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School age population, primary education, both sexes (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
206
Highest
121.82 million number
India
Lowest
1,497 number
Palau
Median
567,478 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,277

What the numbers show

School age population, primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 121.82 million number in India; the lowest is 1,497 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 567,478 number, and the mean is 3.51 million number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 81,377.

Over the past decade 147 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 82.1%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 32.7%).

School age population, primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 121.82 million number 2020 down 4.0% rising
2 China (People's Republic of) 102.98 million number 2020 up 0.9% falling
3 Nigeria 33.60 million number 2020 up 32.7% rising
4 Indonesia 27.96 million number 2020 up 0.6% rising
5 Pakistan 25.11 million number 2020 up 13.2% rising
6 United States 24.65 million number 2018 up 3.1% rising
7 Ethiopia 17.10 million number 2020 up 15.0% rising
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 15.17 million number 2020 up 43.4% rising
9 Bangladesh 14.72 million number 2020 down 8.1% rising
10 Philippines 13.45 million number 2020 up 6.0% rising
11 Mexico 13.41 million number 2020 down 0.5% rising
12 Egypt 13.14 million number 2020 up 27.5% rising
13 Brazil 12.44 million number 2011 down 4.9% flat
14 Tanzania 11.27 million number 2020 up 37.7% rising
15 Uganda 9.41 million number 2020 up 37.1% rising
16 Kenya 8.32 million number 2020 up 18.3% rising
17 South Africa 7.92 million number 2020 up 18.1% rising
18 Iran 7.90 million number 2020 up 41.3% rising
19 Viet Nam 7.44 million number 2020 up 13.6% rising
20 Russia 7.06 million number 2020 up 38.0% falling
21 Sudan 6.68 million number 2020 up 19.1% rising
22 Afghanistan 6.39 million number 2020 up 21.2% rising
23 Mozambique 6.10 million number 2020 up 30.0% volatile
24 Iraq 5.88 million number 2020 up 24.0% rising
25 Angola 5.86 million number 2020 up 45.1% volatile
26 Türkiye 5.47 million number 2020 down 16.5% rising
27 United Kingdom 4.92 million number 2020 up 16.3% falling
28 Thailand 4.78 million number 2020 down 10.0% falling
29 Myanmar 4.57 million number 2020 down 12.5% rising
30 Yemen 4.49 million number 2020 up 20.3% rising
31 Ghana 4.43 million number 2020 up 19.7% rising
32 Argentina 4.41 million number 2020 up 4.3% rising
33 Algeria 4.36 million number 2020 up 51.8% rising
34 Cameroon 4.25 million number 2020 up 30.9% rising
35 Niger 4.17 million number 2020 up 51.6% volatile
36 France 4.17 million number 2019 up 3.4% flat
37 Côte d’Ivoire 4.08 million number 2020 up 20.3% rising
38 Morocco 3.94 million number 2020 up 9.5% rising
39 Colombia 3.72 million number 2020 down 11.9% rising
40 Zambia 3.56 million number 2020 up 31.5% rising
41 Madagascar 3.52 million number 2020 up 19.4% rising
42 Burkina Faso 3.50 million number 2020 up 33.3% rising
43 Mali 3.47 million number 2020 up 43.6% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 3.42 million number 2020 up 9.9% rising
45 Venezuela 3.27 million number 2020 down 2.9% rising
46 Malawi 3.24 million number 2020 up 31.4% rising
47 Peru 3.18 million number 2020 down 7.3% rising
48 Germany 2.98 million number 2020 up 0.1% falling
49 Malaysia 2.97 million number 2020 down 8.5% rising
50 Zimbabwe 2.95 million number 2020 up 27.9% rising
51 Spain 2.91 million number 2020 up 11.1% falling
52 Chad 2.84 million number 2020 up 34.5% volatile
53 Nepal 2.77 million number 2020 down 18.2% rising
54 Italy 2.77 million number 2020 up 1.0% falling
55 Korea 2.73 million number 2020 down 16.0% falling
56 Senegal 2.72 million number 2020 up 35.0% rising
57 Somalia 2.71 million number 2020 up 26.7% rising
