School age population, early childhood education, male (number) by country
Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood education (ISCED 0) as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years, and pre-primary education programmes are targeted...
What the numbers show
School age population, early childhood education, male (number) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 36.64 million number in India; the lowest is 283 number in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 263,308 number, and the mean is 1.19 million number.
Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 703.1%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 65.9%).
School age population, early childhood education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 36.64 million number | 2019 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 2 | China | 27.84 million number | 2019 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 16.41 million number | 2019 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 14.94 million number | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 8.74 million number | 2011 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 6.84 million number | 2019 | up 196.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Pakistan | 5.49 million number | 2019 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 8 | Vietnam | 4.94 million number | 2019 | up 135.5% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 4.90 million number | 2020 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 4.66 million number | 2019 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 4.45 million number | 2019 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.33 million number | 2019 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 3.48 million number | 2019 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 15 | Angola | 3.39 million number | 2019 | up 703.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Egypt | 2.61 million number | 2019 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 17 | Yemen | 2.49 million number | 2019 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 2.44 million number | 2020 | up 127.7% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 2.29 million number | 2019 | up 82.0% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 2.29 million number | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 21 | Myanmar | 2.28 million number | 2019 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 22 | Uganda | 2.24 million number | 2019 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 23 | Kenya | 2.12 million number | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 24 | Ghana | 2.08 million number | 2019 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 1.93 million number | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 26 | Morocco | 1.77 million number | 2019 | up 183.2% | rising |
| 27 | Tanzania | 1.74 million number | 2019 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 1.70 million number | 2019 | up 91.5% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 1.64 million number | 2020 | up 123.2% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 1.46 million number | 2019 | up 258.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Mozambique | 1.45 million number | 2019 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 1.38 million number | 2020 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 33 | Venezuela | 1.35 million number | 2019 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 34 | Ukraine | 1.30 million number | 2014 | up 103.2% | falling |
| 35 | Spain | 1.26 million number | 2020 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 1.23 million number | 2019 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 37 | Niger | 1.22 million number | 2019 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 38 | Sudan | 1.21 million number | 2020 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 39 | France | 1.20 million number | 2019 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 40 | Philippines | 1.17 million number | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Madagascar | 1.14 million number | 2019 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.13 million number | 2019 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 43 | Zambia | 1.13 million number | 2019 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 44 | South Korea | 1.11 million number | 2019 | up 343.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Iraq | 1.09 million number | 2019 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 46 | Cambodia | 1.08 million number | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 47 | Rwanda | 1.07 million number | 2019 | up 153.2% | rising |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 1.02 million number | 2020 | up 94.8% | rising |
| 49 | Mali | 975,985 number | 2019 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 972,143 number | 2019 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 51 | Guinea | 967,765 number | 2019 | up 102.7% | rising |
| 52 | Malawi | 840,734 number | 2019 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 53 | Chad | 797,190 number | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 786,636 number | 2020 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 55 | Haiti | 773,743 number | 2019 | up 106.1% | rising |
| 56 | Cameroon | 768,808 number | 2019 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 57 | Poland | 765,178 number | 2020 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 58 | Senegal | 756,037 number | 2019 | up 33.1% | falling |
| 59 | Somalia | 752,745 number | 2019 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 60 | Chile | 731,067 number | 2019 | up 199.7% | rising |
| 61 | Iran | 715,312 number | 2019 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 62 | North Korea | 694,342 number | 2019 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 63 | Australia | 677,408 number | 2019 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 64 | Canada | 599,221 number | 2019 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 65 | Romania | 579,369 number | 2020 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 66 | Afghanistan | 557,205 number | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 67 | Nepal | 552,590 number | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 68 | Syria | 539,518 number | 2019 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 69 | Malaysia | 531,404 number | 2020 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 70 | Israel | 518,461 number | 2019 | up 152.3% | rising |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 512,265 number | 2019 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 72 | Ecuador | 498,939 number | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 73 | South Sudan | 495,530 number | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 74 | Algeria | 487,914 number | 2020 | up 60.4% | falling |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 486,277 number | 2020 | up 136.0% | rising |
| 76 | Laos | 480,946 number | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 456,646 number | 2019 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 78 | Papua New Guinea | 438,843 number | 2019 | up 352.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 428,272 number | 2019 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 80 | El Salvador | 412,597 number | 2019 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 405,782 number | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 82 | Mauritania | 403,538 number | 2019 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 83 | Belgium | 395,584 number | 2020 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 84 | Cuba | 377,183 number | 2019 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 85 | Sweden | 366,238 number | 2020 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 86 | Burundi | 364,000 number | 2019 | up 46.1% | flat |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 354,391 number | 2019 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 88 | Paraguay | 354,310 number | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 89 | Benin | 351,019 number | 2019 | down 36.6% | rising |
