School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
104
Highest
26.83 million
Nigeria
Lowest
74
Niue
Median
248,662
Years covered
54
1972–2025
Data points
5,922
What the numbers show
School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 26.83 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 74 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 248,662, and the mean is 1.32 million.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 39.6%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 53.2%).
School age population, early childhood … age both sexes educational: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 26.83 million | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 22.16 million | 2025 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 12.33 million | 2013 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 9.99 million | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 5 | Mexico | 6.13 million | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 6 | Vietnam | 4.09 million | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 7 | Yemen | 4.00 million | 2025 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 8 | South Africa | 3.48 million | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 3.15 million | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 10 | Myanmar | 2.62 million | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 11 | Russia | 2.57 million | 2025 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 12 | Ghana | 2.56 million | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 2.22 million | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 2.21 million | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 15 | Japan | 2.12 million | 2012 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 2.09 million | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 17 | Morocco | 1.87 million | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 18 | Peru | 1.60 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 19 | Argentina | 1.49 million | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 20 | Guatemala | 1.48 million | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 21 | Thailand | 1.36 million | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 22 | Canada | 1.10 million | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 23 | Cambodia | 1.06 million | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 1.05 million | 2003 | — | falling |
| 25 | Rwanda | 1.02 million | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 1.01 million | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 27 | Australia | 898,793 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 28 | Venezuela | 826,570 | 2025 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 819,679 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 30 | Haiti | 738,175 | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 31 | South Korea | 730,554 | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 32 | Chile | 706,673 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 33 | North Korea | 686,093 | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 34 | Israel | 550,305 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 524,930 | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 510,377 | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 37 | Mauritania | 502,802 | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 38 | Laos | 473,037 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 39 | Ukraine | 448,585 | 2025 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 40 | Namibia | 404,214 | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 391,482 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 42 | El Salvador | 391,208 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 43 | Belgium | 348,658 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 44 | Oman | 339,328 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 313,889 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 46 | Greece | 313,524 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 296,959 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 48 | Panama | 283,479 | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 49 | Cuba | 282,536 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 50 | Hungary | 271,941 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 51 | Paraguay | 269,039 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 248,884 | 2025 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 53 | Austria | 248,440 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 239,745 | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 55 | Sweden | 222,761 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 208,407 | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 57 | Denmark | 181,496 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 176,350 | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 59 | Ireland | 173,853 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 60 | Norway | 163,538 | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | 153,226 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 62 | Singapore | 142,576 | 2025 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 132,960 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 64 | Serbia | 120,656 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 65 | Croatia | 102,329 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 66 | Finland | 96,439 | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 67 | Jamaica | 96,420 | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 68 | Qatar | 93,399 | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 69 | Hong Kong | 82,600 | 2005 | — | falling |
| 70 | Gambia | 78,047 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 71 | Belarus | 73,626 | 2025 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73,121 | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 73 | Lithuania | 67,986 | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 74 | Moldova | 63,902 | 2020 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 75 | Bahrain | 58,279 | 2025 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 76 | Puerto Rico | 57,431 | 2025 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 77 | Albania | 40,376 | 2025 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 78 | Slovenia | 36,977 | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 36,961 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 34,863 | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 81 | Latvia | 33,695 | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 82 | Cyprus | 31,309 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 83 | Montenegro | 14,484 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 84 | Iceland | 13,523 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 85 | Mauritius | 12,197 | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11,700 | 2010 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 87 | Barbados | 9,368 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 88 | Curacao | 4,193 | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 89 | Grenada | 4,039 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 3,998 | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,296 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 92 | Aruba | 3,080 | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 93 | Marshall Islands | 2,440 | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 94 | Dominica | 2,125 | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 95 | Liechtenstein | 1,867 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 96 | Cayman Islands | 1,791 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 97 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,223 | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 98 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,092 | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 99 | British Virgin Islands | 994 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 100 | Gibraltar | 966 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 101 | San Marino | 592 | 2025 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 102 | Nauru | 308 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 103 | Montserrat | 120 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 104 | Niue | 74 | 2025 | down 17.8% | 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 113.01 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 109.91 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 108.59 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 108.25 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 103.19 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 70.47 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 68.57 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 58.62 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 55.48 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 43.81 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 42.68 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 42.12 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 41.53 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 39.83 million
- WB: Ida Total 39.44 million
- GPE: Region 3 38.62 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 36.19 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 35.98 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 35.98 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 35.98 million
- UNICEF: Africa 35.98 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 35.03 million
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 35.03 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 34.69 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 34.69 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 34.69 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 34.69 million
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 34.37 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 34.20 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 34.08 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 34.08 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 34.08 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 34.08 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 34.08 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 34.08 million
- AIMS: East Asia 33.61 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 33.61 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 33.60 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 33.58 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 33.58 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release