School age population, last grade of primary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
12.43 million
India
Lowest
14
Niue
Median
48,544
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,699
What the numbers show
School age population, last grade of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 12.43 million in India; the lowest is 14 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 48,544, and the mean is 317,641.
Over the past decade 153 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 94.3%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 36.3%).
School age population, last grade of primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 12.43 million | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 2 | China | 9.67 million | 2025 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3.11 million | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3.07 million | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2.56 million | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 6 | United States of America | 2.14 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 1.62 million | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 1.55 million | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 1.49 million | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 10 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.46 million | 2025 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Egypt | 1.36 million | 2025 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 1.19 million | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.12 million | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 998,918 | 2025 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 872,587 | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 822,196 | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 17 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 759,939 | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 18 | Türkiye | 683,918 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 19 | Kenya | 680,927 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 20 | Uganda | 662,538 | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 616,799 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 22 | Iraq | 602,982 | 2025 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 561,969 | 2025 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 24 | South Africa | 536,578 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 25 | Japan | 527,241 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 26 | Angola | 511,784 | 2025 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Algeria | 506,503 | 2025 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 28 | Yemen | 502,323 | 2025 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 29 | Mozambique | 460,323 | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 457,437 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | France | 424,776 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 419,349 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 33 | Colombia | 418,228 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 34 | Ghana | 412,499 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 405,825 | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 36 | Madagascar | 393,934 | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 387,769 | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Thailand | 382,946 | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 39 | Argentina | 381,674 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 40 | Niger | 376,372 | 2025 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 368,885 | 2025 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 364,732 | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 43 | Morocco | 340,544 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 44 | Mali | 339,888 | 2025 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 329,842 | 2025 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 295,517 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 47 | Nepal | 293,812 | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 48 | Somalia | 285,650 | 2025 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Malawi | 283,782 | 2025 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 50 | Peru | 282,046 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 279,672 | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 52 | Chad | 276,848 | 2025 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 275,678 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 54 | Zambia | 269,270 | 2025 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 266,331 | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 56 | Syria | 263,135 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 252,477 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 237,435 | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 59 | Republic of Korea | 234,671 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 232,202 | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 61 | Canada | 230,161 | 2025 | up 19.8% | flat |
| 62 | Burundi | 207,017 | 2025 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 202,952 | 2025 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 64 | Ukraine | 200,988 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 65 | Guatemala | 199,376 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 66 | Poland | 190,589 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 67 | Benin | 189,119 | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 68 | Guinea | 184,515 | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 174,684 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 70 | Australia | 173,016 | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 71 | Cambodia | 171,705 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 72 | North Korea | 168,517 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 73 | Rwanda | 167,949 | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 74 | South Sudan | 166,801 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 165,250 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 132,382 | 2025 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 77 | Chile | 130,136 | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 78 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 124,119 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 79 | Haiti | 121,799 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 80 | Togo | 118,108 | 2025 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 117,847 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 114,411 | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 83 | Honduras | 109,863 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 105,255 | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 85 | Romania | 104,461 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 97,188 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 87 | Netherlands | 95,912 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 88 | Jordan | 95,893 | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 89 | Israel | 89,436 | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 86,396 | 2025 | up 34.1% | flat |
| 91 | Congo | 84,174 | 2025 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 84,076 | 2025 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 93 | Central African Republic | 81,758 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 80,584 | 2025 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 95 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 78,942 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 72,891 | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 97 | Palestine, State of | 72,752 | 2025 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 98 | Libya | 71,726 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 99 | Belgium | 70,102 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 100 | Mauritania | 68,585 | 2025 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 67,885 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 102 | Paraguay | 65,696 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 103 | Sweden | 64,086 | 2024 | up 24.7% | flat |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 63,873 | 2025 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Cuba | 63,348 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 106 | Belarus | 61,467 | 2025 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 107 | Czechia | 58,620 | 2024 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 108 | Lebanon | 58,298 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 57,712 | 2025 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 110 | Greece | 50,560 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 111 | Oman | 48,943 | 2025 | up 94.3% | rising |
