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

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

Countries reporting
202
Highest
63.91 million number
India
Lowest
776 number
Nauru
Median
335,620 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,277

What the numbers show

School age population, primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 63.91 million number in India; the lowest is 776 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 335,620 number, and the mean is 1.85 million number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 82,353.

Over the past decade 144 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 81.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 32.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 63.91 million number 2020 down 4.8% rising
2 China 55.27 million number 2020 up 1.5% falling
3 Nigeria 17.16 million number 2020 up 33.0% rising
4 Indonesia 14.34 million number 2020 up 0.6% rising
5 Pakistan 13.02 million number 2020 up 12.8% rising
6 United States 12.59 million number 2018 up 3.0% rising
7 Ethiopia 8.65 million number 2020 up 15.0% rising
8 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.64 million number 2020 up 43.9% rising
9 Bangladesh 7.52 million number 2020 down 8.1% rising
10 Philippines 6.88 million number 2020 up 5.2% rising
11 Mexico 6.86 million number 2020 up 0.2% rising
12 Egypt 6.77 million number 2020 up 27.8% rising
13 Brazil 6.33 million number 2011 down 4.5% flat
14 Tanzania 5.70 million number 2020 up 38.2% rising
15 Uganda 4.74 million number 2020 up 38.0% rising
16 Kenya 4.19 million number 2020 up 18.4% rising
17 Iran 4.06 million number 2020 up 42.4% rising
18 South Africa 4.00 million number 2020 up 18.4% rising
19 Vietnam 3.93 million number 2020 up 16.3% rising
20 Russia 3.62 million number 2020 up 38.2% falling
21 Sudan 3.39 million number 2020 up 19.3% rising
22 Afghanistan 3.27 million number 2020 up 21.0% rising
23 Mozambique 3.05 million number 2020 up 30.8% volatile
24 Iraq 3.02 million number 2020 up 24.1% rising
25 Angola 2.94 million number 2020 up 46.5% volatile
26 Turkey 2.80 million number 2020 down 16.3% rising
27 United Kingdom 2.52 million number 2020 up 16.3% falling
28 Thailand 2.46 million number 2020 down 9.8% falling
29 Myanmar 2.30 million number 2020 down 12.3% rising
30 Yemen 2.29 million number 2020 up 20.4% rising
31 Ghana 2.26 million number 2020 up 19.7% rising
32 Argentina 2.25 million number 2020 up 4.4% rising
33 Algeria 2.23 million number 2020 up 51.8% rising
34 Cameroon 2.14 million number 2020 up 31.1% rising
35 France 2.13 million number 2019 up 3.2% flat
36 Niger 2.12 million number 2020 up 51.4% volatile
37 Cote d'Ivoire 2.05 million number 2020 up 21.0% rising
38 Morocco 2.02 million number 2020 up 9.8% rising
39 Colombia 1.90 million number 2020 down 11.9% rising
40 Zambia 1.80 million number 2020 up 32.5% rising
41 Burkina Faso 1.78 million number 2020 up 33.3% rising
42 Madagascar 1.78 million number 2020 up 20.2% rising
43 Mali 1.77 million number 2020 up 44.0% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 1.74 million number 2020 up 10.2% rising
45 Venezuela 1.67 million number 2020 down 2.9% rising
46 Malawi 1.63 million number 2020 up 32.2% rising
47 Peru 1.58 million number 2020 down 9.5% rising
48 Germany 1.54 million number 2020 up 0.9% falling
49 Malaysia 1.53 million number 2020 down 8.6% rising
50 Spain 1.50 million number 2020 up 11.7% falling
51 Zimbabwe 1.48 million number 2020 up 28.3% rising
52 Italy 1.42 million number 2020 up 1.2% falling
53 Chad 1.42 million number 2020 up 34.4% volatile
54 South Korea 1.40 million number 2020 down 17.4% falling
55 Nepal 1.39 million number 2020 down 20.9% rising
56 Senegal 1.38 million number 2020 up 35.3% rising
