Male population — all countries

Male population — OPEC

Male population in OPEC in 2025 — 265,455,091 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 442.5%.

2025 265M people +1.96% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 265M people2025
Period minimum 48.93M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — OPEC, 1960–20250100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48,934,734 people1962: 51,489,186 people1964: 54,300,482 people1966: 57,278,623 people1968: 60,390,926 people1970: 63,804,000 people1972: 67,493,591 people1974: 71,557,915 people1976: 76,439,126 people1978: 81,802,023 people1980: 87,639,276 people1982: 94,620,917 people1984: 100,791,796 people1986: 107,379,282 people1988: 114,030,008 people1990: 120,255,449 people1992: 126,577,371 people1994: 132,454,159 people1996: 138,729,945 people1998: 145,386,796 people2000: 152,546,155 people2002: 160,350,742 people2004: 168,976,411 people2006: 178,244,101 people2008: 187,247,280 people2010: 196,056,735 people2012: 206,139,100 people2014: 216,986,460 people2016: 227,731,845 people2018: 234,783,214 people2020: 241,959,095 people2022: 250,048,128 people2024: 260,360,621 people2025: 265,455,091 people
Change over the period: +217M (+442.47%) Average annual rate: 2.64 %

Comparison, 2025

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

OPEC 265M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 265M +5.09M +1.96%
2024 260M +5.1M +2%
2023 255M +5.21M +2.08%
2022 250M +5.09M +2.08%
2021 245M +2.99M +1.24%
2020 242M +3.99M +1.68%
2019 238M +3.18M +1.36%
2018 235M +3M +1.29%
2017 232M +4.05M +1.78%
2016 228M +5.18M +2.33%
2015 223M +5.56M +2.56%
2014 217M +5.13M +2.42%
2013 212M +5.71M +2.77%
2012 206M +5.19M +2.58%
2011 201M +4.89M +2.49%
2010 196M +3.99M +2.07%
2009 192M +4.82M +2.58%
2008 187M +4.66M +2.55%
2007 183M +4.35M +2.44%
2006 178M +4.55M +2.62%
2005 174M +4.72M +2.79%
2004 169M +4.56M +2.77%
2003 164M +4.06M +2.53%
2002 160M +3.83M +2.45%
2001 157M +3.97M +2.6%
2000 153M +3.72M +2.5%
1999 149M +3.44M +2.37%
1998 145M +3.37M +2.38%
1997 142M +3.28M +2.37%
1996 139M +3.17M +2.34%
1995 136M +3.11M +2.35%
1994 132M +2.92M +2.25%
1993 130M +2.96M +2.34%
1992 127M +3.34M +2.71%
1991 123M +2.98M +2.48%
1990 120M +2.92M +2.49%
1989 117M +3.31M +2.9%
1988 114M +3.29M +2.97%
1987 111M +3.36M +3.13%
1986 107M +3.32M +3.19%
1985 104M +3.27M +3.24%
1984 101M +3.12M +3.2%
1983 97.67M +3.05M +3.22%
1982 94.62M +3.51M +3.86%
1981 91.11M +3.47M +3.96%
1980 87.64M +2.99M +3.53%
1979 84.65M +2.85M +3.48%
1978 81.8M +2.72M +3.44%
1977 79.08M +2.64M +3.46%
1976 76.44M +2.56M +3.46%
1975 73.88M +2.32M +3.25%
1974 71.56M +2.09M +3.01%
1973 69.47M +1.97M +2.92%
1972 67.49M +1.88M +2.86%
1971 65.62M +1.81M +2.84%
1970 63.8M +1.75M +2.82%
1969 62.06M +1.67M +2.76%
1968 60.39M +1.58M +2.69%
1967 58.81M +1.53M +2.67%
1966 57.28M +1.5M +2.7%
1965 55.77M +1.47M +2.71%
1964 54.3M +1.43M +2.71%
1963 52.87M +1.38M +2.68%
1962 51.49M +1.31M +2.61%
1961 50.18M +1.24M +2.54%
1960 48.93M

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.