| Primary education, pupils - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Nigeria (2006) | 22,861,884 |
| 2 | North Africa (2007) | 19,075,134 |
| 3 | Africa (2008) | 15,349,176 |
| 4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008) | 15,349,176 |
| 5 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008) | 15,349,176 |
| 6 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2008) | 15,349,176 |
| 7 | Ethiopia (2007) | 12,174,719 |
| 8 | Egypt (2007) | 9,988,181 |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007) | 8,839,888 |
| 10 | Tanzania (2008) | 8,624,190 |
| 11 | Uganda (2007) | 7,537,971 |
| 12 | South Africa (2007) | 7,312,258 |
| 13 | Kenya (2007) | 6,687,510 |
| 14 | Mozambique (2007) | 4,563,633 |
| 15 | Algeria (2007) | 4,078,954 |
| 16 | Sudan (2007) | 3,959,310 |
| 17 | Morocco (2007) | 3,939,177 |
| 18 | Madagascar (2007) | 3,837,343 |
| 19 | Ghana (2008) | 3,616,023 |
| 20 | Cameroon (2007) | 3,120,357 |
| 21 | Malawi (2007) | 2,943,248 |
| 22 | Zambia (2007) | 2,790,312 |
| 23 | Zimbabwe (2006) | 2,445,520 |
| 24 | Ivory Coast (2007) | 2,179,801 |
| 25 | Rwanda (2007) | 2,150,430 |
| 26 | Burkina Faso (2008) | 1,742,439 |
| 27 | Mali (2007) | 1,716,956 |
| 28 | Senegal (2007) | 1,572,178 |
| 29 | Burundi (2007) | 1,490,844 |
| 30 | Benin (2006) | 1,356,818 |
| 31 | Angola (1998) | 1,342,116 |
| 32 | Chad (2007) | 1,324,298 |
| 33 | Sierra Leone (2007) | 1,322,205 |
| 34 | Guinea (2007) | 1,317,791 |
| 35 | Niger (2007) | 1,235,065 |
| 36 | Tunisia (2007) | 1,068,822 |
| 37 | Togo (2007) | 1,021,617 |
| 38 | Libya (2006) | 755,338 |
| 39 | Republic of the Congo (2007) | 621,702 |
| 40 | Liberia (2008) | 538,842 |
| 41 | Central African Republic (2008) | 522,187 |
| 42 | Mauritania (2007) | 483,776 |
| 43 | Lesotho (2006) | 424,855 |
| 44 | Namibia (2007) | 409,508 |
| 45 | Eritrea (2007) | 331,855 |
| 46 | Botswana (2005) | 326,500 |
| 47 | Gabon (2004) | 281,371 |
| 48 | Swaziland (2007) | 232,572 |
| 49 | Gambia (2008) | 216,516 |
| 50 | Guinea-Bissau (2001) | 155,033 |
| 51 | Somalia (1999) | 148,015 |
| 52 | Mauritius (2007) | 119,310 |
| 53 | Comoros (2005) | 106,700 |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea (2007) | 81,099 |
| 55 | Cape Verde (2007) | 78,801 |
| 56 | Djibouti (2008) | 56,395 |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe (2008) | 32,584 |
| 58 | Seychelles (2007) | 8,864 |
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