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...

Countries reporting
197
Highest
36.64 million number
India
Lowest
283 number
Bermuda
Median
263,308 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,152

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

About this data

Indicator
School age population, early childhood education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 5,152 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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/