Male population — all countries

Male population — Western Africa

Male population in Western Africa in 2025 — 234,579,432 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 449.6%.

2025 235M people +2.27% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 235M people2025
Period minimum 42.68M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Western Africa, 1960–20250100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42,683,486 people1962: 44,518,655 people1964: 46,465,151 people1966: 48,541,026 people1968: 50,734,960 people1970: 53,199,061 people1972: 55,885,789 people1974: 58,858,363 people1976: 62,169,513 people1978: 65,807,457 people1980: 69,770,217 people1982: 73,985,832 people1984: 78,098,230 people1986: 82,586,974 people1988: 87,273,498 people1990: 92,175,645 people1992: 97,244,407 people1994: 102,612,248 people1996: 108,340,522 people1998: 114,475,929 people2000: 120,935,044 people2002: 127,972,891 people2004: 135,406,007 people2006: 143,287,039 people2008: 151,652,927 people2010: 160,535,175 people2012: 169,911,110 people2014: 179,561,032 people2016: 189,461,368 people2018: 199,428,763 people2020: 209,200,395 people2022: 219,105,823 people2024: 229,364,590 people2025: 234,579,432 people
Change over the period: +192M (+449.58%) Average annual rate: 2.66 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Africa 235M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 235M +5.21M +2.27%
2024 229M +5.16M +2.3%
2023 224M +5.1M +2.33%
2022 219M +4.99M +2.33%
2021 214M +4.91M +2.35%
2020 209M +4.89M +2.39%
2019 204M +4.89M +2.45%
2018 199M +4.95M +2.54%
2017 194M +5.02M +2.65%
2016 189M +4.98M +2.7%
2015 184M +4.92M +2.74%
2014 180M +4.88M +2.79%
2013 175M +4.77M +2.81%
2012 170M +4.73M +2.86%
2011 165M +4.65M +2.9%
2010 161M +4.5M +2.88%
2009 156M +4.38M +2.89%
2008 152M +4.25M +2.89%
2007 147M +4.11M +2.87%
2006 143M +3.99M +2.87%
2005 139M +3.89M +2.87%
2004 135M +3.76M +2.86%
2003 132M +3.67M +2.87%
2002 128M +3.59M +2.89%
2001 124M +3.45M +2.85%
2000 121M +3.28M +2.79%
1999 118M +3.18M +2.78%
1998 114M +3.13M +2.81%
1997 111M +3M +2.77%
1996 108M +2.9M +2.75%
1995 105M +2.83M +2.76%
1994 103M +2.7M +2.71%
1993 99.91M +2.67M +2.74%
1992 97.24M +2.62M +2.77%
1991 94.62M +2.45M +2.65%
1990 92.18M +2.43M +2.71%
1989 89.74M +2.47M +2.83%
1988 87.27M +2.38M +2.81%
1987 84.89M +2.3M +2.79%
1986 82.59M +2.25M +2.81%
1985 80.33M +2.23M +2.86%
1984 78.1M +2.07M +2.73%
1983 76.02M +2.04M +2.76%
1982 73.99M +2.13M +2.96%
1981 71.86M +2.09M +2.99%
1980 69.77M +2.02M +2.99%
1979 67.75M +1.94M +2.95%
1978 65.81M +1.87M +2.92%
1977 63.94M +1.77M +2.85%
1976 62.17M +1.69M +2.79%
1975 60.48M +1.62M +2.76%
1974 58.86M +1.53M +2.67%
1973 57.33M +1.44M +2.58%
1972 55.89M +1.37M +2.51%
1971 54.52M +1.32M +2.48%
1970 53.2M +1.27M +2.45%
1969 51.93M +1.19M +2.35%
1968 50.73M +1.12M +2.25%
1967 49.62M +1.08M +2.22%
1966 48.54M +1.06M +2.22%
1965 47.49M +1.02M +2.2%
1964 46.47M +986,284 +2.17%
1963 45.48M +960,212 +2.16%
1962 44.52M +928,161 +2.13%
1961 43.59M +907,008 +2.12%
1960 42.68M

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.