Male population — all countries

Male population — Southern Africa

Male population in Southern Africa in 2025 — 36,060,139 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 281.1%.

2025 36.06M people +1.18% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 36.06M people2025
Period minimum 9.46M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Southern Africa, 1960–2025010M20M30M40M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 9,463,196 people1962: 9,981,761 people1964: 10,557,146 people1966: 11,169,933 people1968: 11,839,345 people1970: 12,547,619 people1972: 13,318,839 people1974: 14,155,061 people1976: 15,008,665 people1978: 15,908,821 people1980: 16,885,694 people1982: 18,041,456 people1984: 19,304,500 people1986: 20,623,987 people1988: 21,971,524 people1990: 23,338,850 people1992: 24,202,868 people1994: 25,151,097 people1996: 24,751,974 people1998: 25,071,520 people2000: 25,593,820 people2002: 26,094,530 people2004: 26,677,113 people2006: 27,280,873 people2008: 27,964,630 people2010: 28,713,171 people2012: 29,576,891 people2014: 30,651,994 people2016: 31,673,745 people2018: 32,435,934 people2020: 33,565,408 people2022: 34,646,072 people2024: 35,638,406 people2025: 36,060,139 people
Change over the period: +26.6M (+281.06%) Average annual rate: 2.08 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Africa 36.06M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 36.06M +421,733 +1.18%
2024 35.64M +474,107 +1.35%
2023 35.16M +518,227 +1.5%
2022 34.65M +529,331 +1.55%
2021 34.12M +551,333 +1.64%
2020 33.57M +565,477 +1.71%
2019 33M +563,997 +1.74%
2018 32.44M +568,194 +1.78%
2017 31.87M +193,995 +0.61%
2016 31.67M +318,272 +1.02%
2015 31.36M +703,479 +2.3%
2014 30.65M +550,772 +1.83%
2013 30.1M +524,331 +1.77%
2012 29.58M +467,211 +1.61%
2011 29.11M +396,509 +1.38%
2010 28.71M +376,404 +1.33%
2009 28.34M +372,137 +1.33%
2008 27.96M +357,236 +1.29%
2007 27.61M +326,521 +1.2%
2006 27.28M +307,067 +1.14%
2005 26.97M +296,693 +1.11%
2004 26.68M +293,513 +1.11%
2003 26.38M +289,070 +1.11%
2002 26.09M +268,205 +1.04%
2001 25.83M +232,505 +0.91%
2000 25.59M +239,280 +0.94%
1999 25.35M +283,020 +1.13%
1998 25.07M +312,063 +1.26%
1997 24.76M +7,483 +0.03%
1996 24.75M −121,877 −0.49%
1995 24.87M −277,246 −1.1%
1994 25.15M +272,466 +1.1%
1993 24.88M +675,763 +2.79%
1992 24.2M +318,579 +1.33%
1991 23.88M +545,439 +2.34%
1990 23.34M +674,432 +2.98%
1989 22.66M +692,894 +3.15%
1988 21.97M +678,970 +3.19%
1987 21.29M +668,567 +3.24%
1986 20.62M +664,674 +3.33%
1985 19.96M +654,813 +3.39%
1984 19.3M +639,293 +3.43%
1983 18.67M +623,751 +3.46%
1982 18.04M +595,112 +3.41%
1981 17.45M +560,650 +3.32%
1980 16.89M +508,103 +3.1%
1979 16.38M +468,770 +2.95%
1978 15.91M +461,154 +2.99%
1977 15.45M +439,002 +2.92%
1976 15.01M +425,862 +2.92%
1975 14.58M +427,742 +3.02%
1974 14.16M +422,109 +3.07%
1973 13.73M +414,113 +3.11%
1972 13.32M +397,586 +3.08%
1971 12.92M +373,634 +2.98%
1970 12.55M +357,389 +2.93%
1969 12.19M +350,885 +2.96%
1968 11.84M +341,842 +2.97%
1967 11.5M +327,570 +2.93%
1966 11.17M +311,092 +2.86%
1965 10.86M +301,695 +2.86%
1964 10.56M +293,409 +2.86%
1963 10.26M +281,976 +2.82%
1962 9.98M +268,705 +2.77%
1961 9.71M +249,860 +2.64%
1960 9.46M

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.