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

Name: School age population, last grade of primary education, male (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Male 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

13.20 million number

India

Lowest

121 number

Naoero

Median

59,416 number

Years covered

1970–2020

Data points

12,245

What the numbers show

School age population, last grade of primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 13.20 million number in India; the lowest is 121 number in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 59,416 number, and the mean is 322,046 number.

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 81.7%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 39.6%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	13.20 million number	2020	down 0.6%	rising
2	China	9.08 million number	2020	down 3.0%	falling
3	Nigeria	2.64 million number	2020	up 35.6%	rising
4	Pakistan	2.51 million number	2020	up 11.1%	rising
5	Indonesia	2.35 million number	2020	up 0.6%	rising
6	United States of America	2.13 million number	2018	up 1.3%	rising
7	Brazil	1.67 million number	2011	down 1.8%	flat
8	Bangladesh	1.52 million number	2020	down 7.2%	rising
9	Ethiopia	1.38 million number	2020	up 17.3%	rising
10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1.16 million number	2020	up 45.9%	rising
11	Mexico	1.14 million number	2020	up 0.7%	rising
12	Philippines	1.11 million number	2020	up 3.9%	rising
13	Egypt	978,158 number	2020	up 12.2%	rising
14	Russian Federation	862,824 number	2020	up 36.2%	falling
15	Viet Nam	765,456 number	2020	up 12.1%	rising
16	Tanzania, United Republic of	753,045 number	2020	up 43.7%	rising
17	Türkiye	695,195 number	2020	up 3.4%	rising
18	Kenya	690,996 number	2020	up 25.0%	rising
19	Iran, Islamic Republic of	638,419 number	2020	up 11.7%	rising
20	Uganda	624,242 number	2020	up 43.7%	rising
21	South Africa	544,953 number	2020	up 12.5%	rising
22	Sudan	540,617 number	2020	up 22.6%	rising
23	Afghanistan	532,975 number	2020	up 29.1%	rising
24	Myanmar	472,541 number	2020	down 8.6%	rising
25	Iraq	465,368 number	2020	up 21.0%	rising
26	Angola	450,395 number	2020	up 49.4%	rising
27	France	431,460 number	2019	up 6.3%	flat
28	Thailand	424,389 number	2020	down 11.0%	falling
29	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	412,284 number	2020	up 11.8%	falling
30	Algeria	411,976 number	2020	up 38.2%	rising
31	Mozambique	405,263 number	2020	up 37.3%	rising
32	Colombia	385,479 number	2020	down 11.8%	rising
33	Germany	383,863 number	2020	down 2.3%	falling
34	Argentina	367,833 number	2020	up 3.8%	rising
35	Yemen	361,882 number	2020	up 19.0%	rising
36	Ghana	355,160 number	2020	up 17.7%	rising
37	Madagascar	342,307 number	2020	up 21.2%	rising
38	Cameroon	335,727 number	2020	up 34.0%	rising
39	Côte d'Ivoire	320,567 number	2020	up 21.6%	rising
40	Morocco	319,569 number	2020	up 4.4%	rising
41	Niger	318,607 number	2020	up 53.9%	volatile
42	Uzbekistan	310,594 number	2020	up 11.9%	rising
43	Italy	292,905 number	2020	up 4.9%	falling
44	Nepal	282,948 number	2020	down 21.9%	rising
45	Burkina Faso	278,379 number	2020	up 36.7%	rising
46	Saudi Arabia	273,057 number	2020	up 5.3%	rising
47	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	272,463 number	2020	down 3.4%	rising
48	Mali	272,180 number	2020	up 48.3%	rising
49	Peru	269,918 number	2020	down 7.2%	rising
50	Malawi	264,266 number	2020	up 39.7%	rising
51	Spain	263,703 number	2020	up 18.1%	falling
52	Malaysia	248,409 number	2020	down 13.5%	rising
53	Zambia	238,363 number	2020	up 38.9%	rising
54	Republic of Korea	233,914 number	2020	down 26.8%	falling
55	Chad	219,810 number	2020	up 37.4%	volatile
56	Somalia	214,534 number	2020	up 29.3%	rising
57	Senegal	212,686 number	2020	up 33.8%	rising
58	Ukraine	203,892 number	2014	down 22.8%	falling
59	Canada	203,568 number	2020	up 4.0%	falling
60	Poland	201,455 number	2020	down 7.0%	falling
61	Guatemala	195,493 number	2020	up 4.4%	rising
62	Zimbabwe	191,240 number	2020	up 20.5%	rising
63	Kazakhstan	184,175 number	2020	up 66.1%	falling
64	Syrian Arab Republic	182,009 number	2020	down 30.6%	rising
65	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	174,342 number	2019	down 13.3%	falling
66	Sri Lanka	172,560 number	2020	up 1.7%	flat
67	Cambodia	169,709 number	2020	up 4.4%	rising
68	Australia	167,256 number	2020	up 17.3%	rising
69	Guinea	166,849 number	2020	up 22.9%	rising
70	Ecuador	158,470 number	2020	down 0.3%	rising
