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Population of compulsory school age, male (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
185
Highest
105.36 million number
India
Lowest
1,048 number
Tuvalu
Median
598,411 number
Years covered
46
1975–2020
Data points
4,849

What the numbers show

Population of compulsory school age, male (number) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 105.36 million number in India; the lowest is 1,048 number in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 598,411 number, and the mean is 3.19 million number.

Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Tonga (up 135.1%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 32.8%).

Population of compulsory school age, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 105.36 million number 2019 down 0.5% flat
2 China 81.64 million number 2019 down 3.1% falling
3 Pakistan 29.24 million number 2019 up 11.4% rising
4 United States 25.37 million number 2018 down 0.7% flat
5 Nigeria 23.95 million number 2019 up 34.6% rising
6 Indonesia 21.46 million number 2019 up 2.9% rising
7 Mexico 16.00 million number 2019 up 27.5% rising
8 Philippines 14.50 million number 2019 up 36.3% rising
9 Brazil 13.47 million number 2011 down 1.2% flat
10 Egypt 11.83 million number 2019 up 51.3% rising
11 Ethiopia 11.19 million number 2019 up 18.2% rising
12 Russia 8.99 million number 2020 up 44.3% falling
13 Turkey 8.31 million number 2019 up 56.0% rising
14 Kenya 7.96 million number 2019 up 77.9% rising
15 Bangladesh 7.56 million number 2019 down 7.8% flat
16 Vietnam 7.52 million number 2019 up 12.6% rising
17 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.40 million number 2019 up 44.5% rising
18 Iran 5.74 million number 2019 up 21.1% rising
19 Tanzania 5.43 million number 2019 up 36.2% rising
20 Germany 5.22 million number 2020 down 1.5% falling
21 Argentina 5.17 million number 2019 up 10.8% rising
22 South Africa 4.96 million number 2019 up 13.4% flat
23 Colombia 4.78 million number 2019 up 9.2% rising
24 Afghanistan 4.75 million number 2019 up 29.2% rising
25 Uganda 4.62 million number 2019 up 38.8% rising
26 United Kingdom 4.46 million number 2020 up 8.8% flat
27 Sudan 4.37 million number 2019 up 57.2% rising
28 France 4.26 million number 2019 up 5.1% rising
29 Venezuela 4.04 million number 2016 up 2.3% rising
30 Ghana 4.03 million number 2019 up 19.2% rising
31 Algeria 3.96 million number 2020 up 26.4% falling
32 Thailand 3.81 million number 2019 down 10.8% falling
33 Peru 3.72 million number 2019 up 4.3% rising
34 Italy 3.50 million number 2020 up 2.1% rising
35 Uzbekistan 3.46 million number 2020 up 5.5% flat
36 Yemen 3.27 million number 2019 up 17.5% rising
37 Cote d'Ivoire 3.21 million number 2019 up 23.2% rising
38 Iraq 2.94 million number 2019 up 22.9% rising
39 Morocco 2.92 million number 2019 up 3.9% rising
40 Angola 2.85 million number 2019 up 47.8% rising
41 Nepal 2.84 million number 2019 — falling
42 Burkina Faso 2.74 million number 2019 up 35.4% rising
43 Spain 2.48 million number 2020 up 10.4% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 2.46 million number 2019 up 3.3% flat
45 Mali 2.44 million number 2019 up 45.3% rising
46 Ecuador 2.41 million number 2019 up 53.2% rising
47 Myanmar 2.34 million number 2019 down 10.6% flat
48 Ukraine 2.33 million number 2014 down 28.5% falling
49 Senegal 2.26 million number 2019 up 31.9% rising
50 Chad 2.18 million number 2019 up 37.4% rising
51 North Korea 2.16 million number 2019 down 3.1% falling
