School age population, pre-primary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
34.16 million
India
Lowest
12
Niue
Median
135,268
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,793
What the numbers show
School age population, pre-primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 34.16 million in India; the lowest is 12 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 135,268, and the mean is 786,538.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 308.6%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 68.9%).
School age population, pre-primary education, male (number) (age male): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 34.16 million | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 2 | China | 19.32 million | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 6.43 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 5.74 million | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.64 million | 2025 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 5.62 million | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 5.01 million | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 4.62 million | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 3.25 million | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 3.18 million | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 11 | Russia | 3.05 million | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 2.98 million | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 13 | Egypt | 2.42 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | Uganda | 2.37 million | 2025 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 15 | South Africa | 2.36 million | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Vietnam | 2.30 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 2.10 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 18 | Yemen | 1.90 million | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 19 | Angola | 1.84 million | 2025 | up 308.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Turkey | 1.78 million | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 1.69 million | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 22 | Mozambique | 1.67 million | 2025 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Sudan | 1.49 million | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 24 | Madagascar | 1.37 million | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 25 | Japan | 1.34 million | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 26 | Niger | 1.33 million | 2025 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.24 million | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 1.23 million | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 29 | Germany | 1.22 million | 2024 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 30 | Mali | 1.19 million | 2025 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 1.18 million | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 32 | Iraq | 1.13 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 33 | France | 1.11 million | 2024 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 34 | Philippines | 1.10 million | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 35 | Thailand | 1.07 million | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 36 | Chad | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Tanzania | 1.03 million | 2025 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 38 | Somalia | 1.01 million | 2025 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 995,523 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 40 | Malawi | 914,058 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 41 | Myanmar | 906,973 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 42 | Cameroon | 865,240 | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 855,395 | 2025 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 44 | Ghana | 845,082 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 824,154 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 809,212 | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 781,186 | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 761,175 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 49 | Senegal | 748,053 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 698,879 | 2025 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 51 | Italy | 666,499 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 666,107 | 2025 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 53 | Iran | 662,641 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 54 | Morocco | 655,131 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 55 | Burundi | 647,154 | 2025 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 56 | Venezuela | 646,438 | 2025 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 641,310 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 58 | Guinea | 639,721 | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 59 | Canada | 607,040 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 585,405 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 61 | Spain | 580,761 | 2024 | down 24.3% | flat |
| 62 | Nepal | 560,528 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 63 | Cambodia | 559,956 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 544,196 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 65 | Rwanda | 510,131 | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 66 | Algeria | 503,831 | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 67 | Papua New Guinea | 503,334 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 483,757 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 69 | Ukraine | 465,658 | 2025 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 70 | South Korea | 454,111 | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 451,999 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 72 | South Sudan | 448,469 | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 73 | Benin | 427,229 | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 426,566 | 2025 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 75 | Togo | 399,383 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 76 | Haiti | 370,711 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 77 | Chile | 362,613 | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 78 | North Korea | 351,159 | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 79 | Honduras | 347,787 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 344,803 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 332,914 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 332,619 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 313,743 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 84 | Romania | 309,294 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 286,993 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 86 | Israel | 283,812 | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 280,997 | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 88 | Central African Republic | 270,707 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 267,487 | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 264,751 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 91 | Bolivia | 252,322 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 248,720 | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 93 | Sweden | 244,594 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 94 | Laos | 243,137 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 239,696 | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 230,590 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 222,934 | 2025 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 98 | Jordan | 221,927 | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 208,070 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 200,056 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 101 | Hungary | 192,305 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 102 | Belgium | 186,267 | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 103 | Czechia | 177,405 | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 104 | Cuba | 157,288 | 2025 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 105 | El Salvador | 152,200 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 106 | Gambia | 151,444 | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Palestine | 146,333 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 108 | Mongolia | 144,540 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 109 | Portugal | 137,613 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 137,582 | 2025 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 111 | Austria | 136,133 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 112 | Libya | 134,403 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 113 | Serbia | 129,091 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 114 | Belarus | 126,678 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 123,848 | 2025 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 120,932 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 117 | Finland | 101,686 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 118 | Georgia | 99,844 | 2025 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 119 | Gabon | 99,563 | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 120 | Denmark | 96,611 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 121 | Oman | 94,475 | 2025 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 122 | Switzerland | 92,441 | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 