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Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number) by country

Population of children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.

Countries reporting
186
Highest
200.48 million number
India
Lowest
2,044 number
Tuvalu
Median
1.17 million number
Years covered
46
1975–2020
Data points
4,849

What the numbers show

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 200.48 million number in India; the lowest is 2,044 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.17 million number, and the mean is 6.14 million number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 98,082.

Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 136.0%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 32.4%).

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 200.48 million number 2019 up 0.1% flat
2 China 151.90 million number 2019 down 4.2% falling
3 Pakistan 56.33 million number 2019 up 11.1% rising
4 United States 49.70 million number 2018 down 0.4% flat
5 Nigeria 46.93 million number 2019 up 34.2% rising
6 Indonesia 41.76 million number 2019 up 2.3% rising
7 Mexico 31.36 million number 2019 up 26.9% rising
8 Philippines 28.24 million number 2019 up 36.1% rising
9 Brazil 26.48 million number 2011 down 1.7% flat
10 Egypt 22.99 million number 2019 up 50.9% rising
11 Ethiopia 22.15 million number 2019 up 18.2% rising
12 Russia 17.55 million number 2020 up 44.5% falling
13 Turkey 16.26 million number 2019 up 55.5% rising
14 Kenya 15.80 million number 2019 up 77.4% rising
15 Bangladesh 14.80 million number 2019 down 7.9% flat
16 Democratic Republic of Congo 14.68 million number 2019 up 44.0% rising
17 Vietnam 14.31 million number 2019 up 10.2% rising
18 Iran 11.19 million number 2019 up 20.1% rising
19 Tanzania 10.74 million number 2019 up 35.7% rising
20 Argentina 10.15 million number 2019 up 10.7% rising
21 Germany 10.06 million number 2020 down 2.8% falling
22 South Africa 9.83 million number 2019 up 13.1% flat
23 Colombia 9.35 million number 2019 up 9.1% rising
24 Afghanistan 9.29 million number 2019 up 29.3% rising
25 Uganda 9.16 million number 2019 up 37.7% rising
26 United Kingdom 8.72 million number 2020 up 8.9% flat
27 Sudan 8.62 million number 2019 up 57.1% rising
28 France 8.33 million number 2019 up 5.3% rising
29 Venezuela 7.90 million number 2016 up 2.2% rising
30 Ghana 7.89 million number 2019 up 19.2% rising
31 Algeria 7.77 million number 2020 up 26.4% falling
32 Peru 7.46 million number 2019 up 7.4% rising
33 Thailand 7.40 million number 2019 down 11.2% falling
34 Italy 6.79 million number 2020 up 2.0% rising
35 Uzbekistan 6.75 million number 2020 up 5.4% flat
36 Yemen 6.42 million number 2019 up 17.4% rising
37 Cote d'Ivoire 6.40 million number 2019 up 22.6% rising
38 Iraq 5.71 million number 2019 up 22.8% rising
39 Angola 5.70 million number 2019 up 46.7% rising
40 Morocco 5.68 million number 2019 up 3.6% rising
41 Nepal 5.67 million number 2019 — falling
42 Burkina Faso 5.37 million number 2019 up 35.3% rising
43 Saudi Arabia 4.83 million number 2019 up 2.9% flat
44 Spain 4.82 million number 2020 up 10.0% rising
45 Mali 4.80 million number 2019 up 44.8% rising
46 Ecuador 4.72 million number 2019 up 53.2% rising
47 Myanmar 4.64 million number 2019 down 10.7% flat
48 Ukraine 4.53 million number 2014 down 28.7% falling
49 Senegal 4.48 million number 2019 up 31.5% rising
50 Chad 4.34 million number 2019 up 37.8% rising
51 North Korea 4.23 million number 2019 down 3.0% falling
52 Cameroon 4.16 million number 2019 up 32.0% rising
