Total Primary Education School Age Population

This key economic indicator for the Elementary School sector has been recently updated.

  1. Nigeria Total Primary Education School Age Population was up 1.8% in 2019, compared to the previous year.
  2. Since 2014 Nigeria Total Primary Education School Age Population grew 2% year on year reaching 31,718,170.79 Persons.
  3. In 2019 India was ranked number 1 in Total Primary Education School Age Population.
  4. In 2015 Maldives was ranked number 161 in Total Primary Education School Age Population to 43,719 Persons, moving from 192 in 2014.

Top Countries in Total Primary Education School Age Population

Units (Persons) - 1975 to 2019

# 192 Countries Units (Persons) Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
India
129,475,712 2019 +0.3 % +0.3 % View data
2 #2
China
88,123,376 2019 -0.9 % -0.8 % View data
3 #3
Nigeria
31,718,171 2019 +1.8 % +2.0 % View data
4 #4
Indonesia
28,444,378 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
5 #5
United States
24,990,105 2019 +0.3 % +0.3 % View data
6 #6
Pakistan
21,987,655 2019 +0.9 % +1.1 % View data
7 #7
Ethiopia
16,884,946 2019 +1.4 % +1.4 % View data
8 #8
Bangladesh
15,799,571 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
9 #9
Brazil
14,973,562 2014 -1.9 % +2.4 % View data
10 #10
Democratic Republic of the Congo
14,108,206 2019 +1.9 % +2.2 % View data
11 #11
Mexico
14,096,690 2019 -0.0 % -0.1 % View data
12 #12
Philippines
12,691,054 2019 +0.3 % +0.4 % View data
13 #13
Egypt
11,406,298 2019 +1.2 % +1.3 % View data
14 #14
Tanzania
10,958,320 2019 +1.9 % +2.2 % View data
15 #15
Uganda
8,844,862 2019 +1.9 % +2.2 % View data
16 #16
Kenya
7,999,553 2019 +1.6 % +1.8 % View data
17 #17
South Africa
7,300,873 2019 +0.1 % +0.2 % View data
18 #18
Iran
7,168,214 2019 +0.8 % +1.0 % View data
19 #19
Vietnam
6,642,148 2019 -0.7 % -0.5 % View data
20 #20
Sudan
6,584,501 2019 +1.2 % +1.3 % View data
21 #21
Japan
6,328,254 2019 -0.9 % -0.9 % View data
22 #22
Afghanistan
6,125,852 2019 +1.9 % +1.9 % View data
23 #23
Mozambique
6,047,221 2019 +1.9 % +2.1 % View data
24 #24
Russia
6,025,662 2019 +0.5 % +0.7 % View data
25 #25
Iraq
5,810,548 2019 +1.6 % +1.9 % View data
26 #26
Myanmar
5,117,739 2019 -0.1 % -0.3 % View data
27 #27
Angola
4,994,231 2019 +2.6 % +2.9 % View data
28 #28
Turkey
4,896,635 2019 -1.9 % -1.4 % View data
29 #29
Thailand
4,637,806 2019 -1.5 % -1.5 % View data
30 #30
United Kingdom
4,539,315 2019 +0.3 % +0.7 % View data
31 #31
Argentina
4,385,918 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
32 #32
Yemen
4,320,358 2019 +1.1 % +1.3 % View data
33 #33
Ghana
4,163,505 2019 +1.3 % +1.5 % View data
34 #34
France
4,054,237 2019 +0.4 % +0.4 % View data
35 #35
Cameroon
3,961,747 2019 +1.5 % +1.7 % View data
36 #36
Colombia
3,897,633 2019 -0.4 % -0.5 % View data
37 #37
Ivory Coast
3,801,007 2019 +1.3 % +1.4 % View data
38 #38
Niger
3,698,767 2019 +2.4 % +2.8 % View data
