Male population — all countries

Male population — World

Male population in the world in 2025 — 4,129,676,619 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 173.9%.

2025 4.13B people +0.9% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 4.13B people2025
Period minimum 1.51B people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — World, 1960–20251B2B3B4B5B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,507,691,617 people1962: 1,555,960,877 people1964: 1,623,746,285 people1966: 1,693,253,868 people1968: 1,764,434,738 people1970: 1,839,997,670 people1972: 1,917,655,482 people1974: 1,995,248,201 people1976: 2,070,355,600 people1978: 2,144,918,191 people1980: 2,222,984,929 people1982: 2,305,203,509 people1984: 2,389,453,079 people1986: 2,476,362,900 people1988: 2,567,512,298 people1990: 2,660,232,241 people1992: 2,750,769,470 people1994: 2,839,024,633 people1996: 2,925,147,535 people1998: 3,011,781,327 people2000: 3,097,125,233 people2002: 3,181,212,936 people2004: 3,265,067,946 people2006: 3,349,911,378 people2008: 3,436,439,387 people2010: 3,522,381,363 people2012: 3,611,774,200 people2014: 3,701,821,476 people2016: 3,790,442,450 people2018: 3,874,218,041 people2020: 3,952,524,131 people2022: 4,018,372,940 people2024: 4,093,039,322 people2025: 4,129,676,619 people
Change over the period: +2.62B (+173.91%) Average annual rate: 1.56 %

Comparison, 2025

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

World 4.13B people
World 4.13B people
Male population — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 4.13B +36.64M +0.9%
2024 4.09B +38.24M +0.94%
2023 4.05B +36.42M +0.91%
2022 4.02B +33.99M +0.85%
2021 3.98B +31.86M +0.81%
2020 3.95B +37.96M +0.97%
2019 3.91B +40.35M +1.04%
2018 3.87B +40.97M +1.07%
2017 3.83B +42.81M +1.13%
2016 3.79B +44.09M +1.18%
2015 3.75B +44.53M +1.2%
2014 3.7B +44.7M +1.22%
2013 3.66B +45.35M +1.26%
2012 3.61B +45.77M +1.28%
2011 3.57B +43.63M +1.24%
2010 3.52B +42.56M +1.22%
2009 3.48B +43.38M +1.26%
2008 3.44B +43.57M +1.28%
2007 3.39B +42.96M +1.28%
2006 3.35B +42.71M +1.29%
2005 3.31B +42.13M +1.29%
2004 3.27B +42.17M +1.31%
2003 3.22B +41.68M +1.31%
2002 3.18B +41.78M +1.33%
2001 3.14B +42.31M +1.37%
2000 3.1B +42.45M +1.39%
1999 3.05B +42.9M +1.42%
1998 3.01B +43.45M +1.46%
1997 2.97B +43.18M +1.48%
1996 2.93B +43.25M +1.5%
1995 2.88B +42.87M +1.51%
1994 2.84B +43.53M +1.56%
1993 2.8B +44.73M +1.63%
1992 2.75B +44.97M +1.66%
1991 2.71B +45.57M +1.71%
1990 2.66B +46.79M +1.79%
1989 2.61B +45.93M +1.79%
1988 2.57B +45.74M +1.81%
1987 2.52B +45.41M +1.83%
1986 2.48B +44.09M +1.81%
1985 2.43B +42.82M +1.79%
1984 2.39B +42.03M +1.79%
1983 2.35B +42.22M +1.83%
1982 2.31B +41.89M +1.85%
1981 2.26B +40.33M +1.81%
1980 2.22B +39.36M +1.8%
1979 2.18B +38.71M +1.8%
1978 2.14B +37.58M +1.78%
1977 2.11B +36.98M +1.79%
1976 2.07B +37.24M +1.83%
1975 2.03B +37.86M +1.9%
1974 2B +38.67M +1.98%
1973 1.96B +38.92M +2.03%
1972 1.92B +38.38M +2.04%
1971 1.88B +39.27M +2.13%
1970 1.84B +38.2M +2.12%
1969 1.8B +37.36M +2.12%
1968 1.76B +36.03M +2.08%
1967 1.73B +35.15M +2.08%
1966 1.69B +35.3M +2.13%
1965 1.66B +34.21M +2.11%
1964 1.62B +34.02M +2.14%
1963 1.59B +33.77M +2.17%
1962 1.56B +27.57M +1.8%
1961 1.53B +20.7M +1.37%
1960 1.51B

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.