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School age population, pre-primary education, male (number) by country

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.

Countries reporting
203
Highest
36.64 million number
India
Lowest
270 number
British Virgin Islands
Median
167,249 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,152

What the numbers show

School age population, pre-primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 36.64 million number in India; the lowest is 270 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 167,249 number, and the mean is 881,613 number.

Over the past decade 148 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 352.8%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 34.5%).

School age population, pre-primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 36.64 million number 2019 down 10.3% rising
2 China 27.84 million number 2019 up 5.1% falling
3 United States 6.14 million number 2018 up 0.2% rising
4 Pakistan 5.49 million number 2019 up 15.0% rising
5 Indonesia 4.94 million number 2019 up 4.1% rising
6 Ethiopia 4.66 million number 2019 up 15.1% rising
7 Brazil 4.46 million number 2011 down 12.1% falling
8 Bangladesh 4.45 million number 2019 down 8.3% volatile
9 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.33 million number 2019 up 38.4% rising
10 Russia 3.92 million number 2020 up 31.2% falling
11 Mexico 3.45 million number 2019 up 49.4% rising
12 Nigeria 3.10 million number 2019 up 29.8% falling
13 Egypt 2.61 million number 2019 up 43.8% rising
14 Vietnam 2.43 million number 2019 up 15.9% flat
16 Uganda 2.24 million number 2019 up 29.7% volatile
17 Kenya 2.12 million number 2019 up 9.2% rising
18 Turkey 2.11 million number 2019 up 6.9% rising
19 Tanzania 1.74 million number 2019 up 27.4% rising
20 Mozambique 1.45 million number 2019 up 24.2% volatile
21 Uzbekistan 1.38 million number 2020 up 31.0% rising
22 Yemen 1.23 million number 2019 up 19.5% rising
23 Niger 1.22 million number 2019 up 46.6% volatile
24 Sudan 1.21 million number 2020 up 15.0% rising
25 France 1.20 million number 2019 down 1.1% flat
26 Germany 1.19 million number 2020 up 10.8% falling
27 Philippines 1.17 million number 2019 up 4.6% rising
28 Thailand 1.17 million number 2019 down 8.7% falling
29 Argentina 1.14 million number 2019 up 4.6% rising
30 Madagascar 1.14 million number 2019 up 19.5% rising
31 Colombia 1.13 million number 2019 down 9.8% rising
32 Cote d'Ivoire 1.13 million number 2019 up 21.2% rising
33 Zambia 1.13 million number 2019 up 23.6% rising
34 Iraq 1.09 million number 2019 up 27.0% rising
35 Angola 1.08 million number 2019 up 188.8% rising
36 Mali 975,985 number 2019 down 1.6% volatile
37 Burkina Faso 972,143 number 2019 up 32.2% rising
38 Saudi Arabia 923,760 number 2019 up 11.3% rising
39 Myanmar 902,443 number 2019 down 15.2% rising
40 Venezuela 844,047 number 2019 down 4.1% rising
41 Malawi 840,734 number 2019 up 17.1% rising
42 United Kingdom 835,944 number 2020 up 13.6% falling
43 Ghana 808,173 number 2019 up 21.3% rising
44 Peru 805,704 number 2019 down 9.4% rising
45 Chad 797,190 number 2019 up 30.0% rising
46 Italy 786,636 number 2020 down 9.2% falling
47 Ukraine 774,611 number 2014 up 21.5% falling
48 Cameroon 768,808 number 2019 up 26.3% rising
49 Poland 765,178 number 2020 up 3.6% falling
50 Senegal 756,037 number 2019 up 33.1% rising
51 Somalia 752,745 number 2019 up 24.4% volatile
52 Iran 715,312 number 2019 up 24.3% rising
53 Morocco 712,182 number 2019 up 13.7% rising
54 South Korea 691,551 number 2019 up 176.8% rising
55 Spain 647,842 number 2020 down 9.5% falling
56 Kazakhstan 618,066 number 2020 up 18.0% falling
57 Guatemala 614,235 number 2019 up 51.1% rising
58 Guinea 567,110 number 2019 up 18.8% rising
