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

Male 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

12.20 million number

India

Lowest

132 number

British Virgin Islands

Median

64,982 number

Years covered

1970–2020

Data points

12,237

What the numbers show

School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, male (number) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 12.20 million number in India; the lowest is 132 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 64,982 number, and the mean is 338,351 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 92,447.

Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 91.7%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 35.9%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	12.20 million number	2020	down 10.2%	rising
2	China	9.28 million number	2020	up 5.2%	falling
3	Nigeria	3.17 million number	2020	up 28.7%	rising
4	Pakistan	2.76 million number	2020	up 15.4%	rising
5	Indonesia	2.49 million number	2020	up 3.7%	rising
6	United States	2.04 million number	2018	up 0.3%	rising
7	Ethiopia	1.55 million number	2020	up 15.3%	rising
8	Brazil	1.50 million number	2011	down 12.0%	falling
9	Bangladesh	1.48 million number	2020	down 8.3%	rising
10	Democratic Republic of Congo	1.43 million number	2020	up 39.2%	rising
11	Egypt	1.33 million number	2020	up 46.0%	rising
12	Philippines	1.18 million number	2020	up 5.7%	rising
13	Mexico	1.15 million number	2020	down 0.6%	rising
14	Russia	964,766 number	2020	up 36.8%	falling
15	Tanzania	891,505 number	2020	up 28.9%	rising
16	Vietnam	810,653 number	2020	up 17.3%	flat
17	Uganda	744,754 number	2020	up 30.6%	rising
18	Iran	728,581 number	2020	up 24.0%	rising
19	Kenya	704,826 number	2020	up 9.5%	rising
20	Turkey	703,094 number	2020	up 6.8%	rising
21	Sudan	599,109 number	2020	up 15.4%	rising
22	South Africa	592,807 number	2020	up 18.9%	rising
23	Afghanistan	558,717 number	2020	up 12.1%	rising
24	Iraq	552,316 number	2020	up 27.5%	rising
25	Angola	544,033 number	2020	up 40.4%	volatile
26	Algeria	487,914 number	2020	up 60.4%	rising
27	Mozambique	479,840 number	2020	up 24.6%	rising
28	Myanmar	448,263 number	2020	down 15.2%	rising
29	United Kingdom	418,576 number	2020	up 15.2%	falling
30	France	408,068 number	2019	up 1.0%	flat
31	Yemen	407,964 number	2020	up 19.9%	rising
32	Ghana	406,835 number	2020	up 21.6%	rising
33	Niger	405,463 number	2020	up 47.4%	volatile
34	Germany	389,819 number	2020	up 7.7%	falling
35	Thailand	389,674 number	2020	down 8.5%	falling
36	Cameroon	386,502 number	2020	up 25.7%	rising
37	Argentina	381,374 number	2020	up 4.7%	rising
38	Madagascar	377,474 number	2020	up 19.6%	rising
39	Colombia	376,446 number	2020	down 10.1%	rising
40	Cote d'Ivoire	375,258 number	2020	up 21.5%	rising
41	Morocco	357,799 number	2020	up 13.8%	rising
42	Uzbekistan	338,363 number	2020	up 31.0%	rising
43	Mali	322,954 number	2020	up 35.2%	rising
44	Burkina Faso	322,251 number	2020	up 27.8%	rising
45	Saudi Arabia	308,155 number	2020	up 12.3%	rising
46	Malawi	282,444 number	2020	up 22.3%	rising
47	Zambia	279,765 number	2020	up 24.8%	rising
48	Venezuela	278,587 number	2020	down 4.9%	rising
49	Nepal	275,514 number	2020	down 15.9%	rising
50	Italy	269,133 number	2020	down 6.1%	falling
51	Malaysia	264,210 number	2020	down 0.1%	rising
52	Peru	263,558 number	2020	down 10.4%	rising
53	Chad	262,916 number	2020	up 30.4%	rising
54	Senegal	251,589 number	2020	up 33.9%	rising
55	Somalia	248,528 number	2020	up 24.9%	rising
56	Ukraine	246,389 number	2014	up 12.6%	falling
57	South Korea	230,823 number	2020	down 4.2%	falling
58	Zimbabwe	226,880 number	2020	up 27.6%	rising
59	Spain	222,429 number	2020	down 4.4%	falling
60	Kazakhstan	205,065 number	2020	up 70.3%	falling
61	Guatemala	204,085 number	2020	up 0.6%	rising
62	Canada	201,221 number	2020	up 9.9%	flat
