School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
10.65 million
India
Lowest
12
Niue
Median
44,268
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,763
What the numbers show
School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, female (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 10.65 million in India; the lowest is 12 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 44,268, and the mean is 289,384.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 64.1%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 47.2%).
School age population, one year before the official primary … female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 10.65 million | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 2 | China | 6.77 million | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3.17 million | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3.05 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2.20 million | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 1.87 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.81 million | 2025 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 1.74 million | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1.56 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 1.40 million | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 11 | Egypt | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 1.06 million | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.03 million | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 14 | Tanzania | 1.01 million | 2025 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 778,641 | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 756,392 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 17 | Sudan | 715,244 | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 18 | Vietnam | 698,903 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 19 | Kenya | 680,816 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 20 | Iran | 628,473 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 613,850 | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 597,806 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 590,663 | 2025 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Yemen | 586,836 | 2025 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 558,494 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Mozambique | 539,325 | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 27 | Iraq | 533,712 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 483,568 | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 446,566 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 30 | Madagascar | 435,982 | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 31 | Myanmar | 429,519 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 32 | Cameroon | 422,641 | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 33 | Niger | 421,994 | 2025 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Ghana | 409,613 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 392,390 | 2024 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 386,556 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 37 | Mali | 383,256 | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 38 | Colombia | 376,708 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 368,296 | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 40 | France | 361,045 | 2024 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 351,119 | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 42 | Thailand | 346,083 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 43 | Chad | 328,373 | 2025 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 323,272 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 45 | Somalia | 316,831 | 2025 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 315,079 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 301,511 | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 48 | Zambia | 299,265 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 49 | Malawi | 298,390 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 268,523 | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 266,252 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 265,737 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 233,877 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 54 | Senegal | 228,466 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 220,356 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 56 | Italy | 218,688 | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 57 | Venezuela | 210,336 | 2025 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 58 | Burundi | 209,953 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 59 | Syria | 209,347 | 2025 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 60 | Benin | 206,621 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 205,820 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 62 | Guinea | 202,877 | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 63 | Canada | 199,464 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 64 | Poland | 197,888 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 65 | Guatemala | 195,214 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 66 | Spain | 193,808 | 2024 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 179,627 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 68 | Rwanda | 169,190 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 69 | North Korea | 166,022 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 160,086 | 2025 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 71 | South Korea | 155,321 | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 72 | Ukraine | 154,369 | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 148,382 | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 74 | South Sudan | 141,779 | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 139,863 | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 76 | Togo | 128,949 | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 127,163 | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 121,538 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 79 | Bolivia | 121,520 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 115,943 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 81 | Chile | 115,750 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 111,791 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 83 | Honduras | 110,048 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 84 | Romania | 101,377 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 85 | Jordan | 95,904 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 95,476 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 91,848 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 91,483 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 85,520 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 90 | Congo | 85,330 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 85,291 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 82,077 | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 79,948 | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 94 | Laos | 78,001 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 76,497 | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 74,097 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 70,145 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 98 | Palestine | 69,906 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 66,432 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 64,883 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 101 | Libya | 64,082 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 61,570 | 2025 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Belgium | 60,751 | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 104 | Sweden | 58,802 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 105 | Czechia | 58,021 | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 106 | Cuba | 51,202 | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 48,589 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 108 | Oman | 46,363 | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 109 | Hungary | 45,920 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 110 | Portugal | 44,439 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 111 | Switzerland | 44,390 | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 112 | Eritrea | 44,146 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 113 | Austria | 43,942 | 2024 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 114 | Belarus | 41,708 | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 115 | Greece | 40,996 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 116 | Lebanon | 39,612 | 2025 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 117 | Namibia | 39,328 | 2025 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 118 | Mongolia | 36,535 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 119 | Gambia | 36,168 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 120 | Panama | 35,860 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 121 | Gabon | 32,582 | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 122 | Serbia | 32,312 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 123 | Denmark | 30,558 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 124 | New