59 Afghanistan 557,205 number 2019 up 14.3% rising
60 Nepal 552,590 number 2019 down 16.8% falling
61 Syria 539,518 number 2019 down 34.5% rising
62 Cambodia 539,195 number 2019 up 17.2% rising
63 Malaysia 531,404 number 2020 up 1.3% rising
64 Rwanda 513,475 number 2019 up 21.3% rising
65 Tajikistan 512,265 number 2019 up 48.3% rising
66 Ecuador 498,939 number 2019 up 5.1% volatile
67 South Sudan 495,530 number 2019 up 19.2% rising
68 Algeria 487,914 number 2020 up 60.4% falling
69 Zimbabwe 456,646 number 2019 up 29.0% rising
70 Papua New Guinea 438,843 number 2019 up 352.8% volatile
71 Haiti 384,167 number 2019 up 2.3% rising
72 Chile 381,167 number 2019 up 56.3% rising
73 Burundi 364,000 number 2019 up 46.1% rising
74 Benin 351,019 number 2019 up 26.8% rising
75 Togo 345,697 number 2019 up 19.9% rising
76 North Korea 341,520 number 2019 down 12.3% falling
77 Sri Lanka 341,004 number 2019 up 89.4% rising
78 Sierra Leone 329,163 number 2019 up 14.0% rising
79 Kyrgyzstan 328,317 number 2020 up 59.3% rising
80 Tunisia 322,589 number 2019 up 29.8% flat
81 Honduras 303,004 number 2019 down 5.8% rising
82 Dominican Republic 295,141 number 2019 down 3.0% falling
83 Romania 284,991 number 2020 down 33.0% falling
84 Netherlands 270,917 number 2020 up 31.0% rising
85 Azerbaijan 268,713 number 2019 up 34.3% falling
86 Israel 258,178 number 2019 up 25.6% rising
87 Bolivia 242,913 number 2019 up 0.2% rising
88 Sweden 242,836 number 2020 up 12.9% flat
89 Congo 238,581 number 2019 up 29.2% rising
90 Jordan 238,399 number 2019 up 34.4% rising
91 Laos 236,882 number 2019 up 4.5% rising
93 Turkmenistan 215,301 number 2019 up 5.6% rising
94 Liberia 213,058 number 2019 up 21.2% rising
95 Paraguay 210,904 number 2019 up 3.2% rising
96 Nicaragua 204,276 number 2019 up 2.2% flat
97 Belgium 202,601 number 2020 up 8.8% falling
98 Canada 202,198 number 2019 up 11.8% falling
99 Cuba 196,220 number 2019 down 1.4% rising
100 Mauritania 195,175 number 2019 up 30.2% rising
101 Belarus 185,749 number 2019 up 34.0% falling
102 Hungary 181,214 number 2020 down 8.6% falling
103 El Salvador 175,603 number 2019 down 7.7% falling
104 Czechia 167,249 number 2020 up 5.2% falling
105 Australia 166,558 number 2019 up 20.4% rising
106 Mongolia 153,301 number 2019 up 125.7% rising
107 Gambia 150,458 number 2020 up 33.5% volatile
108 Palestine 139,347 number 2019 up 20.7% rising
109 Libya 136,368 number 2019 up 14.6% rising
110 Bulgaria 135,924 number 2019 down 0.2% falling
111 Serbia 135,580 number 2019 down 14.2% falling
112 Austria 133,145 number 2020 up 8.9% falling
113 Portugal 130,406 number 2020 down 19.1% falling
114 Finland 121,251 number 2020 up 2.7% rising
115 Lebanon 109,151 number 1985 up 2.0% rising
116 United Arab Emirates 104,318 number 2019 up 46.5% volatile
117 Eritrea 98,678 number 2019 up 21.9% rising
118 Norway 94,523 number 2020 up 5.5% falling
119 Hong Kong 92,565 number 2019 up 25.4% falling
120 Greece 91,548 number 2020 down 16.5% falling
121 Switzerland 89,452 number 2020 up 16.8% falling
122 Georgia 89,252 number 2020 up 21.5% falling
123 Gabon 88,596 number 2019 up 45.8% rising
124 Denmark 88,467 number 2020 down 33.3% volatile
125 Guinea-Bissau 86,784 number 2019 up 32.4% rising
126 Slovakia 86,413 number 2020 up 7.2% falling
127 Croatia 82,692 number 2019 down 0.8% falling
128 Botswana 82,632 number 2019 up 12.4% rising
129 Oman 79,993 number 2019 up 65.1% rising
130 Panama 79,456 number 2019 up 9.8% volatile
131 Moldova 78,212 number 2019 up 3.0% falling
132 Costa Rica 73,253 number 2019 up 1.8% rising
133 Uruguay 73,067 number 2019 down 2.8% falling
134 Jamaica 72,948 number 2019 down 2.3% falling
135 Lesotho 72,107 number 2019 down 0.9% rising
136 Puerto Rico 69,685 number 2013 up 22.1% falling
137 Armenia 68,241 number 2020 down 12.5% falling
