School age population, early childhood education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
207
Highest
34.16 million
India
Lowest
25
Saint Helena
Median
252,322
Years covered
55
1971–2025
Data points
9,806
What the numbers show
School age population, early childhood education, male (number) is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 34.16 million in India; the lowest is 25 in Saint Helena.
The median across all reporting countries is 252,322, and the mean is 1.11 million.
Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Gibraltar (up 392.9%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 43.2%).
School age population, early childhood education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 34.16 million | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 2 | China | 19.32 million | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 16.82 million | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 16.01 million | 2025 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 8.09 million | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 6 | Pakistan | 6.43 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 7 | Mexico | 6.30 million | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.64 million | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 5.62 million | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 5.01 million | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 4.44 million | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 12 | Russia | 4.37 million | 2025 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 13 | South Africa | 4.12 million | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 14 | Yemen | 3.95 million | 2025 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 3.40 million | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 16 | Egypt | 2.42 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Uganda | 2.37 million | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 2.36 million | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 2.31 million | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 20 | Myanmar | 2.25 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 2.14 million | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 2.10 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 1.84 million | 2025 | up 308.6% | volatile |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 1.83 million | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 25 | Thailand | 1.77 million | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 1.69 million | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 27 | Mozambique | 1.67 million | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 1.64 million | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 29 | Argentina | 1.62 million | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 30 | Morocco | 1.61 million | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 31 | Sudan | 1.49 million | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 32 | Madagascar | 1.37 million | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 33 | Japan | 1.34 million | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 34 | Guatemala | 1.34 million | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 35 | Niger | 1.33 million | 2025 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.24 million | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 37 | Zambia | 1.23 million | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 1.19 million | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 1.17 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 40 | Iraq | 1.13 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 41 | France | 1.11 million | 2024 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 42 | Cambodia | 1.10 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 43 | Spain | 1.10 million | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 44 | Philippines | 1.10 million | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 1.09 million | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 1.07 million | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 47 | Venezuela | 1.07 million | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 48 | Chad | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 49 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.03 million | 2025 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 50 | Somalia | 1.01 million | 2025 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 995,523 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 52 | Malawi | 914,058 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 865,240 | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 54 | Republic of Korea | 827,694 | 2024 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 55 | Poland | 781,186 | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 56 | Australia | 774,974 | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 57 | Senegal | 748,053 | 2025 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 58 | Haiti | 743,461 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 59 | Chile | 722,685 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 60 | North Korea | 703,578 | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 61 | Syria | 698,879 | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 62 | Ukraine | 694,979 | 2025 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 63 | Italy | 666,499 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 64 | Iran | 662,641 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 65 | Burundi | 647,154 | 2025 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 66 | Afghanistan | 641,310 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 67 | Guinea | 639,721 | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 582,872 | 2025 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 69 | Romania | 579,313 | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 70 | Israel | 566,720 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 71 | Nepal | 560,528 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 544,196 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 73 | Rwanda | 510,131 | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 74 | Algeria | 503,831 | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 503,334 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Mauritania | 494,309 | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 485,203 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 78 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 484,910 | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 79 | Malaysia | 483,757 | 2025 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 451,999 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 81 | South Sudan | 448,469 | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 82 | Benin | 427,229 | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 426,566 | 2025 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 84 | Turkmenistan | 409,928 | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 85 | Togo | 399,383 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 398,903 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 87 | Belgium | 364,350 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 88 | Sweden | 358,840 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 354,201 | 2025 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 90 | El Salvador | 352,261 | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 347,787 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 92 | Paraguay | 345,683 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 332,619 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 94 | Hungary | 332,246 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 95 | Cuba | 303,361 | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 286,993 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 97 | Namibia | 281,004 | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 98 | Tunisia | 280,997 | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 270,707 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 100 | Netherlands | 267,487 | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 101 | Oman | 267,305 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 102 | Congo | 264,751 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 103 | Austria | 263,913 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 104 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 252,322 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 105 | Greece | 247,330 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 243,910 | 2025 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 107 | Liberia | 230,590 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 108 | Jordan | 221,927 | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 109 | Panama | 219,793 | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 110 | Serbia | 191,418 | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 111 | Gambia | 190,916 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 112 | Denmark | 189,942 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 113 | Czechia | 177,405 | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 114 | Norway | 171,228 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 115 | Belarus | 164,527 | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 162,630 | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 117 | New Zealand | 154,130 | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 151,940 | 2025 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Finland | 150,898 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 120 | Ireland | 149,260 | 2024 | up 317.