52 South Korea 2.13 million number 2019 down 25.3% falling
53 Cameroon 2.10 million number 2019 up 32.1% rising
54 Malawi 2.07 million number 2019 up 30.2% rising
55 Canada 2.00 million number 2019 up 0.1% falling
56 Poland 1.97 million number 2020 down 5.5% falling
57 Sri Lanka 1.90 million number 2019 up 25.3% rising
58 Zambia 1.76 million number 2019 up 34.4% rising
59 Madagascar 1.75 million number 2019 up 20.6% rising
60 Bolivia 1.67 million number 2019 up 5.0% rising
61 Australia 1.63 million number 2019 up 14.2% rising
62 Syria 1.62 million number 2019 down 29.7% rising
63 Kazakhstan 1.55 million number 2020 up 42.6% falling
64 Chile 1.53 million number 2019 down 7.2% rising
65 Malaysia 1.51 million number 2019 down 10.3% falling
66 Dominican Republic 1.47 million number 2019 up 62.2% rising
67 Zimbabwe 1.44 million number 2019 up 26.4% rising
68 Netherlands 1.27 million number 2020 down 5.2% flat
69 Honduras 1.25 million number 2019 up 31.1% rising
70 South Sudan 1.18 million number 2019 up 22.7% rising
71 Jordan 1.15 million number 2019 up 47.4% rising
72 Israel 1.14 million number 2019 up 42.8% rising
73 Romania 1.07 million number 2020 down 4.2% falling
74 Guinea 1.03 million number 2019 up 21.5% rising
75 Togo 1.02 million number 2019 up 32.6% rising
76 Rwanda 956,620 number 2019 up 26.4% rising
77 Benin 947,684 number 2019 up 28.8% rising
78 Sierra Leone 896,005 number 2019 up 24.0% rising
79 Paraguay 895,354 number 2019 up 40.6% rising
80 El Salvador 884,975 number 2019 up 37.4% rising
81 Tajikistan 872,480 number 2019 up 10.4% rising
82 Belgium 813,129 number 2020 up 7.2% rising
83 Tunisia 805,402 number 2019 up 2.7% falling
84 Azerbaijan 786,384 number 2019 up 16.7% falling
85 Haiti 747,099 number 2019 up 4.7% rising
86 Laos 691,550 number 2019 up 82.7% rising
87 Congo 677,353 number 2019 up 37.7% rising
88 Central African Republic 662,236 number 2019 up 17.7% rising
89 Turkmenistan 660,315 number 2020 up 31.1% rising
90 Kyrgyzstan 640,172 number 2020 up 33.4% rising
91 Hungary 626,198 number 2020 down 13.6% falling
92 Portugal 602,950 number 2020 down 11.6% rising
93 Palestine 598,411 number 2019 up 9.7% rising
94 Sweden 596,883 number 2020 up 26.6% flat
95 Austria 573,105 number 2020 up 43.6% rising
96 Libya 572,410 number 2019 up 7.8% falling
97 Cuba 567,445 number 2019 down 15.0% falling
98 Greece 533,859 number 2020 down 4.3% flat
99 Czechia 521,601 number 2020 up 21.8% flat
100 Mauritania 492,859 number 2019 up 29.0% rising
101 Costa Rica 474,558 number 2019 up 10.4% flat
102 Nicaragua 471,119 number 2019 up 2.5% rising
103 Switzerland 470,232 number 2020 up 2.6% flat
104 Belarus 467,494 number 2019 up 8.2% falling
105 Panama 421,836 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
106 Bulgaria 400,376 number 2019 up 30.9% falling
107 Eritrea 399,556 number 2019 up 47.5% rising
108 Liberia 393,829 number 2019 up 31.3% rising
109 Ireland 352,884 number 2019 up 16.6% rising
110 Uruguay 340,326 number 2019 down 7.9% rising
111 Puerto Rico 336,904 number 2013 down 29.2% falling
112 Denmark 335,261 number 2020 up 6.1% rising
113 Norway 326,280 number 2020 up 2.4% rising
114 New Zealand 324,688 number 2019 up 6.9% rising
115 Mongolia 322,500 number 2019 up 7.7% rising
116 Finland 313,957 number 2020 up 13.3% flat
117 Oman 305,723 number 2019 — rising
118 United Arab Emirates 289,383 number 2019 up 68.2% rising
119 Slovakia 286,372 number 2020 down 3.6% falling
120 Kuwait 285,698 number 2019 up 56.4% rising
