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School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, both sexes (number) by country

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to one year before the official primary entry age as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/

Countries reporting
202
Highest
23.27 million number
India
Lowest
249 number
Palau
Median
127,186 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,237

What the numbers show

School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 23.27 million number in India; the lowest is 249 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 127,186 number, and the mean is 655,875 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 93,468.

Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 92.5%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 35.6%).

School age population, one year before than official primary entry age: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 23.27 million number 2020 down 9.5% rising
2 China 17.42 million number 2020 up 5.9% falling
3 Nigeria 6.20 million number 2020 up 28.4% rising
4 Pakistan 5.31 million number 2020 up 15.9% rising
5 Indonesia 4.87 million number 2020 up 4.4% rising
6 United States 4.00 million number 2018 up 0.2% rising
7 Ethiopia 3.06 million number 2020 up 15.0% rising
8 Brazil 2.97 million number 2011 down 11.2% falling
9 Bangladesh 2.90 million number 2020 down 8.4% rising
10 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.84 million number 2020 up 38.9% rising
11 Egypt 2.58 million number 2020 up 46.0% rising
12 Philippines 2.30 million number 2020 up 6.2% rising
13 Mexico 2.25 million number 2020 down 1.0% rising
14 Russia 1.88 million number 2020 up 36.5% falling
15 Tanzania 1.76 million number 2020 up 28.7% rising
16 Vietnam 1.54 million number 2020 up 15.1% flat
17 Uganda 1.48 million number 2020 up 30.7% rising
18 Iran 1.41 million number 2020 up 22.7% rising
19 Kenya 1.40 million number 2020 up 9.7% rising
20 Turkey 1.37 million number 2020 up 6.5% rising
21 Sudan 1.18 million number 2020 up 15.3% rising
22 South Africa 1.17 million number 2020 up 18.7% rising
23 Afghanistan 1.09 million number 2020 up 12.0% rising
24 Angola 1.08 million number 2020 up 38.5% volatile
25 Iraq 1.07 million number 2020 up 27.5% rising
26 Mozambique 955,672 number 2020 up 24.1% rising
27 Algeria 955,517 number 2020 up 60.3% rising
28 Myanmar 889,256 number 2020 down 15.3% flat
29 United Kingdom 817,320 number 2020 up 15.2% falling
30 Yemen 799,757 number 2020 up 19.8% rising
31 France 799,279 number 2019 up 1.0% flat
32 Niger 797,322 number 2020 up 47.5% volatile
33 Ghana 796,752 number 2020 up 21.5% rising
34 Cameroon 765,822 number 2020 up 25.5% rising
35 Thailand 758,038 number 2020 down 8.7% falling
36 Germany 757,724 number 2020 up 7.3% falling
37 Argentina 748,876 number 2020 up 4.6% rising
38 Cote d'Ivoire 746,613 number 2020 up 21.2% rising
39 Madagascar 746,547 number 2020 up 18.9% rising
40 Colombia 735,967 number 2020 down 10.2% rising
41 Morocco 697,834 number 2020 up 13.8% rising
42 Uzbekistan 659,494 number 2020 up 30.6% rising
43 Mali 635,009 number 2020 up 34.9% rising
44 Burkina Faso 633,409 number 2020 up 27.9% rising
45 Saudi Arabia 606,389 number 2020 up 12.0% rising
46 Malawi 559,135 number 2020 up 21.6% rising
47 Zambia 554,336 number 2020 up 24.3% rising
48 Venezuela 545,979 number 2020 down 4.8% rising
49 Nepal 545,623 number 2020 down 13.6% rising
50 Chad 523,516 number 2020 up 30.1% rising
51 Italy 522,575 number 2020 down 6.4% falling
52 Peru 521,047 number 2020 down 9.5% rising
53 Malaysia 512,878 number 2020 down 0.0% rising
54 Senegal 496,380 number 2020 up 33.6% rising
55 Somalia 493,532 number 2020 up 24.6% rising
56 Ukraine 478,550 number 2014 up 12.2% falling
