School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
11.46 million
India
Lowest
12
Niue
Median
46,159
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,763
What the numbers show
School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 11.46 million in India; the lowest is 12 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 46,159, and the mean is 305,805.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 49.2%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 45.9%).
School age population, one year before the official primary entry: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 11.46 million | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 7.70 million | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3.25 million | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3.19 million | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2.32 million | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 6 | United States of America | 1.96 million | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.82 million | 2025 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 1.81 million | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1.64 million | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 1.50 million | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 1.20 million | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 1.10 million | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.06 million | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 14 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.03 million | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 829,617 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 773,599 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Uganda | 771,319 | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 18 | Sudan | 735,923 | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 19 | Kenya | 690,682 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 20 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 662,641 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 641,310 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 22 | Türkiye | 621,058 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 23 | Yemen | 616,838 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 598,308 | 2025 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Iraq | 561,246 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 559,892 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 27 | Mozambique | 544,472 | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 503,831 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 468,140 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 454,373 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Madagascar | 447,797 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 32 | Niger | 436,022 | 2025 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Cameroon | 430,111 | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 34 | Ghana | 420,743 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 411,591 | 2024 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 400,893 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 396,365 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 38 | Mali | 391,617 | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 387,887 | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 386,095 | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | France | 378,750 | 2024 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 42 | Thailand | 361,812 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 43 | Chad | 336,870 | 2025 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 333,245 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 329,270 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 46 | Somalia | 326,353 | 2025 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 316,731 | 2025 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 48 | Malawi | 299,448 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 49 | Zambia | 299,105 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 279,745 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 275,632 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 275,609 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 53 | Senegal | 247,632 | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 54 | Malaysia | 245,829 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 231,752 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 223,918 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 57 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 221,922 | 2025 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 58 | Syrian Arab Republic | 218,919 | 2025 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 212,994 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 60 | Burundi | 212,849 | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 212,015 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 62 | Poland | 208,896 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 63 | Guinea | 208,590 | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 64 | Canada | 208,394 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 65 | Spain | 204,039 | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 66 | Guatemala | 201,350 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 187,972 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 68 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 175,233 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 69 | Rwanda | 169,771 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 166,868 | 2025 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 71 | Republic of Korea | 164,021 | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 72 | Ukraine | 162,948 | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 156,440 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 146,103 | 2025 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 75 | South Sudan | 144,983 | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 133,887 | 2025 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 77 | Togo | 131,152 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 78 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 125,882 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 124,201 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 80 | Haiti | 123,733 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 81 | Chile | 120,212 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 82 | Honduras | 115,271 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 113,646 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 84 | Romania | 106,154 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 85 | Jordan | 105,082 | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 100,587 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 96,146 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 95,994 | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 89,480 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 90 | Congo | 86,925 | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 86,627 | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 85,802 | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 84,062 | 2025 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 94 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 81,388 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 79,244 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 96 | Mauritania | 78,348 | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 97 | Liberia | 75,965 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 98 | Palestine, State of | 73,294 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 69,512 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 100 | Libya | 67,612 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 66,920 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 102 | Belgium | 63,294 | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 103 | Sweden | 62,147 | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 61,844 | 2025 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Czechia | 60,388 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 106 | Cuba | 54,977 | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 50,867 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 48,672 | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 109 | Oman | 48,221 | 2025 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 110 | Switzerland | 46,870 | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 111 | Austria | 46,192 | 2024 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 112 | Portugal | 46,126 | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 113 | Eritrea | 45,104 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus | 44,120 | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 115 | Greece | 43,668 | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 116 | Lebanon | 43,168 | 2025 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 117 | Namibia | 39,296 | 2025 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 118 | Mongolia | 38,225 | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 119 | Panama | 37,866 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 36,905 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 121 | Serbia | 33,009 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 122 | Gabon | 32,994 | 2025 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 