Population, male in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Population, male was 1.54 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Population, male in Upper middle income, 1960–2025
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
Analysis
Upper middle income recorded 1.54 billion for population, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, male in Upper middle income peaked at 1.54 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 615.32 million, in 1960.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 673.97 million | 615.32 million | 751.03 million | 10 |
| 1970s | 852.98 million | 770.66 million | 928.54 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.03 billion | 944.55 million | 1.11 billion | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.20 billion | 1.13 billion | 1.27 billion | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.34 billion | 1.28 billion | 1.39 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 billion | 1.40 billion | 1.51 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.53 billion | 1.52 billion | 1.54 billion | 6 |
More health data for Upper middle income
- Population ages 0-14, male 312.62 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 205.15 million (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 17.4% (2025)
- Population, female 1.53 billion (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 46.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 20.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 289.61 million (2025)
- Population, male 50.2% (2025)
- Population, female 49.8% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 11.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population, male in Upper middle income?
- Population, male in Upper middle income was 1.54 billion in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest population, male recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.54 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest population, male recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 615.32 million in 1960.
- Is population, male rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Population, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Male population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all male residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.