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Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number) by country

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study...

Countries reporting
206
Highest
11.23 million number
India
Lowest
117 number
Palau
Median
57,944 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,277

What the numbers show

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 11.23 million number in India; the lowest is 117 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 57,944 number, and the mean is 309,463 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 96,001.

Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Macau, China (up 80.5%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 34.8%).

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 11.23 million number 2020 down 7.0% rising
2 China 8.11 million number 2020 up 5.6% falling
3 Nigeria 2.95 million number 2020 up 29.6% rising
4 Pakistan 2.51 million number 2020 up 15.7% rising
5 Indonesia 2.35 million number 2020 up 3.6% rising
6 United States of America 1.98 million number 2018 down 0.1% rising
7 Ethiopia 1.48 million number 2020 up 14.2% rising
8 Brazil 1.46 million number 2011 down 13.2% falling
9 Bangladesh 1.43 million number 2020 down 8.7% rising
10 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.36 million number 2020 up 40.3% rising
11 Egypt 1.20 million number 2020 up 41.9% rising
12 Philippines 1.12 million number 2020 up 7.5% rising
13 Mexico 1.10 million number 2020 down 1.3% rising
14 Russian Federation 895,310 number 2020 up 38.2% falling
15 Tanzania, United Republic of 851,820 number 2020 up 30.6% rising
16 Viet Nam 718,730 number 2020 up 13.6% flat
17 Uganda 716,094 number 2020 up 32.5% rising
18 Kenya 694,451 number 2020 up 12.4% rising
19 Iran, Islamic Republic of 672,835 number 2020 up 21.4% rising
20 Türkiye 670,881 number 2020 up 5.4% rising
21 South Africa 576,960 number 2020 up 19.8% rising
22 Sudan 572,594 number 2020 up 16.1% rising
23 Afghanistan 528,140 number 2020 up 14.2% rising
24 Angola 520,783 number 2020 up 39.0% volatile
25 Iraq 510,682 number 2020 up 26.8% rising
26 Mozambique 464,821 number 2020 up 24.4% rising
27 Algeria 456,478 number 2020 up 61.3% rising
28 Myanmar 443,386 number 2020 down 15.3% rising
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 402,514 number 2020 up 17.6% falling
30 France 398,783 number 2019 up 2.3% flat
31 Yemen 385,412 number 2020 up 20.5% rising
32 Ghana 382,263 number 2020 up 21.2% rising
33 Niger 376,949 number 2020 up 49.0% volatile
34 Thailand 373,629 number 2020 down 9.0% falling
35 Cameroon 371,487 number 2020 up 27.2% rising
36 Argentina 366,213 number 2020 up 4.6% rising
37 Germany 364,003 number 2020 up 3.4% falling
38 Madagascar 361,877 number 2020 up 18.0% rising
39 Côte d'Ivoire 361,088 number 2020 up 20.2% rising
40 Colombia 360,052 number 2020 down 11.4% rising
41 Morocco 335,484 number 2020 up 13.5% rising
42 Uzbekistan 315,458 number 2020 up 26.9% rising
43 Mali 304,345 number 2020 up 37.6% rising
44 Burkina Faso 304,053 number 2020 up 29.7% rising
45 Saudi Arabia 295,002 number 2020 up 12.4% rising
46 Malawi 273,884 number 2020 up 23.6% rising
47 Nepal 271,900 number 2020 down 13.0% rising
48 Zambia 269,478 number 2020 up 25.6% rising
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 269,201 number 2020 down 3.4% rising
50 Italy 259,609 number 2020 down 3.6% falling
51 Peru 257,560 number 2020 down 7.9% rising
52 Chad 253,089 number 2020 up 31.3% rising
53 Malaysia 245,809 number 2020 down 2.7% rising
54 Senegal 239,469 number 2020 up 34.6% rising
55 Somalia 238,473 number 2020 up 24.7% rising
56 Zimbabwe 224,397 number 2020 up 29.7% rising
57 Ukraine 221,109 number 2014 up 2.1% falling
58 Korea 221,034 number 2020 down 2.8% falling