123 | Eritrea | 90,872 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 124 | Slovakia | 90,867 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 88,845 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 126 | Botswana | 88,450 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 127 | Norway | 87,485 | 2024 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 128 | Greece | 86,123 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 129 | Lesotho | 79,833 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 130 | Namibia | 78,626 | 2025 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Equatorial Guinea | 74,521 | 2025 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Panama | 74,459 | 2025 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 133 | Moldova | 72,720 | 2020 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 134 | Croatia | 72,009 | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 135 | Singapore | 69,993 | 2025 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 136 | Uruguay | 68,759 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 137 | Hong Kong | 65,700 | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 138 | New Zealand | 64,080 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 139 | Ireland | 61,223 | 2024 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 140 | Kuwait | 57,684 | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 141 | Lithuania | 56,248 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 56,195 | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 143 | Armenia | 54,063 | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 144 | Jamaica | 50,273 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 145 | Qatar | 49,420 | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 146 | East Timor | 48,415 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 147 | Eswatini | 42,586 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40,905 | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 149 | Latvia | 40,490 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 150 | Albania | 34,250 | 2025 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 151 | Comoros | 34,237 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 31,843 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 153 | Puerto Rico | 30,796 | 2025 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 154 | Slovenia | 30,622 | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 155 | Estonia | 30,329 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 29,984 | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 157 | Bahrain | 29,473 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 158 | Fiji | 25,454 | 2025 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 159 | Reunion | 23,469 | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17,187 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 161 | Guyana | 16,851 | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 162 | Cyprus | 14,880 | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 163 | Bhutan | 14,701 | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 164 | Mauritius | 13,189 | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 165 | French Guiana | 13,087 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 12,670 | 2025 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 167 | Montenegro | 11,550 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 168 | Suriname | 10,795 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 10,652 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 170 | Brunei | 9,801 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 9,469 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9,188 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 9,044 | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 174 | Macao | 8,300 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 7,691 | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 176 | Iceland | 7,550 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 177 | Belize | 7,004 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 178 | Maldives | 6,604 | 2025 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 6,431 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 180 | Martinique | 6,141 | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 181 | Samoa | 5,767 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 182 | Kiribati | 4,979 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 183 | Malta | 4,667 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 4,468 | 2025 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 185 | Bahamas | 4,441 | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 3,697 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 187 | Barbados | 3,201 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 188 | Tonga | 2,399 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 189 | Curacao | 2,203 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 2,070 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 1,806 | 2025 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 192 | Guam | 1,535 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 193 | Grenada | 1,421 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,261 | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 195 | American Samoa | 1,134 | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,125 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 197 | Aruba | 1,101 | 2025 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 876 | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Dominica | 735 | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 200 | Andorra | 704 | 2025 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 201 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 578 | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 202 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 562 | 2025 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 203 | Monaco | 556 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 539 | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 205 | Gibraltar | 474 | 2025 | up 140.6% | rising |
| 206 | United States Virgin Islands | 463 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 207 | Marshall Islands | 440 | 2025 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 402 | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 209 | San Marino | 363 | 2025 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 210 | Tuvalu | 337 | 2025 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 211 | British Virgin Islands | 335 | 2025 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 212 | Palau | 303 | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 213 | Bermuda | 290 | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 214 | Nauru | 280 | 2025 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 215 | Cook Islands | 191 | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 145 | 2025 | down 26.4% | flat |
| 217 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 76 | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 218 | Montserrat | 50 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 219 | Tokelau | 45 | 2025 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 220 | Saint Helena | 25 | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 221 | Falkland Islands | 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 177.74 million
- UIS: World 177.74 million
- MDG: World 177.74 million
- WB: World 177.74 million
- UNICEF: World 177.62 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 161.72 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 160.08 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 158.33 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 156.90 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 128.21 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 98.74 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 94.15 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 88.36 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 85.15 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 75.47 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 75.47 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 75.37 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 62.85 million
- WB: Ida Total 61.34 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 51.48 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 50.12 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 49.12 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 48.73 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 48.73 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 48.73 million
- UNICEF: Africa 48.73 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 48.13 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 48.13 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 48.13 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 48.13 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 47.40 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 47.40 million
- WB: Ida Only 45.81 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 44.65 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 44.65 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 44.63 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 44.63 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 44.63 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 44.42 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 43.19 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release