39 #39
Saudi Arabia
3,583,898 2019 +0.6 % +0.8 % View data
40 #40
Venezuela
3,527,049 2019 +0.3 % +0.4 % View data
41 #41
Peru
3,458,854 2019 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
42 #42
Morocco
3,445,104 2019 -0.3 % -0.1 % View data
43 #43
Zambia
3,394,476 2019 +1.8 % +2.1 % View data
44 #44
Madagascar
3,393,964 2019 +1.4 % +1.6 % View data
45 #45
Burkina Faso
3,328,935 2019 +2.0 % +2.2 % View data
46 #46
Nepal
3,197,265 2019 -0.2 % -0.4 % View data
47 #47
Mali
3,180,381 2019 +2.0 % +2.4 % View data
48 #48
Algeria
3,178,472 2019 -0.7 % +0.1 % View data
49 #49
Malawi
3,168,415 2019 +1.8 % +2.5 % View data
50 #50
Spain
2,963,508 2019 +0.9 % +0.9 % View data
51 #51
Zimbabwe
2,917,394 2019 +1.0 % +1.3 % View data
52 #52
Malaysia
2,856,026 2019 -0.6 % -0.8 % View data
53 #53
Italy
2,824,719 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
54 #54
Chad
2,650,530 2019 +2.0 % +2.2 % View data
55 #55
Germany
2,609,236 2019 -1.2 % -1.2 % View data
56 #56
Senegal
2,573,126 2019 +1.7 % +2.0 % View data
57 #57
South Korea
2,476,035 2019 -2.6 % NA View data
58 #58
Guatemala
2,428,955 2019 +0.8 % +0.8 % View data
59 #59
Canada
2,204,414 2019 -0.2 % -0.0 % View data
60 #60
Australia
2,152,599 2019 +0.8 % NA View data
61 #61
South Sudan
2,140,112 2019 +1.9 % +2.1 % View data
62 #62
Guinea
2,067,145 2019 +1.6 % +1.8 % View data
63 #63
Uzbekistan
2,043,216 2019 -0.3 % +0.1 % View data
64 #64
Rwanda
1,967,417 2019 +1.6 % +1.8 % View data
65 #65
Somalia
1,967,088 2019 +1.5 % +1.7 % View data
66 #66
Poland
1,948,403 2019 -2.3 % -1.9 % View data
67 #67
North Korea
1,901,019 2019 +1.1 % +0.6 % View data
68 #68
Ecuador
1,863,865 2019 +0.3 % +0.4 % View data
69 #69
Benin
1,857,690 2019 +1.6 % +1.8 % View data
70 #70
Cambodia
1,848,899 2019 -0.0 % +0.2 % View data
71 #71
Syria
1,832,023 2019 -0.7 % -0.8 % View data
72 #72
Burundi
1,774,852 2019 +1.6 % +2.0 % View data
73 #73
Sri Lanka
1,766,896 2019 +0.2 % +0.1 % View data
74 #74
Ukraine
1,701,290 2019 +0.1 % +1.0 % View data
75 #75
Haiti
1,453,572 2019 +0.4 % +0.4 % View data
76 #76
Chile
1,424,589 2019 -0.5 % -0.5 % View data
77 #77
Papua New Guinea
1,413,167 2019 +2.0 % +2.0 % View data
78 #78
Dominican Republic
1,283,582 2019 +0.4 % +0.4 % View data
79 #79
Togo
1,238,495 2019 +1.6 % +1.9 % View data
80 #80
Netherlands
1,151,805 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
81 #81
Sierra Leone
1,111,340 2019 +1.5 % +1.7 % View data
82 #82
Jordan
1,099,595 2019 +1.6 % +1.8 % View data
83 #83
Kazakhstan
1,076,418 2019 +0.5 % +1.3 % View data
84 #84
Romania
1,067,327 2019 +0.4 % +0.3 % View data
85 #85
Honduras
1,044,403 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
86 #86
Tunisia
942,186 2019 -0.7 % -0.4 % View data
87 #87
Israel
884,073 2019 +1.2 % +1.3 % View data
88 #88
Paraguay
794,361 2019 -0.0 % +0.1 % View data
89 #89
Liberia
790,947 2019 +1.9 % +2.0 % View data
90 #90
Republic of the Congo
780,402 2019 +1.8 % +2.0 % View data
