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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
220
Highest
11.53 million
India
Lowest
14
Niue
Median
49,144
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
10,166

What the numbers show

Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, female (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 11.53 million in India; the lowest is 14 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 49,144, and the mean is 302,454.

Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 90.4%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 33.4%).

Population of the official entrance age to secondary general: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 11.53 million 2025 down 3.2% rising
2 China 8.75 million 2025 up 20.4% falling
3 Nigeria 2.96 million 2025 up 29.3% rising
4 Pakistan 2.95 million 2025 up 19.8% rising
5 Indonesia 2.41 million 2025 up 12.1% rising
6 United States of America 2.05 million 2025 up 1.9% rising
7 Bangladesh 1.52 million 2025 down 13.1% rising
8 Ethiopia 1.49 million 2025 up 14.4% rising
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.42 million 2025 up 42.7% volatile
10 Brazil 1.41 million 2024 down 9.2% falling
11 Egypt 1.24 million 2025 up 29.1% rising
12 Philippines 1.16 million 2025 up 6.8% rising
13 Mexico 1.09 million 2024 down 0.5% flat
14 Russian Federation 935,253 2025 up 28.3% falling
15 Viet Nam 872,135 2025 up 24.1% rising
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 797,670 2025 up 30.4% rising
17 Iran, Islamic Republic of 692,004 2025 up 25.4% rising
18 Kenya 678,726 2025 up 15.0% rising
19 Türkiye 666,070 2025 up 12.7% rising
20 Uganda 646,044 2025 up 27.8% rising
21 Sudan 595,412 2025 up 17.0% rising
22 Iraq 570,009 2025 up 35.3% rising
23 South Africa 537,767 2025 up 14.2% rising
24 Afghanistan 522,541 2025 up 19.3% volatile
25 Japan 514,449 2025 down 9.5% falling
26 Angola 492,618 2025 up 48.9% volatile
27 Algeria 465,964 2025 up 57.7% rising
28 Yemen 460,278 2025 up 25.2% rising
29 Mozambique 446,388 2025 up 35.4% rising
30 Myanmar 428,080 2025 down 3.6% rising
31 France 412,744 2024 up 2.7% rising
32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 409,361 2024 up 21.4% rising
33 Colombia 402,872 2024 up 2.3% falling
34 Ghana 396,466 2025 up 23.1% rising
35 Madagascar 378,471 2025 up 19.5% rising
36 Germany 372,775 2024 up 7.2% falling
37 Thailand 370,746 2025 down 13.2% falling
38 Cameroon 357,736 2025 up 31.6% rising
39 Niger 352,783 2025 up 54.0% volatile
40 Argentina 352,611 2025 up 4.1% rising
41 Côte d'Ivoire 333,486 2025 up 19.7% rising
42 Morocco 327,404 2025 up 12.0% rising
43 Mali 321,625 2025 up 44.5% rising
44 Uzbekistan 319,239 2025 up 32.0% rising
45 Burkina Faso 312,829 2025 up 37.4% rising
46 Malawi 282,024 2025 up 28.3% rising
47 Peru 274,347 2025 up 2.5% rising
48 Nepal 274,243 2025 down 12.2% rising
49 Malaysia 271,242 2025 up 0.9% rising
50 Somalia 269,507 2025 up 51.7% volatile
51 Syrian Arab Republic 268,707 2025 up 9.4% rising
52 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 266,378 2025 down 4.9% rising
53 Zambia 264,902 2025 up 36.0% rising
54 Saudi Arabia 264,706 2025 up 29.7% rising
55 Italy 262,271 2024 down 3.9% flat
56 Chad 261,857 2025 up 45.7% volatile
57 Spain 243,102 2024 up 10.9% rising
58 Republic of Korea 227,313 2024 down 6.9% falling
59 Zimbabwe 226,395 2025 up 23.3% rising
60 Canada 218,957 2025 up 19.6% flat
61 Senegal 216,591 2025 up 24.6% rising
62 Ukraine 206,328 2025 up 6.0% falling
