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School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes (number) by country

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the last grade of primary school as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.

Countries reporting
204
Highest
25.14 million number
India
Lowest
242 number
Naoero
Median
115,967 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,245

What the numbers show

School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 25.14 million number in India; the lowest is 242 number in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 115,967 number, and the mean is 623,347 number.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 85.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 41.2%).

School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 25.14 million number 2020 up 0.2% rising
2 China 16.86 million number 2020 down 4.4% falling
3 Nigeria 5.18 million number 2020 up 35.2% rising
4 Pakistan 4.84 million number 2020 up 11.4% rising
5 Indonesia 4.56 million number 2020 up 0.0% rising
6 United States of America 4.16 million number 2018 up 1.4% rising
7 Brazil 3.33 million number 2011 up 0.3% flat
8 Bangladesh 2.98 million number 2020 down 7.3% rising
9 Ethiopia 2.73 million number 2020 up 17.5% rising
10 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.31 million number 2020 up 45.4% rising
11 Mexico 2.22 million number 2020 down 0.2% rising
12 Philippines 2.18 million number 2020 up 4.6% rising
13 Egypt 1.90 million number 2020 up 11.9% rising
14 Russian Federation 1.68 million number 2020 up 36.2% falling
15 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.49 million number 2020 up 43.0% rising
16 Viet Nam 1.45 million number 2020 up 9.5% rising
17 Kenya 1.37 million number 2020 up 24.5% rising
18 Türkiye 1.36 million number 2020 up 3.1% rising
19 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.25 million number 2020 up 11.3% rising
20 Uganda 1.24 million number 2020 up 41.5% rising
21 South Africa 1.08 million number 2020 up 12.2% rising
22 Sudan 1.07 million number 2020 up 22.5% rising
23 Afghanistan 1.04 million number 2020 up 29.4% rising
24 Myanmar 940,051 number 2020 down 8.8% rising
25 Iraq 906,208 number 2020 up 20.8% rising
26 Angola 902,999 number 2020 up 48.7% rising
27 France 843,147 number 2019 up 6.6% flat
28 Thailand 824,259 number 2020 down 11.3% falling
29 Mozambique 810,800 number 2020 up 36.4% rising
30 Algeria 807,527 number 2020 up 38.4% rising
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 806,348 number 2020 up 11.9% falling
32 Colombia 754,289 number 2020 down 11.9% rising
33 Germany 742,357 number 2020 down 3.3% falling
34 Argentina 722,488 number 2020 up 3.8% rising
35 Yemen 710,000 number 2020 up 18.9% rising
36 Ghana 695,905 number 2020 up 17.7% rising
37 Madagascar 679,650 number 2020 up 20.4% rising
38 Cameroon 666,341 number 2020 up 33.8% rising
39 Côte d'Ivoire 638,724 number 2020 up 20.7% rising
40 Niger 627,018 number 2020 up 54.3% volatile
41 Morocco 621,902 number 2020 up 4.0% rising
42 Uzbekistan 605,204 number 2020 up 11.4% rising
43 Italy 569,500 number 2020 up 4.8% falling
44 Nepal 566,212 number 2020 down 19.5% rising
45 Peru 547,932 number 2020 down 4.3% rising
46 Burkina Faso 546,968 number 2020 up 36.6% rising
47 Saudi Arabia 536,652 number 2020 up 5.0% rising
48 Mali 535,668 number 2020 up 47.8% rising
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 532,929 number 2020 down 3.4% rising
50 Malawi 525,748 number 2020 up 38.9% rising
51 Spain 510,170 number 2020 up 17.2% falling
52 Malaysia 483,159 number 2020 down 13.4% rising
53 Zambia 473,702 number 2020 up 37.5% rising
54 Republic of Korea 453,439 number 2020 down 25.9% falling
55 Chad 438,664 number 2020 up 37.9% volatile
56 Somalia 426,598 number 2020 up 29.1% rising
57 Senegal 420,371 number 2020 up 33.5% rising
