2025 up 23.9% volatile
197 Dominica 32,893 2025 down 6.2% rising
198 Bermuda 31,550 2025 up 0.2% rising
199 Greenland 29,844 2025 up 0.7% rising
200 Faroe Islands 28,342 2025 up 12.3% rising
201 Turks and Caicos Islands 23,439 2025 up 27.1% volatile
202 American Samoa 23,206 2025 down 13.6% rising
203 Northern Mariana Islands 23,034 2025 down 14.2% volatile
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22,434 2025 down 2.2% flat
205 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 21,344 2025 up 18.7% volatile
206 Liechtenstein 20,390 2025 up 9.5% rising
207 Gibraltar 19,969 2025 up 20.4% rising
208 British Virgin Islands 18,809 2025 up 14.8% rising
209 Monaco 18,751 2025 up 4.1% rising
210 Marshall Islands 18,561 2025 down 25.8% rising
211 San Marino 16,773 2025 up 5.2% rising
212 Saint Martin (French part) 11,547 2025 down 34.0% volatile
213 Palau 9,506 2025 up 0.1% rising
214 Nauru 6,118 2025 up 9.2% rising
215 Tuvalu 4,859 2025 down 13.5% rising

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, male
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Male population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all male residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.