Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
11.13 million
India
Lowest
13
Niue
Median
47,136
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,725
What the numbers show
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 11.13 million in India; the lowest is 13 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 47,136, and the mean is 305,551.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 45.4%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 44.3%).
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 11.13 million | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 8.09 million | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3.24 million | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3.16 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2.34 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 6 | United States of America | 1.99 million | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.76 million | 2025 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 1.75 million | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1.62 million | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 1.44 million | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 11 | Egypt | 1.25 million | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 1.14 million | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.07 million | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 14 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.00 million | 2025 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 871,938 | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 753,127 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 742,753 | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 18 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 730,370 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 19 | Sudan | 715,955 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 691,481 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 21 | Türkiye | 642,349 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 628,928 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 23 | Yemen | 598,800 | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 583,495 | 2025 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Iraq | 556,309 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 536,911 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 27 | Mozambique | 530,923 | 2025 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 508,458 | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 480,053 | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 457,414 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 31 | Madagascar | 435,415 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 32 | Niger | 428,243 | 2025 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Cameroon | 424,535 | 2025 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 34 | Ghana | 417,463 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 415,861 | 2024 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 36 | Colombia | 402,550 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 394,489 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 38 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 392,456 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 39 | France | 386,943 | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 40 | Mali | 384,776 | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 41 | Thailand | 366,089 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 358,030 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 346,756 | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 338,776 | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 331,032 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 46 | Chad | 323,032 | 2025 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Somalia | 315,446 | 2025 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 48 | Malawi | 293,479 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 49 | Zambia | 293,259 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 279,730 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 51 | Nepal | 279,289 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 274,492 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 265,038 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 54 | Senegal | 245,794 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 241,613 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 56 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 235,902 | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 220,431 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 58 | Spain | 218,432 | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 59 | Canada | 215,315 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 60 | Benin | 209,975 | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 209,026 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 62 | Burundi | 208,747 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 63 | Guinea | 205,165 | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 204,607 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 65 | Syrian Arab Republic | 204,531 | 2025 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 66 | Poland | 199,806 | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 67 | Cambodia | 186,033 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 68 | Korea | 177,833 | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 69 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 174,782 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 70 | Rwanda | 169,598 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 168,306 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 72 | Ukraine | 167,839 | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 160,926 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 149,850 | 2025 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 75 | South Sudan | 138,224 | 2025 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 132,352 | 2025 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 77 | Togo | 129,271 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 78 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 125,435 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 79 | Haiti | 123,847 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 122,879 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 81 | Chile | 118,856 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 82 | Honduras | 114,453 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 111,985 | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 84 | Romania | 109,512 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 85 | Jordan | 105,099 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 102,649 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 96,340 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 95,955 | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 90,968 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 90 | Congo | 86,190 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 85,605 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 85,009 | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 82,090 | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 94 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 81,407 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 76,711 | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 75,261 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 97 | Palestine, State of | 73,516 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 69,684 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 99 | Libya | 68,699 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 67,161 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 66,745 | 2025 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 102 | Belgium | 64,339 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 103 | Sweden | 64,316 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 61,822 | 2025 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Czechia | 61,275 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 106 | Cuba | 57,900 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 51,981 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 49,203 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 109 | Oman | 48,757 | 2025 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 110 | Belarus | 47,715 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 111 | Austria | 47,428 | 2024 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 112 | Lebanon | 46,844 | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 46,807 | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 114 | Portugal | 46,138 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 115 | Greece | 45,500 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 116 | Eritrea | 44,303 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 39,325 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 118 | Namibia | 38,663 | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 119 | Mongolia | 38,526 | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 37,076 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 121 | Ireland | 33,100 | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 122 | New Zealand | 32,950 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 123 | Serbia | 32,902 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 