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School age population, primary education, male (number)

Name: School age population, primary education, male (number) by country, 2025
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School age population, primary education, male (number) league table
#	Country	number	Region	Income
1	India	59.04M	South Asia	Lower middle income
2	China	56.16M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Nigeria	19.15M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Pakistan	15.5M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
5	Indonesia	14.66M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	United States	12.55M	North America	High income
7	Ethiopia	9.78M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Congo, Dem. Rep.	9.63M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Egypt, Arab Rep.	8.1M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
10	Bangladesh	8.06M	South Asia	Lower middle income
11	Philippines	6.98M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
12	Tanzania	6.39M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Uganda	4.91M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Iran, Islamic Rep.	4.66M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
15	Kenya	4.11M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Viet Nam	4.11M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
17	Sudan	3.98M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Russian Federation	3.85M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	South Africa	3.68M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
20	Afghanistan	3.57M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
21	Iraq	3.47M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
22	Mozambique	3.45M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Yemen, Rep.	3.31M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
24	Angola	3.29M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Japan	3.06M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
26	Turkiye	2.66M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
27	Algeria	2.56M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
28	Ghana	2.5M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Niger	2.42M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Cameroon	2.39M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Cote d'Ivoire	2.34M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Myanmar	2.3M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
33	Thailand	2.26M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
34	Argentina	2.25M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
35	Mali	2.17M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Madagascar	2.06M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Burkina Faso	2.03M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Morocco	2.01M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
39	Zambia	1.97M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Chad	1.8M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Malaysia	1.72M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
42	Malawi	1.72M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Saudi Arabia	1.69M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	Peru	1.66M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Zimbabwe	1.58M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Venezuela, RB	1.55M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
47	Uzbekistan	1.47M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
48	Senegal	1.45M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Nepal	1.43M	South Asia	Lower middle income
50	Canada	1.35M	North America	High income
51	Syrian Arab Republic	1.31M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
52	Burundi	1.26M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Guatemala	1.22M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Benin	1.21M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	1.2M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
56	Guinea	1.17M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
57	Cambodia	1.08M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
58	Rwanda	1.02M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Ecuador	948,907	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
60	South Sudan	898,155	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	858,809	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
62	Sri Lanka	855,347	South Asia	Upper middle income
63	Kazakhstan	823,526	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
64	Chile	752,683	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
65	Bolivia	748,483	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
66	Ukraine	747,834	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
67	Togo	743,419	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Haiti	739,060	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
69	Papua New Guinea	723,378	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
70	Honduras	670,431	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
71	Tunisia	654,943	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
72	Sierra Leone	647,168	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
73	Jordan	588,171	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
74	Dominican Republic	580,911	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Israel	556,958	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
76	Tajikistan	533,612	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
77	Congo, Rep.	509,423	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Central African Republic	496,411	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
79	Liberia	441,674	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
80	Mauritania	435,814	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
81	Libya	426,743	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
82	Paraguay	410,414	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Nicaragua	405,953	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
84	Lao PDR	404,756	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
85	Cuba	361,768	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Turkmenistan	339,465	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	El Salvador	333,936	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Kyrgyz Republic	326,972	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
89	Lebanon	321,525	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
90	Azerbaijan	307,997	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	West Bank and Gaza	294,095	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
92	United Arab Emirates	250,348	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
93	Namibia	248,693	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Panama	238,835	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
95	Gambia, The	222,619	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
96	Belarus	222,577	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
97	Eritrea	220,449	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	Costa Rica	216,915	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
99	Mongolia	207,988	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
100	Oman	197,207	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
101	Lesotho	193,957	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
102	Botswana	182,147	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
103	Georgia	178,212	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
104	Guinea-Bissau	171,345	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	Kuwait	162,119	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
106	Hong Kong SAR, China	158,600	East Asia & Pacific	High income
107	Gabon	155,848	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
108	Uruguay	139,790	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Singapore	138,104	East Asia & Pacific	High income
110	Equatorial Guinea	138,012	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
111	Serbia	131,629	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Jamaica	107,613	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Timor-Leste	99,945	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
114	Qatar	99,169	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
115	Eswatini	96,283	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	Puerto Rico (US)	80,347	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
117	Armenia	79,354	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	71,195	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Trinidad and Tobago	64,829	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Bahrain	64,549	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
121	Albania	63,280	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Solomon Islands	62,933	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
123	North Macedonia	54,512	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
124	Comoros	54,034	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
125	Fiji	52,328	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	Guyana	49,381	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
127	Mauritius	39,745	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
128	Bhutan	34,770	South Asia	Lower middle income
129	Suriname	33,252	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
130	Cabo Verde	30,052	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
131	Vanuatu	26,081	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
132	Belize	23,718	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
133	Maldives	22,801	South Asia	Upper middle income
134	Macao SAR, China	21,200	East Asia & Pacific	High income
135	Brunei Darussalam	20,540	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Montenegro	20,214	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	Samoa	17,814	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
138	Sao Tome and Principe	17,680	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Iceland	16,305	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Bahamas, The	14,207	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
141	Guam	12,126	East Asia & Pacific	High income
142	New Caledonia	10,437	East Asia & Pacific	High income
143	Barbados	9,818	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
144	French Polynesia	9,552	East Asia & Pacific	High income
145	Kiribati	9,337	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
146	Tonga	7,486	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	St. Lucia	7,444	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
148	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	7,328	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
149	Curacao	6,222	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
150	Grenada	5,342	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
151	Seychelles	5,340	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
152	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5,261	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
153	Aruba	3,888	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
154	Antigua and Barbuda	3,749	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
155	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	2,856	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
156	Dominica	2,778	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
157	American Samoa	2,628	East Asia & Pacific	High income
158	Marshall Islands	2,593	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
159	Cayman Islands	2,291	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Andorra	2,099	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	St. Kitts and Nevis	2,076	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
162	Bermuda	1,788	North America	High income
163	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,480	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
164	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,442	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
165	Gibraltar	1,398	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	British Virgin Islands	1,376	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
167	Liechtenstein	1,020	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Naoero	937	East Asia & Pacific	High income
169	Monaco	900	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	San Marino	714	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Palau	699	East Asia & Pacific	High income
172	Tuvalu	689	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

School age population, primary education, male (number)