Male population — all countries

Male population — Lower-middle-income countries

Male population in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 1,664,725,453 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 270.9%.

2025 1.66B people +1.23% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.66B people2025
Period minimum 449M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–20250500M1B1.5B2B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 448,889,892 people1962: 471,644,707 people1964: 495,412,343 people1966: 519,448,179 people1968: 544,288,661 people1970: 570,027,858 people1972: 596,073,339 people1974: 625,120,692 people1976: 655,967,307 people1978: 688,319,916 people1980: 723,638,834 people1982: 762,325,237 people1984: 801,461,163 people1986: 841,962,335 people1988: 883,341,184 people1990: 926,759,094 people1992: 969,571,666 people1994: 1,011,141,636 people1996: 1,053,514,475 people1998: 1,096,722,848 people2000: 1,140,447,305 people2002: 1,183,738,412 people2004: 1,226,750,607 people2006: 1,269,961,361 people2008: 1,313,231,206 people2010: 1,357,008,487 people2012: 1,401,364,606 people2014: 1,445,439,291 people2016: 1,488,104,006 people2018: 1,530,098,788 people2020: 1,570,631,249 people2022: 1,606,946,754 people2024: 1,644,517,813 people2025: 1,664,725,453 people
Change over the period: +1.22B (+270.85%) Average annual rate: 2.04 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Lower-middle-income countries 1.66B people
World 4.13B people
Male population — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.66B +20.21M +1.23%
2024 1.64B +19.68M +1.21%
2023 1.62B +17.89M +1.11%
2022 1.61B +17.31M +1.09%
2021 1.59B +19M +1.21%
2020 1.57B +20.11M +1.3%
2019 1.55B +20.42M +1.33%
2018 1.53B +20.79M +1.38%
2017 1.51B +21.2M +1.42%
2016 1.49B +21.26M +1.45%
2015 1.47B +21.41M +1.48%
2014 1.45B +22.13M +1.56%
2013 1.42B +21.94M +1.57%
2012 1.4B +22.14M +1.61%
2011 1.38B +22.21M +1.64%
2010 1.36B +22.12M +1.66%
2009 1.33B +21.65M +1.65%
2008 1.31B +21.45M +1.66%
2007 1.29B +21.82M +1.72%
2006 1.27B +21.63M +1.73%
2005 1.25B +21.58M +1.76%
2004 1.23B +21.83M +1.81%
2003 1.2B +21.18M +1.79%
2002 1.18B +21.24M +1.83%
2001 1.16B +22.06M +1.93%
2000 1.14B +21.94M +1.96%
1999 1.12B +21.78M +1.99%
1998 1.1B +21.79M +2.03%
1997 1.07B +21.42M +2.03%
1996 1.05B +21.24M +2.06%
1995 1.03B +21.14M +2.09%
1994 1.01B +20.76M +2.1%
1993 990M +20.81M +2.15%
1992 970M +21.15M +2.23%
1991 948M +21.66M +2.34%
1990 927M +22.5M +2.49%
1989 904M +20.91M +2.37%
1988 883M +20.77M +2.41%
1987 863M +20.61M +2.45%
1986 842M +20.42M +2.49%
1985 822M +20.09M +2.51%
1984 801M +19.71M +2.52%
1983 782M +19.42M +2.55%
1982 762M +19.45M +2.62%
1981 743M +19.24M +2.66%
1980 724M +18.32M +2.6%
1979 705M +17M +2.47%
1978 688M +16.29M +2.42%
1977 672M +16.06M +2.45%
1976 656M +15.57M +2.43%
1975 640M +15.28M +2.44%
1974 625M +14.78M +2.42%
1973 610M +14.27M +2.39%
1972 596M +13.2M +2.27%
1971 583M +12.84M +2.25%
1970 570M +13.09M +2.35%
1969 557M +12.65M +2.32%
1968 544M +12.54M +2.36%
1967 532M +12.3M +2.37%
1966 519M +11.99M +2.36%
1965 507M +12.04M +2.43%
1964 495M +12.01M +2.49%
1963 483M +11.75M +2.49%
1962 472M +11.49M +2.5%
1961 460M +11.26M +2.51%
1960 449M

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.