, the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 210 Swiss men (49.1% of the population) and 8 (1.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 205 Swiss women (47.9%) and 5 (1.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 218 or about 54.1% were born in Massonnens and lived there in 2000. There were 137 or 34.0% who were born in the same canton, while 25 or 6.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 17 or 4.2% were born outside of Switzerland.