Urban population, male (% of male population) by country

Countries reporting
99
Highest
1.0%
Argentina
Lowest
0.1%
Venezuela
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,378

What the numbers show

Urban population, male (% of male population) is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Argentina; the lowest is 0.1% in Venezuela.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 96.9%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 34.4%).

Urban population, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 1.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Malta 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
3 Netherlands 1.0% 2004 up 1.2% flat
4 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 0.0% flat
5 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 up 4.1% falling
6 Djibouti 0.9% 2017 up 0.3% falling
7 Jordan 0.9% 2016 up 6.6% rising
8 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 0.1% rising
9 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 5.9% rising
10 Brazil 0.9% 2021 up 1.5% rising
11 United Kingdom 0.9% 2016 down 10.8% flat
12 Iceland 0.8% 2015 up 35.6% rising
13 United States 0.8% 2018 up 7.3% rising
14 Mongolia 0.8% 2021 up 27.1% rising
15 South Korea 0.8% 2017 down 0.8% flat
16 Palestine 0.8% 2017 up 42.8% rising
17 Peru 0.8% 2021 up 7.9% rising
18 Mexico 0.8% 2020 up 0.8% flat
19 Colombia 0.8% 2021 up 2.0% rising
20 Italy 0.8% 2016 down 9.1% flat
21 Belarus 0.7% 2020 up 1.2% rising
22 Russia 0.7% 2019 up 1.0% flat
23 Spain 0.7% 2016 up 2.7% rising
24 Norway 0.7% 2016 up 9.4% rising
25 Portugal 0.7% 2016 up 2.4% flat
26 Cyprus 0.7% 2016 up 3.5% flat
27 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 down 0.3% rising
28 Bolivia 0.7% 2021 up 6.0% rising
29 Sweden 0.7% 2016 up 94.8% rising
30 Finland 0.7% 2016 up 69.3% rising
31 Panama 0.7% 2021 up 7.2% rising
32 Tunisia 0.7% 2015 up 4.5% rising
33 Turkey 0.7% 2013 up 12.4% rising
34 Ukraine 0.7% 2020 up 0.7% flat
35 Ecuador 0.7% 2021 up 2.5% rising
36 Greece 0.7% 2016 up 28.7% rising
37 Ireland 0.7% 2016 up 7.6% rising
38 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 up 34.5% rising
39 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 up 5.9% rising
40 Denmark 0.7% 2016 up 5.5% flat
41 South Africa 0.7% 2020 up 2.5% rising
42 France 0.7% 2016 down 20.1% falling
43 Montenegro 0.6% 2013 down 9.1% flat
44 Paraguay 0.6% 2021 up 6.0% rising
45 Latvia 0.6% 2016 up 36.3% rising
46 El Salvador 0.6% 2019 down 1.9% rising
47 Poland 0.6% 2019 up 12.2% falling
48 Austria 0.6% 2003 up 0.3% flat
49 Morocco 0.6% 2013 up 7.2% rising
50 Serbia 0.6% 2018 up 5.7% rising
51 Estonia 0.6% 2016 up 26.6% rising
52 Czechia 0.6% 2016 up 1.5% falling
53 Georgia 0.6% 2020 up 5.2% rising
54 Slovakia 0.6% 2016 up 0.7% flat
55 Armenia 0.6% 2020 down 8.8% falling
56 Indonesia 0.6% 2019 up 29.7% rising
57 Croatia 0.6% 2016 up 9.6% rising
58 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 4.5% flat
59 North Macedonia 0.6% 2020 down 0.2% falling
60 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2017 up 1.0% flat
61 Gambia 0.6% 2020 up 2.4% rising
62 China 0.5% 2013 up 54.2% rising
63 Honduras 0.5% 2019 up 19.9% rising
64 Hungary 0.5% 2016 down 1.2% falling
65 Luxembourg 0.5% 2016 down 34.4% falling
66 Ghana 0.5% 2016 up 35.8% rising
67 Romania 0.5% 2018 up 30.4% falling
68 Guatemala 0.5% 2019 up 3.0% rising
69 Namibia 0.5% 2015 up 37.2% rising
70 Senegal 0.5% 2018 up 12.6% falling
71 Belize 0.4% 1999 down 8.5% falling
72 Thailand 0.4% 2021 up 32.2% rising
73 Philippines 0.4% 2019 down 8.8% falling
74 Lithuania 0.4% 2016 up 5.3% falling
75 Egypt 0.4% 2019 down 1.6% flat
76 Jamaica 0.4% 2002 down 20.2% falling
77 Zambia 0.4% 2015 up 7.3% rising
78 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 up 11.1% rising
78 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 up 11.1% rising
80 Moldova 0.4% 2021 down 33.7% rising
81 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 up 9.9% rising
82 Nigeria 0.4% 2018 down 1.7% falling
83 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 down 1.7% rising
84 Mozambique 0.3% 2014 down 0.1% rising
85 Laos 0.3% 2018 up 13.6% rising
86 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 96.9% rising
87 India 0.3% 2019 up 10.1% rising
88 Bangladesh 0.3% 2016 up 20.6% rising
89 Tajikistan 0.3% 2013 up 3.3% rising
90 Tanzania 0.3% 2020 up 21.3% rising
91 Mali 0.3% 2018 up 1.6% rising
92 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 57.3% rising
93 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 68.5% rising
94 Ethiopia 0.2% 2021 up 30.2% rising
95 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 36.1% rising
96 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 up 12.0% volatile
97 Madagascar 0.2% 2012 down 23.4% falling
98 Malawi 0.2% 2019 up 6.1% rising
99 Venezuela 0.1% 2002 down 17.4% falling

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Indicator
Urban population, male (% of male population)
Unit
% of male population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
99 places, 1,378 data points, 1970–2021
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