Zealand | 30,550 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 125 | Ireland | 30,118 | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 29,629 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 127 | Slovakia | 29,295 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 128 | Kuwait | 28,844 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,417 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 130 | Norway | 28,021 | 2024 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 27,988 | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 132 | Botswana | 27,565 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 133 | Lesotho | 26,589 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 134 | Finland | 26,035 | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 135 | Georgia | 24,785 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 24,007 | 2025 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Hong Kong | 23,300 | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 138 | Singapore | 22,788 | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 139 | Uruguay | 22,034 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 17,512 | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 16,914 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 16,361 | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 143 | Jamaica | 16,266 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 144 | Qatar | 16,252 | 2025 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Moldova | 16,177 | 2020 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 146 | Lithuania | 14,316 | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 13,884 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13,177 | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 149 | Comoros | 10,995 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 150 | Albania | 10,593 | 2025 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 10,228 | 2025 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 152 | Latvia | 10,226 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 153 | Bahrain | 9,913 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 9,840 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 155 | Slovenia | 9,762 | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 9,455 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,389 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 158 | Guyana | 8,255 | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 159 | Fiji | 8,094 | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 7,140 | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritius | 6,390 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 162 | Reunion | 5,627 | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 5,200 | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 164 | Cyprus | 4,651 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 4,548 | 2025 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 165 | Western Sahara | 4,548 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 167 | Bhutan | 4,534 | 2025 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 4,239 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 169 | Montenegro | 3,597 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 170 | Belize | 3,487 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 3,438 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 172 | French Guiana | 3,234 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 173 | Brunei | 3,028 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 174 | Maldives | 3,020 | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,956 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 176 | Macao | 2,800 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 177 | Samoa | 2,736 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 178 | Iceland | 2,318 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 179 | Bahamas | 2,171 | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 180 | Malta | 2,148 | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 2,052 | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 182 | Guadeloupe | 1,992 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 183 | Martinique | 1,604 | 2025 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 184 | Kiribati | 1,565 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 185 | Barbados | 1,551 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 186 | French Polynesia | 1,443 | 2025 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 187 | Guam | 1,441 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 188 | Micronesia (country) | 1,151 | 2025 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 189 | Tonga | 1,062 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 1,012 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 860 | 2025 | up 64.1% | falling |
| 192 | Curacao | 734 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 193 | Grenada | 689 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 621 | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 546 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 196 | Aruba | 535 | 2025 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 197 | American Samoa | 431 | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 198 | United States Virgin Islands | 429 | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 411 | 2025 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 397 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 201 | Dominica | 360 | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 283 | 2025 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 203 | Bermuda | 279 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 262 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 205 | Andorra | 260 | 2025 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 206 | Gibraltar | 221 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 202 | 2025 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 208 | Monaco | 180 | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 209 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 162 | 2025 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 160 | 2025 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 211 | Nauru | 146 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 212 | San Marino | 123 | 2025 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 101 | 2025 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 214 | Palau | 96 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 215 | Cook Islands | 93 | 2025 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 63 | 2025 | down 38.8% | flat |
| 217 | Montserrat | 28 | 2025 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 218 | Tokelau | 23 | 2025 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 219 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 22 | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 220 | Saint Helena | 18 | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 221 | Falkland Islands | 15 | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 222 | Niue | 12 | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 64.84 million
- UIS: World 64.84 million
- MDG: World 64.84 million
- WB: World 64.84 million
- UNICEF: World 64.80 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 59.54 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 58.80 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 58.36 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 58.19 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 48.13 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 34.53 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 33.19 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 31.52 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 30.69 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 30.64 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 30.11 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 29.27 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 24.64 million
- WB: Ida Total 24.26 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 19.61 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 19.61 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 19.61 million
- UNICEF: Africa 19.61 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.21 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 18.13 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 17.88 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 17.88 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 17.70 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 17.44 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 17.44 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 17.43 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 17.43 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 17.43 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 17.37 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 17.06 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 17.06 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 17.06 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 17.06 million
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 16.77 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 16.75 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release