| 112 | Portugal | 48,146 | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 113 | Switzerland | 47,054 | 2024 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 114 | Austria | 46,166 | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 115 | Hungary | 46,058 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 116 | Eritrea | 44,526 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 117 | Mongolia | 43,669 | 2025 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 39,662 | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 119 | Ireland | 38,981 | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 38,831 | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 121 | Gambia | 36,623 | 2025 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 122 | New Zealand | 34,790 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 123 | Norway | 33,891 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 124 | Kuwait | 33,819 | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 125 | Serbia | 32,926 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 126 | Finland | 32,472 | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 127 | Namibia | 32,324 | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 128 | Denmark | 32,211 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 30,760 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 130 | Gabon | 29,748 | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 131 | Slovakia | 29,580 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 132 | Georgia | 29,194 | 2025 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,258 | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 134 | Lesotho | 27,267 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 135 | Botswana | 24,909 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 24,000 | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 137 | Uruguay | 23,493 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 138 | Singapore | 22,689 | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 21,829 | 2025 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Armenia | 20,519 | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 18,945 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 142 | Jamaica | 18,914 | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 143 | Republic of Moldova | 17,106 | 2020 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 144 | Timor-Leste | 15,806 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 15,150 | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 146 | Qatar | 15,129 | 2025 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Lithuania | 14,754 | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14,104 | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 149 | Eswatini | 13,588 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 150 | Albania | 13,175 | 2025 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 151 | Slovenia | 11,875 | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 11,411 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 153 | Bahrain | 10,702 | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 154 | Comoros | 10,479 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 10,248 | 2025 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 156 | Latvia | 9,658 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9,564 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 158 | Fiji | 8,642 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 8,118 | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 8,018 | 2024 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 161 | Mauritius | 6,823 | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 162 | Bhutan | 6,589 | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 163 | Reunion | 6,476 | 2025 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 164 | Suriname | 5,643 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 165 | Cyprus | 5,328 | 2024 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 5,042 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 167 | Western Sahara | 4,740 | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 168 | Montenegro | 4,163 | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 4,155 | 2025 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 170 | Maldives | 4,142 | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 171 | Belize | 3,902 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 172 | Macao | 3,700 | 2025 | up 76.2% | falling |
| 173 | Luxembourg | 3,684 | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 174 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,468 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 175 | French Guiana | 3,050 | 2025 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,008 | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 177 | Samoa | 2,913 | 2025 | up 22.2% | flat |
| 178 | Bahamas | 2,626 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 179 | Iceland | 2,453 | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 180 | Malta | 2,429 | 2024 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 2,113 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 182 | Guadeloupe | 2,022 | 2025 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 1,987 | 2025 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 184 | Martinique | 1,854 | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 185 | Barbados | 1,658 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 186 | Kiribati | 1,521 | 2025 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 187 | Guam | 1,427 | 2025 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 188 | Tonga | 1,302 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 189 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1,226 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 190 | Curacao | 1,173 | 2025 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 1,074 | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 192 | Seychelles | 875 | 2025 | up 65.7% | falling |
| 193 | Grenada | 871 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 799 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 195 | Aruba | 701 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 551 | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 485 | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 198 | American Samoa | 458 | 2025 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 444 | 2025 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 200 | Dominica | 415 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 377 | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 202 | Andorra | 362 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 203 | Bermuda | 308 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 298 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 205 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 274 | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 206 | Gibraltar | 247 | 2025 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 207 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 226 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 204 | 2025 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands | 199 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 210 | Monaco | 162 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 211 | Naoero | 159 | 2025 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 212 | San Marino | 151 | 2025 | down 28.8% | flat |
| 213 | Cook Islands | 129 | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 214 | Palau | 128 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 215 | Tuvalu | 109 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 216 | Anguilla | 84 | 2025 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 217 | Saint Helena | 31 | 2025 | up 82.4% | falling |
| 218 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 29 | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 219 | Montserrat | 24 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 220 | Tokelau | 19 | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 221 | Falkland Islands | 17 | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 222 | Niue | 14 | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 70.52 million
- UIS: World 70.52 million
- MDG: World 70.52 million
- WB: World 70.52 million
- UNICEF: World 70.47 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 64.57 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 63.77 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 63.25 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 63.08 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 53.97 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 40.73 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 39.22 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 37.43 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 33.29 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 32.12 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 31.10 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 30.07 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 23.54 million
- WB: Ida Total 23.04 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 21.81 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 19.80 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 19.64 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 18.98 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 18.98 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 18.98 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 18.98 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.36 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 18.27 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 18.27 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 18.27 million
- UNICEF: Africa 18.27 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 18.24 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 18.24 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 17.62 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 17.59 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 17.58 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 17.58 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 17.37 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 17.27 million
- AIMS: East Asia 17.23 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release