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Palestine, State of | 146,333 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 122 | Mongolia | 144,540 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 123 | Georgia | 144,321 | 2025 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 124 | Singapore | 143,176 | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 125 | Lebanon | 137,582 | 2025 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 126 | Uruguay | 136,654 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 127 | Libya | 134,403 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 128 | Croatia | 124,370 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 120,932 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 130 | Moldova | 105,631 | 2020 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 131 | Gabon | 99,563 | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 132 | Jamaica | 99,336 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 133 | Qatar | 96,580 | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 134 | Switzerland | 92,441 | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 135 | Lithuania | 90,873 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 136 | Eritrea | 90,872 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 137 | Slovakia | 90,867 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 88,845 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 139 | Botswana | 88,450 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 140 | Lesotho | 79,833 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78,648 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 142 | Hong Kong | 65,700 | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 60,211 | 2025 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 144 | Bahrain | 59,088 | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 145 | Latvia | 57,805 | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 146 | Kuwait | 57,684 | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 147 | Albania | 55,258 | 2025 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 148 | Armenia | 54,063 | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 149 | Slovenia | 49,662 | 2024 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 150 | Estonia | 49,248 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 151 | Timor-Leste | 48,415 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 48,060 | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 153 | Eswatini | 42,586 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 154 | Comoros | 34,237 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 31,843 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 156 | Cyprus | 30,901 | 2024 | up 105.7% | rising |
| 157 | Fiji | 25,454 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 158 | Mauritius | 19,287 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 159 | Montenegro | 19,039 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17,187 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 161 | Guyana | 16,851 | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 162 | Bhutan | 14,701 | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 163 | Iceland | 14,514 | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 164 | Maldives | 12,691 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 12,670 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 166 | Suriname | 10,795 | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 167 | Brunei Darussalam | 9,801 | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9,188 | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 9,044 | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 170 | Macao | 8,300 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 171 | Barbados | 7,960 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 172 | Belize | 7,004 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 173 | Samoa | 5,767 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 174 | Kiribati | 4,979 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 175 | Malta | 4,667 | 2024 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 176 | Bahamas | 4,441 | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 177 | Curacao | 4,354 | 2025 | up 121.0% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 4,096 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 179 | Micronesia (country) | 3,697 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 180 | Grenada | 3,477 | 2025 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,798 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 182 | Aruba | 2,671 | 2025 | up 106.9% | rising |
| 183 | Tonga | 2,399 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 184 | Dominica | 1,815 | 2025 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 185 | Seychelles | 1,806 | 2025 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 186 | Cayman Islands | 1,787 | 2025 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 1,704 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 188 | Liechtenstein | 1,382 | 2025 | up 221.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,261 | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 190 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,183 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,133 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 192 | Gibraltar | 971 | 2025 | up 392.9% | volatile |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 843 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 194 | Andorra | 704 | 2025 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 195 | San Marino | 655 | 2025 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 196 | Monaco | 556 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 539 | 2025 | up 18.5% | flat |
| 198 | Naoero | 439 | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 199 | Tuvalu | 337 | 2025 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 200 | Palau | 303 | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 201 | Bermuda | 290 | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 202 | Cook Islands | 191 | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 203 | Anguilla | 145 | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 204 | Montserrat | 111 | 2025 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 205 | Niue | 49 | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 206 | Tokelau | 45 | 2025 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 207 | Saint Helena | 25 | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 219.43 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 216.19 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 213.61 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 212.33 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 180.88 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 134.84 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 116.12 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 113.53 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 110.39 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 106.99 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 96.91 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 96.60 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 85.16 million
- WB: Ida Total 81.35 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 79.11 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 66.93 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 66.93 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 66.93 million
- UNICEF: Africa 66.93 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 61.89 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 61.89 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 61.87 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 61.87 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 61.86 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 61.40 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 60.82 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 60.43 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 59.92 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 57.82 million
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 57.17 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 54.74 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 54.66 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 54.59 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 54.59 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 54.42 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 53.22 million
- AIMS: East Asia 53.07 million
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 52.56 million
- WB: Ida Only 52.47 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 52.26 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release