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School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number)

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1India11.46M
  2. 2China7.7M
  3. 3Nigeria3.25M
  4. 4Pakistan3.19M
  5. 5Indonesia2.32M
  6. 6United States1.96M
  7. 7Congo, Dem. Rep.1.82M
  8. 8Ethiopia1.81M
  9. 9Bangladesh1.64M
  10. 10Egypt, Arab Rep.1.2M
  11. 11Philippines1.1M
  12. 12Tanzania1.03M
  13. 13Russian Federation829,617
  14. 14Viet Nam773,599
  15. 15Uganda771,319
  16. 16Sudan735,923
  17. 17Kenya690,682
  18. 18Iran, Islamic Rep.662,641
  19. 19Afghanistan641,310
  20. 20Turkiye621,058
  21. 21Yemen, Rep.616,838
  22. 22Angola598,308
  23. 23Iraq561,246
  24. 24South Africa559,892
  25. 25Mozambique544,472
  26. 26Algeria503,831
  27. 27Japan468,140
  28. 28Myanmar454,373
  29. 29Madagascar447,797
  30. 30Niger436,022
  31. 31Cameroon430,111
  32. 32Ghana420,743
  33. 33Cote d'Ivoire400,893
  34. 34Mali391,617
  35. 35Uzbekistan387,887
  36. 36Thailand361,812
  37. 37Chad336,870
  38. 38Burkina Faso333,245
  39. 39Morocco329,270
  40. 40Somalia, Fed. Rep.326,353
  41. 41Argentina316,731
  42. 42Malawi299,448
  43. 43Zambia299,105
  44. 44Nepal279,745
  45. 45Saudi Arabia275,632
  46. 46Peru275,609
  47. 47Senegal247,632
  48. 48Malaysia245,829
  49. 49Zimbabwe223,918
  50. 50Venezuela, RB221,922
  51. 51Syrian Arab Republic218,919
  52. 52Kazakhstan212,994
  53. 53Burundi212,849
  54. 54Benin212,015
  55. 55Guinea208,590
  56. 56Canada208,394
  57. 57Guatemala201,350
  58. 58Cambodia187,972
  59. 59Korea, Dem. People's Rep.175,233
  60. 60Rwanda169,771
  61. 61Sri Lanka166,868
  62. 62Ukraine162,948
  63. 63Ecuador146,103
  64. 64South Sudan144,983
  65. 65Tajikistan133,887
  66. 66Togo131,152
  67. 67Bolivia125,882
  68. 68Papua New Guinea124,201
  69. 69Haiti123,733
  70. 70Chile120,212
  71. 71Honduras115,271
  72. 72Sierra Leone113,646
  73. 73Jordan105,082
  74. 74Tunisia100,587
  75. 75Dominican Republic96,146
  76. 76Israel95,994
  77. 77Congo, Rep.86,925
  78. 78Central African Republic86,627
  79. 79Kyrgyz Republic85,802
  80. 80Turkmenistan84,062
  81. 81Lao PDR81,388
  82. 82Azerbaijan79,244
  83. 83Mauritania78,348
  84. 84Liberia75,965
  85. 85West Bank and Gaza73,294
  86. 86Paraguay69,512
  87. 87Libya67,612
  88. 88Nicaragua66,920
  89. 89United Arab Emirates61,844
  90. 90Cuba54,977
  91. 91El Salvador50,867
  92. 92Oman48,221
  93. 93Eritrea45,104
  94. 94Belarus44,120
  95. 95Lebanon43,168
  96. 96Namibia39,296
  97. 97Mongolia38,225
  98. 98Panama37,866
  99. 99Gambia, The36,905
  100. 100Serbia33,009
  101. 101Gabon32,994
  102. 102Kuwait29,277
  103. 103Guinea-Bissau29,175
  104. 104Costa Rica28,906
  105. 105Botswana27,807
  106. 106Lesotho26,988
  107. 107Georgia26,454
  108. 108Hong Kong SAR, China25,100
  109. 109Equatorial Guinea24,447
  110. 110Singapore23,436
  111. 111Uruguay23,010
  112. 112Armenia18,621
  113. 113Qatar16,883
  114. 114Jamaica16,854
  115. 115Timor-Leste16,799
  116. 116Eswatini14,136
  117. 117Bosnia and Herzegovina14,101
  118. 118Albania11,617
  119. 119Comoros11,281
  120. 120Puerto Rico (US)11,010
  121. 121Solomon Islands10,491
  122. 122North Macedonia10,211
  123. 123Bahrain10,209
  124. 124Trinidad and Tobago8,699
  125. 125Fiji8,564
  126. 126Guyana8,511
  127. 127Mauritius6,443
  128. 128Suriname5,395
  129. 129Cabo Verde4,843
  130. 130Bhutan4,733
  131. 131Vanuatu4,522
  132. 132Montenegro3,876
  133. 133Belize3,659
  134. 134Maldives3,370
  135. 135Brunei Darussalam3,275
  136. 136Sao Tome and Principe3,027
  137. 137Macao SAR, China3,000
  138. 138Samoa2,922
  139. 139Iceland2,413
  140. 140Bahamas, The2,225
  141. 141New Caledonia2,152
  142. 142Kiribati1,654
  143. 143Barbados1,602
  144. 144French Polynesia1,576
  145. 145Guam1,535
  146. 146Micronesia, Fed. Sts.1,226
  147. 147Tonga1,200
  148. 148St. Lucia1,040
  149. 149Seychelles902
  150. 150Curacao772
  151. 151Grenada715
  152. 152St. Vincent and the Grenadines638
  153. 153Antigua and Barbuda562
  154. 154Aruba557
  155. 155Virgin Islands (U.S.)463
  156. 156Marshall Islands440
  157. 157Cayman Islands406
  158. 158American Samoa403
  159. 159Dominica369
  160. 160St. Kitts and Nevis291
  161. 161Bermuda290
  162. 162Turks and Caicos Islands271
  163. 163Andorra267
  164. 164Gibraltar233
  165. 165Liechtenstein209
  166. 166Sint Maarten (Dutch part)199
  167. 167Monaco187
  168. 168British Virgin Islands167
  169. 169Naoero143
  170. 170San Marino128
  171. 171Tuvalu115
  172. 172Palau97

School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number)