Male population — all countries

Male population — Middle East & North Africa

Male population in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 425,808,111 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 423.1%.

2025 426M people +1.82% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 426M people2025
Period minimum 81.41M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–20250200M400M600M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81,405,286 people1962: 85,755,735 people1964: 90,498,514 people1966: 95,569,986 people1968: 101,032,674 people1970: 106,887,599 people1972: 112,929,965 people1974: 119,535,042 people1976: 126,956,641 people1978: 134,985,122 people1980: 143,687,495 people1982: 153,188,576 people1984: 163,187,867 people1986: 173,719,099 people1988: 184,648,705 people1990: 196,689,970 people1992: 208,227,727 people1994: 219,579,779 people1996: 230,695,623 people1998: 242,077,619 people2000: 253,865,297 people2002: 266,117,023 people2004: 279,300,690 people2006: 293,623,425 people2008: 308,381,135 people2010: 322,231,821 people2012: 337,208,684 people2014: 351,763,752 people2016: 365,723,042 people2018: 377,077,640 people2020: 389,792,190 people2022: 402,613,193 people2024: 418,198,789 people2025: 425,808,111 people
Change over the period: +344M (+423.07%) Average annual rate: 2.58 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 426M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 426M +7.61M +1.82%
2024 418M +7.8M +1.9%
2023 410M +7.79M +1.93%
2022 403M +7.57M +1.92%
2021 395M +5.25M +1.35%
2020 390M +6.76M +1.76%
2019 383M +5.96M +1.58%
2018 377M +5.45M +1.47%
2017 372M +5.91M +1.62%
2016 366M +6.73M +1.87%
2015 359M +7.23M +2.06%
2014 352M +7M +2.03%
2013 345M +7.56M +2.24%
2012 337M +7.55M +2.29%
2011 330M +7.43M +2.31%
2010 322M +6.41M +2.03%
2009 316M +7.44M +2.41%
2008 308M +7.38M +2.45%
2007 301M +7.38M +2.51%
2006 294M +7.33M +2.56%
2005 286M +7M +2.51%
2004 279M +6.79M +2.49%
2003 273M +6.39M +2.4%
2002 266M +6.11M +2.35%
2001 260M +6.14M +2.42%
2000 254M +5.96M +2.4%
1999 248M +5.83M +2.41%
1998 242M +5.73M +2.43%
1997 236M +5.65M +2.45%
1996 231M +5.58M +2.48%
1995 225M +5.53M +2.52%
1994 220M +5.6M +2.62%
1993 214M +5.75M +2.76%
1992 208M +5.89M +2.91%
1991 202M +5.65M +2.87%
1990 197M +6.44M +3.38%
1989 190M +5.6M +3.04%
1988 185M +5.49M +3.06%
1987 179M +5.44M +3.13%
1986 174M +5.34M +3.17%
1985 168M +5.19M +3.18%
1984 163M +5.08M +3.21%
1983 158M +4.92M +3.21%
1982 153M +4.81M +3.24%
1981 148M +4.69M +3.27%
1980 144M +4.45M +3.19%
1979 139M +4.26M +3.15%
1978 135M +4.09M +3.12%
1977 131M +3.94M +3.1%
1976 127M +3.82M +3.1%
1975 123M +3.6M +3.01%
1974 120M +3.36M +2.89%
1973 116M +3.24M +2.87%
1972 113M +3.06M +2.78%
1971 110M +2.98M +2.79%
1970 107M +2.97M +2.86%
1969 104M +2.88M +2.85%
1968 101M +2.77M +2.82%
1967 98.26M +2.69M +2.82%
1966 95.57M +2.57M +2.77%
1965 93M +2.5M +2.76%
1964 90.5M +2.42M +2.75%
1963 88.08M +2.32M +2.71%
1962 85.76M +2.23M +2.67%
1961 83.52M +2.12M +2.6%
1960 81.41M

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.