63	Poland	195,292 number	2020	up 7.3%	falling
64	Guinea	188,256 number	2020	up 19.3%	rising
65	Burundi	184,368 number	2020	up 45.8%	rising
66	Cambodia	180,042 number	2020	up 18.8%	rising
67	Benin	176,632 number	2020	up 26.7%	rising
68	Syria	175,822 number	2020	down 35.7%	rising
69	Rwanda	170,956 number	2020	up 21.7%	rising
70	North Korea	169,845 number	2019	down 13.2%	falling
71	Australia	169,533 number	2020	up 19.1%	rising
72	Sri Lanka	169,217 number	2020	down 5.7%	falling
73	Ecuador	166,224 number	2020	up 5.1%	rising
74	South Sudan	162,197 number	2020	up 16.0%	rising
75	Chile	127,513 number	2020	up 4.9%	flat
76	Haiti	127,283 number	2020	up 2.4%	rising
77	Tajikistan	125,824 number	2020	up 48.5%	rising
78	Bolivia	120,979 number	2020	up 0.0%	rising
79	Jordan	118,213 number	2020	up 28.7%	rising
80	Togo	114,667 number	2020	up 20.2%	rising
81	Papua New Guinea	109,955 number	2020	up 12.0%	rising
82	Sierra Leone	108,999 number	2020	up 14.9%	rising
83	Tunisia	107,523 number	2020	up 30.4%	flat
84	Honduras	100,635 number	2020	down 6.0%	rising
85	Dominican Republic	98,341 number	2020	down 3.1%	rising
86	Romania	96,279 number	2020	down 8.7%	falling
87	Azerbaijan	91,396 number	2019	up 29.3%	flat
88	Netherlands	91,089 number	2020	down 12.0%	falling
89	Israel	86,142 number	2020	up 25.5%	rising
90	Kyrgyzstan	79,499 number	2020	up 60.3%	rising
91	Congo	79,423 number	2020	up 29.7%	rising
92	Laos	78,772 number	2020	up 5.1%	rising
93	Turkmenistan	71,432 number	2020	up 43.6%	rising
94	Central African Republic	71,193 number	2020	up 5.7%	rising
95	Liberia	70,661 number	2020	up 20.1%	rising
96	Paraguay	70,174 number	2020	up 3.3%	rising
97	Palestine	69,009 number	2019	up 20.3%	rising
98	Libya	68,291 number	2020	up 14.4%	rising
99	Belgium	68,199 number	2020	up 10.9%	falling
100	Nicaragua	68,024 number	2020	up 2.4%	rising
101	Cuba	65,205 number	2020	down 1.6%	falling
102	Mauritania	64,760 number	2020	up 30.6%	rising
103	Belarus	62,768 number	2020	up 37.3%	falling
104	Sweden	60,872 number	2020	up 18.7%	flat
105	El Salvador	58,321 number	2020	down 7.7%	flat
106	Czechia	55,935 number	2020	up 10.0%	falling
107	United Arab Emirates	52,873 number	2020	up 42.1%	volatile
108	Eritrea	48,323 number	2020	up 15.7%	rising
109	Greece	46,853 number	2020	down 14.4%	falling
110	Hungary	45,771 number	2020	down 7.0%	falling
111	Switzerland	44,447 number	2020	up 15.5%	falling
112	Portugal	44,358 number	2020	down 18.8%	falling
113	Austria	43,925 number	2020	up 6.9%	falling
114	Oman	39,917 number	2020	up 63.5%	rising
115	Panama	39,743 number	2020	up 9.4%	rising
116	Mongolia	38,157 number	2020	up 69.7%	rising
117	Costa Rica	36,558 number	2020	up 2.0%	rising
118	Lebanon	36,355 number	1985	up 3.4%	rising
119	Gambia	35,856 number	2020	up 34.4%	rising
120	Bulgaria	34,762 number	2020	up 5.8%	falling
121	Serbia	34,274 number	2019	down 14.8%	falling
122	Kuwait	33,246 number	2020	up 50.1%	rising
123	Ireland	33,102 number	2019	up 4.0%	flat
124	Namibia	32,497 number	2020	up 29.9%	rising
125	Hong Kong	31,778 number	2020	up 31.7%	falling
126	Norway	31,739 number	2020	up 6.5%	flat
127	New Zealand	31,284 number	2020	up 3.5%	rising
128	Finland	31,268 number	2020	up 7.2%	falling
129	Georgia	29,945 number	2020	up 25.2%	falling
130	Denmark	29,553 number	2020	down 11.4%	falling
131	Gabon	29,396 number	2020	up 45.7%	rising
132	Slovakia	28,803 number	2020	up 8.5%	falling
133	Guinea-Bissau	28,766 number	2020	up 33.1%	rising
134	Botswana	27,582 number	2020	up 13.6%	rising
135	Uruguay	24,318 number	2020	down 2.8%	falling
136	Jamaica	24,201 number	2020	down 2.3%	falling
137	Puerto Rico	23,690 number	2013	down 17.7%	falling
138	Lesotho	23,515 number	2020	up 0.3%	rising
139	Armenia	22,884 number	2020	up 21.9%	falling
140	Croatia	20,960 number	2020	down 1.4%	falling
141	Moldova	19,827 number	2019	up 6.0%	falling
