School age population, primary education, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
113.59 million
India
Lowest
155
Niue
Median
519,474
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,724
What the numbers show
School age population, primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 113.59 million in India; the lowest is 155 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 519,474, and the mean is 3.43 million.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 65.8%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 37.4%).
School age population, primary education, both sexes (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 113.59 million | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 2 | China | 105.16 million | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 37.73 million | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 30.36 million | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 28.58 million | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 24.47 million | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 19.24 million | 2025 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 19.24 million | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 15.83 million | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 15.64 million | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 14.49 million | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 12 | Philippines | 13.76 million | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 12.90 million | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 14 | Tanzania | 12.66 million | 2025 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 9.75 million | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 16 | Iran | 9.05 million | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 8.16 million | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | Vietnam | 8.00 million | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 19 | Sudan | 7.86 million | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 20 | Russia | 7.48 million | 2025 | up 23.1% | flat |
| 21 | South Africa | 7.34 million | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 6.99 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 23 | Mozambique | 6.88 million | 2025 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Iraq | 6.78 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 25 | Angola | 6.54 million | 2025 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Yemen | 6.46 million | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 5.98 million | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 28 | Turkey | 5.23 million | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 29 | Algeria | 5.02 million | 2025 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 4.95 million | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 4.78 million | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 32 | Niger | 4.76 million | 2025 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Cameroon | 4.74 million | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 34 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.62 million | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 35 | Myanmar | 4.47 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 4.41 million | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 37 | Argentina | 4.38 million | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 4.29 million | 2025 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 39 | Madagascar | 4.07 million | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 40 | Colombia | 4.01 million | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 4.00 million | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 42 | France | 3.99 million | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 43 | Zambia | 3.94 million | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 3.92 million | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 45 | Chad | 3.55 million | 2025 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Malawi | 3.44 million | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 47 | Malaysia | 3.35 million | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 3.32 million | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 3.27 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 50 | Germany | 3.22 million | 2024 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 3.13 million | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 52 | Venezuela | 3.02 million | 2025 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 2.82 million | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 54 | Nepal | 2.77 million | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 55 | Senegal | 2.77 million | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 56 | Spain | 2.75 million | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 57 | Canada | 2.64 million | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 58 | Syria | 2.55 million | 2025 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 59 | Burundi | 2.50 million | 2025 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 60 | South Korea | 2.48 million | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 61 | Italy | 2.48 million | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 62 | Guatemala | 2.40 million | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 63 | Benin | 2.38 million | 2025 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 64 | Somalia | 2.36 million | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 65 | Guinea | 2.31 million | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 66 | Australia | 2.28 million | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 2.11 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 68 | Rwanda | 2.04 million | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 69 | Ecuador | 1.86 million | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 70 | South Sudan | 1.78 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 1.68 million | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 72 | North Korea | 1.67 million | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 1.62 million | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 74 | Poland | 1.52 million | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 1.48 million | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 76 | Bolivia | 1.47 million | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 77 | Togo | 1.47 million | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 1.47 million | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 79 | Ukraine | 1.45 million | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 1.39 million | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 81 | Honduras | 1.31 million | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 1.29 million | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 83 | Tunisia | 1.27 million | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 84 | Jordan | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 1.14 million | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 86 | Netherlands | 1.09 million | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 87 | Israel | 1.09 million | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 89 | Romania | 1.04 million | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 1.01 million | 2025 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 982,925 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 92 | Liberia | 872,670 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 93 | Mauritania | 861,862 | 2025 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 94 | Libya | 831,504 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 95 | Paraguay | 802,696 | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 799,966 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 97 | Laos | 793,994 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 98 | Belgium | 790,278 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 99 | Sweden | 748,542 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 100 | Cuba | 698,441 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 664,216 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 102 | El Salvador | 649,494 | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 637,102 | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 104 | Lebanon | 626,804 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 587,924 | 2025 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 106 | Czechia | 587,903 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 107 | Palestine | 574,936 | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 108 | Ireland | 562,836 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 109 | Greece | 557,140 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 110 | Switzerland | 550,277 | 2024 | up 16.5% | flat |
