School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
22.11 million
India
Lowest
24
Niue
Median
90,350
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,766
What the numbers show
School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 22.11 million in India; the lowest is 24 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 90,350, and the mean is 595,189.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 50.7%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 46.6%).
School age population, one year before the official primary entry: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 22.11 million | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 2 | China | 14.47 million | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 6.42 million | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 6.24 million | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 4.51 million | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 3.82 million | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.63 million | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 3.56 million | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 3.20 million | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 2.91 million | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 2.35 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 2.15 million | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 2.09 million | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 14 | Tanzania | 2.04 million | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 1.61 million | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 1.53 million | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 1.47 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 18 | Sudan | 1.45 million | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 19 | Kenya | 1.37 million | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 20 | Iran | 1.29 million | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 1.26 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 1.22 million | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 23 | Yemen | 1.20 million | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 1.19 million | 2025 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 25 | South Africa | 1.12 million | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 26 | Iraq | 1.09 million | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 27 | Mozambique | 1.08 million | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 987,399 | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 914,706 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 883,892 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | Madagascar | 883,779 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 32 | Niger | 858,016 | 2025 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Cameroon | 852,752 | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 34 | Ghana | 830,356 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 803,981 | 2024 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 787,449 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | Mali | 774,873 | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 38 | Colombia | 773,073 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 754,391 | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 40 | France | 739,795 | 2024 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 739,006 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 42 | Thailand | 707,895 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 43 | Chad | 665,243 | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 656,517 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 644,349 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 46 | Somalia | 643,184 | 2025 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 618,242 | 2025 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 48 | Zambia | 598,370 | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 49 | Malawi | 597,838 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 548,268 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 541,884 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 541,346 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 479,706 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 54 | Senegal | 476,098 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 450,440 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 444,274 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 57 | Venezuela | 432,258 | 2025 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 58 | Syria | 428,266 | 2025 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 59 | Burundi | 422,802 | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 418,814 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 418,636 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 62 | Guinea | 411,467 | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 63 | Canada | 407,858 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 64 | Poland | 406,784 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 65 | Spain | 397,847 | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 66 | Guatemala | 396,564 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 367,599 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 68 | North Korea | 341,255 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 69 | Rwanda | 338,961 | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 326,954 | 2025 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 71 | South Korea | 319,342 | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 72 | Ukraine | 317,317 | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 304,822 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 74 | South Sudan | 286,762 | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 285,966 | 2025 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 261,050 | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 77 | Togo | 260,101 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 78 | Bolivia | 247,402 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 79 | Haiti | 245,271 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 240,144 | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 81 | Chile | 235,962 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 225,437 | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 83 | Honduras | 225,319 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 84 | Romania | 207,531 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 85 | Jordan | 200,986 | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 196,063 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 187,994 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 187,477 | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 175,000 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 90 | Congo | 172,255 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 171,918 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 167,879 | 2025 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 164,010 | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 94 | Laos | 159,389 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 154,845 | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 150,062 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 149,389 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 98 | Palestine | 143,200 | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 135,944 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 131,803 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 101 | Libya | 131,694 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 102 | Belgium | 124,045 | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 123,414 | 2025 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Sweden | 120,949 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 105 | Czechia | 118,409 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 106 | Cuba | 106,179 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 99,456 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 94,592 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 109 | Oman | 94,584 | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 110 | Switzerland | 91,260 | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 111 | Portugal | 90,565 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 112 | Austria | 90,134 | 2024 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 113 | Eritrea | 89,250 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus | 85,828 | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 115 | Greece | 84,664 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 116 | Lebanon | 82,780 | 2025 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 117 | Namibia | 78,624 | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 118 | Mongolia | 74,760 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 119 | Panama | 73,726 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 73,073 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 121 | Gabon | 65,576 | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 122 | Serbia | 65,321 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 123 | Denmark | 62,960 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 124 | New Zealand | 62,350 