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Education > Elementary school > Enrolled students: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 India 140.36 million 2007
2 China 105.95 million 2008
3 Indonesia 29.5 million 2008
4 United States 24.68 million 2008
5 Nigeria 21.63 million 2007
6 Pakistan 18.18 million 2008
7 Brazil 17.81 million 2008
8 Bangladesh 16 million 2008
Emerging markets average (profile) 15.78 million 2007
9 Mexico 14.7 million 2008
10 Philippines 13.41 million 2008
11 Ethiopia 12.74 million 2008
Non-religious countries average (profile) 12.37 million 2008
Religious countries average (profile) 11.94 million 2007
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.97 million 2008
South Asia average (profile) 9.79 million 2008
13 Tanzania 8.6 million 2008
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 8.04 million 2003
14 Uganda 7.96 million 2008
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 7.73 million 2007
15 South Africa 7.31 million 2007
16 Japan 7.17 million 2008
17 Vietnam 6.87 million 2008
18 Kenya 6.87 million 2008
19 Turkey 6.76 million 2008
Former British colonies average (profile) 6.39 million 2007
20 Thailand 5.56 million 2008
21 Colombia 5.29 million 2008
22 Burma 5.11 million 2008
23 Russia 4.97 million 2008
24 Mozambique 4.9 million 2008
25 Afghanistan 4.89 million 2008
26 Sudan 4.74 million 2009
27 Argentina 4.7 million 2007
Cold countries average (profile) 4.56 million 2006
South and Central Asia average (profile) 4.49 million 2008
28 United Kingdom 4.47 million 2008
29 Iraq 4.43 million 2005
30 Nepal 4.42 million 2008
OPEC countries average (profile) 4.3 million 2005
31 France 4.14 million 2008
32 Madagascar 4.02 million 2008
33 Algeria 3.94 million 2008
34 Angola 3.93 million 2008
35 Morocco 3.88 million 2008
36 Peru 3.85 million 2008
Muslim countries average (profile) 3.63 million 2005
37 Ghana 3.63 million 2008
38 Venezuela 3.44 million 2008
39 Germany 3.24 million 2008
40 Saudi Arabia 3.21 million 2008
41 Cameroon 3.2 million 2008
42 Malawi 3.2 million 2008
43 Malaysia 3.1 million 2007
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 3.04 million 2007
44 Zambia 2.91 million 2008
45 Italy 2.82 million 2007
46 Spain 2.63 million 2008
failed states average (profile) 2.51 million 1985
47 Guatemala 2.5 million 2008
Catholic countries average (profile) 2.49 million 2007
48 Poland 2.48 million 2007
49 Zimbabwe 2.45 million 2006
50 Syria 2.36 million 2008
51 Cote d'Ivoire 2.36 million 2008
52 Cambodia 2.34 million 2008
53 Canada 2.31 million 2006
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 2.26 million 2002
Former French colonies average (profile) 2.2 million 2008
High income OECD countries average (profile) 2.2 million 2007
54 Rwanda 2.19 million 2008
55 Uzbekistan 2.07 million 2008
56 Ecuador 2.04 million 2008
57 Australia 1.98 million 2008
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 1.95 million 2007
58 Burkina Faso 1.91 million 2009
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 1.83 million 2007
59 Mali 1.82 million 2008
60 Chile 1.68 million 2007
61 Sri Lanka 1.63 million 2008
62 Senegal 1.62 million 2008
63 Burundi 1.6 million 2008
64 Benin 1.6 million 2008
65 Ukraine 1.57 million 2008
66 Niger 1.55 million 2009
67 Bolivia 1.51 million 2007
68 Chad 1.5 million 2008
69 Haiti 1.43 million 1997
70 Guinea 1.36 million 2008
NATO countries average (profile) 1.35 million 2007
71 Sierra Leone 1.32 million 2007
72 Dominican Republic 1.31 million 2008
73 Netherlands 1.29 million 2008
74 Honduras 1.28 million 2008