| 111 | Portugal | 538,035 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 112 | Namibia | 500,912 | 2025 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 496,340 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Panama | 465,224 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 115 | Gambia | 441,009 | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Norway | 440,841 | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 117 | Eritrea | 436,786 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 118 | Denmark | 433,208 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 119 | Belarus | 432,642 | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 425,994 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 403,423 | 2025 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 122 | New Zealand | 396,110 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 123 | Oman | 386,950 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 124 | Lesotho | 385,939 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 125 | Hungary | 373,894 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 126 | Finland | 364,249 | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 127 | Austria | 363,741 | 2024 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 128 | Botswana | 362,100 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 129 | Georgia | 344,511 | 2025 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 338,523 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 131 | Kuwait | 316,769 | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 132 | Gabon | 309,891 | 2025 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 133 | Hong Kong | 309,000 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 273,790 | 2025 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Uruguay | 273,638 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 136 | Singapore | 270,394 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 137 | Serbia | 262,006 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 246,148 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 139 | Slovakia | 238,248 | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 140 | Jamaica | 211,441 | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 141 | East Timor | 197,131 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 142 | Qatar | 192,318 | 2025 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Eswatini | 192,215 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 156,458 | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 145 | Armenia | 153,161 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 146 | Croatia | 143,345 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 137,610 | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 148 | Moldova | 130,660 | 2020 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 149 | Slovenia | 130,287 | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 127,385 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 151 | Latvia | 127,044 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 152 | Bahrain | 126,537 | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 122,057 | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 154 | Albania | 122,038 | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 155 | Lithuania | 120,255 | 2024 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 106,898 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 157 | Comoros | 106,713 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 158 | Fiji | 102,959 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 97,346 | 2025 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 91,233 | 2024 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 161 | Mauritius | 77,881 | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 162 | Bhutan | 66,873 | 2025 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 65,367 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 164 | Reunion | 60,866 | 2025 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 58,681 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 166 | Cyprus | 57,568 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 50,665 | 2025 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 46,721 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 169 | Belize | 46,333 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 43,358 | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 171 | Maldives | 42,759 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 172 | Macao | 40,300 | 2025 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 173 | Brunei | 39,564 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 174 | Montenegro | 38,850 | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35,220 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 176 | Samoa | 34,574 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 177 | Iceland | 31,815 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 178 | French Guiana | 30,882 | 2025 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Malta | 28,362 | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 180 | Bahamas | 28,065 | 2025 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 181 | Guam | 23,483 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 20,623 | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 183 | Guadeloupe | 19,423 | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 184 | Barbados | 19,319 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 185 | French Polynesia | 18,566 | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 186 | Kiribati | 18,409 | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 187 | Martinique | 16,650 | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 188 | Saint Lucia | 14,694 | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 189 | Micronesia (country) | 14,212 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 190 | Tonga | 14,096 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 191 | Curacao | 12,203 | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 192 | Grenada | 10,476 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 193 | Seychelles | 10,376 | 2025 | up 38.7% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,374 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 195 | Aruba | 7,632 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7,388 | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 197 | Dominica | 5,557 | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 198 | United States Virgin Islands | 5,392 | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 199 | American Samoa | 5,273 | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 5,080 | 2025 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 4,583 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4,163 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 203 | Andorra | 4,083 | 2025 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 204 | Bermuda | 3,497 | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3,009 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 206 | British Virgin Islands | 2,710 | 2025 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 207 | Gibraltar | 2,709 | 2025 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 208 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2,645 | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 1,884 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 210 | Nauru | 1,804 | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 211 | Monaco | 1,784 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 212 | San Marino | 1,414 | 2025 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 213 | Cook Islands | 1,339 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 1,319 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 215 | Palau | 1,315 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 1,037 | 2025 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 217 | Montserrat | 320 | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 218 | Saint Helena | 297 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 219 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 256 | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 220 | Falkland Islands | 250 | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 221 | Tokelau | 248 | 2025 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 222 | Niue | 155 | 2025 | down 20.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 764.35 million
- UIS: World 764.35 million
- MDG: World 764.35 million
- WB: World 764.35 million
- UNICEF: World 763.78 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 699.94 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 690.84 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 688.27 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 685.45 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 570.21 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 419.55 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 393.41 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 379.31 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 351.05 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 345.30 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 335.34 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 326.03 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 275.62 million
- WB: Ida Total 271.30 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 235.76 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 229.77 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 229.77 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 229.77 million
- UNICEF: Africa 229.77 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 207.15 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 204.68 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 202.79 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 202.79 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 202.68 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 202.68 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 202.67 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 201.94 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 195.05 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 194.09 million
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 193.86 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 191.25 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 190.89 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 190.84 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 190.84 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 188.05 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release