School age population, early childhood education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
207
Highest
31.86 million
India
Lowest
18
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Median
243,543
Years covered
55
1971–2025
Data points
9,806
What the numbers show
School age population, early childhood education, female (number) is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 31.86 million in India; the lowest is 18 in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
The median across all reporting countries is 243,543, and the mean is 1.06 million.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Gibraltar (up 321.1%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 43.4%).
School age population, early childhood education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 31.86 million | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 2 | China | 17.25 million | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 16.43 million | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 15.16 million | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 7.69 million | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 6 | Pakistan | 6.15 million | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 7 | Mexico | 6.08 million | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.60 million | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 5.40 million | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 4.77 million | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 4.12 million | 2025 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 12 | South Africa | 4.07 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 4.01 million | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 14 | Yemen | 3.76 million | 2025 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 3.25 million | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 2.32 million | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 17 | Egypt | 2.30 million | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 2.24 million | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 2.20 million | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 20 | Myanmar | 2.13 million | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 2.08 million | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 2.07 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 1.82 million | 2025 | up 305.5% | volatile |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.75 million | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 25 | Thailand | 1.69 million | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 26 | Mozambique | 1.66 million | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 27 | Peru | 1.58 million | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 1.56 million | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 29 | Morocco | 1.54 million | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 30 | Argentina | 1.54 million | 2025 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 31 | Sudan | 1.44 million | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 32 | Madagascar | 1.33 million | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 33 | Guatemala | 1.29 million | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 34 | Niger | 1.29 million | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 35 | Japan | 1.28 million | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 36 | Zambia | 1.23 million | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.22 million | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 1.17 million | 2025 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 1.11 million | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 40 | Iraq | 1.07 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 41 | France | 1.06 million | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 42 | Philippines | 1.06 million | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 43 | Cambodia | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 44 | Spain | 1.04 million | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 1.03 million | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 1.03 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 47 | Chad | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 48 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.02 million | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 49 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.01 million | 2025 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 50 | Somalia | 975,621 | 2025 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 966,247 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 52 | Malawi | 910,558 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 850,072 | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 54 | Republic of Korea | 788,309 | 2024 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 55 | Poland | 739,744 | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 56 | Australia | 735,116 | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 57 | Haiti | 729,321 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 58 | Senegal | 696,353 | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 59 | Chile | 695,695 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 60 | Syrian Arab Republic | 667,943 | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 61 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 666,322 | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 62 | Ukraine | 661,243 | 2025 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 63 | Burundi | 637,756 | 2025 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 64 | Italy | 630,022 | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 65 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 628,473 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 66 | Guinea | 622,023 | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 67 | Afghanistan | 613,850 | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 572,586 | 2025 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 69 | Romania | 548,024 | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 70 | Nepal | 538,823 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 71 | Israel | 536,420 | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 516,076 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 73 | Rwanda | 508,197 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 74 | Algeria | 483,568 | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 75 | Mauritania | 482,159 | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 470,417 | 2025 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 464,121 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 460,321 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 79 | Malaysia | 457,525 | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 444,721 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 81 | South Sudan | 437,978 | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 82 | Benin | 416,190 | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 408,351 | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 84 | Togo | 393,083 | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 85 | Turkmenistan | 388,386 | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 386,575 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 87 | Belgium | 349,441 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 88 | Sweden | 339,582 | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 89 | El Salvador | 336,559 | 2025 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 90 | Honduras | 331,985 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 91 | Paraguay | 330,216 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 319,064 | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 315,630 | 2025 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 94 | Hungary | 313,606 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 95 | Cuba | 283,008 | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 96 | Namibia | 281,053 | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 274,820 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 98 | Central African Republic | 267,079 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 99 | Tunisia | 267,001 | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 100 | Congo | 259,870 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 101 | Oman | 257,364 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 102 | Netherlands | 255,092 | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 103 | Austria | 250,145 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 104 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 243,543 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates | 243,096 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 106 | Greece | 233,533 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 107 | Liberia | 224,851 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 108 | Panama | 208,667 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 109 | Jordan | 195,889 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 110 | Gambia | 186,895 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 111 | Serbia | 185,209 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 112 | Denmark | 179,656 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 113 | Czechia | 169,753 | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 114 | Norway | 162,648 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 156,726 | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 116 | Belarus | 155,507 | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 148,935 | 2025 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 118 | New Zealand | 147,340 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 119 | Ireland | 144,371 | 2024 | up 317.