School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
104
Highest
13.26 million
Nigeria
Lowest
37
Niue
Median
120,172
Years covered
54
1972–2025
Data points
5,922
What the numbers show
School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 13.26 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 37 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 120,172, and the mean is 646,805.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 40.3%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 52.8%).
School age population, early … age female educational development: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 13.26 million | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 10.78 million | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 6.01 million | 2013 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 4.88 million | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 5 | Mexico | 3.01 million | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 6 | Yemen | 1.95 million | 2025 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 7 | Vietnam | 1.95 million | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 8 | South Africa | 1.71 million | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 1.54 million | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 10 | Myanmar | 1.27 million | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 11 | Ghana | 1.26 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 12 | Russia | 1.25 million | 2025 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 1.08 million | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 1.08 million | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 15 | Japan | 1.04 million | 2012 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 1.02 million | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 17 | Morocco | 916,906 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 18 | Peru | 787,245 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 19 | Argentina | 728,623 | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 20 | Guatemala | 726,909 | 2025 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 21 | Thailand | 662,917 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 22 | Canada | 534,941 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 23 | Cambodia | 519,449 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 518,565 | 2003 | — | falling |
| 25 | Rwanda | 507,836 | 2021 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 490,837 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 27 | Australia | 437,562 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 28 | Venezuela | 403,213 | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 397,509 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 30 | Haiti | 365,425 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 31 | South Korea | 356,971 | 2024 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 32 | Chile | 346,601 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 33 | North Korea | 333,674 | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 34 | Israel | 267,397 | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 254,911 | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 249,437 | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 37 | Mauritania | 248,189 | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 38 | Laos | 231,264 | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 39 | Ukraine | 219,264 | 2025 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 40 | Namibia | 201,836 | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 192,635 | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 42 | El Salvador | 191,147 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 43 | Belgium | 170,575 | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 44 | Oman | 166,498 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 152,681 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 46 | Greece | 152,317 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 144,670 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 48 | Panama | 138,145 | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 49 | Cuba | 136,463 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 50 | Hungary | 132,000 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 51 | Paraguay | 131,426 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 120,660 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 119,683 | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 117,617 | 2025 | down 26.2% | flat |
| 55 | Sweden | 108,515 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 101,972 | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 57 | Denmark | 88,165 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 86,300 | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 59 | Ireland | 85,816 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 60 | Norway | 79,795 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | 75,807 | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 62 | Singapore | 69,393 | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 65,065 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 64 | Serbia | 58,329 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 65 | Croatia | 49,968 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 66 | Jamaica | 47,357 | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 67 | Finland | 47,227 | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 68 | Qatar | 46,239 | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 69 | Hong Kong | 40,100 | 2005 | — | falling |
| 70 | Gambia | 38,575 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 71 | Belarus | 35,777 | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35,378 | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 73 | Lithuania | 33,361 | 2024 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 74 | Moldova | 30,991 | 2020 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 75 | Bahrain | 28,664 | 2025 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 76 | Puerto Rico | 28,016 | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 77 | Albania | 19,368 | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 78 | Estonia | 18,042 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 79 | Slovenia | 17,937 | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 16,787 | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 81 | Latvia | 16,380 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 82 | Cyprus | 15,288 | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 83 | Montenegro | 6,995 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 84 | Iceland | 6,559 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 85 | Mauritius | 6,099 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5,801 | 2010 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 87 | Barbados | 4,609 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 88 | Curacao | 2,042 | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 89 | Grenada | 1,983 | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 1,972 | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,623 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 92 | Aruba | 1,510 | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 93 | Marshall Islands | 1,176 | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 94 | Dominica | 1,045 | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 95 | Liechtenstein | 887 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 96 | Cayman Islands | 880 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 97 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 602 | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 98 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 537 | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 99 | British Virgin Islands | 486 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 100 | Gibraltar | 469 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 101 | San Marino | 300 | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 102 | Nauru | 149 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 103 | Montserrat | 59 | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 104 | Niue | 37 | 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 55.30 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 53.79 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 53.16 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 52.98 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 50.51 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 34.36 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 33.55 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 28.63 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 27.10 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 21.50 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 20.71 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 20.68 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 20.40 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 19.55 million
- WB: Ida Total 19.43 million
- GPE: Region 3 18.76 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 17.77 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 17.77 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 17.77 million
- UNICEF: Africa 17.77 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 17.56 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 17.25 million
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 17.25 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 16.85 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 16.84 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 16.84 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 16.84 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 16.84 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 16.84 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 16.84 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 16.83 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 16.83 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 16.83 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 16.83 million
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 16.71 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 16.60 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 16.60 million
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 16.56 million
- AIMS: East Asia 16.30 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 16.30 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release