Population, male (% of total population) - Country Ranking
Definition: Male population is the percentage of the population that is male. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 75.15 | 2020 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 69.12 | 2020 |
| 3 | Oman | 66.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 64.67 | 2020 |
| 5 | Kuwait | 61.22 | 2020 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 57.83 | 2020 |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.62 | 2020 |
| 8 | Bhutan | 53.15 | 2020 |
| 9 | Djibouti | 52.53 | 2020 |
| 10 | Singapore | 52.34 | 2020 |
| 11 | India | 51.96 | 2020 |
| 12 | Brunei | 51.88 | 2020 |
| 13 | Samoa | 51.76 | 2020 |
| 14 | Pakistan | 51.46 | 2020 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 51.38 | 2020 |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 51.32 | 2020 |
| 17 | China | 51.29 | 2020 |
| 18 | Seychelles | 51.29 | 2020 |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 51.06 | 2020 |
| 20 | Gabon | 50.90 | 2020 |
| 21 | Albania | 50.90 | 2020 |
| 22 | Solomon Islands | 50.85 | 2020 |
| 23 | Paraguay | 50.81 | 2020 |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 50.69 | 2020 |
| 25 | Ghana | 50.69 | 2020 |
| 26 | Nigeria | 50.68 | 2020 |
| 27 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.67 | 2020 |
| 28 | Fiji | 50.65 | 2020 |
| 29 | Jordan | 50.63 | 2020 |
| 30 | Iraq | 50.61 | 2020 |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 50.57 | 2020 |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 50.56 | 2020 |
| 33 | Norway | 50.54 | 2020 |
| 34 | Timor-Leste | 50.53 | 2020 |
| 35 | Egypt | 50.52 | 2020 |
| 36 | Algeria | 50.52 | 2020 |
| 37 | Iran | 50.49 | 2020 |
| 38 | Libya | 50.48 | 2020 |
| 39 | Comoros | 50.44 | 2020 |
| 40 | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.42 | 2020 |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 50.39 | 2020 |
| 42 | Yemen | 50.38 | 2020 |
| 43 | Grenada | 50.36 | 2020 |
| 44 | Indonesia | 50.35 | 2020 |
| 45 | Lebanon | 50.34 | 2020 |
| 46 | Guyana | 50.29 | 2020 |
| 47 | Niger | 50.28 | 2020 |
| 48 | Liberia | 50.27 | 2020 |
| 49 | New Caledonia | 50.26 | 2020 |
| 50 | Suriname | 50.26 | 2020 |
| 51 | Iceland | 50.23 | 2020 |
| 52 | Mauritania | 50.22 | 2020 |
| 53 | Philippines | 50.22 | 2020 |
| 54 | Cabo Verde | 50.20 | 2020 |
| 55 | Lao PDR | 50.19 | 2020 |
| 56 | Bolivia | 50.18 | 2020 |
| 57 | Malta | 50.15 | 2020 |
| 58 | Mali | 50.10 | 2020 |
| 59 | Sweden | 50.09 | 2020 |
| 60 | Korea | 50.06 | 2020 |
| 61 | Panama | 50.06 | 2020 |
| 62 | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.06 | 2020 |
| 63 | Tonga | 50.05 | 2020 |
| 64 | São Tomé and Principe | 50.04 | 2020 |
| 65 | Ethiopia | 50.03 | 2020 |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 50.02 | 2020 |
| 67 | Cameroon | 50.02 | 2020 |
| 68 | Ecuador | 50.01 | 2020 |
| 69 | Eritrea | 49.99 | 2011 |
| 70 | Cyprus | 49.99 | 2020 |
| 71 | Tanzania | 49.97 | 2020 |
| 72 | Burkina Faso | 49.97 | 2020 |
| 73 | Honduras | 49.97 | 2020 |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 49.96 | 2020 |
| 75 | Sudan | 49.96 | 2020 |
| 76 | Congo | 49.96 | 2020 |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 49.95 | 2020 |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 49.95 | 2020 |
| 79 | Benin | 49.94 | 2020 |
| 80 | Vietnam | 49.93 | 2020 |
| 81 | Chad | 49.92 | 2020 |
| 82 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 49.92 | 2020 |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 49.91 | 2020 |
| 84 | Madagascar | 49.89 | 2020 |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 49.89 | 2020 |
| 86 | Somalia | 49.86 | 2020 |
| 87 | Netherlands | 49.82 | 2020 |
| 88 | Australia | 49.80 | 2020 |
| 89 | Slovenia | 49.80 | 2020 |