57 Zimbabwe 451,884 number 2020 up 27.1% rising
58 South Korea 449,829 number 2020 down 2.3% falling
59 Spain 432,093 number 2020 down 4.3% falling
60 Guatemala 399,482 number 2020 up 0.5% rising
61 Kazakhstan 398,983 number 2020 up 70.0% falling
62 Canada 393,267 number 2020 up 10.7% flat
63 Poland 380,980 number 2020 up 7.4% falling
64 Guinea 374,179 number 2020 up 19.2% rising
65 Burundi 365,883 number 2020 up 45.2% rising
66 Cambodia 353,762 number 2020 up 17.6% rising
67 Benin 348,163 number 2020 up 26.7% rising
68 Syria 344,652 number 2020 down 35.6% rising
69 Rwanda 340,241 number 2020 up 20.8% rising
70 Sri Lanka 332,711 number 2020 down 6.8% falling
71 North Korea 332,057 number 2019 down 13.2% falling
72 Australia 330,328 number 2020 up 18.8% rising
73 Ecuador 325,291 number 2020 up 5.0% rising
74 South Sudan 320,361 number 2020 up 15.9% rising
75 Chile 250,598 number 2020 up 5.0% flat
76 Haiti 250,179 number 2020 up 2.4% rising
77 Tajikistan 245,129 number 2020 up 48.6% rising
78 Bolivia 236,782 number 2020 down 0.1% rising
79 Jordan 231,680 number 2020 up 28.3% rising
80 Togo 228,712 number 2020 up 20.1% rising
81 Sierra Leone 217,622 number 2020 up 14.5% rising
82 Papua New Guinea 212,748 number 2020 up 11.9% rising
83 Tunisia 209,047 number 2020 up 31.6% flat
84 Honduras 196,879 number 2020 down 6.1% rising
85 Dominican Republic 193,052 number 2020 down 3.2% rising
86 Romania 187,294 number 2020 down 8.9% falling
87 Netherlands 177,469 number 2020 down 11.9% falling
88 Azerbaijan 170,674 number 2019 up 28.8% flat
89 Israel 167,761 number 2020 up 25.3% rising
90 Congo 157,352 number 2020 up 29.4% rising
91 Kyrgyzstan 155,146 number 2020 up 59.6% rising
92 Laos 154,598 number 2020 up 4.6% rising
93 Central African Republic 141,477 number 2020 up 5.6% rising
94 Turkmenistan 140,843 number 2020 up 43.2% rising
95 Liberia 138,460 number 2020 up 19.9% rising
96 Paraguay 137,283 number 2020 up 3.2% rising
97 Palestine 134,978 number 2019 up 20.1% rising
98 Libya 132,957 number 2020 up 14.3% rising
99 Nicaragua 132,843 number 2020 up 2.4% rising
100 Belgium 132,192 number 2020 up 10.0% falling
101 Mauritania 127,422 number 2020 up 30.4% rising
102 Cuba 126,951 number 2020 down 1.5% falling
103 Belarus 121,802 number 2020 up 36.8% falling
104 Sweden 118,622 number 2020 up 18.7% flat
105 El Salvador 113,955 number 2020 down 7.9% falling
106 Czechia 108,854 number 2020 up 9.9% falling
107 United Arab Emirates 103,906 number 2020 up 44.9% volatile
108 Eritrea 94,499 number 2020 up 15.3% rising
109 Greece 90,742 number 2020 down 15.1% falling
110 Hungary 89,307 number 2020 down 6.7% falling
111 Switzerland 86,520 number 2020 up 15.8% falling
112 Portugal 86,030 number 2020 down 19.0% falling
113 Austria 85,099 number 2020 up 6.1% falling
114 Oman 79,019 number 2020 up 64.2% rising
115 Panama 77,795 number 2020 up 9.3% rising
116 Mongolia 75,371 number 2020 up 69.4% rising
117 Lebanon 71,449 number 1985 up 3.7% rising
118 Costa Rica 71,446 number 2020 up 1.9% rising
119 Gambia 71,002 number 2020 up 34.2% rising
120 Bulgaria 67,649 number 2020 up 6.0% falling
121 Serbia 66,775 number 2019 down 14.7% falling
122 Namibia 65,011 number 2020 up 29.9% rising
123 Ireland 64,740 number 2019 up 4.8% flat
124 Kuwait 63,023 number 2020 up 45.5% rising
125 Norway 61,848 number 2020 up 5.8% flat
126 Finland 61,103 number 2020 up 7.1% falling
127 New Zealand 61,066 number 2020 up 3.6% rising
128 Hong Kong 59,719 number 2020 up 31.2% falling
129 Gabon 58,223 number 2020 up 45.6% rising
130 Georgia 57,878 number 2020 up 28.2% falling
131 Denmark 57,678 number 2020 down 11.8% falling
132 Guinea-Bissau 57,090 number 2020 up 32.5% rising
133 Slovakia 56,337 number 2020 up 8.6% falling
134 Botswana 54,555 number 2020 up 13.6% rising
135 Uruguay 47,657 number 2020 down 2.6% falling
