Male population — all countries

Male population — Low-income countries

Male population in low-income countries in 2025 — 392,634,761 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 470%.

2025 393M people +2.71% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 393M people2025
Period minimum 68.88M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Low-income countries, 1960–20250100M200M300M400M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68,877,395 people1962: 72,207,565 people1964: 75,822,851 people1966: 79,739,230 people1968: 84,015,784 people1970: 88,607,410 people1972: 93,322,939 people1974: 98,365,732 people1976: 103,599,976 people1978: 109,126,336 people1980: 114,697,355 people1982: 119,816,340 people1984: 126,369,989 people1986: 133,180,748 people1988: 140,466,885 people1990: 148,194,629 people1992: 156,735,959 people1994: 166,557,119 people1996: 176,565,886 people1998: 186,837,946 people2000: 197,443,683 people2002: 208,912,058 people2004: 221,457,091 people2006: 234,832,006 people2008: 248,872,111 people2010: 263,366,385 people2012: 278,260,017 people2014: 292,471,922 people2016: 307,694,098 people2018: 324,894,969 people2020: 343,627,260 people2022: 362,276,372 people2024: 382,272,892 people2025: 392,634,761 people
Change over the period: +324M (+470.05%) Average annual rate: 2.71 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 393M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 393M +10.36M +2.71%
2024 382M +10.17M +2.73%
2023 372M +9.82M +2.71%
2022 362M +9.32M +2.64%
2021 353M +9.33M +2.72%
2020 344M +9.44M +2.83%
2019 334M +9.29M +2.86%
2018 325M +8.83M +2.79%
2017 316M +8.37M +2.72%
2016 308M +7.88M +2.63%
2015 300M +7.34M +2.51%
2014 292M +7.09M +2.49%
2013 285M +7.12M +2.56%
2012 278M +7.42M +2.74%
2011 271M +7.47M +2.84%
2010 263M +7.31M +2.86%
2009 256M +7.18M +2.89%
2008 249M +7.03M +2.91%
2007 242M +7.01M +2.98%
2006 235M +6.89M +3.02%
2005 228M +6.48M +2.93%
2004 221M +6.25M +2.9%
2003 215M +6.3M +3.01%
2002 209M +6.04M +2.98%
2001 203M +5.42M +2.75%
2000 197M +5.25M +2.73%
1999 192M +5.35M +2.87%
1998 187M +5.19M +2.86%
1997 182M +5.09M +2.88%
1996 177M +5.14M +3%
1995 171M +4.87M +2.92%
1994 167M +4.8M +2.97%
1993 162M +5.02M +3.2%
1992 157M +4.6M +3.03%
1991 152M +3.94M +2.66%
1990 148M +3.85M +2.67%
1989 144M +3.88M +2.76%
1988 140M +3.7M +2.71%
1987 137M +3.58M +2.69%
1986 133M +3.43M +2.64%
1985 130M +3.39M +2.68%
1984 126M +3.31M +2.69%
1983 123M +3.24M +2.71%
1982 120M +2.83M +2.42%
1981 117M +2.29M +2%
1980 115M +2.53M +2.25%
1979 112M +3.04M +2.79%
1978 109M +2.9M +2.73%
1977 106M +2.62M +2.53%
1976 104M +2.65M +2.62%
1975 101M +2.59M +2.63%
1974 98.37M +2.57M +2.69%
1973 95.79M +2.47M +2.65%
1972 93.32M +2.36M +2.59%
1971 90.97M +2.36M +2.66%
1970 88.61M +2.33M +2.7%
1969 86.28M +2.26M +2.69%
1968 84.02M +2.19M +2.67%
1967 81.83M +2.09M +2.62%
1966 79.74M +1.99M +2.56%
1965 77.75M +1.93M +2.54%
1964 75.82M +1.85M +2.5%
1963 73.97M +1.77M +2.45%
1962 72.21M +1.7M +2.41%
1961 70.51M +1.63M +2.37%
1960 68.88M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.