53 Malawi 4.13 million number 2019 up 29.6% rising
54 South Korea 4.12 million number 2019 down 24.2% flat
55 Canada 3.91 million number 2019 up 0.2% falling
56 Poland 3.85 million number 2020 down 5.3% falling
57 Sri Lanka 3.77 million number 2019 up 25.7% rising
58 Zambia 3.49 million number 2019 up 33.4% rising
59 Madagascar 3.47 million number 2019 up 19.7% rising
60 Bolivia 3.26 million number 2019 up 4.9% rising
61 Australia 3.18 million number 2019 up 15.1% rising
62 Syria 3.17 million number 2019 down 29.1% rising
63 Kazakhstan 3.01 million number 2020 up 41.7% falling
64 Chile 3.00 million number 2019 down 7.1% rising
65 Malaysia 2.94 million number 2019 down 10.3% falling
66 Dominican Republic 2.89 million number 2019 up 62.2% rising
67 Zimbabwe 2.87 million number 2019 up 26.0% rising
68 Netherlands 2.47 million number 2020 down 5.4% flat
69 Honduras 2.44 million number 2019 up 30.8% rising
70 South Sudan 2.32 million number 2019 up 22.4% rising
71 Jordan 2.27 million number 2019 up 48.5% rising
72 Israel 2.23 million number 2019 up 42.7% rising
73 Romania 2.09 million number 2020 down 4.4% falling
74 Guinea 2.05 million number 2019 up 21.7% rising
75 Togo 2.03 million number 2019 up 32.3% rising
76 Rwanda 1.91 million number 2019 up 26.1% rising
77 Benin 1.87 million number 2019 up 28.7% rising
78 Sierra Leone 1.79 million number 2019 up 23.5% rising
79 Paraguay 1.75 million number 2019 up 40.6% rising
80 El Salvador 1.73 million number 2019 up 36.9% rising
81 Tajikistan 1.70 million number 2019 up 9.7% flat
82 Belgium 1.58 million number 2020 up 6.5% rising
83 Tunisia 1.56 million number 2019 up 3.0% falling
84 Haiti 1.47 million number 2019 up 4.5% rising
85 Azerbaijan 1.47 million number 2019 up 14.7% falling
86 Laos 1.36 million number 2019 up 81.5% rising
87 Congo 1.34 million number 2019 up 37.3% rising
88 Central African Republic 1.32 million number 2019 up 17.5% rising
89 Turkmenistan 1.30 million number 2020 up 30.9% rising
90 Kyrgyzstan 1.25 million number 2020 up 33.0% rising
91 Hungary 1.22 million number 2020 down 13.6% falling
92 Portugal 1.18 million number 2020 down 11.5% rising
93 Palestine 1.17 million number 2019 up 9.7% rising
94 Sweden 1.16 million number 2020 up 26.6% flat
95 Libya 1.12 million number 2019 up 7.8% falling
96 Austria 1.11 million number 2020 up 42.7% rising
97 Cuba 1.10 million number 2019 down 15.0% falling
98 Greece 1.04 million number 2020 down 5.2% flat
99 Czechia 1.02 million number 2020 up 21.9% flat
100 Mauritania 971,951 number 2019 up 29.1% rising
101 Costa Rica 927,737 number 2019 up 10.3% flat
102 Nicaragua 917,058 number 2019 up 2.3% rising
103 Switzerland 917,054 number 2020 up 2.9% flat
104 Belarus 909,574 number 2019 up 8.2% falling
105 Panama 826,078 number 2019 up 8.9% rising
106 Eritrea 782,541 number 2019 up 46.5% rising
107 Bulgaria 778,793 number 2019 up 30.9% falling
108 Liberia 772,918 number 2019 up 30.7% rising
109 Ireland 689,468 number 2019 up 16.8% rising
110 Uruguay 666,171 number 2019 down 8.0% rising
111 Denmark 653,096 number 2020 up 5.9% rising
112 Puerto Rico 647,640 number 2013 down 30.8% falling
113 Mongolia 638,262 number 2019 up 7.5% rising
114 Norway 636,520 number 2020 up 2.4% rising
115 New Zealand 632,588 number 2019 up 6.7% flat
116 Finland 613,977 number 2020 up 13.1% flat
117 Oman 601,113 number 2019 — rising
118 United Arab Emirates 570,654 number 2019 up 71.1% rising
119 Slovakia 559,494 number 2020 down 3.5% falling
120 Serbia 540,506 number 2019 down 11.0% falling
121 Gambia 527,074 number 2019 up 29.4% rising
122 Kuwait 525,498 number 2019 up 46.3% rising
