School age population, lower secondary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
220
Highest
34.34 million
India
Lowest
73
Niue
Median
164,616
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,444
What the numbers show
School age population, lower secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 34.34 million in India; the lowest is 73 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 164,616, and the mean is 963,042.
Over the past decade 150 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 241.3%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 58.1%).
School age population, lower secondary education, female (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 34.34 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 2 | China | 24.93 million | 2025 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 8.82 million | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 8.69 million | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 7.08 million | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 6.19 million | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 5.91 million | 2025 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 5.73 million | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 9 | Philippines | 4.64 million | 2025 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 4.60 million | 2025 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 11 | Russia | 4.47 million | 2025 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 3.59 million | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 13 | Vietnam | 3.36 million | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 3.32 million | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 15 | Tanzania | 3.09 million | 2025 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.78 million | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Turkey | 2.66 million | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 18 | Uganda | 2.50 million | 2025 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Germany | 2.24 million | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 20 | Iran | 2.03 million | 2025 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 1.78 million | 2025 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 22 | Sudan | 1.77 million | 2025 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 23 | Myanmar | 1.71 million | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 24 | France | 1.68 million | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 25 | Iraq | 1.65 million | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 1.64 million | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 27 | Japan | 1.55 million | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 1.55 million | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 1.52 million | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Madagascar | 1.48 million | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 31 | Angola | 1.43 million | 2025 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 1.39 million | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 33 | Kenya | 1.36 million | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 34 | Niger | 1.34 million | 2025 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Yemen | 1.34 million | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.31 million | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 37 | Mozambique | 1.30 million | 2025 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 1.24 million | 2024 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 1.20 million | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 1.16 million | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 41 | Malawi | 1.12 million | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Thailand | 1.11 million | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 43 | South Africa | 1.08 million | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 44 | Ukraine | 1.08 million | 2025 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 45 | Argentina | 1.08 million | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 46 | Somalia | 1.00 million | 2025 | up 186.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Chad | 994,085 | 2025 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Morocco | 989,014 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 943,277 | 2025 | up 55.8% | flat |
| 50 | Mali | 934,264 | 2025 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 853,092 | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 831,269 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 53 | Syria | 831,122 | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 54 | Nepal | 825,586 | 2025 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 802,004 | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 56 | Venezuela | 801,118 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 57 | Malaysia | 800,127 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 778,347 | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 775,034 | 2024 | up 39.6% | falling |
| 60 | Spain | 744,100 | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 695,281 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea | 683,168 | 2025 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Benin | 679,600 | 2025 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 64 | South Korea | 672,307 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 65 | Canada | 656,069 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 66 | Australia | 651,402 | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 67 | Burundi | 593,681 | 2025 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 585,157 | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 569,857 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 70 | Zambia | 523,767 | 2025 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 71 | Cambodia | 488,652 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 72 | Rwanda | 478,238 | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 73 | Ecuador | 477,603 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 74 | North Korea | 472,094 | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 75 | Togo | 449,955 | 2025 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 445,044 | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 436,743 | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 78 | Romania | 419,951 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 416,933 | 2025 | up 136.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 404,843 | 2025 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 81 | Jordan | 378,058 | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 82 | Haiti | 362,191 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 357,868 | 2025 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 84 | South Sudan | 338,032 | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 85 | Palestine | 328,553 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 86 | Congo | 319,221 | 2025 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 87 | Honduras | 313,045 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 88 | Central African Republic | 308,457 | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 307,329 | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 90 | Laos | 297,233 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 91 | Tunisia | 296,010 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 92 | Netherlands | 284,084 | 2024 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 280,841 | 2025 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 94 | Belarus | 277,434 | 2025 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 95 | Mauritania | 253,761 | 2025 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Chile | 251,333 | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 97 | Israel | 246,849 | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 240,465 | 2025 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Bolivia | 238,938 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 100 | Oman | 236,104 | 2025 | up 241.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Czechia | 235,462 | 2024 | up 32.7% | falling |