91 #91
Eritrea
779,562 2019 +1.8 % +2.0 % View data
92 #92
Laos
764,091 2019 +0.2 % +0.4 % View data
93 #93
Central African Republic
758,004 2019 +1.0 % +1.0 % View data
94 #94
Belgium
754,708 2019 +0.3 % +0.5 % View data
95 #95
Libya
748,376 2019 +0.5 % +0.7 % View data
96 #96
Nicaragua
727,591 2019 -0.3 % -0.2 % View data
97 #97
Cuba
720,146 2019 -1.5 % -1.5 % View data
98 #98
Tajikistan
695,281 2019 +0.2 % +0.4 % View data
99 #99
Mauritania
656,376 2019 +1.5 % +1.7 % View data
100 #100
El Salvador
641,483 2019 -1.5 % -1.5 % View data
101 #101
Sweden
640,614 2019 +0.2 % +0.5 % View data
102 #102
Greece
635,582 2019 -0.3 % -0.3 % View data
103 #103
Portugal
594,361 2019 -0.8 % -0.9 % View data
104 #104
Ireland
563,777 2019 +1.3 % +1.4 % View data
105 #105
Lebanon
561,792 2019 +1.6 % +1.9 % View data
106 #106
Czech Republic
537,650 2019 +0.5 % +0.8 % View data
107 #107
Palestine
494,656 2019 +1.0 % +1.2 % View data
108 #108
Azerbaijan
488,128 2014 -1.5 % -1.1 % View data
109 #109
Denmark
479,488 2019 +0.8 % +0.8 % View data
110 #110
Switzerland
463,253 2019 -0.3 % -0.2 % View data
111 #111
Norway
432,402 2019 +0.2 % +0.3 % View data
112 #112
United Arab Emirates
429,230 2019 +2.0 % +2.3 % View data
113 #113
Panama
428,653 2019 +0.5 % +0.5 % View data
114 #114
Turkmenistan
427,947 2019 +1.6 % +1.3 % View data
115 #115
Costa Rica
420,594 2019 -0.5 % -0.4 % View data
116 #116
Kyrgyzstan
415,066 2019 +0.1 % +0.6 % View data
117 #117
Namibia
399,340 2019 +0.6 % +0.7 % View data
118 #118
New Zealand
375,714 2019 +0.5 % +0.6 % View data
119 #119
Hungary
372,112 2019 -0.9 % -0.8 % View data
120 #120
Belarus
359,489 2019 -1.1 % -0.7 % View data
121 #121
Finland
341,301 2019 -0.5 % -0.3 % View data
122 #122
Lesotho
340,306 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
123 #123
Botswana
325,088 2019 +0.4 % +0.5 % View data
124 #124
Gambia
320,571 2014 +6.7 % +4.1 % View data
125 #125
Oman
315,776 2019 +0.2 % +0.8 % View data
126 #126
Austria
308,014 2019 -0.8 % -0.8 % View data
127 #127
Guinea-Bissau
294,321 2019 +1.4 % +1.5 % View data
128 #128
Uruguay
288,790 2019 -0.5 % -0.5 % View data
129 #129
Kuwait
284,549 2019 +2.2 % +3.0 % View data
130 #130
Serbia
281,569 2014 -1.4 % -0.5 % View data
131 #131
Puerto Rico
259,971 2019 -2.1 % -2.1 % View data
132 #132
Bulgaria
252,013 2019 -1.1 % -0.7 % View data
133 #133
Mongolia
251,797 2019 +0.8 % +1.4 % View data
134 #134
Georgia
228,082 2019 -1.7 % -1.4 % View data
135 #135
Swaziland
217,063 2019 +0.2 % +0.4 % View data
136 #136
Slovakia
202,814 2019 -1.2 % -0.8 % View data
137 #137
Gabon
200,824 2019 +0.0 % +0.3 % View data
138 #138
East Timor
183,264 2019 +0.4 % +0.4 % View data
139 #139
Bosnia and Herzegovina
160,695 2019 -0.5 % -0.0 % View data
140 #140
Croatia
153,402 2019 -1.6 % -1.2 % View data
141 #141
Moldova
148,736 2014 +0.9 % -0.9 % View data
142 #142
Albania
145,193 2019 -3.6 % -3.5 % View data
143 #143