| 90 | Israel | 49.77 | 2020 |
| 91 | Togo | 49.76 | 2020 |
| 92 | Belize | 49.74 | 2020 |
| 93 | Denmark | 49.71 | 2020 |
| 94 | Kenya | 49.69 | 2020 |
| 95 | Peru | 49.67 | 2020 |
| 96 | Cuba | 49.65 | 2020 |
| 97 | Ireland | 49.64 | 2020 |
| 98 | Canada | 49.63 | 2020 |
| 99 | Jamaica | 49.63 | 2020 |
| 100 | Morocco | 49.63 | 2020 |
| 101 | Burundi | 49.62 | 2020 |
| 102 | Switzerland | 49.61 | 2020 |
| 103 | The Gambia | 49.59 | 2020 |
| 104 | Tunisia | 49.59 | 2020 |
| 105 | Central African Republic | 49.57 | 2020 |
| 106 | Belgium | 49.56 | 2020 |
| 107 | Zambia | 49.52 | 2020 |
| 108 | United States | 49.48 | 2020 |
| 109 | Angola | 49.48 | 2020 |
| 110 | Kyrgyz Republic | 49.47 | 2020 |
| 111 | Montenegro | 49.45 | 2020 |
| 112 | Germany | 49.43 | 2020 |
| 113 | United Kingdom | 49.41 | 2020 |
| 114 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.37 | 2020 |
| 115 | Turkey | 49.37 | 2020 |
| 116 | Haiti | 49.34 | 2020 |
| 117 | Mauritius | 49.34 | 2020 |
| 118 | Lesotho | 49.34 | 2020 |
| 119 | Malawi | 49.32 | 2020 |
| 120 | Finland | 49.32 | 2020 |
| 121 | Chile | 49.31 | 2020 |
| 122 | Austria | 49.29 | 2020 |
| 123 | Uganda | 49.29 | 2020 |
| 124 | Nicaragua | 49.28 | 2020 |
| 125 | Guatemala | 49.27 | 2020 |
| 126 | Mongolia | 49.26 | 2020 |
| 127 | South Africa | 49.26 | 2020 |
| 128 | St. Lucia | 49.24 | 2020 |
| 129 | Czech Republic | 49.23 | 2020 |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 49.23 | 2020 |
| 131 | Venezuela | 49.18 | 2020 |
| 132 | Kiribati | 49.18 | 2020 |
| 133 | Rwanda | 49.16 | 2020 |
| 134 | Eswatini | 49.15 | 2020 |
| 135 | New Zealand | 49.15 | 2020 |
| 136 | Spain | 49.15 | 2020 |
| 137 | Brazil | 49.13 | 2020 |
| 138 | Colombia | 49.10 | 2020 |
| 139 | Greece | 49.08 | 2020 |
| 140 | Serbia | 48.98 | 2020 |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.97 | 2020 |
| 142 | Mexico | 48.92 | 2020 |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.92 | 2020 |
| 144 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 48.91 | 2020 |
| 145 | Japan | 48.83 | 2020 |
| 146 | Cambodia | 48.82 | 2020 |
| 147 | Senegal | 48.80 | 2020 |
| 148 | Argentina | 48.79 | 2020 |
| 149 | Slovak Republic | 48.69 | 2020 |
| 150 | Italy | 48.69 | 2020 |
| 151 | Thailand | 48.66 | 2020 |
| 152 | Romania | 48.62 | 2020 |
| 153 | Mozambique | 48.59 | 2020 |
| 154 | The Bahamas | 48.59 | 2020 |
| 155 | Bulgaria | 48.56 | 2020 |
| 156 | Kazakhstan | 48.53 | 2020 |
| 157 | Namibia | 48.47 | 2020 |
| 158 | Poland | 48.45 | 2020 |
| 159 | Botswana | 48.44 | 2020 |
| 160 | Barbados | 48.40 | 2020 |
| 161 | France | 48.40 | 2020 |
| 162 | Guinea | 48.38 | 2020 |
| 163 | Uruguay | 48.32 | 2020 |
| 164 | Antigua and Barbuda | 48.27 | 2020 |
| 165 | Croatia | 48.21 | 2020 |
| 166 | Myanmar | 48.19 | 2020 |
| 167 | Macao SAR, China | 48.06 | 2020 |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 47.95 | 2020 |
| 169 | Moldova | 47.89 | 2020 |
| 170 | Zimbabwe | 47.72 | 2020 |
| 171 | Georgia | 47.66 | 2020 |
| 172 | Hungary | 47.60 | 2020 |
| 173 | Puerto Rico | 47.38 | 2020 |
| 174 | Estonia | 47.38 | 2020 |
| 175 | Portugal | 47.31 | 2020 |
| 176 | Armenia | 47.03 | 2020 |
| 177 | El Salvador | 46.81 | 2020 |
| 178 | Belarus | 46.56 | 2020 |
| 179 | Russia | 46.35 | 2020 |
| 180 | Ukraine | 46.33 | 2020 |
| 181 | Lithuania | 46.28 | 2020 |
| 182 | Latvia | 46.09 | 2020 |
| 183 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 45.88 | 2020 |
| 184 | Nepal | 45.81 | 2020 |
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Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population structure by age and sex in the World Bank's estimates is based on the population structure by age and sex in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
