Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
10.32 million
India
Lowest
12
Niue
Median
44,488
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,725
What the numbers show
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 10.32 million in India; the lowest is 12 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 44,488, and the mean is 289,728.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 46.3%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 43.9%).
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 10.32 million | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 7.11 million | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3.15 million | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3.02 million | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2.22 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 6 | United States of America | 1.90 million | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.75 million | 2025 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 1.68 million | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1.54 million | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 1.46 million | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 1.19 million | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 1.11 million | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.03 million | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 14 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 983,588 | 2025 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 822,610 | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 738,815 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 697,562 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 18 | Sudan | 696,934 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 19 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 691,876 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 681,922 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 21 | Türkiye | 619,086 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 601,684 | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 576,613 | 2025 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Yemen | 570,076 | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 534,819 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Iraq | 529,114 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 27 | Mozambique | 525,976 | 2025 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 488,330 | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 458,610 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 432,616 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 31 | Madagascar | 423,979 | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 417,299 | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 33 | Niger | 414,216 | 2025 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Ghana | 406,769 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 396,107 | 2024 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 383,858 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 381,874 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 38 | Mali | 376,645 | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 39 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 374,160 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 40 | France | 369,693 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 41 | Thailand | 349,914 | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 330,812 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 329,970 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 328,507 | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 316,281 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 46 | Chad | 314,913 | 2025 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Somalia | 306,425 | 2025 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 48 | Zambia | 293,451 | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 49 | Malawi | 292,621 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 270,030 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 264,811 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 264,567 | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 256,009 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 227,751 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 55 | Senegal | 225,245 | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 56 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 223,047 | 2025 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 217,088 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Burundi | 206,062 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 59 | Spain | 205,779 | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 60 | Canada | 205,165 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 204,740 | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 201,991 | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 63 | Guinea | 199,530 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 198,428 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 65 | Syrian Arab Republic | 195,817 | 2025 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 66 | Poland | 189,467 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 67 | Cambodia | 177,778 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 68 | Rwanda | 169,056 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 69 | Korea | 168,464 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 70 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 165,663 | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 161,474 | 2025 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 72 | Ukraine | 158,679 | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 151,597 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 143,619 | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 75 | South Sudan | 135,440 | 2025 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 76 | Togo | 126,936 | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 125,808 | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 121,816 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 79 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 121,129 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 114,488 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 81 | Chile | 114,477 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 110,273 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 83 | Honduras | 109,238 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 84 | Romania | 103,678 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 85 | Jordan | 100,907 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 97,330 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 92,681 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 90,965 | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 86,366 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 90 | Congo | 84,599 | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 84,005 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 81,038 | 2025 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 93 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 78,108 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 77,919 | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 74,942 | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 73,417 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 97 | Palestine, State of | 70,110 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 66,608 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 65,139 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 100 | Libya | 65,124 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 101 | Belgium | 61,592 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 61,211 | 2025 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Sweden | 60,911 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 60,321 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 105 | Czechia | 58,328 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 106 | Cuba | 53,852 | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 49,571 | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 108 | Oman | 47,402 | 2025 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 109 | Hungary | 46,563 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 110 | Belarus | 45,311 | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 111 | Austria | 44,506 | 2024 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 112 | Switzerland | 44,470 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 113 | Portugal | 44,022 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 114 | Lebanon | 43,661 | 2025 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 115 | Eritrea | 43,413 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 116 | Greece | 42,716 | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 38,902 | 2025 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 37,175 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 119 | Mongolia | 36,657 | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 36,357 | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 121 | Serbia | 32,340 | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 122 | Gabon | 32,134 | 2025 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 123 | Ireland | 31,664 | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 124 | New Zealand | 31,040 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 125 | Denmark | 30,770 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 30,549 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 30,242 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 128 | Kuwait | 29,691 | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 129 | Slovakia | 29,656 | 2024 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 130 | Norway | 28,797 | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,070 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 132 | Finland | 27,515 | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 133 | Lesotho | 27,107 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 134 | Botswana | 26,969 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 135 | Georgia | 26,050 | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 136 | Hong Kong, China | 23,700 | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 23,641 | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Singapore | 22,203 | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 139 | Uruguay | 22,116 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 17,923 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 17,341 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 142 | Timor-Leste | 16,713 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 143 | Qatar | 16,387 | 2025 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Jamaica | 16,382 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 145 | Republic of Moldova | 15,862 | 2020 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 146 | Lithuania | 14,949 | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 13,845 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13,590 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 149 | Albania | 11,088 | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 150 | Comoros | 10,863 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 10,820 | 2025 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 152 | Latvia | 10,740 | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 153 | Bahrain | 10,184 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 154 | Slovenia | 10,109 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 9,977 | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 9,766 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,605 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 158 | Fiji | 8,201 | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 8,007 | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 7,313 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritius | 6,351 | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 162 | Réunion | 5,698 | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 5,201 | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 4,700 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 165 | Bhutan | 4,688 | 2025 | down 23.8% | flat |
| 166 | Western Sahara | 4,576 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 167 | Cyprus | 4,459 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 4,215 | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 169 | Belize | 3,615 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 170 | Montenegro | 3,592 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 3,458 | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 172 | French Guiana | 3,343 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 173 | Maldives | 3,113 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 174 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,060 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 175 | Macau, China | 2,900 | 2025 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,873 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 177 | Samoa | 2,760 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 178 | Malta | 2,328 | 2024 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 179 | Bahamas | 2,178 | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 180 | Iceland | 2,127 | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 2,013 | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 182 | French Polynesia | 1,729 | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 183 | Guadeloupe | 1,671 | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 184 | Martinique | 1,662 | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 185 | Barbados | 1,563 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 186 | Kiribati | 1,542 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 187 | Guam | 1,449 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 188 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1,149 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 189 | Tonga | 1,067 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 1,020 | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 191 | Curaçao | 892 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 192 | Seychelles | 855 | 2025 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 193 | Grenada | 693 | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 645 | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 195 | Aruba | 557 | 2025 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 512 | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 197 | American Samoa | 434 | 2025 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 198 | United States Virgin Islands | 423 | 2025 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 405 | 2025 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 392 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 201 | Dominica | 364 | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 288 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 203 | Bermuda | 271 | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 204 | Andorra | 266 | 2025 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 265 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 206 | Gibraltar | 216 | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 207 | Monaco | 188 | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 177 | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 209 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 171 | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 167 | 2025 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 211 | Naoero | 136 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 212 | San Marino | 130 | 2025 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 106 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 214 | Palau | 98 | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 214 | Cook Islands | 98 | 2025 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 66 | 2025 | down 36.5% | flat |
| 217 | Montserrat | 27 | 2025 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 218 | Saint Helena | 23 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 219 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 22 | 2025 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 220 | Tokelau | 21 | 2025 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 221 | Falkland Islands, Malvinas | 16 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 222 | Niue | 12 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 66.07 million
- UIS: World 66.07 million
- MDG: World 66.07 million
- WB: World 66.07 million
- UNICEF: World 66.02 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 60.64 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 59.88 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 59.43 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 59.25 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 49.45 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 35.97 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 34.51 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 32.81 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 30.60 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 30.52 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 30.00 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 29.09 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 24.35 million
- WB: Ida Total 23.91 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 19.40 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 19.40 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 19.40 million
- UNICEF: Africa 19.40 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 19.35 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.28 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 17.97 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 17.63 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 17.45 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 17.12 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 17.12 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 17.11 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 17.11 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 17.11 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 17.05 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 16.80 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 16.80 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 16.80 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 16.80 million
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 16.47 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 16.44 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release