School age population, primary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
59.04 million
India
Lowest
83
Niue
Median
263,152
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,724
What the numbers show
School age population, primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 59.04 million in India; the lowest is 83 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 263,152, and the mean is 1.77 million.
Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 64.3%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 37.3%).
School age population, primary education, male (number) (age male): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 59.04 million | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 2 | China | 56.16 million | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 19.15 million | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 15.50 million | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 14.66 million | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 12.55 million | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 9.78 million | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.63 million | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 8.10 million | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 8.06 million | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 7.42 million | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 12 | Philippines | 6.98 million | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 6.57 million | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 14 | Tanzania | 6.39 million | 2025 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 4.91 million | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 16 | Iran | 4.66 million | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 4.11 million | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 18 | Vietnam | 4.11 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 19 | Sudan | 3.98 million | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 20 | Russia | 3.85 million | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 3.68 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 3.57 million | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 23 | Iraq | 3.47 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 24 | Mozambique | 3.45 million | 2025 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Yemen | 3.31 million | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 26 | Angola | 3.29 million | 2025 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Japan | 3.06 million | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 28 | Turkey | 2.66 million | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 29 | Algeria | 2.56 million | 2025 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 2.50 million | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 2.45 million | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 32 | Niger | 2.42 million | 2025 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Cameroon | 2.39 million | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 34 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.34 million | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 35 | Myanmar | 2.30 million | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 2.26 million | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 37 | Argentina | 2.25 million | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 2.17 million | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 39 | Madagascar | 2.06 million | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 40 | Colombia | 2.05 million | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 41 | France | 2.04 million | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 2.03 million | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 43 | Morocco | 2.01 million | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 44 | Zambia | 1.97 million | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 45 | Chad | 1.80 million | 2025 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Malaysia | 1.72 million | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 47 | Malawi | 1.72 million | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 1.69 million | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 1.66 million | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 50 | Germany | 1.65 million | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 1.58 million | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 52 | Venezuela | 1.55 million | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 1.47 million | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 54 | Senegal | 1.45 million | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 55 | Nepal | 1.43 million | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 56 | Spain | 1.42 million | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 57 | Canada | 1.35 million | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 58 | Syria | 1.31 million | 2025 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 59 | Italy | 1.27 million | 2024 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 60 | South Korea | 1.27 million | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 61 | Burundi | 1.26 million | 2025 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 62 | Guatemala | 1.22 million | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 63 | Benin | 1.21 million | 2025 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 64 | Somalia | 1.20 million | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 1.17 million | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 66 | Guinea | 1.17 million | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 1.08 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 68 | Rwanda | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 69 | Ecuador | 948,907 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 70 | South Sudan | 898,155 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 71 | North Korea | 858,809 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 855,347 | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 823,526 | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 74 | Poland | 779,457 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 752,683 | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 76 | Bolivia | 748,483 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 77 | Ukraine | 747,834 | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 78 | Togo | 743,419 | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 79 | Haiti | 739,060 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 723,378 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 81 | Honduras | 670,431 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 654,943 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 647,168 | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 84 | Jordan | 588,171 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 580,911 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 86 | Netherlands | 560,145 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 87 | Israel | 556,958 | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 88 | Romania | 535,252 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 533,612 | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 509,423 | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 496,411 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 92 | Liberia | 441,674 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 93 | Mauritania | 435,814 | 2025 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 94 | Libya | 426,743 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 95 | Paraguay | 410,414 | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 405,953 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 97 | Laos | 404,756 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 98 | Belgium | 404,350 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 99 | Sweden | 385,297 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 100 | Cuba | 361,768 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 339,465 | 2025 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 102 | El Salvador | 333,936 | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 326,972 | 2025 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 104 | Lebanon | 321,525 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 307,997 | 2025 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 106 | Czechia | 301,312 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 107 | Palestine | 294,095 | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 108 | Ireland | 288,275 | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 109 | Greece | 286,544 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 110 | Switzerland | 282,760 | 2024 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 111 | Portugal | 275,957 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates | 250,348 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Namibia | 248,693 | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 114 | Panama | 238,835 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 115 | Norway | 226,738 | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 116 | Gambia | 222,619 | 2025 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Belarus | 222,577 | 2025 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 118 | Denmark | 222,195 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 119 | Eritrea | 220,449 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 216,915 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 207,988 | 2025 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 