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China: Population, male

50.91percent · 2025-0.5% since 2015

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. Annual figures for China from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202550.907
202450.942
202350.979
202251.017
202151.05
202051.08
201951.104
201851.121
201751.139
201651.154
201551.162
201451.168
201351.17
201251.17
201151.168
201051.165
200951.159
200851.152
200751.144
200651.136
200551.128
200451.119
200351.11
200251.1
200151.09
200051.078
199951.065
199851.054
199751.043
199651.032
199551.021
199451.009
199350.996
199250.981
199150.966
199050.948
198950.93
198850.916
198750.906
198650.898
198550.893
198450.892
198350.893
198250.895
198150.898
198050.902
197950.907
197850.914
197750.92
197650.926
197550.931
197450.936
197350.939
197250.939
197150.938
197050.938
196950.941
196850.946
196750.956
196650.97
196550.986
196451.005
196351.026
196251.05
196151.082
196051.121

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-male (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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