| 90 | Togo | 345,697 number | 2019 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 341,004 number | 2019 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 329,163 number | 2019 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 322,589 number | 2019 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 306,229 number | 2019 | up 330.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Honduras | 303,004 number | 2019 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 295,141 number | 2019 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 97 | Austria | 271,431 number | 2020 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 98 | Netherlands | 270,917 number | 2020 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 99 | Oman | 266,637 number | 2019 | up 450.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Greece | 263,308 number | 2020 | up 140.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Belarus | 244,989 number | 2019 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 102 | Bolivia | 242,913 number | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 103 | Congo | 238,581 number | 2019 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 104 | Panama | 238,511 number | 2019 | up 229.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Jordan | 238,399 number | 2019 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 106 | Hungary | 227,894 number | 2020 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 216,371 number | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 109 | Liberia | 213,058 number | 2019 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 110 | Serbia | 201,952 number | 2019 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 111 | Gambia | 190,974 number | 2020 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 112 | Denmark | 184,637 number | 2020 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 113 | Finland | 175,927 number | 2020 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 114 | Czechia | 167,249 number | 2020 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 115 | Namibia | 163,690 number | 2019 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 116 | Ireland | 160,964 number | 2019 | up 405.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Norway | 156,413 number | 2020 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 118 | New Zealand | 154,689 number | 2019 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 119 | Mongolia | 153,301 number | 2019 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 120 | Uruguay | 145,824 number | 2019 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 121 | Jamaica | 144,797 number | 2019 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 122 | Palestine | 139,347 number | 2019 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 123 | Libya | 136,368 number | 2019 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 135,924 number | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 125 | Puerto Rico | 133,201 number | 2013 | up 133.5% | rising |
| 126 | Portugal | 130,406 number | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 127 | Croatia | 121,827 number | 2019 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 128 | Moldova | 114,372 number | 2019 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 129 | Equatorial Guinea | 110,758 number | 2019 | up 205.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Lithuania | 105,441 number | 2019 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 131 | Eritrea | 98,678 number | 2019 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 132 | Hong Kong | 92,565 number | 2019 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 133 | Albania | 89,684 number | 2019 | up 38.1% | falling |
| 134 | Switzerland | 89,452 number | 2020 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 135 | Georgia | 89,252 number | 2020 | up 21.5% | flat |
| 136 | Gabon | 88,596 number | 2019 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 86,784 number | 2019 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 138 | Slovakia | 86,413 number | 2020 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 139 | Botswana | 82,632 number | 2019 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 140 | Qatar | 82,363 number | 2019 | up 247.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77,088 number | 2019 | — | falling |
| 142 | Lesotho | 72,107 number | 2019 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 143 | Armenia | 68,241 number | 2020 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 144 | Kuwait | 66,379 number | 2019 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 145 | Latvia | 66,188 number | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 60,163 number | 2019 | up 59.5% | falling |
| 147 | Bahrain | 57,183 number | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 148 | Slovenia | 54,192 number | 2020 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 149 | Estonia | 50,722 number | 2020 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 150 | East Timor | 48,752 number | 2019 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 151 | Eswatini | 42,681 number | 2019 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 152 | Comoros | 36,021 number | 2019 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 30,496 number | 2019 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 154 | Cyprus | 28,724 number | 2019 | up 121.8% | rising |
| 155 | Fiji | 27,605 number | 2019 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 156 | Guyana | 23,342 number | 2019 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 157 | Djibouti | 20,090 number | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 158 | Mauritius | 19,806 number | 2019 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19,264 number | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 160 | Montenegro | 18,999 number | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 161 | Cape Verde | 16,397 number | 2019 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 162 | Iceland | 12,834 number | 2020 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12,599 number | 2019 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 164 | Bhutan | 12,481 number | 2020 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 165 | Maldives | 12,002 number | 2019 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 166 | Suriname | 10,958 number | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 167 | Brunei | 10,921 number | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 168 | Macao | 10,570 number | 2019 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 10,246 number | 2020 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 8,049 number | 2019 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 171 | Belize | 7,923 number | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 172 | Barbados | 7,689 number | 2019 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 173 | Samoa | 5,387 number | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 174 | Bahamas | 5,177 number | 2019 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 175 | Grenada | 4,624 number | 2019 | up 173.0% | rising |
| 176 | Kiribati | 4,565 number | 2019 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 177 | Malta | 4,488 number | 2019 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 4,484 number | 2019 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,756 number | 2019 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 180 | Micronesia (country) | 3,680 number | 2019 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 181 | Tonga | 2,557 number | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 182 | Dominica | 2,299 number | 2019 | up 134.8% | rising |
| 183 | Curacao | 2,110 number | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 184 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,785 number | 2019 | up 155.0% | rising |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,663 number | 2019 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 186 | Seychelles | 1,653 number | 2019 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 187 | Cayman Islands | 1,487 number | 2019 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 1,475 number | 2019 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,403 number | 2019 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 190 | Aruba | 1,130 number | 2019 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 191 | San Marino | 881 number | 2019 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 192 | Gibraltar | 868 number | 2019 | up 260.2% | volatile |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 701 number | 2019 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 508 number | 2019 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 195 | Nauru | 417 number | 2019 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 195 | Tuvalu | 417 number | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 197 | Palau | 398 number | 2019 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 198 | Liechtenstein | 395 number | 2019 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 199 | Bermuda | 283 number | 2019 | down 23.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA & IBRD total 219.97 million number
- Low & middle income 218.55 million number
- Middle income 188.04 million number
- IBRD only 144.90 million number
- Early-demographic dividend 112.52 million number
- Lower middle income 99.17 million number
- Upper middle income 88.87 million number
- IDA total 75.34 million number
- Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 million number
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 60.68 million number
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 60.66 million number
- East Asia & Pacific 60.46 million number
About this data
Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood education (ISCED 0) as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years, and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/