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 125 | Ireland | 61,312 | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 60,728 | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 127 | Slovakia | 60,305 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 128 | Kuwait | 58,121 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 129 | Norway | 57,794 | 2024 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 57,592 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 56,894 | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 132 | Botswana | 55,372 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 133 | Lesotho | 53,577 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 134 | Finland | 53,069 | 2024 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 135 | Georgia | 51,239 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 48,454 | 2025 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Hong Kong | 48,400 | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 138 | Singapore | 46,224 | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 139 | Uruguay | 45,044 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 36,133 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 34,753 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 33,160 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 143 | Qatar | 33,135 | 2025 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Jamaica | 33,120 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 145 | Moldova | 33,042 | 2020 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 146 | Lithuania | 29,538 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 28,020 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27,278 | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 149 | Comoros | 22,276 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 150 | Albania | 22,210 | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 151 | Latvia | 21,310 | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 21,238 | 2025 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 20,331 | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 154 | Slovenia | 20,253 | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 155 | Bahrain | 20,122 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 19,666 | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17,088 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 158 | Guyana | 16,766 | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 159 | Fiji | 16,658 | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 14,832 | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritius | 12,833 | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 162 | Reunion | 11,734 | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 10,595 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 164 | Cyprus | 9,459 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 9,391 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 166 | Western Sahara | 9,296 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 167 | Bhutan | 9,267 | 2025 | down 27.5% | flat |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 8,761 | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 169 | Montenegro | 7,473 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 170 | Belize | 7,146 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 7,074 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 172 | French Guiana | 6,655 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 173 | Maldives | 6,390 | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 174 | Brunei | 6,303 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5,983 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 176 | Macao | 5,800 | 2025 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 177 | Samoa | 5,658 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 178 | Iceland | 4,731 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 179 | Malta | 4,452 | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 180 | Bahamas | 4,396 | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 4,204 | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 182 | Guadeloupe | 4,118 | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 183 | Martinique | 3,312 | 2025 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 184 | Kiribati | 3,219 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 185 | Barbados | 3,153 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 186 | French Polynesia | 3,019 | 2025 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 187 | Guam | 2,976 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 188 | Micronesia (country) | 2,377 | 2025 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 189 | Tonga | 2,262 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 2,052 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 1,762 | 2025 | up 50.7% | falling |
| 192 | Curacao | 1,506 | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 193 | Grenada | 1,404 | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,259 | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,108 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 196 | Aruba | 1,092 | 2025 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 892 | 2025 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 851 | 2025 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 199 | American Samoa | 834 | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 803 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 201 | Dominica | 729 | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 574 | 2025 | up 41.4% | falling |
| 203 | Bermuda | 569 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 533 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 205 | Andorra | 527 | 2025 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 206 | Gibraltar | 454 | 2025 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 411 | 2025 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 208 | Monaco | 367 | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 209 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 361 | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 327 | 2025 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 211 | Nauru | 289 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 212 | San Marino | 251 | 2025 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 216 | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 214 | Palau | 193 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 215 | Cook Islands | 190 | 2025 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 132 | 2025 | down 38.3% | flat |
| 217 | Montserrat | 53 | 2025 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 218 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 47 | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 219 | Tokelau | 45 | 2025 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 220 | Saint Helena | 43 | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 221 | Falkland Islands | 31 | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 222 | Niue | 24 | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 133.33 million
- UIS: World 133.33 million
- MDG: World 133.33 million
- WB: World 133.33 million
- UNICEF: World 133.25 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 122.45 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 120.94 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 120.04 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 119.67 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 99.32 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 71.65 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 68.98 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 65.55 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 63.12 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 62.34 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 61.83 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 60.08 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 50.09 million
- WB: Ida Total 49.29 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 39.69 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 39.69 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 39.69 million
- UNICEF: Africa 39.69 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 37.23 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 37.11 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 36.95 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 36.84 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 36.59 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 35.27 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 35.27 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 35.27 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 35.27 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 35.26 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 35.26 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 35.23 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 35.23 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 35.23 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 35.10 million
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 33.91 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 33.85 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release