63 Burundi 201,280 2025 up 68.9% rising
64 Kazakhstan 194,448 2025 up 47.6% flat
65 Guatemala 191,894 2025 up 1.6% rising
66 Poland 188,740 2024 up 3.5% falling
67 Benin 178,455 2025 up 33.7% rising
68 Guinea 176,275 2025 up 25.3% rising
69 Sri Lanka 171,373 2025 down 4.2% rising
70 South Sudan 168,906 2025 up 26.8% rising
71 Rwanda 163,902 2025 up 19.0% rising
72 Cambodia 163,536 2025 up 10.1% rising
73 Australia 163,498 2024 up 20.9% rising
74 Ecuador 159,128 2025 down 1.1% rising
75 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 158,637 2025 down 10.0% falling
76 Tajikistan 125,542 2025 up 44.0% rising
77 Chile 124,797 2025 up 4.2% falling
78 Haiti 120,877 2025 up 5.4% rising
79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 119,697 2025 up 6.8% rising
80 Togo 114,351 2025 up 30.1% rising
81 Papua New Guinea 106,964 2025 up 20.4% rising
82 Honduras 104,624 2025 down 0.7% rising
83 Sierra Leone 104,014 2025 up 19.6% rising
84 Romania 101,285 2024 up 0.6% falling
85 Tunisia 100,517 2025 up 27.4% rising
86 Jordan 94,019 2025 up 31.1% rising
87 Dominican Republic 93,772 2025 down 3.0% rising
88 Netherlands 92,754 2024 down 6.8% flat
89 Israel 83,151 2025 up 23.2% rising
90 Congo 82,621 2025 up 46.3% rising
91 Azerbaijan 81,051 2025 up 43.7% falling
92 Central African Republic 80,590 2025 up 25.8% rising
93 Turkmenistan 79,490 2025 up 64.0% rising
94 Lao People's Democratic Republic 75,066 2025 up 5.5% rising
95 Kyrgyzstan 73,957 2025 up 43.5% rising
96 Liberia 71,555 2025 up 28.6% rising
97 Belgium 67,814 2024 up 13.0% rising
98 Palestine, State of 67,712 2025 up 23.0% rising
99 Libya 66,846 2025 up 11.4% rising
100 Mauritania 66,241 2025 up 37.0% rising
101 Nicaragua 66,032 2025 up 5.8% rising
102 Sweden 62,895 2024 up 29.7% flat
103 United Arab Emirates 62,831 2025 up 39.5% volatile
104 Paraguay 61,922 2025 up 6.2% rising
105 Cuba 59,548 2025 down 11.3% falling
106 Belarus 57,449 2025 up 35.3% falling
107 Czechia 57,102 2024 up 25.7% flat
108 Lebanon 56,254 2025 up 3.7% rising
109 El Salvador 54,235 2025 down 16.4% rising
110 Greece 49,307 2024 down 5.8% falling
111 Portugal 48,981 2024 down 6.0% falling
112 Oman 44,927 2025 up 90.4% rising
113 Hungary 44,106 2024 down 7.0% falling
114 Switzerland 43,871 2024 up 7.7% flat
115 Eritrea 43,652 2025 up 8.1% rising
116 Austria 42,376 2024 up 7.1% falling
117 Mongolia 39,988 2025 up 87.8% rising
118 Ireland 38,345 2024 up 29.6% rising
119 Panama 37,694 2025 up 9.8% rising
120 Costa Rica 36,885 2025 down 2.1% falling
121 Gambia 34,726 2025 up 33.1% volatile
122 New Zealand 33,910 2024 up 20.9% rising
123 Denmark 33,043 2024 down 1.3% flat
124 Namibia 32,974 2025 up 28.4% rising
124 Norway 32,974 2024 up 6.6% rising
126 Hong Kong, China 32,800 2025 up 25.7% falling
127 Serbia 32,586 2025 down 6.3% falling
128 Kuwait 31,906 2025 up 43.1% rising
129 Finland 31,639 2024 up 11.5% falling
130 Bulgaria 29,821 2024 up 3.5% falling
131 Gabon 28,957 2025 up 36.8% rising
132 Slovakia 28,181 2024 up 12.1% falling
133 Guinea-Bissau 27,085 2025 up 26.4% rising
134 Lesotho 26,817 2025 up 16.1% rising
135 Georgia 26,005 2025 up 28.5% falling
136 Botswana 24,441 2025 up 7.4% rising
137 Uruguay 22,553 2025 down 9.5% flat
138 Singapore 21,606 2025 up 8.9% rising
139 Equatorial Guinea 20,985 2025 up 62.7% volatile
140 Armenia 19,269 2025 up 12.7% falling
141 Jamaica 18,717 2025 down 21.7% falling
142 Croatia 18,517 2024 down 5.1% falling
143 Republic of Moldova 15,568 2020 up 4.4% rising
144 Puerto Rico 14,986 2025 down 30.9% falling