57 Somalia 1.37 million number 2020 up 26.9% rising
58 Uzbekistan 1.29 million number 2020 up 19.9% rising
59 Poland 1.22 million number 2020 up 2.8% falling
60 Canada 1.22 million number 2020 up 8.0% falling
61 Guatemala 1.19 million number 2020 up 1.8% rising
62 Australia 1.18 million number 2020 up 20.0% rising
63 Syria 1.08 million number 2020 up 1.1% rising
64 Guinea 1.05 million number 2020 up 21.1% rising
65 Cambodia 1.05 million number 2020 up 13.0% rising
66 Rwanda 970,712 number 2020 up 25.5% rising
67 Burundi 970,251 number 2020 up 43.8% rising
68 Benin 969,696 number 2020 up 28.6% rising
69 Ecuador 968,157 number 2020 up 1.4% rising
70 South Sudan 906,068 number 2020 up 18.1% rising
71 Ukraine 876,300 number 2014 down 10.7% falling
72 Sri Lanka 856,053 number 2020 down 1.6% flat
73 North Korea 851,852 number 2019 up 6.9% flat
74 Kazakhstan 775,522 number 2020 up 71.8% rising
75 Chile 772,991 number 2020 up 1.9% flat
76 Haiti 748,635 number 2020 up 4.3% rising
77 Papua New Guinea 740,623 number 2020 up 33.4% rising
78 Bolivia 719,661 number 2020 up 2.1% rising
79 Jordan 711,391 number 2020 up 39.7% rising
80 Togo 649,141 number 2020 up 28.3% rising
81 Sierra Leone 623,253 number 2020 up 21.7% rising
82 Honduras 611,029 number 2020 down 5.4% rising
83 Dominican Republic 589,441 number 2020 down 2.8% rising
84 Tunisia 577,955 number 2020 up 15.9% rising
85 Netherlands 561,229 number 2020 down 8.5% falling
86 Romania 529,261 number 2020 up 22.5% falling
87 Israel 481,651 number 2020 up 22.6% rising
88 Tajikistan 452,091 number 2020 up 31.3% rising
89 Congo 443,282 number 2020 up 36.5% rising
90 Paraguay 417,805 number 2020 up 0.0% rising
91 Belgium 415,156 number 2020 up 13.2% falling
92 Central African Republic 413,986 number 2020 up 13.1% rising
93 Nicaragua 403,962 number 2020 up 2.8% rising
94 Liberia 399,806 number 2020 up 27.5% rising
95 Libya 398,902 number 2020 up 14.0% rising
96 Laos 391,909 number 2020 up 4.4% rising
97 Cuba 378,458 number 2020 down 12.2% falling
98 Sweden 364,928 number 2020 up 25.2% flat
99 Azerbaijan 354,410 number 2019 up 29.1% rising
100 El Salvador 352,287 number 2020 down 15.6% rising
101 Mauritania 351,933 number 2020 up 30.1% rising
102 Greece 319,307 number 2020 down 3.8% falling
103 Czechia 293,708 number 2020 up 28.1% falling
105 Portugal 285,893 number 2020 down 15.0% falling
106 Kyrgyzstan 281,804 number 2020 up 40.6% rising
107 Palestine 259,918 number 2019 up 15.4% rising
108 Switzerland 255,201 number 2020 up 3.6% falling
109 Turkmenistan 255,023 number 2020 up 78.3% rising
110 United Arab Emirates 252,858 number 2020 up 33.9% volatile
111 Eritrea 252,855 number 2020 up 45.5% rising
112 Belarus 234,934 number 2020 up 33.5% falling
113 Panama 233,058 number 2020 up 9.3% rising
114 Denmark 232,325 number 2020 up 12.0% flat
115 Norway 229,121 number 2020 up 4.5% rising
116 Costa Rica 219,209 number 2020 down 3.7% rising
117 Namibia 207,808 number 2020 up 18.4% rising
118 New Zealand 194,152 number 2020 up 10.0% rising
119 Hungary 191,562 number 2020 down 3.2% falling
120 Gambia 191,561 number 2020 up 32.5% volatile
121 Finland 190,720 number 2020 up 7.0% falling
122 Hong Kong 186,382 number 2020 up 13.9% falling
123 Botswana 183,595 number 2020 up 17.4% rising
124 Lebanon 176,120 number 1985 up 2.7% rising
125 Kuwait 173,623 number 2020 up 63.9% rising
126 Austria 173,263 number 2020 up 2.8% falling
127 Georgia 170,858 number 2020 up 14.6% falling
128 Mongolia 168,517 number 2020 up 53.3% rising
129 Guinea-Bissau 157,776 number 2020 up 34.6% rising
130 Lesotho 152,308 number 2020 down 1.9% rising
131 Oman 149,821 number 2020 up 2.2% rising
132 Bulgaria 149,650 number 2020 up 21.0% falling
133 Uruguay 143,913 number 2020 down 6.9% falling
134 Jamaica 139,906 number 2020 down 2.8% falling
135 Serbia 136,869 number 2019 down 7.4% falling
