Population, male (% of total population) - Country Ranking - South America

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

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Paraguay 50.81 2020
2 Guyana 50.29 2020
3 Suriname 50.26 2020
4 Bolivia 50.18 2020
5 Ecuador 50.01 2020
6 Peru 49.67 2020
7 Chile 49.31 2020
8 Venezuela 49.18 2020
9 Brazil 49.13 2020
10 Colombia 49.10 2020
11 Argentina 48.79 2020
12 Uruguay 48.32 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