59 Spain 218,429 number 2020 up 1.5% falling
60 Guatemala 193,788 number 2020 up 0.2% rising
61 Canada 193,146 number 2020 up 12.0% flat
62 Kazakhstan 191,218 number 2020 up 73.7% falling
63 Poland 189,156 number 2020 up 8.4% falling
64 Guinea 182,022 number 2020 up 19.8% rising
65 Burundi 175,665 number 2020 up 45.5% rising
66 Cambodia 172,489 number 2020 up 16.6% rising
67 Syrian Arab Republic 169,755 number 2020 down 34.3% rising
68 Benin 167,267 number 2020 up 27.3% rising
69 Rwanda 166,610 number 2020 up 21.1% rising
70 Sri Lanka 164,363 number 2020 down 6.8% falling
71 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 161,465 number 2019 down 14.2% falling
72 Australia 160,330 number 2020 up 19.8% rising
73 Ecuador 157,609 number 2020 up 3.7% rising
74 South Sudan 154,989 number 2020 up 16.5% rising
75 Chile 124,255 number 2020 up 5.6% flat
76 Haiti 122,281 number 2020 up 2.8% rising
77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 115,626 number 2020 up 0.3% rising
78 Jordan 114,671 number 2020 up 32.3% rising
79 Tajikistan 114,537 number 2020 up 42.6% rising
80 Togo 112,251 number 2020 up 22.2% rising
81 Sierra Leone 107,230 number 2020 up 16.1% rising
82 Papua New Guinea 101,747 number 2020 up 12.3% rising
83 Tunisia 98,826 number 2020 up 30.3% flat
84 Honduras 96,232 number 2020 down 6.6% rising
85 Dominican Republic 95,324 number 2020 down 2.7% rising
86 Romania 94,170 number 2020 down 6.6% falling
87 Netherlands 86,820 number 2020 down 11.3% falling
88 Israel 80,264 number 2020 up 24.8% rising
89 Azerbaijan 79,904 number 2019 up 34.4% falling
90 Congo 76,658 number 2020 up 31.6% rising
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 75,763 number 2020 up 4.3% rising
92 Kyrgyzstan 72,682 number 2020 up 53.5% rising
93 Central African Republic 69,699 number 2020 up 7.5% rising
94 Paraguay 66,887 number 2020 up 2.5% rising
95 Turkmenistan 66,747 number 2020 up 40.9% rising
96 Liberia 66,723 number 2020 up 21.3% rising
97 Nicaragua 64,663 number 2020 up 2.8% rising
98 Libya 64,655 number 2020 up 15.7% rising
99 Belgium 64,603 number 2020 up 10.8% falling
100 Palestine, State of 64,549 number 2019 up 18.4% rising
101 Cuba 61,329 number 2020 down 4.7% falling
102 Mauritania 61,033 number 2020 up 30.6% rising
103 Belarus 58,013 number 2020 up 37.4% falling
104 Sweden 57,874 number 2020 up 22.7% flat
105 El Salvador 55,657 number 2020 down 10.4% flat
106 Czechia 54,024 number 2020 up 17.5% falling
107 United Arab Emirates 50,616 number 2020 up 34.8% volatile
108 Eritrea 47,079 number 2020 up 25.2% rising
109 Greece 45,799 number 2020 down 12.6% falling
110 Hungary 44,312 number 2020 down 4.4% falling
111 Portugal 42,740 number 2020 down 18.0% falling
112 Switzerland 41,520 number 2020 up 12.8% falling
113 Austria 40,854 number 2020 up 3.8% falling
114 Panama 37,879 number 2020 up 9.5% rising
115 Oman 37,562 number 2020 up 60.9% rising
116 Mongolia 36,049 number 2020 up 67.7% rising
117 Costa Rica 34,962 number 2020 up 1.0% rising
118 Lebanon 34,844 number 1985 up 4.1% rising
119 Bulgaria 34,038 number 2020 up 13.6% falling
120 Gambia 34,012 number 2020 up 33.9% rising
121 Ireland 32,714 number 2019 up 7.0% flat
122 Namibia 31,939 number 2020 up 28.4% rising
123 Serbia 31,521 number 2019 down 14.9% falling
124 Norway 30,441 number 2020 up 5.5% flat
125 Finland 30,205 number 2020 up 8.4% falling
126 New Zealand 30,064 number 2020 up 6.3% rising
127 Kuwait 29,812 number 2020 up 42.6% rising
128 Denmark 28,856 number 2020 down 10.4% falling
129 Gabon 27,819 number 2020 up 44.0% rising
130 Slovakia 27,730 number 2020 up 10.2% falling
131 Guinea-Bissau 27,696 number 2020 up 32.8% rising
132 Georgia 27,642 number 2020 up 31.8% falling
133 Hong Kong, China 27,579 number 2020 up 26.3% falling
134 Botswana 26,773 number 2020 up 15.1% rising