136 Gabon 131,080 number 2020 up 16.7% rising
137 Slovakia 116,700 number 2020 up 8.8% falling
138 Puerto Rico 116,546 number 2020 down 27.4% falling
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 115,502 number 1998 down 24.7% falling
140 Eswatini 102,778 number 2020 up 6.4% rising
141 Equatorial Guinea 93,553 number 2020 up 50.9% volatile
142 East Timor 93,399 number 2020 down 1.8% rising
143 Armenia 90,342 number 2020 up 62.9% falling
144 Croatia 86,743 number 2020 down 7.2% falling
145 Albania 85,699 number 2020 down 32.2% falling
146 Qatar 81,529 number 2020 up 81.0% volatile
147 Moldova 80,507 number 2019 up 1.0% falling
148 Trinidad and Tobago 68,945 number 2020 up 10.0% falling
149 Slovenia 66,900 number 2020 up 20.7% flat
150 Comoros 66,231 number 2020 up 22.9% rising
151 Bahrain 62,611 number 2020 up 22.1% rising
152 Latvia 61,893 number 2019 up 9.0% falling
153 North Macedonia 58,802 number 2020 down 9.4% falling
154 Lithuania 58,662 number 2019 down 12.1% falling
155 Solomon Islands 54,870 number 2020 up 27.5% rising
156 Fiji 53,094 number 2020 up 7.1% rising
157 Djibouti 49,066 number 2020 down 2.7% rising
158 Estonia 47,275 number 2020 up 30.0% falling
159 Bhutan 45,183 number 2020 down 12.6% rising
160 Guyana 44,030 number 2020 down 15.2% falling
161 Mauritius 42,728 number 2020 down 26.6% falling
162 Suriname 32,437 number 2020 up 0.5% flat
163 Cape Verde 31,704 number 2020 down 1.4% rising
164 Cyprus 29,739 number 2019 up 9.7% falling
165 Maldives 26,320 number 2020 up 27.8% rising
166 Vanuatu 23,963 number 2020 up 33.8% rising
167 Belize 23,322 number 2020 down 0.9% rising
168 Brunei 20,822 number 2020 down 2.8% rising
169 Montenegro 19,928 number 2020 up 19.4% falling
171 Sao Tome and Principe 18,254 number 2020 up 23.6% rising
172 Macao 17,643 number 2020 up 27.4% flat
173 Bahamas 17,140 number 2020 down 10.1% rising
174 Iceland 16,705 number 2020 up 10.3% rising
175 Samoa 14,950 number 2020 up 4.1% flat
176 French Polynesia 13,786 number 1997 up 29.7% rising
178 Guam 11,435 number 1997 up 16.5% rising
179 Barbados 9,803 number 2020 down 15.9% falling
180 Kiribati 8,838 number 2020 up 26.1% rising
181 Saint Lucia 7,757 number 2020 down 29.3% falling
182 Tonga 7,725 number 2020 down 5.1% falling
183 Micronesia (country) 7,272 number 2020 down 5.9% rising
184 Grenada 6,482 number 2020 up 8.6% falling
185 Curacao 6,352 number 2020 down 1.8% flat
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5,783 number 2020 down 14.4% falling
187 United States Virgin Islands 5,203 number 1997 down 14.3% falling
188 Antigua and Barbuda 4,988 number 2020 down 1.4% falling
189 Seychelles 4,846 number 2020 up 21.0% falling
190 Marshall Islands 4,589 number 2020 up 1.1% rising
191 American Samoa 4,578 number 2006 down 11.0% rising
192 Aruba 3,805 number 2020 down 13.5% rising
193 Dominica 3,075 number 2020 down 23.3% falling
194 Cayman Islands 2,470 number 2020 up 18.4% rising
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,469 number 2020 down 9.1% falling
196 Andorra 2,034 number 1998 up 21.1% rising
197 Bermuda 1,835 number 2020 down 19.9% falling
198 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,598 number 2020 up 3.4% flat
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,564 number 2020 down 7.2% rising
200 Gibraltar 1,359 number 2020 down 8.4% falling
201 British Virgin Islands 1,154 number 2020 down 20.7% rising
203 San Marino 837 number 2020 up 13.7% falling
204 Tuvalu 803 number 2020 up 11.8% rising
205 Palau 795 number 2020 up 29.9% falling
206 Nauru 776 number 2020 up 17.8% 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, primary education, male (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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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.