58 Canada 398,025 number 2020 up 4.2% falling
59 Ukraine 395,867 number 2014 down 23.1% falling
60 Poland 393,301 number 2020 down 6.9% falling
61 Guatemala 382,764 number 2020 up 4.0% rising
62 Zimbabwe 381,612 number 2020 up 20.1% rising
63 Kazakhstan 358,049 number 2020 up 65.3% falling
64 Syrian Arab Republic 357,307 number 2020 down 30.2% rising
65 Sri Lanka 341,722 number 2020 up 1.5% flat
66 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 341,419 number 2019 down 13.0% falling
67 Guinea 331,244 number 2020 up 23.1% rising
68 Cambodia 330,682 number 2020 up 4.0% rising
69 Australia 326,103 number 2020 up 18.0% rising
70 Rwanda 312,603 number 2020 up 28.2% rising
71 Ecuador 310,226 number 2020 down 0.3% rising
72 Benin 298,370 number 2020 up 29.3% rising
73 Burundi 289,636 number 2020 up 36.4% rising
74 South Sudan 283,245 number 2020 up 19.0% rising
75 Chile 251,506 number 2020 down 2.9% flat
76 Haiti 241,552 number 2020 up 5.2% rising
77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 232,822 number 2020 up 3.9% rising
78 Jordan 230,735 number 2020 up 46.6% rising
79 Romania 218,165 number 2020 up 1.3% falling
80 Togo 205,889 number 2020 up 34.0% rising
81 Tajikistan 204,356 number 2020 up 18.7% rising
82 Honduras 203,462 number 2020 down 3.5% rising
83 Sierra Leone 199,939 number 2020 up 25.6% rising
84 Papua New Guinea 199,272 number 2020 up 16.3% rising
85 Dominican Republic 191,520 number 2020 down 2.6% rising
86 Netherlands 186,570 number 2020 down 5.1% falling
87 Tunisia 168,601 number 2020 up 2.1% rising
88 Lao People's Democratic Republic 153,483 number 2020 up 2.1% rising
89 Azerbaijan 149,736 number 2019 up 11.4% falling
90 Israel 147,057 number 2020 up 19.3% rising
91 Congo 137,536 number 2020 up 39.3% rising
92 Paraguay 136,168 number 2020 down 2.8% rising
93 Belgium 134,378 number 2020 up 11.1% falling
94 Central African Republic 134,079 number 2020 up 18.5% rising
95 Nicaragua 128,812 number 2020 up 1.9% rising
96 Kyrgyzstan 126,004 number 2020 up 25.5% rising
97 Liberia 125,129 number 2020 up 33.2% rising
98 Libya 124,981 number 2020 up 9.8% rising
99 Palestine, State of 122,066 number 2019 up 11.8% rising
100 Cuba 119,448 number 2020 down 18.7% falling
101 Czechia 117,412 number 2020 up 37.3% falling
102 Sweden 116,104 number 2020 up 17.3% flat
103 El Salvador 115,830 number 2020 down 20.0% rising
104 Turkmenistan 115,752 number 2020 up 24.8% rising
105 Greece 110,223 number 2020 down 0.5% falling
106 Belarus 107,354 number 2020 up 25.6% falling
107 Mauritania 107,342 number 2020 up 28.8% rising
108 Eritrea 101,322 number 2020 up 64.4% rising
109 Portugal 98,179 number 2020 down 12.2% falling
110 Hungary 96,352 number 2020 down 0.6% falling
111 United Arab Emirates 95,458 number 2020 up 39.5% volatile
112 Austria 83,497 number 2020 down 0.4% falling
113 Switzerland 81,165 number 2020 down 3.5% falling
114 Bulgaria 75,662 number 2020 up 28.6% falling
115 Panama 74,445 number 2020 up 7.9% rising
116 Costa Rica 71,078 number 2020 down 9.1% rising
117 Oman 69,150 number 2020 up 38.9% rising
118 Denmark 68,473 number 2020 down 1.0% falling
119 Lebanon 67,434 number 1985 up 1.9% rising
120 Serbia 66,689 number 2019 down 7.8% falling
121 Ireland 66,580 number 2019 up 15.2% falling
122 New Zealand 64,399 number 2020 up 11.5% flat
123 Norway 64,258 number 2020 up 1.3% flat
124 Kuwait 63,616 number 2020 up 53.0% rising
125 Finland 61,658 number 2020 up 2.0% falling
126 Mongolia 59,714 number 2020 up 33.7% rising
127 Gambia 58,103 number 2020 up 29.5% volatile
128 Hong Kong, China 57,676 number 2020 down 5.8% falling
129 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57,579 number 1998 down 23.3% falling
130 Slovakia 57,259 number 2020 up 7.0% falling
131 Namibia 54,661 number 2020 up 6.7% rising
132 Georgia 50,835 number 2020 up 2.2% falling
133 Botswana 49,204 number 2020 up 17.7% rising
134 Guinea-Bissau 48,725 number 2020 up 32.1% rising