138 Kuwait 66,379 number 2019 up 53.2% rising
139 Ireland 65,660 number 2019 up 106.3% falling
140 Namibia 64,576 number 2019 up 29.0% volatile
141 New Zealand 62,560 number 2019 up 4.0% rising
142 Lithuania 60,492 number 2019 up 4.7% falling
143 Albania 54,299 number 2019 down 16.4% falling
144 Equatorial Guinea 52,863 number 2019 up 45.6% volatile
145 East Timor 48,752 number 2019 up 45.4% rising
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47,710 number 2019 — falling
147 Latvia 43,860 number 2019 up 5.1% falling
148 Eswatini 42,681 number 2019 down 0.7% rising
149 Qatar 41,347 number 2019 up 74.4% volatile
150 North Macedonia 36,488 number 2019 down 3.3% falling
151 Comoros 36,021 number 2019 up 21.7% rising
152 Bahrain 35,297 number 2019 up 36.4% rising
153 Slovenia 33,172 number 2020 up 16.8% falling
154 Solomon Islands 30,496 number 2019 up 32.2% rising
155 Estonia 29,514 number 2020 up 3.8% falling
156 Fiji 27,605 number 2019 up 4.1% rising
157 Guyana 23,342 number 2019 up 46.0% falling
158 Djibouti 20,090 number 2020 down 1.8% rising
159 Trinidad and Tobago 19,264 number 2019 up 1.0% falling
160 Cape Verde 16,397 number 2019 up 1.1% rising
161 Cyprus 14,372 number 2019 up 11.0% falling
162 Mauritius 13,279 number 2019 down 28.3% falling
163 Bhutan 12,481 number 2020 down 10.2% rising
164 Maldives 12,002 number 2019 up 40.9% rising
165 Montenegro 11,349 number 2019 down 31.8% falling
166 Suriname 10,958 number 2019 up 0.4% flat
167 Brunei 10,921 number 2019 up 8.7% rising
168 Macao 10,570 number 2019 up 90.9% rising
169 Luxembourg 10,246 number 2020 up 14.3% rising
170 Sao Tome and Principe 9,399 number 2019 up 10.4% rising
171 French Polynesia 8,170 number 1997 up 21.7% rising
172 Vanuatu 8,049 number 2019 up 33.0% rising
173 Belize 7,923 number 2019 up 1.7% rising
174 Iceland 6,626 number 2020 down 1.0% rising
175 Samoa 5,387 number 2019 up 6.8% flat
176 Bahamas 5,177 number 2019 down 15.4% rising
177 Kiribati 4,565 number 2019 up 32.8% rising
178 Malta 4,488 number 2019 up 15.6% flat
179 Micronesia (country) 3,680 number 2019 down 2.9% rising
180 Barbados 3,057 number 2019 down 19.7% falling
181 Tonga 2,557 number 2019 down 10.2% falling
183 Saint Lucia 2,263 number 2019 down 6.8% falling
184 Curacao 2,110 number 2019 up 0.3% flat
185 Grenada 1,854 number 2019 up 9.4% falling
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,663 number 2019 down 4.7% falling
187 Guam 1,658 number 1997 up 23.9% rising
188 Seychelles 1,653 number 2019 up 14.6% falling
189 Antigua and Barbuda 1,508 number 2019 up 8.0% falling
190 Marshall Islands 1,475 number 2019 down 11.4% rising
191 Aruba 1,130 number 2019 down 17.6% rising
192 Andorra 1,053 number 1998 up 29.8% rising
193 United States Virgin Islands 939 number 1997 down 14.6% falling
194 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 888 number 2019 up 89.7% rising
195 Dominica 867 number 2019 down 11.4% falling
196 Cayman Islands 778 number 2019 up 2.6% volatile
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 709 number 2019 down 2.5% falling
198 Turks and Caicos Islands 508 number 2019 down 17.3% rising
199 San Marino 484 number 2019 up 2.3% flat
200 Gibraltar 442 number 2019 up 83.4% rising
201 Nauru 417 number 2019 up 17.1% rising
201 Tuvalu 417 number 2019 up 8.6% rising
203 Palau 398 number 2019 down 5.2% falling
204 Liechtenstein 395 number 2019 up 5.3% flat
205 Bermuda 283 number 2019 down 23.5% falling
206 British Virgin Islands 270 number 2019 down 31.1% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
School age population, pre-primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,152 data points, 1970–2020
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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.