Male population — all countries

Male population — Western Asia

Male population in Western Asia in 2025 — 165,132,469 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 414.5%.

2025 165M people +2.16% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 165M people2025
Period minimum 32.1M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Western Asia, 1960–2025050M100M150M200M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32,098,379 people1962: 33,973,751 people1964: 35,968,998 people1966: 38,033,270 people1968: 40,237,905 people1970: 42,568,658 people1972: 45,138,839 people1974: 47,842,126 people1976: 50,495,149 people1978: 53,270,039 people1980: 56,230,266 people1982: 59,342,992 people1984: 62,802,958 people1986: 66,363,239 people1988: 70,104,809 people1990: 74,635,341 people1992: 78,611,125 people1994: 82,973,302 people1996: 86,855,735 people1998: 90,785,327 people2000: 95,031,798 people2002: 99,848,647 people2004: 104,750,149 people2006: 110,145,007 people2008: 116,210,094 people2010: 121,578,681 people2012: 128,245,139 people2014: 134,764,083 people2016: 141,320,856 people2018: 144,768,410 people2020: 149,376,772 people2022: 154,313,345 people2024: 161,645,073 people2025: 165,132,469 people
Change over the period: +133M (+414.46%) Average annual rate: 2.55 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Asia 165M people
World 4.13B people
Male population — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 165M +3.49M +2.16%
2024 162M +3.61M +2.28%
2023 158M +3.73M +2.41%
2022 154M +3.74M +2.49%
2021 151M +1.19M +0.8%
2020 149M +2.62M +1.78%
2019 147M +1.99M +1.37%
2018 145M +1.42M +0.99%
2017 143M +2.03M +1.44%
2016 141M +3.1M +2.24%
2015 138M +3.46M +2.57%
2014 135M +3.01M +2.28%
2013 132M +3.51M +2.74%
2012 128M +3.4M +2.72%
2011 125M +3.27M +2.69%
2010 122M +2.19M +1.83%
2009 119M +3.18M +2.73%
2008 116M +3.28M +2.91%
2007 113M +2.78M +2.53%
2006 110M +2.8M +2.61%
2005 107M +2.59M +2.47%
2004 105M +2.47M +2.41%
2003 102M +2.43M +2.44%
2002 99.85M +2.43M +2.49%
2001 97.42M +2.39M +2.51%
2000 95.03M +2.24M +2.42%
1999 92.79M +2M +2.2%
1998 90.79M +1.96M +2.21%
1997 88.82M +1.97M +2.27%
1996 86.86M +1.94M +2.29%
1995 84.91M +1.94M +2.34%
1994 82.97M +2.15M +2.66%
1993 80.82M +2.21M +2.81%
1992 78.61M +2.19M +2.86%
1991 76.42M +1.79M +2.4%
1990 74.64M +2.59M +3.6%
1989 72.05M +1.94M +2.77%
1988 70.1M +1.86M +2.73%
1987 68.24M +1.88M +2.83%
1986 66.36M +1.81M +2.8%
1985 64.55M +1.75M +2.79%
1984 62.8M +1.76M +2.88%
1983 61.05M +1.7M +2.87%
1982 59.34M +1.58M +2.73%
1981 57.76M +1.53M +2.73%
1980 56.23M +1.51M +2.76%
1979 54.72M +1.45M +2.72%
1978 53.27M +1.42M +2.73%
1977 51.85M +1.36M +2.69%
1976 50.5M +1.32M +2.68%
1975 49.18M +1.33M +2.79%
1974 47.84M +1.35M +2.9%
1973 46.49M +1.35M +3%
1972 45.14M +1.31M +3%
1971 43.82M +1.26M +2.95%
1970 42.57M +1.18M +2.86%
1969 41.39M +1.15M +2.86%
1968 40.24M +1.1M +2.82%
1967 39.13M +1.1M +2.89%
1966 38.03M +1.04M +2.82%
1965 36.99M +1.02M +2.84%
1964 35.97M +1.02M +2.91%
1963 34.95M +979,413 +2.88%
1962 33.97M +953,823 +2.89%
1961 33.02M +921,549 +2.87%
1960 32.1M

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.