School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
66.02 million
India
Lowest
24
Niue
Median
263,696
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,796
What the numbers show
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 66.02 million in India; the lowest is 24 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 263,696, and the mean is 1.53 million.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 307.1%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 68.3%).
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 66.02 million | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 2 | China | 36.57 million | 2025 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 12.58 million | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.24 million | 2025 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 5 | United States | 11.22 million | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 11.02 million | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 9.79 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 9.01 million | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 6.42 million | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 6.25 million | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 11 | Russia | 5.92 million | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 5.80 million | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 13 | Egypt | 4.72 million | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 4.71 million | 2025 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Uganda | 4.69 million | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Vietnam | 4.36 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 4.16 million | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Yemen | 3.71 million | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 19 | Angola | 3.66 million | 2025 | up 307.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Turkey | 3.50 million | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 21 | Mozambique | 3.33 million | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 3.25 million | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 23 | Sudan | 2.93 million | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 24 | Madagascar | 2.71 million | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 25 | Niger | 2.63 million | 2025 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Japan | 2.62 million | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 2.46 million | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.46 million | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 29 | Germany | 2.37 million | 2024 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 30 | Mali | 2.35 million | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 2.30 million | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 32 | Iraq | 2.20 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 33 | France | 2.17 million | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 34 | Philippines | 2.15 million | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 35 | Thailand | 2.10 million | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 36 | Chad | 2.07 million | 2025 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Tanzania | 2.04 million | 2025 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 38 | Somalia | 1.98 million | 2025 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 1.96 million | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 40 | Malawi | 1.82 million | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 41 | Myanmar | 1.76 million | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 42 | Cameroon | 1.72 million | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 1.67 million | 2025 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 44 | Ghana | 1.67 million | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 1.62 million | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 1.59 million | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 1.52 million | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 1.49 million | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 49 | Senegal | 1.44 million | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 1.37 million | 2025 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 1.30 million | 2025 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 52 | Italy | 1.30 million | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 53 | Iran | 1.29 million | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 54 | Burundi | 1.28 million | 2025 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 55 | Morocco | 1.28 million | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea | 1.26 million | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 57 | Venezuela | 1.26 million | 2025 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 1.26 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 59 | Canada | 1.19 million | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 1.15 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 61 | Spain | 1.13 million | 2024 | down 23.8% | flat |
| 62 | Nepal | 1.10 million | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 63 | Cambodia | 1.09 million | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 65 | Rwanda | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 66 | Algeria | 987,399 | 2025 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 67 | Papua New Guinea | 973,751 | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 941,282 | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 69 | Ukraine | 907,637 | 2025 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 896,720 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 71 | South Sudan | 886,447 | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 72 | South Korea | 885,449 | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 73 | Benin | 843,419 | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 834,917 | 2025 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 75 | Togo | 792,466 | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 76 | Haiti | 734,607 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 77 | Chile | 711,707 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 78 | North Korea | 683,807 | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 683,783 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 80 | Honduras | 679,772 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 651,683 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 648,565 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 611,297 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 84 | Romania | 602,407 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 561,813 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 86 | Israel | 552,835 | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 547,998 | 2025 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 88 | Central African Republic | 537,786 | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 89 | Congo | 524,621 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 90 | Netherlands | 522,579 | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 91 | Bolivia | 495,865 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 484,425 | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 93 | Laos | 475,994 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 94 | Sweden | 475,661 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 473,666 | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 455,441 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 420,947 | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 98 | Jordan | 417,816 | 2025 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 406,860 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 393,996 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 101 | Hungary | 373,911 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 102 | Belgium | 365,133 | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 103 | Czechia | 347,158 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 104 | Cuba | 303,833 | 2025 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 105 | Gambia | 299,764 | 2025 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 106 | El Salvador | 297,612 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 107 | Palestine | 285,913 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 108 | Mongolia | 282,921 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 109 | Portugal | 267,995 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 267,068 | 2025 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 111 | Austria | 265,618 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 112 | Libya | 261,773 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 113 | Serbia | 255,971 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 247,261 | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Belarus | 246,408 | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 235,403 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 117 | Finland | 198,721 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 118 | Gabon | 197,877 | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 