145 Timor-Leste 14,860 2025 down 2.1% rising
146 Lithuania 14,500 2024 up 12.5% falling
147 Qatar 13,945 2025 up 56.0% volatile
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13,798 2025 down 22.6% falling
149 Eswatini 13,382 2025 up 0.7% rising
150 Albania 12,498 2025 down 33.4% falling
151 Slovenia 11,135 2024 up 26.8% flat
152 North Macedonia 11,038 2025 down 2.0% falling
153 Comoros 10,053 2025 up 20.5% rising
154 Bahrain 9,932 2025 up 25.4% rising
155 Solomon Islands 9,462 2025 up 30.2% rising
156 Trinidad and Tobago 9,315 2025 up 3.4% falling
157 Latvia 9,092 2024 down 0.2% falling
158 Fiji 8,374 2025 up 0.9% rising
159 Estonia 8,055 2024 up 35.7% falling
160 Guyana 7,730 2025 up 5.9% falling
161 Mauritius 6,710 2025 down 31.0% falling
162 Bhutan 6,169 2025 down 10.8% rising
162 Réunion 6,169 2025 down 12.4% falling
164 Suriname 5,447 2025 down 2.5% flat
165 Cape Verde 4,800 2025 up 3.0% rising
166 Cyprus 4,771 2024 up 6.0% falling
167 Western Sahara 4,510 2025 up 21.5% rising
168 Montenegro 3,837 2025 up 2.3% falling
169 Vanuatu 3,808 2025 up 44.4% rising
170 Belize 3,659 2025 down 4.7% rising
171 Maldives 3,622 2025 up 40.7% rising
172 Luxembourg 3,370 2024 up 9.7% rising
173 Macau, China 3,300 2025 up 65.0% falling
174 Brunei Darussalam 3,141 2025 down 6.9% rising
175 French Guiana 3,123 2025 up 1.2% rising
176 Sao Tome and Principe 3,018 2025 up 20.4% rising
177 Samoa 2,725 2025 up 24.8% rising
178 Bahamas 2,616 2025 down 3.1% rising
179 Iceland 2,328 2025 up 13.1% rising
180 Malta 2,302 2024 up 20.3% falling
181 Guadeloupe 2,129 2025 down 26.6% falling
182 New Caledonia 2,100 2025 down 3.8% rising
183 French Polynesia 1,942 2025 down 10.6% falling
184 Martinique 1,713 2025 down 25.5% falling
185 Barbados 1,616 2025 down 10.6% falling
186 Kiribati 1,514 2025 up 34.9% rising
187 Tonga 1,174 2025 up 6.8% falling
188 Micronesia, Federated States of 1,160 2025 down 3.7% rising
189 Curaçao 1,158 2025 up 15.7% falling
190 Saint Lucia 1,037 2025 down 20.9% falling
191 Grenada 851 2025 up 5.7% falling
192 Seychelles 833 2025 up 48.0% falling
193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 784 2025 down 7.4% falling
194 Aruba 682 2025 down 5.7% rising
195 Antigua and Barbuda 575 2025 down 11.1% falling
196 American Samoa 455 2025 down 17.3% rising
197 Marshall Islands 450 2025 down 16.0% rising
198 United States Virgin Islands 440 2025 down 24.0% falling
199 Dominica 438 2025 down 21.5% falling
200 Andorra 389 2025 up 5.4% rising
201 Cayman Islands 379 2025 up 19.6% rising
202 Bermuda 312 2025 up 2.0% falling
203 Saint Kitts and Nevis 307 2025 down 13.0% falling
204 Turks and Caicos Islands 252 2025 down 2.3% rising
205 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 247 2025 down 2.0% flat
206 Gibraltar 233 2025 up 32.4% flat
207 British Virgin Islands 203 2025 down 1.9% rising
208 Liechtenstein 183 2025 down 5.2% flat
209 Monaco 160 2025 up 16.8% rising
210 Naoero 152 2025 up 42.1% rising
211 San Marino 150 2025 down 10.2% flat
212 Cook Islands 118 2025 down 18.1% falling
213 Palau 112 2025 down 3.4% falling
214 Anguilla 103 2025 down 1.9% rising
215 Tuvalu 96 2025 down 3.0% rising
216 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 34 2025 down 8.1% falling
217 Saint Helena 26 2025 up 8.3% falling
218 Montserrat 22 2025 down 18.5% volatile
219 Tokelau 21 2025 up 10.5% falling
220 Niue 14 2025 down 22.2% volatile

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
220 places, 10,166 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release