71	Rwanda	155,980 number	2020	up 28.2%	rising
72	Benin	151,267 number	2020	up 29.5%	rising
73	Burundi	145,237 number	2020	up 36.9%	rising
74	South Sudan	143,314 number	2020	up 19.3%	rising
75	Chile	127,927 number	2020	down 3.0%	rising
76	Haiti	122,701 number	2020	up 5.5%	rising
77	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	118,887 number	2020	up 4.0%	rising
78	Jordan	116,707 number	2020	up 45.7%	rising
79	Romania	112,102 number	2020	up 1.6%	falling
80	Tajikistan	105,085 number	2020	up 19.2%	rising
81	Honduras	103,766 number	2020	down 3.4%	rising
82	Togo	103,296 number	2020	up 34.3%	rising
83	Papua New Guinea	102,873 number	2020	up 16.6%	rising
84	Sierra Leone	100,064 number	2020	up 26.2%	rising
85	Dominican Republic	97,336 number	2020	down 2.5%	rising
86	Netherlands	95,850 number	2020	down 4.9%	falling
87	Tunisia	87,383 number	2020	up 2.1%	rising
88	Azerbaijan	80,864 number	2019	up 13.4%	falling
89	Lao People's Democratic Republic	78,104 number	2020	up 2.9%	rising
90	Israel	75,529 number	2020	up 19.3%	rising
91	Paraguay	69,563 number	2020	down 2.9%	rising
92	Congo	69,277 number	2020	up 39.7%	rising
93	Belgium	69,057 number	2020	up 11.9%	falling
94	Central African Republic	67,313 number	2020	up 18.8%	rising
95	Nicaragua	66,369 number	2020	up 2.1%	rising
96	Kyrgyzstan	64,313 number	2020	up 25.5%	rising
97	Libya	64,060 number	2020	up 9.8%	rising
98	Liberia	63,719 number	2020	up 34.0%	rising
99	Palestine, State of	62,377 number	2019	up 11.9%	rising
100	Cuba	61,411 number	2020	down 18.5%	falling
101	Czechia	60,262 number	2020	up 37.0%	falling
102	Sweden	59,675 number	2020	up 17.5%	flat
103	El Salvador	59,156 number	2020	down 19.9%	rising
104	Turkmenistan	58,634 number	2020	up 25.0%	rising
105	Greece	56,818 number	2020	up 1.0%	falling
106	Belarus	55,233 number	2020	up 25.8%	falling
107	Mauritania	54,402 number	2020	up 28.6%	rising
108	Eritrea	51,728 number	2020	up 65.5%	rising
109	Portugal	50,024 number	2020	down 12.3%	falling
110	Hungary	49,348 number	2020	down 1.0%	falling
111	United Arab Emirates	49,036 number	2020	up 38.6%	volatile
112	Austria	43,098 number	2020	up 0.3%	falling
113	Switzerland	41,587 number	2020	down 3.9%	falling
114	Bulgaria	38,842 number	2020	up 28.4%	falling
115	Panama	38,021 number	2020	up 8.3%	rising
116	Costa Rica	36,359 number	2020	down 9.0%	rising
117	Oman	36,231 number	2020	up 42.3%	rising
118	Kuwait	35,263 number	2020	up 67.9%	rising
119	Denmark	35,201 number	2020	down 0.9%	falling
120	Serbia	34,516 number	2019	down 6.2%	falling
121	Lebanon	34,257 number	1985	up 1.5%	rising
122	Ireland	34,204 number	2019	up 15.2%	falling
123	New Zealand	33,102 number	2020	up 12.0%	flat
124	Norway	32,948 number	2020	up 1.0%	flat
125	Finland	31,509 number	2020	up 2.1%	falling
126	Hong Kong, China	30,530 number	2020	down 4.2%	falling
127	Mongolia	30,188 number	2020	up 34.2%	rising
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29,575 number	1998	down 23.5%	falling
129	Slovakia	29,295 number	2020	up 6.8%	falling
130	Gambia	29,276 number	2020	up 29.8%	volatile
131	Namibia	27,271 number	2020	up 7.4%	rising
132	Georgia	26,783 number	2020	up 1.1%	falling
133	Botswana	24,874 number	2020	up 18.2%	rising
134	Guinea-Bissau	24,457 number	2020	up 33.7%	rising
135	Gabon	24,081 number	2020	up 33.9%	rising
136	Uruguay	23,700 number	2020	down 9.6%	flat
137	Jamaica	22,845 number	2020	down 9.1%	falling
138	Armenia	22,191 number	2020	up 19.8%	falling
139	Puerto Rico	22,127 number	2020	down 20.7%	falling
140	Croatia	22,033 number	2020	down 11.1%	falling
141	Lesotho	20,857 number	2020	down 3.7%	rising
142	Republic of Moldova	19,450 number	2019	down 6.9%	falling
143	Albania	16,815 number	2020	down 39.6%	falling
144	Timor-Leste	15,674 number	2020	up 6.0%	rising
145	Eswatini	15,076 number	2020	up 10.1%	rising
146	Equatorial Guinea	14,114 number	2020	up 52.8%	rising
147	Lithuania	14,112 number	2019	down 21.4%	falling
148	Qatar	13,216 number	2020	up 81.7%	volatile
149	North Macedonia	11,502 number	2020	down 14.0%	falling
150	Slovenia	10,868 number	2020	up 14.1%	falling
151	Comoros	10,373 number	2020	up 22.3%	rising
152	Latvia	10,244 number	2019	up 5.7%	falling
153	Trinidad and Tobago	9,830 number	2020	up 12.0%	falling
154	Djibouti	9,702 number	2020	down 2.8%	rising
155	Bahrain	9,077 number	2020	up 8.0%	rising
156	Fiji	8,612 number	2020	up 6.8%	rising
157	Solomon Islands	8,348 number	2020	up 22.0%	rising
158	Estonia	7,709 number	2020	up 25.2%	falling
159	Mauritius	7,651 number	2020	down 22.5%	falling