124 | Gabon | 32,537 | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 125 | Denmark | 32,402 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 31,760 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 31,596 | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 128 | Slovakia | 31,245 | 2024 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 129 | Norway | 30,629 | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 130 | Kuwait | 30,398 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,808 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 132 | Finland | 28,411 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 133 | Georgia | 27,845 | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 134 | Lesotho | 27,488 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 135 | Botswana | 27,228 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 136 | Hong Kong, China | 24,900 | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 24,065 | 2025 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Uruguay | 23,095 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 139 | Singapore | 22,942 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 140 | Armenia | 19,147 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 18,045 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 142 | Qatar | 17,277 | 2025 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Timor-Leste | 17,111 | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 144 | Jamaica | 16,975 | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 145 | Republic of Moldova | 16,840 | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 146 | Lithuania | 15,889 | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14,556 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 148 | Eswatini | 14,043 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 149 | Albania | 12,042 | 2025 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 150 | Latvia | 11,668 | 2024 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 11,362 | 2025 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 152 | Comoros | 11,145 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 10,891 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 10,667 | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 155 | Bahrain | 10,497 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 10,454 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,930 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 158 | Fiji | 8,611 | 2025 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 8,243 | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 7,972 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritius | 6,592 | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 162 | Réunion | 5,894 | 2025 | down 23.2% | flat |
| 163 | Suriname | 5,398 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 4,964 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 165 | Bhutan | 4,892 | 2025 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 166 | Cyprus | 4,803 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 167 | Western Sahara | 4,773 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 4,487 | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 169 | Montenegro | 3,881 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 170 | Belize | 3,794 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 3,675 | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 172 | Maldives | 3,492 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 173 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,310 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 174 | French Guiana | 3,151 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 175 | Macau, China | 3,100 | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 176 | Samoa | 3,005 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,920 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 178 | Malta | 2,480 | 2024 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 179 | Iceland | 2,387 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 180 | Bahamas | 2,233 | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 2,097 | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 182 | French Polynesia | 1,848 | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 183 | Guadeloupe | 1,804 | 2025 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 184 | Kiribati | 1,617 | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 185 | Barbados | 1,615 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 186 | Guam | 1,546 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 187 | Martinique | 1,491 | 2025 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 188 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1,224 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 189 | Tonga | 1,207 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 1,048 | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 191 | Curaçao | 927 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 192 | Seychelles | 901 | 2025 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 193 | Grenada | 720 | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 667 | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 195 | Aruba | 579 | 2025 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 528 | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 466 | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 426 | 2025 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 199 | American Samoa | 416 | 2025 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 396 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 201 | Dominica | 372 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 202 | Andorra | 313 | 2025 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 293 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 204 | Bermuda | 281 | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 270 | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 206 | Gibraltar | 229 | 2025 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 207 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 211 | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 208 | Monaco | 195 | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 192 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 175 | 2025 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 211 | Naoero | 143 | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 212 | San Marino | 130 | 2025 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 117 | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 214 | Cook Islands | 105 | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 215 | Palau | 103 | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 71 | 2025 | down 34.3% | flat |
| 217 | Montserrat | 25 | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 217 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 25 | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 219 | Saint Helena | 23 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 220 | Tokelau | 20 | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 221 | Falkland Islands, Malvinas | 14 | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 222 | Niue | 13 | 2025 | down 18.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 69.85 million
- UIS: World 69.85 million
- MDG: World 69.85 million
- WB: World 69.85 million
- UNICEF: World 69.80 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 64.15 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 63.36 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 62.89 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 62.68 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 52.67 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 38.70 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 37.26 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 35.46 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 32.33 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 31.61 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 31.56 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 30.63 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 25.14 million
- WB: Ida Total 24.66 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 20.97 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 19.86 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 19.86 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 19.86 million
- UNICEF: Africa 19.86 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.97 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 18.83 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 18.65 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 18.55 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 17.96 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 17.96 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 17.96 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 17.96 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 17.48 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 17.48 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 17.47 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 17.47 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 17.46 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 17.40 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 17.18 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 17.18 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release