Trinidad and Tobago
128,251 2019 -0.5 % -0.3 % View data
144 #144
Equatorial Guinea
127,916 2019 +1.9 % +2.2 % View data
145 #145
Comoros
125,565 2019 +1.3 % +1.5 % View data
146 #146
Slovenia
119,002 2019 +0.9 % +1.1 % View data
147 #147
Latvia
116,842 2019 +0.1 % +0.5 % View data
148 #148
Macedonia
114,670 2019 -0.7 % -0.9 % View data
149 #149
Fiji
103,025 2019 +0.2 % +0.3 % View data
150 #150
Bhutan
98,647 2019 -0.2 % -0.2 % View data
151 #151
Solomon Islands
96,277 2019 +1.3 % +1.5 % View data
152 #152
Mauritius
93,493 2019 -1.6 % -1.9 % View data
153 #153
Djibouti
91,832 2019 -0.7 % -0.6 % View data
154 #154
Guyana
88,824 2019 -1.7 % -2.3 % View data
155 #155
Lithuania
85,991 2019 -4.6 % -4.0 % View data
156 #156
Estonia
76,129 2019 -0.9 % -0.4 % View data
157 #157
Suriname
58,173 2019 -0.2 % -0.2 % View data
158 #158
Cape Verde
56,509 2019 -1.1 % -0.9 % View data
159 #159
Cyprus
52,217 2019 -0.7 % -0.5 % View data
160 #160
Belize
47,308 2019 +0.5 % +0.3 % View data
161 #161
Maldives
43,719 2015 NA NA View data
162 #162
Montenegro
41,201 2019 +0.7 % +0.7 % View data
163 #163
Vanuatu
39,982 2019 +1.2 % +1.6 % View data
164 #164
Luxembourg
37,276 2019 +0.5 % +0.4 % View data
165 #165
Brunei
36,779 2019 -0.6 % -0.8 % View data
166 #166
Sao Tome and Principe
33,617 2019 +1.7 % +1.7 % View data
167 #167
Samoa
30,426 2019 +0.5 % +0.6 % View data
168 #168
Iceland
30,305 2019 +0.0 % +0.2 % View data
169 #169
Bahamas
30,079 2019 -0.5 % -0.1 % View data
170 #170
Malta
22,471 2019 -1.9 % -1.9 % View data
171 #171
Barbados
22,186 2019 -0.3 % -0.4 % View data
172 #172
Tonga
16,044 2019 +0.3 % +0.3 % View data
173 #173
Kiribati
15,338 2019 +0.7 % +1.4 % View data
174 #174
Federated States of Micronesia
13,810 2019 -1.1 % -1.2 % View data
175 #175
Grenada
12,019 2019 -1.3 % -1.0 % View data
176 #176
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
11,980 2019 -1.5 % -1.4 % View data
177 #177
Antigua and Barbuda
10,319 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
178 #178
Marshall Islands
9,101 2019 +0.8 % +0.9 % View data
179 #179
Seychelles
8,708 2019 +0.2 % +0.6 % View data
180 #180
Aruba
8,263 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
181 #181
Saint Kitts and Nevis
6,615 2019 -0.0 % +0.0 % View data
182 #182
Dominica
5,689 2019 -3.1 % -2.7 % View data
183 #183
Bermuda
4,501 2019 -0.6 % -0.8 % View data
184 #184
British Virgin Islands
3,504 2019 +0.8 % +0.8 % View data
185 #185
Liechtenstein
1,879 2014 -0.9 % -1.4 % View data
186 #186
San Marino
1,665 2014 +1.0 % -0.3 % View data
187 #187
Cook Islands
1,646 2019 -1.3 % -1.1 % View data
188 #188
Nauru
1,588 2019 +0.4 % +1.1 % View data
189 #189
Tuvalu
1,427 2019 +0.1 % +0.3 % View data
190 #190
Palau
1,356 2019 -0.7 % -1.1 % View data
191 #191
Niue
149 2019 -1.3 % -1.4 % View data
192 #192
Tokelau
130 2019 -2.3 % -1.3 % View data

Source: United Nations Statistical Office

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