Europe average (profile) 1.08 million 2007
75 Tunisia 1.04 million 2008
76 Togo 1.02 million 2007
European Union average (profile) 1.01 million 2007
Eurozone average (profile) 1 million 2007
77 El Salvador 993,795 2008
78 Kazakhstan 950,976 2009
79 Nicaragua 944,341 2008
80 Laos 900,817 2008
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 895,933.93 1980
81 Paraguay 894,422 2007
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 888,069.79 2008
82 Cuba 871,444 2008
83 Romania 865,175 2008
84 Israel 841,394 2008
85 Jordan 817,160 2008
86 Libya 755,338 2006
87 Portugal 753,646 2007
88 Belgium 733,052 2008
89 Tajikistan 692,247 2008
90 Greece 639,083 2007
91 Congo, Republic of the 628,081 2008
92 Sweden 584,726 2008
93 Central African Republic 584,078 2008
94 Liberia 539,887 2008
95 Costa Rica 534,816 2008
96 Papua New Guinea 532,250 2006
97 Switzerland 505,382 2008
98 Azerbaijan 496,697 2008
99 Ireland 486,921 2008
100 Mauritania 473,688 2008
101 Lebanon 467,311 2008
102 Czech Republic 459,899 2008
103 Somalia 457,132 2007
104 Panama 445,107 2008
105 Norway 429,585 2008
106 Denmark 415,793 2007
107 Namibia 407,402 2008
108 Lesotho 400,943 2007
109 Kyrgyzstan 399,833 2008
110 Hungary 394,246 2008
111 Belarus 362,377 2008
112 Uruguay 359,439 2007
113 Finland 357,403 2008
114 New Zealand 348,160 2008
115 Austria 337,448 2008
116 Botswana 330,417 2006
117 Jamaica 315,129 2008
118 Eritrea 314,034 2008
119 Georgia 311,265 2008
120 Singapore 299,704 2008
121 Serbia and Montenegro 289,785 2008
122 United Arab Emirates 284,034 2007
123 Gabon 281,371 2004
124 Oman 271,407 2008
125 Guinea-Bissau 269,287 2006
126 Bulgaria 262,701 2008
127 Albania 250,487 2004
128 Mongolia 239,663 2008
129 Swaziland 232,572 2007
130 Slovakia 224,769 2008
131 The Gambia 220,931 2008
132 Kuwait 208,608 2008
133 East Timor 201,264 2008
134 Croatia 190,693 2007
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 181,917 2008
136 Moldova 151,736 2008
137 Lithuania 135,719 2008
138 Trinidad and Tobago 130,880 2008
139 Armenia 121,841 2008
140 Mauritius 119,022 2008
141 Latvia 117,129 2008
142 Comoros 111,115 2008
143 Bhutan 108,842 2009
144 Guyana 107,456 2008
145 Slovenia 107,295 2008
146 Fiji 102,543 2008
147 Bahrain 86,084 2008
148 Solomon Islands 83,232 2007
149 Equatorial Guinea 81,099 2007
150 Qatar 78,123 2008
151 Cape Verde 76,299 2008
152 Estonia 74,629 2008
153 Suriname 69,604 2008
154 Cyprus 56,799 2008
155 Djibouti 56,395 2008
156 Belize 51,994 2008
157 Maldives 47,082 2008
158 Brunei 45,125 2008
159 Vanuatu 37,817 2007
160 The Bahamas 36,833 2008
161 Luxembourg 35,630 2008
162 Sao Tome and Principe 33,789 2009
163 Samoa 30,199 2007
164 Iceland 29,945 2008
165 French Polynesia 29,415 1996
166 Malta 27,782 2007
167 Barbados 22,849 2008
168 Netherlands Antilles 22,667 2003
169 New Caledonia 22,308 1994
170 Saint Lucia 20,938 2008
171 Tonga 16,941 2006
172 Kiribati 16,123 2008
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15,532 2008
174 Virgin Islands 14,544 1993
175 Grenada 13,873 2008
176 Antigua and Barbuda 11,562 2008
177 Aruba 10,012 2008
178 Seychelles 8,744 2008
179 Dominica 8,369 2008
180 Marshall Islands 8,215 2007
181 American Samoa 6,728 2006
182 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6,474 2008
183 Bermuda 4,678 2006
184 Cayman Islands 3,736 2008
185 Gibraltar 3,211 2008
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,220 2005
187 Liechtenstein 2,158 2008
188 Monaco 1,837 2009
189 San Marino 1,573 2008
190 Palau 1,544 2007
191 Tuvalu 1,460 2006

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