Male population — all countries

Male population — Melanesia

Male population in Melanesia in 2025 — 6,736,944 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 376.3%.

2025 6.74M people +1.63% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 6.74M people2025
Period minimum 1.41M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Melanesia, 1960–202502M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,414,457 people1962: 1,485,866 people1964: 1,558,069 people1966: 1,633,194 people1968: 1,710,826 people1970: 1,794,181 people1972: 1,880,996 people1974: 1,967,534 people1976: 2,055,801 people1978: 2,147,581 people1980: 2,245,449 people1982: 2,343,964 people1984: 2,449,519 people1986: 2,560,239 people1988: 2,668,437 people1990: 2,787,772 people1992: 2,948,295 people1994: 3,130,604 people1996: 3,323,102 people1998: 3,530,602 people2000: 3,746,578 people2002: 3,971,943 people2004: 4,206,645 people2006: 4,448,784 people2008: 4,697,585 people2010: 4,953,702 people2012: 5,214,343 people2014: 5,470,490 people2016: 5,719,988 people2018: 5,964,042 people2020: 6,195,122 people2022: 6,412,594 people2024: 6,628,861 people2025: 6,736,944 people
Change over the period: +5.32M (+376.29%) Average annual rate: 2.43 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Melanesia 6.74M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 6.74M +108,083 +1.63%
2024 6.63M +108,395 +1.66%
2023 6.52M +107,872 +1.68%
2022 6.41M +107,693 +1.71%
2021 6.3M +109,779 +1.77%
2020 6.2M +113,215 +1.86%
2019 6.08M +117,865 +1.98%
2018 5.96M +121,367 +2.08%
2017 5.84M +122,687 +2.14%
2016 5.72M +123,881 +2.21%
2015 5.6M +125,617 +2.3%
2014 5.47M +127,654 +2.39%
2013 5.34M +128,493 +2.46%
2012 5.21M +129,070 +2.54%
2011 5.09M +131,571 +2.66%
2010 4.95M +130,260 +2.7%
2009 4.82M +125,857 +2.68%
2008 4.7M +124,788 +2.73%
2007 4.57M +124,013 +2.79%
2006 4.45M +122,088 +2.82%
2005 4.33M +120,051 +2.85%
2004 4.21M +118,327 +2.89%
2003 4.09M +116,375 +2.93%
2002 3.97M +114,255 +2.96%
2001 3.86M +111,110 +2.97%
2000 3.75M +108,780 +2.99%
1999 3.64M +107,196 +3.04%
1998 3.53M +105,263 +3.07%
1997 3.43M +102,237 +3.08%
1996 3.32M +97,808 +3.03%
1995 3.23M +94,690 +3.02%
1994 3.13M +92,370 +3.04%
1993 3.04M +89,939 +3.05%
1992 2.95M +85,387 +2.98%
1991 2.86M +75,136 +2.7%
1990 2.79M +63,166 +2.32%
1989 2.72M +56,169 +2.1%
1988 2.67M +53,808 +2.06%
1987 2.61M +54,390 +2.12%
1986 2.56M +55,579 +2.22%
1985 2.5M +55,141 +2.25%
1984 2.45M +53,713 +2.24%
1983 2.4M +51,842 +2.21%
1982 2.34M +50,118 +2.18%
1981 2.29M +48,397 +2.16%
1980 2.25M +49,039 +2.23%
1979 2.2M +48,829 +2.27%
1978 2.15M +46,499 +2.21%
1977 2.1M +45,281 +2.2%
1976 2.06M +44,358 +2.21%
1975 2.01M +43,909 +2.23%
1974 1.97M +43,383 +2.25%
1973 1.92M +43,155 +2.29%
1972 1.88M +43,450 +2.36%
1971 1.84M +43,365 +2.42%
1970 1.79M +42,416 +2.42%
1969 1.75M +40,939 +2.39%
1968 1.71M +39,112 +2.34%
1967 1.67M +38,520 +2.36%
1966 1.63M +38,161 +2.39%
1965 1.6M +36,964 +2.37%
1964 1.56M +36,231 +2.38%
1963 1.52M +35,972 +2.42%
1962 1.49M +35,467 +2.45%
1961 1.45M +35,942 +2.54%
1960 1.41M

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.