122 | New Zealand | 203,610 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 123 | Oman | 197,207 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 124 | Lesotho | 193,957 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 125 | Hungary | 191,859 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 126 | Austria | 187,397 | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 127 | Finland | 186,039 | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 128 | Botswana | 182,147 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 129 | Georgia | 178,212 | 2025 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 171,345 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 131 | Kuwait | 162,119 | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 132 | Hong Kong | 158,600 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 133 | Gabon | 155,848 | 2025 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 134 | Uruguay | 139,790 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 135 | Singapore | 138,104 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 138,012 | 2025 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Serbia | 131,629 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 126,370 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 139 | Slovakia | 122,091 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 140 | Jamaica | 107,613 | 2025 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 141 | East Timor | 99,945 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 142 | Qatar | 99,169 | 2025 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Eswatini | 96,283 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 80,347 | 2025 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 145 | Armenia | 79,354 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 146 | Croatia | 73,603 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71,195 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 148 | Slovenia | 67,134 | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 149 | Moldova | 67,003 | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 150 | Latvia | 65,674 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 64,829 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 152 | Bahrain | 64,549 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 153 | Albania | 63,280 | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 62,933 | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 155 | Lithuania | 61,717 | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 54,512 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 157 | Comoros | 54,034 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 158 | Fiji | 52,328 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 49,381 | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 46,772 | 2024 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 161 | Mauritius | 39,745 | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 162 | Bhutan | 34,770 | 2025 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 33,252 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 164 | Reunion | 30,828 | 2025 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 30,052 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 166 | Cyprus | 30,036 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 26,081 | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 23,830 | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 169 | Belize | 23,718 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 170 | Maldives | 22,801 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 22,162 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 172 | Macao | 21,200 | 2025 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 173 | Brunei | 20,540 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 174 | Montenegro | 20,214 | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 175 | Samoa | 17,814 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17,680 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 177 | Iceland | 16,305 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 178 | French Guiana | 15,249 | 2025 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Malta | 14,776 | 2024 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 180 | Bahamas | 14,207 | 2025 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 181 | Guam | 12,126 | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 10,437 | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 183 | Barbados | 9,818 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 184 | Guadeloupe | 9,701 | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 185 | French Polynesia | 9,552 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 186 | Kiribati | 9,337 | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 187 | Martinique | 8,293 | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 188 | Tonga | 7,486 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 7,444 | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 190 | Micronesia (country) | 7,328 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 191 | Curacao | 6,222 | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 192 | Grenada | 5,342 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 193 | Seychelles | 5,340 | 2025 | up 45.7% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,261 | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 195 | Aruba | 3,888 | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,749 | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 2,856 | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 198 | Dominica | 2,778 | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 199 | American Samoa | 2,628 | 2025 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 2,593 | 2025 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 2,291 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 202 | Andorra | 2,099 | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,076 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 204 | Bermuda | 1,788 | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,480 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 206 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,442 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 207 | Gibraltar | 1,398 | 2025 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 208 | British Virgin Islands | 1,376 | 2025 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 1,020 | 2025 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 210 | Nauru | 937 | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 211 | Monaco | 900 | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 212 | San Marino | 714 | 2025 | down 23.2% | flat |
| 213 | Cook Islands | 700 | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 214 | Palau | 699 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 215 | Tuvalu | 689 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 216 | Anguilla | 530 | 2025 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 217 | Saint Helena | 151 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 218 | Montserrat | 144 | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 219 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 126 | 2025 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 220 | Falkland Islands | 122 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 221 | Tokelau | 113 | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 222 | Niue | 83 | 2025 | down 8.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 393.40 million
- UIS: World 393.40 million
- MDG: World 393.40 million
- WB: World 393.40 million
- UNICEF: World 393.11 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 360.39 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 355.75 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 354.39 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 352.99 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 294.72 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 218.06 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 204.98 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 197.72 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 178.43 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 177.47 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 172.11 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 167.25 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 139.92 million
- WB: Ida Total 137.69 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 123.14 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 116.21 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 116.21 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 116.21 million
- UNICEF: Africa 116.21 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 105.47 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 103.92 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 102.41 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 102.41 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 102.35 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 102.35 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 102.34 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 101.98 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 100.42 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 100.24 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 100.21 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 100.21 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 98.49 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 98.15 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 98.00 million
- AIMS: East Asia 97.94 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release