123 Hong Kong 499,222 number 2019 down 4.8% falling
124 Georgia 468,671 number 2020 up 6.0% rising
125 Armenia 464,516 number 2020 up 17.7% falling
126 Gabon 456,449 number 2019 up 28.4% rising
127 Guinea-Bissau 439,382 number 2019 up 30.9% rising
128 Moldova 415,489 number 2019 up 2.5% falling
129 Namibia 405,849 number 2019 up 14.2% rising
130 Croatia 332,091 number 2019 down 13.3% falling
131 North Macedonia 304,224 number 2019 up 23.9% rising
132 Lesotho 304,142 number 2019 down 2.4% flat
133 Albania 302,886 number 2019 down 29.2% falling
134 East Timor 277,070 number 2019 up 6.3% rising
135 Jamaica 273,554 number 2019 down 20.5% falling
136 Lithuania 267,215 number 2019 down 28.5% falling
137 Latvia 217,460 number 2019 down 0.2% falling
138 Qatar 215,328 number 2019 up 93.0% rising
139 Eswatini 206,194 number 2019 up 6.8% rising
140 Slovenia 189,357 number 2020 up 15.4% falling
141 Djibouti 182,277 number 2020 down 0.8% falling
142 Equatorial Guinea 177,351 number 2019 up 51.1% rising
143 Mauritius 173,194 number 2019 down 20.1% rising
144 Bahrain 172,196 number 2019 up 22.3% rising
145 Trinidad and Tobago 136,085 number 2019 up 29.9% falling
146 Estonia 132,886 number 2020 up 19.0% falling
147 Comoros 127,539 number 2019 up 22.5% rising
148 Cape Verde 102,544 number 2019 up 58.1% rising
149 Cyprus 94,574 number 2019 up 2.0% falling
150 Guyana 85,191 number 2019 down 19.5% falling
151 Luxembourg 76,896 number 2020 up 7.0% rising
152 Bahamas 73,676 number 2019 down 3.1% rising
153 Montenegro 70,299 number 2019 down 5.2% falling
154 Suriname 62,162 number 2019 up 0.2% flat
155 Belize 60,941 number 2019 down 0.7% rising
156 Brunei 58,238 number 2019 down 7.4% falling
157 Macao 51,082 number 2019 down 3.2% falling
158 Maldives 50,361 number 2019 up 24.8% falling
159 Iceland 45,748 number 2020 up 4.5% flat
160 Malta 45,100 number 2019 down 11.7% falling
161 Samoa 38,594 number 2019 up 4.8% flat
162 Barbados 38,445 number 2019 down 8.3% falling
163 Tonga 36,034 number 2019 up 136.0% rising
164 Sao Tome and Principe 35,772 number 2019 up 27.1% rising
165 Curacao 29,786 number 2019 down 1.4% flat
166 Kiribati 24,317 number 2019 up 18.9% rising
167 Saint Lucia 22,645 number 2019 down 29.8% falling
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20,548 number 2019 down 15.7% falling
169 Grenada 20,161 number 2019 down 9.8% falling
170 Marshall Islands 19,561 number 2019 up 56.3% rising
171 Aruba 17,120 number 2019 down 9.8% falling
172 Antigua and Barbuda 15,266 number 2019 down 4.8% flat
173 Seychelles 14,879 number 2019 up 8.6% falling
174 Dominica 10,933 number 2019 down 32.4% falling
175 Cayman Islands 9,571 number 2019 up 18.4% rising
176 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8,633 number 2019 down 10.6% falling
177 Bermuda 8,629 number 2019 down 16.8% falling
178 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7,289 number 2019 down 0.2% flat
179 Turks and Caicos Islands 7,103 number 2019 up 6.1% rising
180 Gibraltar 4,536 number 2019 down 7.0% rising
181 British Virgin Islands 4,520 number 2019 down 3.5% rising
182 Liechtenstein 3,451 number 2019 down 5.8% falling
183 Nauru 3,318 number 2019 up 53.1% rising
184 San Marino 3,130 number 2019 up 7.1% rising
185 Palau 2,891 number 2019 down 17.6% falling
186 Tuvalu 2,044 number 2019 up 15.0% 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
Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 4,849 data points, 1975–2020
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Population of children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.