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Finland | 144,262 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 121 | Palestine, State of | 139,580 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 122 | Mongolia | 138,381 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 123 | Singapore | 137,184 | 2025 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 124 | Georgia | 135,446 | 2025 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 125 | Uruguay | 130,916 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 126 | Lebanon | 129,486 | 2025 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 127 | Libya | 127,370 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 128 | Croatia | 118,212 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 114,471 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 130 | Republic of Moldova | 99,567 | 2020 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 131 | Gabon | 98,314 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 132 | Jamaica | 95,880 | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 133 | Qatar | 93,639 | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 134 | Eritrea | 88,904 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 135 | Switzerland | 87,873 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 136 | Botswana | 87,507 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 137 | Slovakia | 86,639 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 86,491 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 139 | Lithuania | 86,414 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 140 | Lesotho | 78,612 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73,632 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 142 | Hong Kong, China | 61,800 | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 143 | Bahrain | 57,258 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 57,075 | 2025 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 145 | Kuwait | 56,865 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 146 | Latvia | 54,145 | 2024 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 147 | Albania | 51,203 | 2025 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 148 | Armenia | 51,128 | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 149 | Estonia | 46,945 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 150 | Timor-Leste | 46,822 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 151 | Slovenia | 46,584 | 2024 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 44,574 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 153 | Eswatini | 41,733 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 154 | Comoros | 33,360 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 29,868 | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 156 | Cyprus | 29,600 | 2024 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 157 | Fiji | 23,967 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 158 | Mauritius | 18,832 | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 159 | Montenegro | 17,729 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16,574 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 161 | Guyana | 16,350 | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 162 | Bhutan | 14,080 | 2025 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 163 | Iceland | 13,603 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 11,966 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 165 | Maldives | 11,645 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 166 | Suriname | 10,406 | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 167 | Brunei Darussalam | 9,080 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,974 | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 8,477 | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 170 | Barbados | 7,708 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 171 | Macau, China | 7,600 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 172 | Belize | 6,674 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 173 | Samoa | 5,383 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 174 | Kiribati | 4,707 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 175 | Malta | 4,334 | 2024 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 176 | Bahamas | 4,333 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 177 | Curaçao | 4,138 | 2025 | up 128.4% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 3,986 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 179 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3,471 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 180 | Grenada | 3,353 | 2025 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,716 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 182 | Aruba | 2,568 | 2025 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 183 | Tonga | 2,124 | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 184 | Dominica | 1,760 | 2025 | down 23.9% | flat |
| 185 | Cayman Islands | 1,732 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 186 | Seychelles | 1,727 | 2025 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 1,587 | 2025 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 188 | Liechtenstein | 1,276 | 2025 | up 275.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,225 | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 190 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,098 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 191 | Sint Maarten | 1,059 | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 192 | Gibraltar | 918 | 2025 | up 321.1% | volatile |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 807 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 194 | San Marino | 663 | 2025 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 195 | Andorra | 644 | 2025 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 196 | Monaco | 533 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 520 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 198 | Naoero | 444 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 199 | Palau | 288 | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 200 | Tuvalu | 286 | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 201 | Bermuda | 279 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 202 | Cook Islands | 181 | 2025 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 203 | Anguilla | 136 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 204 | Montserrat | 115 | 2025 | up 105.4% | rising |
| 205 | Niue | 49 | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 206 | Tokelau | 45 | 2025 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 207 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 18 | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 208.20 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 205.10 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 202.63 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 201.51 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 170.76 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 126.24 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 107.97 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 107.70 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 106.31 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 99.36 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 92.06 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 91.84 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 82.28 million
- WB: Ida Total 78.86 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 74.04 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 65.41 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 65.41 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 65.41 million
- UNICEF: Africa 65.41 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 60.60 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 60.60 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 60.58 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 60.58 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 60.58 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 60.13 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 59.18 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 58.68 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 58.47 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 56.06 million
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 55.93 million
- WB: Ida Only 50.87 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 50.37 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 50.29 million
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 50.24 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 50.22 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 50.22 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 50.13 million
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 49.55 million
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 49.50 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 49.34 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release