Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sexes (number) by country

Name: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sexes (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Countries reporting

206

Highest

23.61 million number

India

Lowest

251 number

Palau

Median

119,352 number

Years covered

1970–2020

Data points

12,277

What the numbers show

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 23.61 million number in India; the lowest is 251 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 119,352 number, and the mean is 639,498 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 94,076.

Over the past decade 146 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Macau, China (up 79.3%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 35.6%).

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	23.61 million number	2020	down 7.8%	rising
2	China	17.40 million number	2020	up 5.2%	falling
3	Nigeria	6.03 million number	2020	up 29.8%	rising
4	Pakistan	5.21 million number	2020	up 15.1%	rising
5	Indonesia	4.81 million number	2020	up 3.1%	rising
6	United States of America	4.05 million number	2018	up 0.2%	rising
7	Ethiopia	2.99 million number	2020	up 14.5%	rising
8	Brazil	2.96 million number	2011	down 12.8%	falling
9	Bangladesh	2.91 million number	2020	down 8.6%	rising
10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.75 million number	2020	up 40.7%	rising
11	Egypt	2.48 million number	2020	up 42.0%	rising
12	Philippines	2.29 million number	2020	up 6.7%	rising
13	Mexico	2.24 million number	2020	down 0.8%	rising
14	Russian Federation	1.84 million number	2020	up 38.6%	falling
15	Tanzania, United Republic of	1.72 million number	2020	up 30.9%	rising
16	Viet Nam	1.52 million number	2020	up 16.3%	flat
17	Uganda	1.45 million number	2020	up 32.5%	rising
18	Kenya	1.40 million number	2020	up 12.2%	rising
19	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.39 million number	2020	up 22.7%	rising
20	Türkiye	1.37 million number	2020	up 5.7%	rising
21	South Africa	1.17 million number	2020	up 20.1%	rising
22	Sudan	1.16 million number	2020	up 16.3%	rising
23	Afghanistan	1.08 million number	2020	up 14.3%	rising
24	Iraq	1.05 million number	2020	up 26.8%	rising
25	Angola	1.05 million number	2020	up 40.9%	volatile
26	Mozambique	933,167 number	2020	up 25.1%	rising
27	Algeria	932,632 number	2020	up 61.3%	rising
28	Myanmar	893,534 number	2020	down 15.2%	rising
29	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	824,782 number	2020	up 17.6%	falling
30	France	817,316 number	2019	up 2.2%	flat
31	Yemen	786,654 number	2020	up 20.6%	rising
32	Ghana	780,955 number	2020	up 21.3%	rising
33	Thailand	769,176 number	2020	down 8.8%	falling
34	Niger	766,720 number	2020	up 48.9%	volatile
35	Germany	750,615 number	2020	up 4.0%	falling
36	Cameroon	749,831 number	2020	up 27.4%	rising
37	Argentina	746,218 number	2020	up 4.7%	rising
38	Colombia	736,931 number	2020	down 11.3%	rising
39	Madagascar	731,518 number	2020	up 18.8%	rising
40	Côte d'Ivoire	725,804 number	2020	up 20.6%	rising
41	Morocco	688,788 number	2020	up 13.6%	rising
42	Uzbekistan	647,828 number	2020	up 27.4%	rising
43	Mali	619,276 number	2020	up 37.9%	rising
44	Burkina Faso	618,890 number	2020	up 29.7%	rising
45	Saudi Arabia	599,784 number	2020	up 12.7%	rising
46	Malawi	553,182 number	2020	up 24.4%	rising
47	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	549,919 number	2020	down 3.5%	rising
48	Nepal	546,477 number	2020	down 15.9%	rising
49	Zambia	543,890 number	2020	up 26.1%	rising
50	Italy	535,058 number	2020	down 3.4%	falling
51	Peru	518,779 number	2020	down 9.3%	rising
52	Chad	508,120 number	2020	up 31.4%	rising
53	Malaysia	506,904 number	2020	down 2.8%	rising
54	Senegal	485,461 number	2020	up 34.9%	rising
55	Somalia	480,253 number	2020	up 25.0%	rising
56	Ukraine	455,914 number	2014	up 2.6%	falling
57	Korea	454,165 number	2020	down 4.9%	falling
58	Spain	450,623 number	2020	up 1.6%	falling
59	Zimbabwe	450,565 number	2020	up 30.2%	rising
60	Guatemala	396,199 number	2020	up 0.3%	rising
61	Canada	395,376 number	2020	up 11.2%	flat
62	Kazakhstan	393,482 number	2020	up 74.2%	falling
63	Poland	388,108 number	2020	up 8.3%	falling
64	Guinea	366,324 number	2020	up 19.7%	rising
65	Burundi	353,790 number	2020	up 46.2%	rising
66	Cambodia	352,084 number	2020	up 18.0%	rising
67	Syrian Arab Republic	346,339 number	2020	down 34.5%	rising
68	Benin	339,466 number	2020	up 27.4%	rising
69	Rwanda	334,503 number	2020	up 21.9%	rising
70	Sri Lanka	334,173 number	2020	down 5.7%	falling
