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Male population is the percentage of the population that is male. Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

Rank	Country	Value
Population, male (% of total male population) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)
1	Libya	51.74
2	Ivory Coast	50.98
3	Mauritania	50.69
4	Ghana	50.68
5	Guinea	50.50
6	Algeria	50.48
7	Benin	50.43
8	Sudan	50.35
9	Egypt	50.30
10	Tunisia	50.30
11	Comoros	50.18
12	North Africa	50.17
13	Nigeria	50.10
14	Uganda	50.07
15	Niger	50.06
16	Kenya	49.97
17	Cameroon	49.97
18	Djibouti	49.97
19	Burkina Faso	49.93
20	Gabon	49.92
21	Botswana	49.91
22	Republic of the Congo	49.90
23	Africa	49.86
24	Zambia	49.86
25	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	49.83
26	Tanzania	49.83
27	Sub-Saharan Africa	49.80
28	Madagascar	49.79
29	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	49.76
30	Ethiopia	49.74
31	Chad	49.69
32	Liberia	49.67
33	Malawi	49.66
34	Gambia	49.59
35	Senegal	49.59
36	Mauritius	49.58
37	Equatorial Guinea	49.58
38	Somalia	49.58
39	Democratic Republic of the Congo	49.55
40	Sao Tome and Principe	49.53
41	Guinea-Bissau	49.53
42	Togo	49.49
43	Mali	49.37
44	Angola	49.30
45	South Africa	49.28
46	Namibia	49.26
47	Eritrea	49.15
48	Morocco	49.13
49	Central African Republic	49.11
50	Burundi	48.98
51	Swaziland	48.82
52	Sierra Leone	48.67
53	Mozambique	48.57
54	Rwanda	48.40
55	Zimbabwe	48.35
56	Cape Verde	47.77
57	Lesotho	47.13

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