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    How Many Students Appeared in NEET 2026?

    How Many Students Appeared in NEET 2026?

    Manisha TiwariUpdated on 03 May 2026, 05:46 PM IST

    The National Testing Agency (NTA) has conducted the NEET 2026 exam on May 3, 2026. Many candidates are searching for ‘how many students appeared in NEET 2026’. As per some media reports, a total of 22.79 lakh candidates appeared in NEET 2026. The actual data of how many candidates appeared in NEET 2026 will be released by NTA soon.

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    1. How Many Students Appeared in NEET 2026?
    2. How Many Students Appeared in NEET 2026: Gender-wise Statistics
    3. NEET 2026 Students Appeared: Category-wise
    4. NEET 2026 Total Students Appeared: Nationality-wise
    5. How Many Candidates Appeared in NEET 2026: Year-wise Stats
    How Many Students Appeared in NEET 2026?
    How Many Students Appeared in NEET 2026?

    As per the NTA’s official information, a total of 22,79,743 students registered for NEET 2026. With the announcement of the NEET result, the NTA releases the statistics mentioning the number of candidates registered, appeared and qualified for the examination. Read the full article to know how many candidates appeared in NEET 2026, total number of registered candidates and more.

    How Many Students Appeared in NEET 2026?

    The exact number of candidates appeared for NEET 2026 exam will be released. As per some media reports, a total of 22.79 lakh candidates have appeared in NEET 2026 exam. Candidates can check the total students appeared in NEET 2026 from the table below,

    Total Students Appeared in NEET 2026

    Particulars

    Number of students

    Total candidates registered for NEET 2026

    22,79,743

    Total students appeared in NEET 2026

    To be available

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    How Many Students Appeared in NEET 2026: Gender-wise Statistics

    The gender-wise exact number of total students appeared for NEET 2026 will be released by the NTA after the declaration of result. Meanwhile, the previous-years statistics of NEET 2026 total candidates appeared gender-wise can be checked from the table below.

    NEET Total Students Appeared 2026: Gender-wise

    Gender

    NEET 2026 appeared number

    NEET 2025 appeared number

    Male

    To be available

    9,37,411

    Female

    To be available

    12,71,896

    Third gender

    To be available

    11

    NEET 2026 Students Appeared: Category-wise

    Category-wise total students appeared in NEET 2026 will be updated below. Meanwhile, candidates can check previous year’s NEET students appeared from the table below.

    Category-wise NEET 2026 Appeared Students

    Category

    NEET 2026 appeared number

    NEET 2025 appeared number

    OBC

    To be available

    9,25,739

    SC

    To be available

    3,22,538

    ST

    To be available

    1,43,602

    General

    To be available

    6,65,853

    EWS

    To be available

    1,51,586

    NEET 2026 Total Students Appeared: Nationality-wise

    As stated above, the nationality-wise NEET 2026 total students appeared is released after the announcement of the result. Meanwhile, candidates can check previous year’s nationality-wise NEET total students appeared from the table below.

    Nationality-wise NEET Total Students Appeared

    Nationality

    NEET 2026 appeared number

    NEET 2025 appeared number

    Indian

    To be available

    22,06,968

    Foreign Nationals

    To be available

    870

    NRI

    To be available

    694

    OCI

    To be available

    786

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    How Many Candidates Appeared in NEET 2026: Year-wise Stats

    Candidates can check year-wise data on total candidates appeared in NEET UG exam from the table below.

    Total Students Appeared in NEET: Year-wise

    Year

    Total students appeared in NEET

    2026

    To be available

    2025

    22,09,318

    2024

    23,33,162

    2023

    20,38,595

    2022

    17,64,571

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