The National Testing Agency (NTA) has conducted the NEET 2026 exam on May 3, 2026. As per the NTA's official information, a total of 22,05,035 candidates appeared in NEET 2026. Category-wise and gender-wise number of candidates appeared in NEET 2026 will be released by the authority with the declaration of results.
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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.
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,
Particulars | Number of students |
Total candidates registered for NEET 2026 | 22,79,743 |
Total students appeared in NEET 2026 | 22,05,035 |
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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.
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 |
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Candidates can check year-wise data on total candidates appeared in NEET UG exam from the table below.
Year | Total students appeared in NEET |
2026 | 22,05,035 |
2025 | 22,09,318 |
2024 | 23,33,162 |
2023 | 20,38,595 |
2022 | 17,64,571 |
On Question asked by student community
Hello Dear Student,
First of all, don’t panic. Many students start serious NEET preparation in Class 12 and still crack the exam with a good score. What matters most now is consistency and smart planning, not when you started.
You should focus on these things:
Hello Dear Student,
With a NEET score of 520 and 73% in CBSE Class 12 , you may be eligible for:
in countries like:
However, fully funded scholarships usually require very high academic scores and stronger competitive
Hello Dear Student,
During NEET UG registration , candidates must enter the PCB aggregate percentage (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) and not the “Best of 5” percentage.
In your case, entering 90.8% instead of 89.2% is likely a calculation mistake rather than an eligibility issue, since both are above the required cutoff
Hi Akram!
Given below are the links to access NEET Previous Year Question Papers:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-previous-year-question-paper-with-solution
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-previous-5-years-question-papers-with-solutions
Hello Sonam,
You may download the last 10 years of NEET question papers with solutions from the link below:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-previous-year-question-paper-with-solution
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