India - Population, male (% of total population)

Population, male (% of total population) in India was 51.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 52.03 in 2008, while its lowest value was 51.60 in 1960.

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:

Year Value
1960 51.60
1961 51.63
1962 51.65
1963 51.68
1964 51.70
1965 51.71
1966 51.73
1967 51.75
1968 51.76
1969 51.77
1970 51.78
1971 51.79
1972 51.80
1973 51.81
1974 51.81
1975 51.82
1976 51.82
1977 51.82
1978 51.82
1979 51.82
1980 51.82
1981 51.82
1982 51.83
1983 51.84
1984 51.84
1985 51.85
1986 51.86
1987 51.87
1988 51.88
1989 51.89
1990 51.90
1991 51.91
1992 51.93
1993 51.94
1994 51.95
1995 51.96
1996 51.97
1997 51.97
1998 51.98
1999 51.99
2000 52.00
2001 52.00
2002 52.01
2003 52.02
2004 52.02
2005 52.03
2006 52.03
2007 52.03
2008 52.03
2009 52.03
2010 52.03
2011 52.02
2012 52.02
2013 52.01
2014 52.00
2015 52.00
2016 51.99
2017 51.98
2018 51.98
2019 51.97
2020 51.96

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

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population