71	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	330,430 number	2019	down 14.3%	falling
72	Australia	329,315 number	2020	up 20.1%	rising
73	Ecuador	322,295 number	2020	up 3.7%	rising
74	South Sudan	313,894 number	2020	up 16.6%	rising
75	Chile	252,948 number	2020	up 5.5%	flat
76	Haiti	248,918 number	2020	up 2.9%	rising
77	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	236,397 number	2020	up 0.4%	rising
78	Tajikistan	235,415 number	2020	up 42.7%	rising
79	Jordan	233,748 number	2020	up 32.4%	rising
80	Togo	225,117 number	2020	up 22.4%	rising
81	Sierra Leone	214,762 number	2020	up 16.6%	rising
82	Papua New Guinea	210,541 number	2020	up 12.5%	rising
83	Tunisia	203,743 number	2020	up 29.1%	flat
84	Honduras	196,771 number	2020	down 6.5%	rising
85	Dominican Republic	193,803 number	2020	down 3.0%	rising
86	Romania	193,789 number	2020	down 6.3%	falling
87	Netherlands	178,415 number	2020	down 11.4%	falling
88	Azerbaijan	172,218 number	2019	up 35.4%	falling
89	Israel	165,001 number	2020	up 25.0%	rising
90	Congo	154,731 number	2020	up 31.9%	rising
91	Lao People's Democratic Republic	154,436 number	2020	up 4.9%	rising
92	Kyrgyzstan	148,934 number	2020	up 54.0%	rising
93	Central African Republic	140,246 number	2020	up 7.7%	rising
94	Paraguay	136,806 number	2020	up 2.6%	rising
95	Liberia	136,221 number	2020	up 21.6%	rising
96	Turkmenistan	135,399 number	2020	up 41.2%	rising
97	Belgium	133,396 number	2020	up 11.7%	falling
98	Libya	132,881 number	2020	up 15.8%	rising
99	Nicaragua	132,665 number	2020	up 2.9%	rising
100	Palestine, State of	132,058 number	2019	up 18.6%	rising
101	Cuba	126,111 number	2020	down 4.7%	falling
102	Mauritania	124,034 number	2020	up 30.7%	rising
103	Belarus	119,757 number	2020	up 38.0%	falling
104	Sweden	118,946 number	2020	up 22.8%	flat
105	El Salvador	114,018 number	2020	down 10.2%	flat
106	Czechia	111,099 number	2020	up 17.6%	falling
107	United Arab Emirates	103,001 number	2020	up 32.2%	volatile
108	Eritrea	96,329 number	2020	up 25.7%	rising
109	Greece	94,717 number	2020	down 11.6%	falling
110	Hungary	90,862 number	2020	down 4.8%	falling
111	Portugal	88,005 number	2020	down 17.9%	falling
112	Switzerland	85,374 number	2020	up 12.6%	falling
113	Austria	84,464 number	2020	up 4.6%	falling
114	Panama	77,436 number	2020	up 9.6%	rising
115	Oman	76,405 number	2020	up 61.3%	rising
116	Mongolia	72,992 number	2020	up 68.0%	rising
117	Costa Rica	71,594 number	2020	up 1.0%	rising
118	Lebanon	70,909 number	1985	up 3.8%	rising
119	Bulgaria	69,992 number	2020	up 13.4%	falling
120	Gambia	68,703 number	2020	up 34.1%	rising
121	Ireland	67,297 number	2019	up 7.5%	flat
122	Serbia	65,284 number	2019	down 13.9%	falling
123	Namibia	63,843 number	2020	up 28.5%	rising
124	Kuwait	63,792 number	2020	up 49.9%	rising
125	Norway	62,550 number	2020	up 6.2%	flat
126	Finland	61,836 number	2020	up 8.5%	falling
127	New Zealand	61,644 number	2020	up 6.3%	rising
128	Denmark	59,273 number	2020	down 10.0%	falling
129	Hong Kong, China	59,162 number	2020	up 28.3%	falling
130	Georgia	57,442 number	2020	up 28.3%	falling
131	Slovakia	56,744 number	2020	up 10.0%	falling
132	Gabon	56,171 number	2020	up 44.2%	rising
133	Guinea-Bissau	55,789 number	2020	up 33.5%	rising
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54,539 number	1998	down 26.4%	falling
135	Botswana	54,143 number	2020	up 15.1%	rising
136	Uruguay	47,507 number	2020	down 3.9%	falling
137	Jamaica	46,885 number	2020	up 3.0%	falling
138	Lesotho	45,848 number	2020	down 0.5%	rising
139	Armenia	43,062 number	2020	up 25.6%	falling
140	Croatia	41,364 number	2020	down 3.7%	falling
141	Republic of Moldova	38,777 number	2019	up 4.3%	falling
142	Albania	33,530 number	2020	down 21.8%	falling
143	Equatorial Guinea	33,432 number	2020	up 47.1%	volatile
144	Puerto Rico	31,571 number	2020	down 35.6%	falling
145	Timor-Leste	30,680 number	2020	down 6.8%	rising
146	Lithuania	28,815 number	2019	down 1.2%	falling
147	Eswatini	28,252 number	2020	up 1.2%	rising
148	Qatar	27,104 number	2020	up 75.0%	volatile
149	North Macedonia	23,158 number	2020	down 6.0%	falling
150	Comoros	22,968 number	2020	up 22.6%	rising
151	Bahrain	22,085 number	2020	up 31.1%	rising
152	Slovenia	21,915 number	2020	up 23.9%	falling
153	Djibouti	19,657 number	2020	up 4.7%	rising
154	Solomon Islands	19,183 number	2020	up 31.5%	rising
155	Trinidad and Tobago	19,107 number	2020	up 3.6%	falling
156	Latvia	18,561 number	2019	down 1.8%	falling
157	Fiji	17,695 number	2020	up 7.6%	rising
158	Estonia	15,171 number	2020	up 22.8%	falling