160	Guyana	7,109 number	2020	down 22.9%	falling
161	Bhutan	6,762 number	2020	down 12.1%	rising
162	Suriname	5,343 number	2020	up 0.6%	flat
163	Cape Verde	5,150 number	2020	down 6.0%	rising
164	Cyprus	4,628 number	2019	down 4.8%	falling
165	Montenegro	4,124 number	2020	down 1.8%	falling
166	Vanuatu	3,971 number	2020	up 30.6%	rising
167	Belize	3,847 number	2020	down 0.2%	rising
168	Maldives	3,558 number	2020	up 7.5%	rising
169	Brunei Darussalam	3,216 number	2020	down 13.5%	rising
170	Luxembourg	3,139 number	2020	up 0.3%	rising
171	Bahamas	3,093 number	2020	down 3.6%	rising
172	Sao Tome and Principe	2,959 number	2020	up 35.2%	rising
173	French Polynesia	2,628 number	1997	up 23.2%	rising
174	Macau, China	2,481 number	2020	down 12.1%	falling
175	Samoa	2,427 number	2020	up 3.6%	falling
176	Iceland	2,386 number	2020	up 6.3%	flat
177	Malta	2,134 number	2020	down 5.8%	falling
178	Barbados	1,742 number	2020	down 9.8%	falling
179	Kiribati	1,433 number	2020	up 13.5%	rising
180	Tonga	1,289 number	2020	down 1.5%	falling
181	Micronesia, Federated States of	1,209 number	2020	down 8.8%	rising
182	Saint Lucia	1,115 number	2020	down 34.3%	falling
183	Curaçao	1,054 number	2020	down 1.8%	flat
184	Grenada	899 number	2020	down 3.5%	falling
185	United States Virgin Islands	884 number	1997	down 15.2%	falling
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	836 number	2020	down 22.6%	falling
187	Marshall Islands	785 number	2020	up 12.8%	rising
187	Seychelles	785 number	2020	up 17.0%	falling
189	Aruba	699 number	2020	down 7.4%	rising
190	Antigua and Barbuda	683 number	2020	down 10.8%	falling
191	Dominica	456 number	2020	down 31.8%	falling
192	Cayman Islands	418 number	2020	up 29.4%	rising
193	Saint Kitts and Nevis	352 number	2020	down 13.3%	falling
194	Andorra	332 number	1998	down 8.3%	rising
195	Bermuda	329 number	2020	down 16.9%	falling
196	Turks and Caicos Islands	269 number	2020	up 6.3%	rising
197	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	247 number	2020	down 10.5%	falling
198	Gibraltar	231 number	2020	down 9.1%	flat
199	Liechtenstein	217 number	2020	up 21.9%	flat
200	British Virgin Islands	195 number	2020	down 2.5%	rising
201	San Marino	168 number	2020	up 19.1%	falling
202	Tuvalu	130 number	2020	up 14.0%	rising
203	Palau	128 number	2020	up 10.3%	falling
204	Naoero	121 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.

World 65.72 million number
IDA & IBRD total 58.97 million number
Low & middle income 58.73 million number
Middle income 50.38 million number
IBRD only 39.20 million number
Early-demographic dividend 32.02 million number
Lower middle income 29.70 million number
Upper middle income 20.68 million number
IDA total 19.82 million number
South Asia 18.35 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 18.35 million number
East Asia & Pacific 16.06 million number
Late-demographic dividend 15.25 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 14.99 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 14.82 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 13.85 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.85 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 13.84 million number
IDA only 13.03 million number
Least developed countries 12.29 million number
Pre-demographic dividend 12.14 million number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 10.11 million number
OECD members 8.49 million number
Low income 8.35 million number
High income 6.99 million number
IDA blend 6.74 million number
Post-demographic dividend 6.31 million number
Europe & Central Asia 5.63 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 5.31 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.22 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 5.08 million number
Arab World 4.26 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 4.15 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 3.67 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 3.61 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.12 million number
European Union 2.80 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 2.79 million number
North America 2.37 million number
Euro area 1.83 million number

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Indicator: School age population, last grade of primary education, male (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
Last refreshed: 07 September 2026

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