58 Uzbekistan 2.51 million number 2020 up 19.5% rising
59 Canada 2.38 million number 2020 up 8.5% falling
60 Poland 2.38 million number 2020 up 2.9% falling
61 Guatemala 2.33 million number 2020 up 1.6% rising
62 Australia 2.29 million number 2020 up 20.1% rising
63 Syria 2.11 million number 2020 up 1.6% rising
64 Guinea 2.09 million number 2020 up 21.2% rising
65 Cambodia 2.06 million number 2020 up 12.0% rising
66 Rwanda 1.94 million number 2020 up 25.0% rising
67 Burundi 1.93 million number 2020 up 43.2% rising
68 Benin 1.91 million number 2020 up 28.5% rising
69 Ecuador 1.89 million number 2020 up 1.4% rising
70 South Sudan 1.79 million number 2020 up 17.8% rising
71 Ukraine 1.70 million number 2014 down 11.1% falling
72 Sri Lanka 1.69 million number 2020 down 2.3% flat
73 North Korea 1.67 million number 2019 up 7.1% flat
74 Chile 1.52 million number 2020 up 1.9% flat
75 Kazakhstan 1.51 million number 2020 up 71.2% rising
76 Haiti 1.47 million number 2020 up 4.1% rising
77 Papua New Guinea 1.43 million number 2020 up 33.2% rising
78 Bolivia 1.41 million number 2020 up 2.0% rising
79 Jordan 1.40 million number 2020 up 40.1% rising
80 Togo 1.29 million number 2020 up 28.1% rising
81 Sierra Leone 1.25 million number 2020 up 21.2% rising
82 Honduras 1.20 million number 2020 down 5.5% rising
83 Dominican Republic 1.16 million number 2020 down 2.9% rising
84 Tunisia 1.12 million number 2020 up 16.4% flat
85 Netherlands 1.09 million number 2020 down 8.6% falling
86 Romania 1.03 million number 2020 up 22.2% falling
87 Israel 937,776 number 2020 up 22.5% rising
88 Tajikistan 879,893 number 2020 up 30.9% rising
89 Congo 879,262 number 2020 up 36.1% rising
90 Central African Republic 823,789 number 2020 up 13.0% rising
91 Paraguay 817,705 number 2020 up 0.0% rising
92 Belgium 806,360 number 2020 up 12.3% falling
93 Nicaragua 786,040 number 2020 up 2.7% rising
94 Liberia 784,340 number 2020 up 26.9% rising
95 Libya 777,588 number 2020 up 14.0% rising
96 Laos 769,716 number 2020 up 3.7% rising
97 Cuba 736,439 number 2020 down 12.4% falling
98 Sweden 709,999 number 2020 up 25.0% flat
99 Mauritania 693,675 number 2020 up 30.1% rising
100 El Salvador 688,713 number 2020 down 15.7% rising
101 Azerbaijan 658,998 number 2019 up 27.8% rising
102 Greece 618,673 number 2020 down 5.2% falling
103 Czechia 571,984 number 2020 up 28.1% falling
104 Ireland 562,973 number 2019 up 16.0% rising
105 Portugal 558,740 number 2020 down 15.0% falling
106 Kyrgyzstan 551,185 number 2020 up 40.3% rising
107 Palestine 508,539 number 2019 up 15.3% rising
108 Turkmenistan 503,195 number 2020 up 78.0% rising
109 Switzerland 497,318 number 2020 up 3.9% falling
110 United Arab Emirates 496,261 number 2020 up 36.3% volatile
111 Eritrea 494,886 number 2020 up 44.8% rising
112 Panama 456,278 number 2020 up 9.1% rising
113 Belarus 456,003 number 2020 up 33.0% falling
114 Denmark 451,693 number 2020 up 11.5% flat
115 Norway 446,313 number 2020 up 4.3% rising
116 Costa Rica 428,468 number 2020 down 3.8% rising
117 Namibia 416,136 number 2020 up 17.9% rising
118 Gambia 379,669 number 2020 up 32.3% volatile
119 New Zealand 378,427 number 2020 up 9.8% rising
120 Hungary 373,984 number 2020 down 2.8% falling
121 Finland 373,124 number 2020 up 7.0% falling
122 Botswana 363,218 number 2020 up 17.1% rising
123 Hong Kong (China) 349,805 number 2020 up 11.4% falling
124 Lebanon 346,481 number 1985 up 3.1% rising
125 Austria 335,595 number 2020 up 2.1% falling
126 Mongolia 333,128 number 2020 up 52.9% rising
127 Georgia 326,921 number 2020 up 16.8% falling
128 Kuwait 319,602 number 2020 up 52.9% rising
129 Guinea-Bissau 313,803 number 2020 up 33.5% rising
130 Lesotho 305,399 number 2020 down 2.0% rising
131 Bulgaria 291,419 number 2020 up 21.3% falling
132 Oman 290,745 number 2020 up 0.9% rising
133 Uruguay 281,701 number 2020 down 7.0% falling
134 Jamaica 275,154 number 2020 down 2.6% falling
135 Serbia 265,136 number 2019 down 8.3% falling
