Male population — all countries

Male population — Northern Africa

Male population in Northern Africa in 2025 — 138,817,830 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 331.7%.

2025 139M people +1.51% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 139M people2025
Period minimum 32.16M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Northern Africa, 1960–2025050M100M150M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32,157,946 people1962: 33,812,648 people1964: 35,595,521 people1966: 37,460,497 people1968: 39,458,957 people1970: 41,558,637 people1972: 43,727,958 people1974: 46,133,842 people1976: 48,969,071 people1978: 51,916,682 people1980: 55,185,508 people1982: 58,731,531 people1984: 62,244,923 people1986: 65,698,328 people1988: 69,095,412 people1990: 72,569,014 people1992: 75,948,807 people1994: 79,231,260 people1996: 82,428,052 people1998: 85,653,786 people2000: 88,938,218 people2002: 92,208,491 people2004: 95,455,420 people2006: 98,831,474 people2008: 102,430,119 people2010: 106,325,465 people2012: 110,201,337 people2014: 114,797,407 people2016: 119,501,678 people2018: 124,471,495 people2020: 128,902,086 people2022: 133,082,936 people2024: 136,750,693 people2025: 138,817,830 people
Change over the period: +107M (+331.68%) Average annual rate: 2.28 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Africa 139M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 139M +2.07M +1.51%
2024 137M +1.78M +1.32%
2023 135M +1.89M +1.42%
2022 133M +2.11M +1.61%
2021 131M +2.08M +1.61%
2020 129M +2.15M +1.69%
2019 127M +2.28M +1.83%
2018 124M +2.47M +2.03%
2017 122M +2.5M +2.09%
2016 120M +2.36M +2.02%
2015 117M +2.34M +2.04%
2014 115M +2.35M +2.09%
2013 112M +2.25M +2.04%
2012 110M +2M +1.85%
2011 108M +1.87M +1.76%
2010 106M +1.95M +1.87%
2009 104M +1.95M +1.9%
2008 102M +1.85M +1.84%
2007 101M +1.75M +1.77%
2006 98.83M +1.7M +1.75%
2005 97.13M +1.67M +1.75%
2004 95.46M +1.63M +1.74%
2003 93.83M +1.62M +1.76%
2002 92.21M +1.64M +1.81%
2001 90.57M +1.63M +1.84%
2000 88.94M +1.64M +1.88%
1999 87.3M +1.65M +1.92%
1998 85.65M +1.64M +1.96%
1997 84.01M +1.58M +1.92%
1996 82.43M +1.58M +1.95%
1995 80.85M +1.62M +2.04%
1994 79.23M +1.62M +2.09%
1993 77.61M +1.66M +2.19%
1992 75.95M +1.64M +2.21%
1991 74.31M +1.74M +2.4%
1990 72.57M +1.78M +2.52%
1989 70.79M +1.69M +2.45%
1988 69.1M +1.7M +2.53%
1987 67.39M +1.69M +2.58%
1986 65.7M +1.72M +2.69%
1985 63.98M +1.73M +2.79%
1984 62.24M +1.74M +2.87%
1983 60.51M +1.78M +3.02%
1982 58.73M +1.78M +3.13%
1981 56.95M +1.77M +3.2%
1980 55.19M +1.69M +3.15%
1979 53.5M +1.58M +3.05%
1978 51.92M +1.49M +2.96%
1977 50.42M +1.45M +2.97%
1976 48.97M +1.49M +3.13%
1975 47.48M +1.35M +2.93%
1974 46.13M +1.23M +2.74%
1973 44.9M +1.18M +2.69%
1972 43.73M +1.1M +2.57%
1971 42.63M +1.07M +2.58%
1970 41.56M +1.06M +2.61%
1969 40.5M +1.04M +2.64%
1968 39.46M +1.01M +2.64%
1967 38.44M +983,658 +2.63%
1966 37.46M +944,767 +2.59%
1965 36.52M +920,209 +2.59%
1964 35.6M +904,755 +2.61%
1963 34.69M +878,118 +2.6%
1962 33.81M +846,027 +2.57%
1961 32.97M +808,675 +2.51%
1960 32.16M

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.