121 Serbia 278,304 number 2019 down 10.5% falling
122 Gambia 265,591 number 2019 up 29.6% rising
123 Hong Kong 264,348 number 2019 down 3.2% falling
124 Armenia 247,880 number 2020 up 20.2% falling
125 Georgia 245,805 number 2020 up 4.8% rising
126 Gabon 230,145 number 2019 up 28.6% rising
127 Guinea-Bissau 220,624 number 2019 up 32.5% rising
128 Moldova 214,141 number 2019 up 3.4% falling
129 Namibia 202,665 number 2019 up 14.7% rising
130 Croatia 170,444 number 2019 down 13.2% falling
131 Albania 161,960 number 2019 down 27.6% falling
132 North Macedonia 156,949 number 2019 up 24.9% rising
133 Lesotho 151,601 number 2019 down 2.4% flat
134 East Timor 140,821 number 2019 up 6.4% rising
135 Jamaica 138,937 number 2019 down 21.1% falling
136 Lithuania 136,913 number 2019 down 28.6% falling
137 Latvia 111,687 number 2019 up 0.2% falling
138 Qatar 109,606 number 2019 up 94.5% rising
139 Eswatini 103,672 number 2019 up 7.3% rising
141 Slovenia 97,529 number 2020 up 15.2% falling
142 Equatorial Guinea 90,110 number 2019 up 51.9% rising
143 Mauritius 88,272 number 2019 down 19.8% rising
144 Bahrain 88,053 number 2019 up 20.6% rising
145 Trinidad and Tobago 69,053 number 2019 up 30.1% falling
146 Estonia 68,374 number 2020 up 19.2% falling
147 Comoros 64,898 number 2019 up 22.6% rising
148 Cape Verde 51,690 number 2019 up 58.7% rising
149 Cyprus 48,166 number 2019 up 1.3% falling
150 Guyana 43,559 number 2019 down 18.8% falling
151 Luxembourg 39,279 number 2020 up 6.2% rising
152 Bahamas 36,963 number 2019 down 2.9% rising
153 Montenegro 36,805 number 2019 down 4.8% falling
154 Suriname 32,203 number 2019 up 0.3% flat
155 Belize 31,008 number 2019 up 0.3% rising
156 Brunei 30,034 number 2019 down 7.5% falling
157 Maldives 26,365 number 2019 up 28.0% falling
158 Macao 26,363 number 2019 down 3.1% falling
159 Iceland 23,459 number 2020 up 5.1% flat
160 Malta 23,303 number 2019 down 10.9% falling
161 Samoa 20,038 number 2019 up 4.9% flat
162 Barbados 19,603 number 2019 down 7.9% falling
163 Tonga 18,759 number 2019 up 135.1% rising
164 Sao Tome and Principe 18,070 number 2019 up 27.3% rising
165 Curacao 15,213 number 2019 down 1.2% flat
166 Kiribati 12,462 number 2019 up 19.4% rising
167 Saint Lucia 11,455 number 2019 down 29.2% falling
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10,442 number 2019 down 15.9% falling
169 Grenada 10,339 number 2019 down 8.8% falling
170 Marshall Islands 9,991 number 2019 up 55.2% rising
171 Aruba 8,698 number 2019 down 10.2% falling
172 Antigua and Barbuda 7,724 number 2019 down 4.1% flat
173 Seychelles 7,623 number 2019 up 8.1% falling
174 Dominica 5,564 number 2019 down 32.8% falling
175 Cayman Islands 4,862 number 2019 up 19.1% rising
176 Bermuda 4,394 number 2019 down 16.5% falling
177 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4,310 number 2019 down 10.3% falling
178 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3,699 number 2019 up 2.1% flat
179 Turks and Caicos Islands 3,629 number 2019 up 6.3% rising
180 British Virgin Islands 2,334 number 2019 down 1.0% rising
181 Gibraltar 2,313 number 2019 down 8.6% rising
182 Liechtenstein 1,802 number 2019 down 2.4% falling
183 Nauru 1,668 number 2019 up 53.6% rising
184 San Marino 1,664 number 2019 up 8.7% rising
185 Palau 1,508 number 2019 down 17.0% falling
186 Tuvalu 1,048 number 2019 up 15.2% 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, male (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
Last refreshed

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