Male population — all countries

Male population — South America

Male population in South America in 2025 — 216,229,529 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 190.9%.

2025 216M people +0.55% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 216M people2025
Period minimum 74.32M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — South America, 1960–20250100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 74,319,180 people1962: 78,440,697 people1964: 82,719,526 people1966: 87,057,955 people1968: 91,415,702 people1970: 95,809,132 people1972: 100,289,978 people1974: 104,911,403 people1976: 109,677,752 people1978: 114,691,144 people1980: 119,918,569 people1982: 125,313,593 people1984: 130,828,279 people1986: 136,331,011 people1988: 141,789,863 people1990: 147,216,032 people1992: 152,509,893 people1994: 157,724,139 people1996: 162,883,784 people1998: 168,011,411 people2000: 172,996,116 people2002: 177,600,930 people2004: 181,930,255 people2006: 186,083,321 people2008: 190,000,814 people2010: 193,686,257 people2012: 197,313,363 people2014: 200,951,421 people2016: 204,602,039 people2018: 207,986,295 people2020: 210,717,155 people2022: 212,622,209 people2024: 215,044,505 people2025: 216,229,529 people
Change over the period: +142M (+190.95%) Average annual rate: 1.66 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South America 216M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 216M +1.19M +0.55%
2024 215M +1.23M +0.57%
2023 214M +1.19M +0.56%
2022 213M +970,642 +0.46%
2021 212M +934,412 +0.44%
2020 211M +1.24M +0.59%
2019 209M +1.49M +0.71%
2018 208M +1.63M +0.79%
2017 206M +1.75M +0.86%
2016 205M +1.82M +0.9%
2015 203M +1.83M +0.91%
2014 201M +1.83M +0.92%
2013 199M +1.81M +0.92%
2012 197M +1.81M +0.93%
2011 195M +1.81M +0.94%
2010 194M +1.82M +0.95%
2009 192M +1.86M +0.98%
2008 190M +1.92M +1.02%
2007 188M +1.99M +1.07%
2006 186M +2.05M +1.12%
2005 184M +2.1M +1.15%
2004 182M +2.14M +1.19%
2003 180M +2.19M +1.23%
2002 178M +2.26M +1.29%
2001 175M +2.34M +1.35%
2000 173M +2.44M +1.43%
1999 171M +2.54M +1.51%
1998 168M +2.57M +1.55%
1997 165M +2.56M +1.57%
1996 163M +2.57M +1.6%
1995 160M +2.59M +1.64%
1994 158M +2.6M +1.67%
1993 155M +2.62M +1.72%
1992 153M +2.63M +1.76%
1991 150M +2.66M +1.81%
1990 147M +2.71M +1.87%
1989 145M +2.72M +1.92%
1988 142M +2.73M +1.96%
1987 139M +2.73M +2%
1986 136M +2.74M +2.05%
1985 134M +2.76M +2.11%
1984 131M +2.77M +2.16%
1983 128M +2.75M +2.19%
1982 125M +2.71M +2.21%
1981 123M +2.68M +2.24%
1980 120M +2.64M +2.25%
1979 117M +2.59M +2.26%
1978 115M +2.54M +2.26%
1977 112M +2.47M +2.26%
1976 110M +2.41M +2.24%
1975 107M +2.36M +2.25%
1974 105M +2.33M +2.27%
1973 103M +2.3M +2.29%
1972 100M +2.26M +2.31%
1971 98.03M +2.22M +2.32%
1970 95.81M +2.2M +2.35%
1969 93.61M +2.19M +2.4%
1968 91.42M +2.18M +2.44%
1967 89.23M +2.18M +2.5%
1966 87.06M +2.17M +2.56%
1965 84.89M +2.17M +2.62%
1964 82.72M +2.15M +2.67%
1963 80.57M +2.13M +2.71%
1962 78.44M +2.08M +2.73%
1961 76.36M +2.04M +2.74%
1960 74.32M

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.