| 102 | Liberia | 207,874 | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 103 | Libya | 206,994 | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 197,791 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 105 | Sweden | 184,883 | 2024 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 106 | Cuba | 183,775 | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 107 | Paraguay | 182,109 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 108 | Hungary | 177,525 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 109 | Austria | 170,172 | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 167,125 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 111 | El Salvador | 162,106 | 2025 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 155,807 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 113 | Portugal | 150,316 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 114 | Mongolia | 146,508 | 2025 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 115 | Slovakia | 141,937 | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 116 | New Zealand | 137,170 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 117 | Belgium | 136,852 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 118 | Switzerland | 132,521 | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 119 | Eritrea | 131,589 | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Serbia | 130,449 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 121 | Kuwait | 126,018 | 2025 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 122 | Ireland | 112,900 | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 112,295 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 124 | Gabon | 112,139 | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 125 | Panama | 111,992 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 100,840 | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 127 | Denmark | 99,947 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 128 | Norway | 99,323 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 129 | Armenia | 97,020 | 2025 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 130 | Finland | 94,311 | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 131 | Namibia | 93,220 | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 91,537 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 133 | Hong Kong | 88,800 | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 134 | Lithuania | 87,094 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | 79,912 | 2025 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 79,381 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 137 | Georgia | 78,810 | 2025 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 138 | Lesotho | 77,518 | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 139 | Croatia | 76,052 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 140 | Moldova | 73,435 | 2020 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 141 | Botswana | 72,885 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 142 | Uruguay | 68,308 | 2025 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 143 | Jamaica | 57,968 | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56,831 | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 145 | Albania | 51,657 | 2025 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 47,028 | 2025 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 147 | East Timor | 44,322 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 148 | North Macedonia | 42,989 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 149 | Singapore | 42,647 | 2025 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 150 | Qatar | 40,140 | 2025 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Eswatini | 39,500 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 39,040 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 33,603 | 2024 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 154 | Fiji | 33,378 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 155 | Latvia | 30,022 | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Bahrain | 28,943 | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28,036 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 27,616 | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 159 | Reunion | 25,736 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 160 | Bhutan | 24,617 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 161 | Estonia | 24,143 | 2024 | up 40.9% | falling |
| 162 | Guyana | 22,949 | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 21,677 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 164 | Mauritius | 20,966 | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 165 | Montenegro | 15,544 | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 14,535 | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 167 | Maldives | 14,457 | 2025 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 168 | Cyprus | 14,437 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 14,413 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 170 | Belize | 14,154 | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 13,345 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 172 | French Guiana | 12,557 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 173 | Luxembourg | 10,362 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 174 | Guadeloupe | 8,840 | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 175 | Macao | 8,800 | 2025 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,420 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 8,300 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 8,076 | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 179 | Bahamas | 7,887 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 180 | Martinique | 7,373 | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 181 | Iceland | 7,339 | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 182 | Malta | 6,877 | 2024 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 183 | Brunei | 6,260 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 184 | Samoa | 5,506 | 2025 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 185 | Barbados | 4,907 | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 186 | Tonga | 4,760 | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 187 | Kiribati | 4,508 | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 188 | Curacao | 4,298 | 2025 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 3,198 | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 190 | Grenada | 2,567 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 2,507 | 2025 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 192 | Micronesia (country) | 2,330 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,316 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 194 | American Samoa | 1,848 | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,793 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 196 | Andorra | 1,673 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,372 | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 198 | Aruba | 1,361 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 199 | Dominica | 1,286 | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 1,153 | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 201 | Bermuda | 930 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 202 | Marshall Islands | 907 | 2025 | down 58.1% | rising |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 808 | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 755 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 205 | Liechtenstein | 743 | 2025 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 206 | Gibraltar | 672 | 2025 | up 86.1% | falling |
| 207 | British Virgin Islands | 639 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 208 | Monaco | 630 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 209 | Nauru | 587 | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 210 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 502 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 211 | Cook Islands | 498 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 212 | San Marino | 487 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 358 | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 214 | Anguilla | 312 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 215 | Palau | 227 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 143 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 217 | Tokelau | 105 | 2025 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 218 | Montserrat | 78 | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 219 | Saint Helena | 77 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 220 | Niue | 73 | 2025 | up 7.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 208.48 million
- UIS: World 208.48 million
- MDG: World 208.48 million
- WB: World 208.48 million
- UNICEF: World 208.34 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 188.99 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 186.72 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 185.10 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 182.55 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 156.64 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 116.75 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 111.92 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 104.65 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 97.84 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 95.03 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 91.84 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 91.50 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 71.87 million
- WB: Ida Total 69.97 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 60.72 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 56.79 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 56.69 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 55.49 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 54.36 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 54.36 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 54.36 million
- UNICEF: Africa 54.36 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 52.99 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 52.99 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 52.99 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 52.99 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 51.92 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 51.01 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 51.01 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 48.64 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 47.86 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 47.78 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 47.72 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 47.72 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 47.70 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release