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26,525 number 1998 down 26.2% falling
136 Uruguay 23,264 number 2020 down 3.8% falling
137 Jamaica 22,959 number 2020 up 2.5% falling
138 Lesotho 22,887 number 2020 down 0.8% rising
139 Armenia 20,178 number 2020 up 27.8% falling
140 Croatia 20,039 number 2020 down 4.0% falling
141 Republic of Moldova 18,883 number 2019 up 4.6% falling
142 Equatorial Guinea 16,468 number 2020 up 46.6% volatile
143 Albania 15,979 number 2020 down 20.6% falling
144 Puerto Rico 15,361 number 2020 down 34.8% falling
145 Timor-Leste 15,052 number 2020 down 7.3% rising
146 Eswatini 14,012 number 2020 up 0.7% rising
147 Lithuania 13,922 number 2019 down 2.6% falling
148 Qatar 13,151 number 2020 up 75.4% volatile
149 Comoros 11,276 number 2020 up 22.5% rising
150 North Macedonia 11,149 number 2020 down 7.2% falling
151 Slovenia 10,643 number 2020 up 24.1% falling
152 Bahrain 10,357 number 2020 up 26.9% rising
153 Djibouti 9,726 number 2020 up 13.1% rising
154 Trinidad and Tobago 9,400 number 2020 up 3.4% falling
155 Solomon Islands 9,288 number 2020 up 31.4% rising
156 Latvia 9,019 number 2019 down 3.4% falling
157 Fiji 8,637 number 2020 up 9.0% rising
158 Estonia 7,401 number 2020 up 22.9% falling
159 Guyana 7,168 number 2020 down 10.9% falling
160 Mauritius 6,422 number 2020 down 28.7% falling
161 Bhutan 6,033 number 2020 down 12.2% rising
162 Cape Verde 5,250 number 2020 up 0.1% rising
163 Suriname 5,085 number 2020 up 0.8% falling
164 Cyprus 4,881 number 2019 up 26.1% falling
165 Belize 3,852 number 2020 down 0.5% rising
166 Vanuatu 3,762 number 2020 up 34.1% rising
167 Maldives 3,622 number 2020 up 36.5% rising
168 Montenegro 3,557 number 2020 down 5.8% falling
169 Brunei Darussalam 3,418 number 2020 up 4.6% rising
170 Macau, China 3,208 number 2020 up 80.5% rising
171 Luxembourg 3,166 number 2020 up 11.6% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 3,041 number 2020 up 13.4% rising
173 French Polynesia 2,585 number 1997 up 27.1% rising
174 Bahamas 2,474 number 2020 down 21.3% rising
175 Samoa 2,386 number 2020 up 2.1% flat
176 Iceland 2,238 number 2020 up 7.1% rising
177 Malta 2,084 number 2020 up 12.6% falling
178 Guam 1,542 number 1997 up 22.6% rising
179 Barbados 1,487 number 2020 down 18.9% falling
180 Kiribati 1,365 number 2020 up 31.5% rising
181 Tonga 1,213 number 2020 down 5.1% falling
182 Micronesia, Federated States of 1,144 number 2020 down 2.6% rising
183 Saint Lucia 1,093 number 2020 down 22.6% falling
184 Curaçao 1,009 number 2020 down 2.1% flat
185 United States Virgin Islands 906 number 1997 down 11.0% falling
186 Grenada 896 number 2020 up 17.0% falling
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 827 number 2020 down 2.4% falling
188 Seychelles 780 number 2020 up 20.0% falling
189 Antigua and Barbuda 723 number 2020 up 8.7% falling
190 Marshall Islands 709 number 2020 down 8.8% rising
191 American Samoa 689 number 2006 up 6.3% rising
192 Aruba 553 number 2020 down 18.3% rising
193 Dominica 418 number 2020 down 11.3% falling
194 Cayman Islands 385 number 2020 up 6.4% rising
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 355 number 2020 down 1.9% falling
196 Andorra 310 number 1998 up 9.2% rising
197 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 278 number 2020 up 22.5% rising
198 Bermuda 273 number 2020 down 23.1% falling
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 243 number 2020 down 17.1% rising
200 Gibraltar 206 number 2020 down 12.3% flat
201 Liechtenstein 165 number 2020 down 13.2% falling
202 San Marino 153 number 2020 up 13.3% flat
203 Naoero 133 number 2020 up 19.8% rising
204 British Virgin Islands 132 number 2020 down 33.7% rising
205 Tuvalu 131 number 2020 up 10.1% rising
206 Palau 117 number 2020 down 4.9% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.