Top 20 countries by number of primary school teachers

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1. 1 🇨🇳

   China

   中华人民共和国

   6,739,300 year 2024

   Also in: #2 countries by air passengers carried a year#1 countries by CO2 emissions a year#1 countries by labour force#1 countries by patent applications a year

2. 2 🇮🇳

   India

   भारत

   5,190,989 year 2025

   Also in: #4 countries by air passengers carried a year#3 countries by CO2 emissions a year#2 countries by labour force#5 countries by patent applications a year

3. 3 🇺🇸

   United States

   1,779,956 year 2023

   Also in: #1 countries by air passengers carried a year#2 countries by CO2 emissions a year#1 countries by engineering graduates per year#9 countries by income per person (GDP per person, PPP)

4. 4 🇮🇩

   Indonesia

   1,509,890 year 2025

   Also in: #9 countries by air passengers carried a year#7 countries by CO2 emissions a year#4 countries by labour force#3 countries by new doctors per year

5. 5 🇳🇬

   Nigeria

   913,305 year 2021

   Also in: #5 countries by labour force#6 countries by population#6 countries by people living in cities and towns

6. 6 🇧🇷

   Brazil

   696,748 year 2024

   Also in: #10 countries by air passengers carried a year#12 countries by CO2 emissions a year#5 countries by engineering graduates per year#6 countries by labour force

7. 7 🇲🇽

   Mexico

   571,832 year 2023

   Also in: #15 countries by air passengers carried a year#13 countries by CO2 emissions a year#2 countries by engineering graduates per year#11 countries by labour force

8. 8 🇨🇩

   Congo, Dem. Rep.

   561,172 year 2023

   Also in: #17 countries by labour force#15 countries by population#17 countries by renewable electricity share#18 countries by people living in cities and towns

9. 9 🇵🇭

   Philippines

   527,504 year 2024

   Also in: #14 countries by labour force#14 countries by population#14 countries by people living in cities and towns

10. 10 🇪🇬

    Egypt, Arab Rep.

    مصر

    483,053 year 2024

    Also in: #19 countries by labour force#13 countries by population#19 countries by people living in cities and towns

11. 11 🇵🇰

    Pakistan

    445,877 year 2024

    Also in: #7 countries by labour force#5 countries by population#10 countries by people living in cities and towns

12. 12 🇯🇵

    Japan

    日本

    440,864 year 2023

    Also in: #6 countries by air passengers carried a year#5 countries by CO2 emissions a year#3 countries by engineering graduates per year#19 countries by forest cover

13. 13 🇧🇩

    Bangladesh

    383,624 year 2024

    Also in: #8 countries by labour force#8 countries by population#15 countries by people living in cities and towns

14. 14 🇻🇳

    Viet Nam

    380,535 year 2024

    Also in: #20 countries by air passengers carried a year#16 countries by CO2 emissions a year#12 countries by labour force#16 countries by population

15. 15 🇮🇷

    Iran, Islamic Rep.

    372,396 year 2023

    Also in: #6 countries by CO2 emissions a year#12 countries by patent applications a year#17 countries by population#14 countries by scientific articles a year

16. 16 🇻🇪

    Venezuela, RB

    352,723 year 2024

17. 17 🇪🇹

    Ethiopia

    338,716 year 2024

    Also in: #13 countries by labour force#10 countries by population#10 countries by renewable electricity share

18. 18 🇷🇺

    Russian Federation

    327,102 year 2023

    Also in: #8 countries by air passengers carried a year#4 countries by CO2 emissions a year#8 countries by doctors per 1,000 people#10 countries by hospital beds per 1,000 people

19. 19 🇹🇭

    Thailand

    305,368 year 2025

    Also in: #16 countries by labour force#19 countries by new doctors per year#18 countries by new nurses per year#20 countries by population

20. 20 🇹🇷

    Turkiye

    299,967 year 2023

    Also in: #5 countries by air passengers carried a year#14 countries by CO2 emissions a year#7 countries by engineering graduates per year#18 countries by labour force