Total sample population, male by country

Countries reporting

106

Highest

695.40 million

China

Lowest

3,895

Austria

Median

5.35 million

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,548

What the numbers show

Total sample population, male is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 695.40 million in China; the lowest is 3,895 in Austria.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.35 million, and the mean is 28.10 million.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 97,074.6%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 99.8%).

Total sample population, male: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	695.40 million	2013	up 9.8%	rising
2	India	569.32 million	2019	up 8.0%	rising
3	United States	154.32 million	2018	up 4.8%	volatile
4	Pakistan	106.11 million	2020	up 15.9%	rising
5	Brazil	103.71 million	2021	up 8.0%	rising
6	Nigeria	101.83 million	2018	up 34.4%	rising
7	Indonesia	100.59 million	2019	up 6.2%	rising
8	Bangladesh	80.99 million	2016	up 15.6%	rising
9	Russia	67.41 million	2019	up 7.1%	flat
10	Mexico	60.78 million	2020	up 10.4%	rising
11	Philippines	54.51 million	2019	up 17.8%	rising
12	Egypt	50.84 million	2019	up 29.9%	rising
13	Ethiopia	49.19 million	2021	up 31.0%	rising
14	Germany	39.76 million	2011	up 97,074.6%	volatile
15	Kazakhstan	33.33 million	2018	up 371.6%	volatile
16	Thailand	33.22 million	2021	up 0.1%	rising
17	United Kingdom	31.91 million	2016	up 9.2%	volatile
18	France	30.46 million	2016	up 5.6%	rising
19	Turkey	30.37 million	2019	down 13.2%	falling
20	Italy	29.40 million	2016	up 2.6%	volatile
21	Tanzania	28.55 million	2020	up 58.8%	rising
22	South Africa	28.42 million	2020	up 14.9%	rising
23	Colombia	24.64 million	2021	up 11.7%	rising
24	Kenya	23.40 million	2019	up 33.6%	rising
25	Spain	22.58 million	2016	up 5.0%	volatile
26	South Korea	21.59 million	2017	up 12.9%	rising
27	Uganda	19.70 million	2016	up 41.6%	rising
28	Poland	18.15 million	2019	up 0.3%	rising
29	Ukraine	17.31 million	2020	down 15.1%	falling
30	Morocco	16.39 million	2013	up 12.2%	rising
31	Peru	16.16 million	2021	up 8.5%	rising
32	Nepal	14.87 million	2014	up 32.3%	rising
33	Argentina	14.05 million	2021	up 14.0%	rising
34	Ghana	13.75 million	2016	up 25.4%	volatile
35	Venezuela	13.52 million	2006	up 22.9%	rising
36	Sri Lanka	11.12 million	2019	up 15.4%	rising
37	Madagascar	10.56 million	2012	up 45.8%	rising
38	Niger	10.51 million	2018	up 66.9%	rising
39	Mozambique	9.93 million	2014	up 13.2%	rising
40	Mali	9.65 million	2018	up 56.3%	rising
41	Romania	9.55 million	2018	down 8.0%	falling
42	Ecuador	8.73 million	2021	up 23.4%	rising
43	Malawi	8.72 million	2019	up 41.2%	rising
44	Guatemala	8.57 million	2019	up 28.9%	rising
45	Chile	8.47 million	2017	up 7.8%	rising
46	Netherlands	8.31 million	2016	up 3.1%	volatile
47	Zambia	7.49 million	2015	up 44.2%	rising
48	Senegal	7.42 million	2018	up 28.0%	volatile
49	Cambodia	7.29 million	2012	up 33.1%	rising
50	Rwanda	6.18 million	2021	up 21.0%	rising
51	Bolivia	5.85 million	2021	up 9.9%	rising
52	Guinea	5.72 million	2018	up 22.9%	rising
53	Tunisia	5.51 million	2015	up 14.1%	rising
54	Greece	5.19 million	2016	down 1.9%	rising
55	Dominican Republic	5.10 million	2013	up 17.2%	rising
56	Czechia	5.08 million	2016	up 2.5%	volatile
57	Sweden	4.93 million	2016	up 10.4%	rising
58	Portugal	4.90 million	2016	down 4.2%	rising
59	Hungary	4.60 million	2016	down 2.0%	flat
60	Honduras	4.42 million	2019	up 15.1%	rising
61	Jordan	4.35 million	2016	up 59.4%	volatile
62	Belarus	3.99 million	2020	down 3.9%	falling
63	Togo	3.65 million	2018	up 40.1%	volatile
64	Paraguay	3.63 million	2021	up 12.5%	rising
65	Bulgaria	3.48 million	2016	up 92,902.3%	volatile
66	Serbia	3.39 million	2018	down 9.4%	flat
67	El Salvador	3.16 million	2019	up 8.4%	rising
68	Kyrgyzstan	3.13 million	2020	up 22.2%	rising
69	Nicaragua	3.04 million	2014	up 20.6%	rising
70	Laos	2.98 million	2018	up 7.5%	rising
71	Denmark	2.81 million	2016	up 6.1%	rising
72	Tajikistan	2.72 million	2013	down 18.7%	volatile
73	Finland	2.65 million	2016	up 4.8%	volatile
74	Slovakia	2.56 million	2016	up 0.7%	volatile
75	Norway	2.55 million	2016	up 11.4%	rising
76	Costa Rica	2.48 million	2021	up 11.0%	rising
77	Ireland	2.31 million	2016	up 9.0%	volatile
78	Panama	2.19 million	2021	up 21.3%	rising
79	Croatia	2.01 million	2016	down 2.2%	flat
80	Georgia	1.76 million	2020	down 0.7%	volatile
81	Uruguay	1.72 million	2021	up 5.4%	rising
82	Puerto Rico	1.62 million	2005	down 43.9%	rising
83	Mongolia	1.50 million	2021	up 11.2%	rising
84	Albania	1.43 million	2019	up 22.8%	flat
85	Lithuania	1.33 million	2016	down 15.6%	falling
86	Armenia	1.30 million	2020	down 19.0%	falling
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.26 million	2019	down 18.6%	falling
88	Moldova	1.19 million	2021	down 20.7%	volatile
89	North Macedonia	1.04 million	2020	up 0.9%	rising
90	Slovenia	997,649	2016	up 1.6%	volatile
91	Namibia	991,437	2015	up 3.4%	rising
92	Gambia	966,943	2020	up 5,150.4%	volatile
93	Latvia	888,925	2016	down 14.0%	volatile
94	Trinidad and Tobago	662,169	2011	up 18.8%	rising
95	Mauritius	634,234	2017	up 2,961.4%	volatile
96	Estonia	610,188	2016	down 0.3%	rising
97	Cyprus	410,863	2016	up 9.2%	rising
98	Montenegro	289,465	2013	down 6.1%	falling
99	Luxembourg	289,083	2016	up 29.3%	volatile
100	Malta	213,417	2016	up 5.9%	flat
101	Iceland	158,585	2015	up 10.9%	rising
102	Belize	121,893	1999	up 18.8%	rising
103	Jamaica	11,493	2002	down 99.8%	volatile
104	Palestine	10,413	2017	down 99.0%	volatile
105	Belgium	5,067	2003	up 2.9%	rising
106	Austria	3,895	2003	up 1.8%	flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 777,664

About this data

Indicator: Total sample population, male
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 108 places, 1,548 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026