Male population — all countries

Male population — NATO

Male population in NATO in 2025 — 487,356,838 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 58.2%.

2025 487M people +0.37% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 487M people2025
Period minimum 308M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — NATO, 1960–2025300M350M400M450M500M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 308,076,406 people1962: 315,596,867 people1964: 322,973,793 people1966: 329,722,470 people1968: 335,826,753 people1970: 341,814,843 people1972: 348,365,881 people1974: 354,235,534 people1976: 359,616,032 people1978: 364,759,135 people1980: 370,171,871 people1982: 375,287,079 people1984: 379,986,727 people1986: 384,823,291 people1988: 390,006,677 people1990: 395,768,022 people1992: 402,115,446 people1994: 408,193,153 people1996: 413,629,540 people1998: 418,866,150 people2000: 424,167,508 people2002: 429,148,141 people2004: 434,776,971 people2006: 440,585,612 people2008: 446,395,473 people2010: 451,858,330 people2012: 456,645,520 people2014: 461,726,582 people2016: 467,504,079 people2018: 472,480,442 people2020: 476,242,522 people2022: 479,054,804 people2024: 485,577,967 people2025: 487,356,838 people
Change over the period: +179M (+58.19%) Average annual rate: 0.71 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: NATO

NATO 487M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 487M +1.78M +0.37%
2024 486M +3.3M +0.68%
2023 482M +3.23M +0.67%
2022 479M +2.36M +0.5%
2021 477M +447,597 +0.09%
2020 476M +1.34M +0.28%
2019 475M +2.43M +0.51%
2018 472M +2.45M +0.52%
2017 470M +2.53M +0.54%
2016 468M +2.94M +0.63%
2015 465M +2.83M +0.61%
2014 462M +2.61M +0.57%
2013 459M +2.47M +0.54%
2012 457M +2.71M +0.6%
2011 454M +2.08M +0.46%
2010 452M +2.68M +0.6%
2009 449M +2.79M +0.62%
2008 446M +3.08M +0.69%
2007 443M +2.73M +0.62%
2006 441M +2.95M +0.68%
2005 438M +2.85M +0.66%
2004 435M +2.9M +0.67%
2003 432M +2.73M +0.64%
2002 429M +2.55M +0.6%
2001 427M +2.43M +0.57%
2000 424M +2.56M +0.61%
1999 422M +2.74M +0.65%
1998 419M +2.62M +0.63%
1997 416M +2.62M +0.63%
1996 414M +2.69M +0.65%
1995 411M +2.74M +0.67%
1994 408M +2.87M +0.71%
1993 405M +3.21M +0.8%
1992 402M +3.22M +0.81%
1991 399M +3.13M +0.79%
1990 396M +3.06M +0.78%
1989 393M +2.7M +0.69%
1988 390M +2.57M +0.66%
1987 387M +2.61M +0.68%
1986 385M +2.5M +0.65%
1985 382M +2.34M +0.62%
1984 380M +2.3M +0.61%
1983 378M +2.4M +0.64%
1982 375M +2.43M +0.65%
1981 373M +2.69M +0.73%
1980 370M +2.72M +0.74%
1979 367M +2.69M +0.74%
1978 365M +2.59M +0.72%
1977 362M +2.55M +0.71%
1976 360M +2.58M +0.72%
1975 357M +2.8M +0.79%
1974 354M +2.86M +0.81%
1973 351M +3.01M +0.86%
1972 348M +3.23M +0.94%
1971 345M +3.32M +0.97%
1970 342M +2.98M +0.88%
1969 339M +3.01M +0.9%
1968 336M +2.97M +0.89%
1967 333M +3.13M +0.95%
1966 330M +3.26M +1%
1965 326M +3.49M +1.08%
1964 323M +3.69M +1.15%
1963 319M +3.69M +1.17%
1962 316M +3.73M +1.2%
1961 312M +3.79M +1.23%
1960 308M

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.