123 | Denmark | 32,402 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 124 | New Zealand | 31,800 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 125 | Ireland | 31,194 | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 31,099 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 127 | Slovakia | 31,010 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 128 | Norway | 29,773 | 2024 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 129 | Kuwait | 29,277 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 29,175 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 28,906 | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 132 | Botswana | 27,807 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 133 | Finland | 27,034 | 2024 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 134 | Lesotho | 26,988 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 135 | Georgia | 26,454 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 136 | Hong Kong, China | 25,100 | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 24,447 | 2025 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Singapore | 23,436 | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 139 | Uruguay | 23,010 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 18,621 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 17,839 | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 142 | Qatar | 16,883 | 2025 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Republic of Moldova | 16,865 | 2020 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 144 | Jamaica | 16,854 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 145 | Timor-Leste | 16,799 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 146 | Lithuania | 15,222 | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 14,136 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14,101 | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 149 | Albania | 11,617 | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 150 | Comoros | 11,281 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 151 | Latvia | 11,084 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 11,010 | 2025 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 10,491 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 10,491 | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 155 | North Macedonia | 10,211 | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 156 | Bahrain | 10,209 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,699 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 158 | Fiji | 8,564 | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 8,511 | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 7,692 | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritius | 6,443 | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 162 | Réunion | 6,107 | 2025 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 163 | Suriname | 5,395 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 4,843 | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 165 | Cyprus | 4,808 | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 166 | Western Sahara | 4,748 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 167 | Bhutan | 4,733 | 2025 | down 29.1% | flat |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 4,522 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 169 | Montenegro | 3,876 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 170 | Belize | 3,659 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 3,636 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 172 | French Guiana | 3,421 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 173 | Maldives | 3,370 | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 174 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,275 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,027 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 176 | Macau, China | 3,000 | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 177 | Samoa | 2,922 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 178 | Iceland | 2,413 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 179 | Malta | 2,304 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 180 | Bahamas | 2,225 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 2,152 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 182 | Guadeloupe | 2,126 | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 183 | Martinique | 1,708 | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 184 | Kiribati | 1,654 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 185 | Barbados | 1,602 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 186 | French Polynesia | 1,576 | 2025 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 187 | Guam | 1,535 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 188 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1,226 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 189 | Tonga | 1,200 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 1,040 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 902 | 2025 | up 39.8% | falling |
| 192 | Curaçao | 772 | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 193 | Grenada | 715 | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 638 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 562 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 196 | Aruba | 557 | 2025 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 463 | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 440 | 2025 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 406 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 200 | American Samoa | 403 | 2025 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 201 | Dominica | 369 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 291 | 2025 | up 49.2% | falling |
| 203 | Bermuda | 290 | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 271 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 205 | Andorra | 267 | 2025 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 206 | Gibraltar | 233 | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 209 | 2025 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 208 | Sint Maarten | 199 | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 209 | Monaco | 187 | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 167 | 2025 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 211 | Naoero | 143 | 2025 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 212 | San Marino | 128 | 2025 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 115 | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 214 | Palau | 97 | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 214 | Cook Islands | 97 | 2025 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 69 | 2025 | down 37.8% | flat |
| 217 | Montserrat | 25 | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 217 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 25 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 217 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 25 | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 220 | Tokelau | 22 | 2025 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 221 | Falkland Islands, Malvinas | 16 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 222 | Niue | 12 | 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 68.49 million
- UIS: World 68.49 million
- MDG: World 68.49 million
- WB: World 68.49 million
- UNICEF: World 68.44 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 62.91 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 62.14 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 61.68 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 61.48 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 51.19 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 37.11 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 35.80 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 34.03 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 32.43 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 31.71 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 31.70 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 30.81 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 25.44 million
- WB: Ida Total 25.03 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 20.08 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 20.08 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 20.08 million
- UNICEF: Africa 20.08 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 19.35 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 19.08 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.90 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 18.89 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 18.71 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 18.21 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 18.21 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 18.21 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 18.21 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 17.81 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 17.81 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 17.80 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 17.80 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 17.80 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 17.73 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 17.48 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 17.48 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release