136 Gabon 259,815 number 2020 up 16.5% rising
137 Slovak Republic 228,174 number 2020 up 9.0% falling
138 Puerto Rico 227,650 number 2020 down 26.0% falling
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 224,861 number 1998 down 24.5% falling
140 Eswatini 204,608 number 2020 up 5.9% rising
141 Equatorial Guinea 183,921 number 2020 up 50.0% volatile
142 East Timor 183,594 number 2020 down 2.1% rising
143 Armenia 169,786 number 2020 up 65.2% falling
144 Croatia 168,662 number 2020 down 7.4% falling
145 Albania 161,924 number 2020 down 32.7% falling
146 Qatar 157,488 number 2020 up 82.1% volatile
147 Moldova 155,950 number 2019 up 0.4% falling
148 Trinidad and Tobago 135,838 number 2020 up 9.8% falling
149 Comoros 130,157 number 2020 up 22.8% rising
150 Slovenia 129,915 number 2020 up 20.9% flat
151 Bahrain 122,157 number 2020 up 23.9% rising
152 Latvia 120,807 number 2019 up 8.8% falling
153 Lithuania 114,257 number 2019 down 11.8% falling
154 North Macedonia 113,527 number 2020 down 10.4% falling
155 Solomon Islands 106,339 number 2020 up 27.8% rising
156 Fiji 103,938 number 2020 up 8.5% rising
157 Djibouti 93,616 number 2020 up 0.3% rising
158 Estonia 91,908 number 2020 up 29.8% falling
159 Bhutan 88,993 number 2020 down 12.7% rising
160 Guyana 85,904 number 2020 down 16.5% falling
161 Mauritius 83,856 number 2020 down 26.6% falling
162 Suriname 62,628 number 2020 up 0.6% falling
163 Cape Verde 62,619 number 2020 down 2.2% rising
164 Cyprus 58,195 number 2019 up 9.8% falling
165 Maldives 50,755 number 2020 up 25.8% rising
166 Vanuatu 46,254 number 2020 up 35.4% rising
167 Belize 45,920 number 2020 down 1.8% rising
168 Brunei 40,329 number 2020 down 2.8% rising
169 Montenegro 38,187 number 2020 up 19.6% falling
170 Luxembourg 37,953 number 2020 up 5.2% rising
171 Sao Tome and Principe 36,133 number 2020 up 23.5% rising
172 Macau (China) 34,216 number 2020 up 28.2% flat
173 Bahamas 33,686 number 2020 down 11.8% rising
174 Iceland 32,508 number 2020 up 9.2% rising
175 Samoa 28,807 number 2020 up 3.3% flat
176 French Polynesia 26,619 number 1997 up 28.3% rising
177 Malta 25,354 number 2020 up 3.2% falling
178 Guam 22,526 number 1997 up 17.6% rising
179 Barbados 19,309 number 2020 down 15.1% falling
180 Kiribati 17,037 number 2020 up 25.5% rising
181 Saint Lucia 15,311 number 2020 down 30.1% falling
182 Tonga 14,847 number 2020 down 4.5% falling
183 Micronesia (country) 14,228 number 2020 down 5.4% rising
184 Grenada 12,635 number 2020 up 7.8% falling
185 Curaçao 12,449 number 2020 down 1.4% flat
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11,551 number 2020 down 12.7% falling
187 United States Virgin Islands 10,645 number 1997 down 11.5% falling
188 Antigua and Barbuda 9,845 number 2020 down 1.8% falling
189 Seychelles 9,434 number 2020 up 20.2% falling
190 Marshall Islands 8,985 number 2020 up 1.8% rising
191 American Samoa 8,781 number 2006 down 11.5% rising
192 Aruba 7,490 number 2020 down 13.5% rising
193 Dominica 6,046 number 2020 down 23.7% falling
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4,957 number 2020 down 10.1% falling
195 Cayman Islands 4,864 number 2020 up 18.1% rising
196 Andorra 3,913 number 1998 up 21.3% rising
197 Bermuda 3,605 number 2020 down 20.0% falling
198 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3,146 number 2020 up 2.0% flat
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 3,059 number 2020 down 7.5% rising
200 Gibraltar 2,648 number 2020 down 8.4% falling
201 British Virgin Islands 2,222 number 2020 down 22.5% rising
202 Liechtenstein 1,957 number 2020 down 0.2% flat
203 San Marino 1,592 number 2020 up 14.0% falling
204 Tuvalu 1,567 number 2020 up 11.8% rising
205 Nauru 1,542 number 2020 up 17.7% rising
206 Palau 1,497 number 2020 up 28.6% falling

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
School age population, primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.