136 Jamaica 47,347 number 2020 down 2.3% falling
137 Lesotho 46,883 number 2020 down 0.0% rising
138 Puerto Rico 46,018 number 2013 down 18.0% falling
139 Armenia 43,101 number 2020 up 23.6% falling
140 Croatia 40,594 number 2020 down 1.8% falling
141 Moldova 38,361 number 2019 up 5.5% falling
142 Equatorial Guinea 34,589 number 2020 up 45.4% volatile
143 Albania 34,344 number 2020 down 15.1% falling
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31,183 number 2020 — falling
145 East Timor 31,089 number 2020 down 6.4% rising
146 Lithuania 29,119 number 2019 up 4.5% falling
147 Eswatini 28,052 number 2020 down 0.6% rising
148 Qatar 27,235 number 2020 up 69.4% volatile
149 Comoros 23,444 number 2020 up 21.9% rising
150 North Macedonia 23,383 number 2020 down 4.2% falling
151 Bahrain 22,539 number 2020 up 32.7% rising
152 Slovenia 21,755 number 2020 up 21.7% falling
153 Djibouti 20,112 number 2020 up 6.9% rising
154 Latvia 19,901 number 2019 up 2.7% falling
155 Solomon Islands 19,682 number 2020 up 32.2% rising
156 Trinidad and Tobago 18,819 number 2020 down 0.3% falling
157 Fiji 17,787 number 2020 up 6.3% rising
158 Guyana 15,014 number 2020 down 3.9% falling
159 Estonia 14,882 number 2020 up 15.4% falling
160 Mauritius 12,888 number 2020 down 27.9% falling
161 Bhutan 12,247 number 2020 down 11.0% rising
162 Cape Verde 10,729 number 2020 up 1.5% rising
163 Suriname 10,581 number 2020 up 0.7% falling
164 Cyprus 9,382 number 2019 up 13.0% falling
165 Vanuatu 7,870 number 2020 up 32.8% rising
166 Belize 7,867 number 2020 up 1.5% rising
167 Maldives 7,545 number 2020 up 36.6% rising
168 Montenegro 7,301 number 2020 down 7.6% falling
169 Brunei 7,076 number 2020 up 7.3% rising
170 Macao 6,902 number 2020 up 92.5% rising
171 Luxembourg 6,583 number 2020 up 13.1% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 6,183 number 2020 up 10.3% rising
173 Samoa 5,066 number 2020 up 3.5% flat
174 Bahamas 4,973 number 2020 down 19.9% rising
175 Iceland 4,460 number 2020 up 3.7% rising
176 Malta 4,349 number 2020 up 16.0% falling
177 Barbados 2,977 number 2020 down 20.4% falling
178 Kiribati 2,895 number 2020 up 31.6% rising
179 Tonga 2,490 number 2020 down 7.9% falling
180 Micronesia (country) 2,362 number 2020 down 1.4% rising
181 Saint Lucia 2,234 number 2020 down 6.2% falling
182 Curacao 2,057 number 2020 down 1.3% flat
183 Grenada 1,819 number 2020 up 15.1% falling
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,651 number 2020 down 1.6% falling
185 Seychelles 1,611 number 2020 up 19.2% falling
186 Antigua and Barbuda 1,488 number 2020 up 10.6% falling
187 Marshall Islands 1,427 number 2020 down 12.1% rising
188 Aruba 1,091 number 2020 down 19.7% rising
189 Dominica 858 number 2020 down 7.6% falling
190 Cayman Islands 759 number 2020 down 0.1% rising
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 707 number 2020 down 0.3% falling
192 Andorra 661 number 1998 up 18.2% rising
193 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 581 number 2020 up 27.7% rising
194 Bermuda 537 number 2020 down 24.7% falling
195 Turks and Caicos Islands 498 number 2020 down 18.0% rising
196 Gibraltar 422 number 2020 down 10.8% flat
197 Liechtenstein 374 number 2020 up 7.5% falling
198 San Marino 313 number 2020 up 5.7% flat
199 Nauru 272 number 2020 up 18.3% rising
200 Tuvalu 271 number 2020 up 9.3% rising
201 British Virgin Islands 262 number 2020 down 35.0% rising
202 Palau 249 number 2020 down 7.1% 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, one year before than official primary entry age, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
247 places, 12,237 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to one year before the official primary entry age as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/