159	Guyana	14,782 number	2020	down 8.0%	falling
160	Mauritius	13,095 number	2020	down 28.8%	falling
161	Bhutan	12,266 number	2020	down 12.1%	rising
162	Cape Verde	10,659 number	2020	up 1.1%	rising
163	Suriname	10,549 number	2020	up 0.7%	falling
164	Cyprus	10,127 number	2019	up 25.3%	falling
165	Vanuatu	7,797 number	2020	up 34.5%	rising
166	Belize	7,790 number	2020	down 0.3%	rising
167	Maldives	7,545 number	2020	up 38.5%	rising
168	Montenegro	7,410 number	2020	down 6.5%	falling
169	Brunei Darussalam	7,067 number	2020	up 5.6%	rising
170	Macau, China	6,606 number	2020	up 79.3%	rising
171	Luxembourg	6,500 number	2020	up 10.5%	rising
172	Sao Tome and Principe	6,148 number	2020	up 13.6%	rising
173	French Polynesia	5,403 number	1997	up 29.4%	rising
174	Bahamas	5,118 number	2020	down 18.4%	rising
175	Samoa	4,962 number	2020	up 3.4%	flat
176	Iceland	4,547 number	2020	up 7.2%	rising
177	Malta	4,329 number	2020	up 13.9%	falling
178	Guam	3,145 number	1997	up 22.4%	rising
179	Barbados	3,027 number	2020	down 19.7%	falling
180	Kiribati	2,876 number	2020	up 33.3%	rising
181	Tonga	2,494 number	2020	down 6.8%	falling
182	Micronesia, Federated States of	2,362 number	2020	down 2.5%	rising
183	Saint Lucia	2,213 number	2020	down 21.6%	falling
184	Curaçao	2,069 number	2020	down 1.5%	flat
185	Grenada	1,832 number	2020	up 16.8%	falling
186	United States Virgin Islands	1,798 number	1997	down 12.5%	falling
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,651 number	2020	down 3.2%	falling
188	Seychelles	1,606 number	2020	up 21.1%	falling
189	Antigua and Barbuda	1,468 number	2020	up 8.7%	falling
190	Marshall Islands	1,449 number	2020	down 8.8%	rising
191	American Samoa	1,432 number	2006	up 7.4%	rising
192	Aruba	1,126 number	2020	down 18.6%	rising
193	Dominica	851 number	2020	down 11.5%	falling
194	Cayman Islands	783 number	2020	up 6.4%	rising
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	708 number	2020	down 3.0%	falling
196	Andorra	657 number	1998	up 11.4%	rising
197	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	565 number	2020	up 21.0%	rising
198	Bermuda	556 number	2020	down 23.1%	falling
199	Turks and Caicos Islands	498 number	2020	down 16.7%	rising
200	Gibraltar	428 number	2020	down 9.9%	flat
201	Liechtenstein	380 number	2020	down 0.8%	falling
202	San Marino	318 number	2020	up 10.0%	flat
203	British Virgin Islands	270 number	2020	down 33.5%	rising
204	Naoero	269 number	2020	up 19.6%	rising
205	Tuvalu	268 number	2020	up 9.8%	rising
206	Palau	251 number	2020	down 0.8%	falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 132.24 million number
IDA & IBRD total 119.23 million number
Low & middle income 118.76 million number
Middle income 100.19 million number
IBRD only 76.21 million number
Early-demographic dividend 62.81 million number
Lower middle income 59.23 million number
IDA total 43.13 million number
Upper middle income 40.96 million number
South Asia 34.12 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 34.12 million number
East Asia & Pacific 31.31 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 31.29 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 31.29 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 31.27 million number
Late-demographic dividend 29.85 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 29.26 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 28.93 million number
IDA only 28.36 million number
Pre-demographic dividend 27.51 million number
Least developed countries 26.85 million number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 22.66 million number
Low income 18.56 million number
OECD members 16.36 million number
IDA blend 14.66 million number
High income 13.48 million number
Post-demographic dividend 12.06 million number
Europe & Central Asia 11.28 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 10.43 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 10.25 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 9.98 million number
Arab World 9.57 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 9.34 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 8.29 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 8.16 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.47 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 5.83 million number
European Union 5.38 million number
North America 4.47 million number
Euro area 3.44 million number

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Indicator: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.