135 Gabon 47,753 number 2020 up 33.7% rising
136 Uruguay 46,323 number 2020 down 10.0% flat
137 Jamaica 45,066 number 2020 down 8.3% falling
138 Puerto Rico 43,220 number 2020 down 19.3% falling
139 Croatia 42,949 number 2020 down 11.1% falling
140 Lesotho 41,970 number 2020 down 3.4% rising
141 Armenia 41,655 number 2020 up 21.3% falling
142 Republic of Moldova 37,775 number 2019 down 7.4% falling
143 Albania 31,403 number 2020 down 41.2% falling
144 Timor-Leste 30,856 number 2020 up 6.0% rising
145 Eswatini 30,091 number 2020 up 9.5% rising
146 Equatorial Guinea 27,794 number 2020 up 52.2% rising
147 Lithuania 27,510 number 2019 down 20.6% falling
148 Qatar 25,237 number 2020 up 85.0% volatile
149 North Macedonia 22,244 number 2020 down 14.8% falling
150 Slovenia 21,082 number 2020 up 14.4% falling
151 Comoros 20,393 number 2020 up 22.2% rising
152 Latvia 20,089 number 2019 up 7.4% falling
153 Trinidad and Tobago 19,389 number 2020 up 11.9% falling
154 Bahrain 18,503 number 2020 up 15.5% rising
155 Djibouti 17,764 number 2020 down 4.1% rising
156 Fiji 16,895 number 2020 up 8.3% rising
157 Solomon Islands 16,174 number 2020 up 22.9% rising
158 Mauritius 15,017 number 2020 down 22.7% falling
159 Estonia 14,943 number 2020 up 24.7% falling
160 Guyana 13,965 number 2020 down 22.8% falling
161 Bhutan 13,316 number 2020 down 12.3% rising
162 Suriname 10,315 number 2020 up 0.6% flat
163 Cape Verde 10,200 number 2020 down 6.4% rising
164 Cyprus 8,957 number 2019 down 6.9% falling
165 Montenegro 7,876 number 2020 down 2.2% falling
166 Vanuatu 7,665 number 2020 up 34.5% rising
167 Belize 7,540 number 2020 down 1.9% rising
168 Maldives 6,846 number 2020 up 6.1% rising
169 Brunei Darussalam 6,232 number 2020 down 12.7% rising
170 Luxembourg 6,197 number 2020 up 1.3% rising
171 Bahamas 6,166 number 2020 down 3.9% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 5,860 number 2020 up 35.1% rising
173 French Polynesia 5,133 number 1997 up 23.1% rising
174 Macau, China 4,800 number 2020 down 11.9% falling
175 Samoa 4,676 number 2020 up 3.5% falling
176 Iceland 4,618 number 2020 up 5.1% flat
177 Malta 4,112 number 2020 down 7.7% falling
178 Barbados 3,435 number 2020 down 9.3% falling
179 Kiribati 2,816 number 2020 up 14.2% rising
180 Tonga 2,439 number 2020 down 2.4% falling
181 Micronesia, Federated States of 2,383 number 2020 down 7.8% rising
182 Saint Lucia 2,201 number 2020 down 34.7% falling
183 Curaçao 2,073 number 2020 down 0.2% flat
184 United States Virgin Islands 1,825 number 1997 down 11.4% falling
185 Grenada 1,746 number 2020 down 5.0% falling
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,657 number 2020 down 20.9% falling
187 Marshall Islands 1,537 number 2020 up 14.3% rising
188 Seychelles 1,530 number 2020 up 16.6% falling
189 Aruba 1,378 number 2020 down 7.9% rising
190 Antigua and Barbuda 1,352 number 2020 down 11.5% falling
191 Dominica 896 number 2020 down 32.3% falling
192 Cayman Islands 824 number 2020 up 28.5% rising
193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 708 number 2020 down 15.4% falling
194 Andorra 647 number 1998 down 6.8% rising
195 Bermuda 645 number 2020 down 17.2% falling
196 Turks and Caicos Islands 527 number 2020 up 6.0% rising
197 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 487 number 2020 down 14.0% falling
198 Gibraltar 454 number 2020 down 7.0% flat
199 Liechtenstein 401 number 2020 up 3.1% flat
200 British Virgin Islands 373 number 2020 down 5.8% rising
201 San Marino 315 number 2020 up 16.7% falling
202 Tuvalu 254 number 2020 up 13.9% rising
203 Palau 245 number 2020 up 14.5% falling
204 Naoero 242 number 2020 up 12.0% rising

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
249 places, 12,245 data points, 1970–2020
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the last grade of primary school as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.