School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
104
Highest
13.57 million
Nigeria
Lowest
37
Niue
Median
129,524
Years covered
54
1972–2025
Data points
5,922
What the numbers show
School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 13.57 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 37 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 129,524, and the mean is 676,044.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 38.9%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 53.6%).
School age population, early … age male educational development: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 13.57 million | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 11.38 million | 2025 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 6.32 million | 2013 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 5.11 million | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 5 | Mexico | 3.12 million | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 6 | Vietnam | 2.15 million | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 7 | Yemen | 2.05 million | 2025 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 8 | South Africa | 1.77 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 1.61 million | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 10 | Myanmar | 1.35 million | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 11 | Russia | 1.32 million | 2025 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 12 | Ghana | 1.30 million | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 1.14 million | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 1.13 million | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 15 | Japan | 1.09 million | 2012 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 1.07 million | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 17 | Morocco | 957,146 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 18 | Peru | 817,206 | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 19 | Argentina | 764,946 | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 20 | Guatemala | 752,091 | 2025 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 21 | Thailand | 694,027 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 22 | Canada | 562,465 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 23 | Cambodia | 544,168 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 529,547 | 2003 | — | falling |
| 25 | Spain | 519,960 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 26 | Rwanda | 508,599 | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 461,231 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 28 | Venezuela | 423,357 | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 422,170 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 30 | South Korea | 373,583 | 2024 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 31 | Haiti | 372,750 | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 32 | Chile | 360,072 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 33 | North Korea | 352,419 | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 34 | Israel | 282,908 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 270,019 | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 260,940 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 37 | Mauritania | 254,613 | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 38 | Laos | 241,773 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 39 | Ukraine | 229,321 | 2025 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 40 | Namibia | 202,378 | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 41 | El Salvador | 200,061 | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 198,847 | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 43 | Belgium | 178,083 | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 44 | Oman | 172,830 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 161,208 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 46 | Greece | 161,207 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 152,289 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 48 | Cuba | 146,073 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 49 | Panama | 145,334 | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 139,941 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 51 | Paraguay | 137,613 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 131,267 | 2025 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 53 | Austria | 127,780 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 120,062 | 2025 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 55 | Sweden | 114,246 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 106,435 | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 57 | Denmark | 93,331 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 90,050 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 59 | Ireland | 88,037 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 60 | Norway | 83,743 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | 77,419 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 62 | Singapore | 73,183 | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 67,895 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 64 | Serbia | 62,327 | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 65 | Croatia | 52,361 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 66 | Finland | 49,212 | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 67 | Jamaica | 49,063 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 68 | Qatar | 47,160 | 2025 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 69 | Hong Kong | 42,500 | 2005 | — | falling |
| 70 | Gambia | 39,472 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 71 | Belarus | 37,849 | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37,743 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 73 | Lithuania | 34,625 | 2024 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 74 | Moldova | 32,911 | 2020 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 75 | Bahrain | 29,615 | 2025 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 76 | Puerto Rico | 29,415 | 2025 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 77 | Albania | 21,008 | 2025 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 78 | Slovenia | 19,040 | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 18,919 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 18,076 | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 81 | Latvia | 17,315 | 2024 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 82 | Cyprus | 16,021 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 83 | Montenegro | 7,489 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 84 | Iceland | 6,964 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritius | 6,098 | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5,899 | 2010 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 87 | Barbados | 4,759 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 88 | Curacao | 2,151 | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 89 | Grenada | 2,056 | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 2,026 | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,673 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 92 | Aruba | 1,570 | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 93 | Marshall Islands | 1,264 | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 94 | Dominica | 1,080 | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 95 | Liechtenstein | 980 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 96 | Cayman Islands | 911 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 97 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 621 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 98 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 555 | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 99 | British Virgin Islands | 508 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 100 | Gibraltar | 497 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 101 | San Marino | 292 | 2025 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 102 | Nauru | 159 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 103 | Montserrat | 61 | 2025 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 104 | Niue | 37 | 2025 | down 17.8% | 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 57.70 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 56.12 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 55.43 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 55.27 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 52.68 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 36.11 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 35.02 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 29.99 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 28.38 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 22.31 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 21.97 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 21.44 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 21.13 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 20.27 million
- WB: Ida Total 20.01 million
- GPE: Region 3 19.87 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 18.63 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 18.20 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 18.20 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 18.20 million
- UNICEF: Africa 18.20 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 17.86 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 17.86 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 17.86 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 17.86 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 17.78 million
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 17.78 million
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 17.66 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 17.35 million
- AIMS: East Asia 17.30 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 17.30 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 17.24 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 17.24 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 17.24 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 17.24 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 17.24 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 17.24 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 17.04 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 16.99 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 16.99 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release