142	Albania	17,892 number	2020	down 17.0%	falling
143	Equatorial Guinea	17,538 number	2020	up 45.7%	volatile
144	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16,014 number	2020	—	falling
145	East Timor	15,842 number	2020	down 5.9%	rising
146	Lithuania	14,880 number	2019	up 3.5%	falling
147	Eswatini	14,155 number	2020	down 0.0%	rising
148	Qatar	14,002 number	2020	up 68.5%	volatile
149	North Macedonia	12,125 number	2020	down 3.1%	falling
150	Bahrain	12,066 number	2020	up 38.4%	rising
151	Comoros	11,936 number	2020	up 22.0%	rising
152	Slovenia	11,184 number	2020	up 21.6%	falling
153	Latvia	10,348 number	2019	up 4.5%	falling
154	Solomon Islands	10,150 number	2020	up 32.4%	rising
155	Djibouti	10,004 number	2020	down 2.1%	rising
156	Trinidad and Tobago	9,564 number	2020	down 0.1%	falling
157	Fiji	9,113 number	2020	up 5.2%	rising
158	Guyana	7,734 number	2020	down 0.5%	falling
159	Estonia	7,610 number	2020	up 15.0%	falling
160	Mauritius	6,567 number	2020	down 28.0%	falling
161	Bhutan	6,226 number	2020	down 10.9%	rising
162	Suriname	5,481 number	2020	up 0.7%	flat
163	Cape Verde	5,446 number	2020	up 2.5%	rising
164	Cyprus	4,708 number	2019	up 10.6%	falling
165	Vanuatu	4,069 number	2020	up 33.5%	rising
166	Belize	3,969 number	2020	up 1.3%	rising
167	Maldives	3,927 number	2020	up 39.2%	rising
168	Montenegro	3,789 number	2020	down 8.5%	falling
169	Brunei	3,651 number	2020	up 8.5%	rising
170	Macao	3,547 number	2020	up 91.7%	rising
171	Luxembourg	3,387 number	2020	up 12.2%	rising
172	Sao Tome and Principe	3,126 number	2020	up 10.4%	rising
173	Samoa	2,631 number	2020	up 4.6%	flat
174	Bahamas	2,582 number	2020	down 16.7%	rising
175	Iceland	2,253 number	2020	up 3.3%	rising
176	Malta	2,251 number	2020	up 16.9%	falling
177	Kiribati	1,521 number	2020	up 33.4%	rising
178	Barbados	1,516 number	2020	down 21.0%	falling
179	Tonga	1,274 number	2020	down 9.6%	falling
180	Micronesia (country)	1,222 number	2020	down 0.9%	rising
181	Saint Lucia	1,130 number	2020	down 6.2%	falling
182	Curacao	1,055 number	2020	down 0.4%	flat
183	Grenada	928 number	2020	up 14.6%	falling
184	Seychelles	829 number	2020	up 20.1%	falling
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	826 number	2020	down 1.8%	falling
186	Antigua and Barbuda	756 number	2020	up 10.7%	falling
187	Marshall Islands	728 number	2020	down 12.0%	rising
188	Aruba	556 number	2020	down 20.0%	rising
189	Dominica	437 number	2020	down 8.4%	falling
190	Cayman Islands	386 number	2020	unchanged	rising
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis	353 number	2020	down 2.2%	falling
192	Andorra	350 number	1998	up 20.7%	rising
193	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	296 number	2020	up 26.0%	rising
194	Bermuda	273 number	2020	down 24.8%	falling
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	255 number	2020	down 17.7%	rising
196	Gibraltar	219 number	2020	down 8.0%	flat
197	Liechtenstein	214 number	2020	up 16.3%	flat
198	San Marino	162 number	2020	up 2.5%	flat
199	Tuvalu	139 number	2020	up 8.6%	rising
200	Nauru	137 number	2020	up 18.1%	rising
201	Palau	133 number	2020	down 2.2%	falling
202	British Virgin Islands	132 number	2020	down 35.9%	rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 68.68 million number
IDA & IBRD total 62.08 million number
Low & middle income 61.84 million number
Middle income 52.24 million number
IBRD only 39.76 million number
Early-demographic dividend 32.49 million number
Lower middle income 30.74 million number
IDA total 22.37 million number
Upper middle income 21.50 million number
South Asia 17.64 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 17.64 million number
East Asia & Pacific 16.52 million number

About this data

Indicator: School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, male (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: 07 August 2026