119 | Georgia | 193,510 | 2025 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 120 | Denmark | 188,102 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 121 | Oman | 185,341 | 2025 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 122 | Switzerland | 180,314 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 123 | Eritrea | 179,776 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 124 | Slovakia | 177,506 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 125 | Botswana | 175,957 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 175,336 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 127 | Norway | 170,338 | 2024 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 128 | Greece | 167,339 | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 129 | Lesotho | 158,445 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 130 | Namibia | 157,843 | 2025 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Equatorial Guinea | 147,649 | 2025 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Panama | 144,981 | 2025 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 133 | Moldova | 141,296 | 2020 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 134 | Croatia | 140,253 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 135 | Singapore | 137,784 | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 136 | Uruguay | 134,610 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 137 | Hong Kong | 127,500 | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 138 | New Zealand | 125,120 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 139 | Ireland | 119,778 | 2024 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 140 | Kuwait | 114,549 | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 110,949 | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 142 | Lithuania | 109,301 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 143 | Armenia | 105,191 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 144 | Jamaica | 98,796 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 145 | Qatar | 96,820 | 2025 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 146 | East Timor | 95,237 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 147 | Eswatini | 84,319 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79,159 | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 149 | Latvia | 78,255 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 67,597 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 151 | Albania | 66,085 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 61,711 | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 153 | Puerto Rico | 59,855 | 2025 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 154 | Slovenia | 59,269 | 2024 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 155 | Estonia | 59,232 | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 156 | Bahrain | 58,067 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 57,771 | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 158 | Fiji | 49,421 | 2025 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 159 | Reunion | 46,033 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33,761 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 161 | Guyana | 33,201 | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 162 | Cyprus | 29,192 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 163 | Bhutan | 28,781 | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 164 | Mauritius | 25,922 | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 165 | French Guiana | 25,719 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 24,636 | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 167 | Montenegro | 22,284 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 168 | Suriname | 21,201 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 20,953 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 170 | Brunei | 18,881 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 18,535 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18,162 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 17,521 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 174 | Macao | 15,900 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 15,042 | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 176 | Iceland | 14,594 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 177 | Belize | 13,678 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 12,545 | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 179 | Maldives | 12,538 | 2025 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 180 | Martinique | 12,163 | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 181 | Samoa | 11,150 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 182 | Kiribati | 9,686 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 183 | Malta | 9,001 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 184 | Bahamas | 8,774 | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 185 | French Polynesia | 8,606 | 2025 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 7,168 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 187 | Barbados | 6,300 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 188 | Tonga | 4,523 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 189 | Curacao | 4,299 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 4,084 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 3,533 | 2025 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 192 | Guam | 2,976 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 193 | Grenada | 2,791 | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,486 | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 195 | American Samoa | 2,259 | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,218 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 197 | Aruba | 2,159 | 2025 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 1,728 | 2025 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Dominica | 1,450 | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 200 | Andorra | 1,348 | 2025 | down 40.8% | rising |
| 201 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,139 | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 202 | Monaco | 1,089 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 203 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,059 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 204 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,019 | 2025 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 205 | Gibraltar | 923 | 2025 | up 122.4% | rising |
| 206 | United States Virgin Islands | 892 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 207 | Marshall Islands | 851 | 2025 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 791 | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 209 | San Marino | 726 | 2025 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 656 | 2025 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 211 | Tuvalu | 623 | 2025 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 212 | Palau | 591 | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 213 | Nauru | 575 | 2025 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 214 | Bermuda | 569 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 215 | Cook Islands | 372 | 2025 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 281 | 2025 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 217 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 147 | 2025 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 218 | Montserrat | 106 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 219 | Tokelau | 90 | 2025 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 220 | Saint Helena | 43 | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 221 | Falkland Islands | 31 | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 222 | Niue | 24 | 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 345.90 million
- UIS: World 345.90 million
- MDG: World 345.90 million
- WB: World 345.90 million
- UNICEF: World 345.67 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 314.62 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 311.39 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 307.98 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 305.25 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 248.46 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 190.61 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 181.41 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 170.16 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 165.74 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 148.12 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 146.91 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 146.85 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 123.63 million
- WB: Ida Total 120.78 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 99.75 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 97.12 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 96.37 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 96.37 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 96.37 million
- UNICEF: Africa 96.37 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 94.53 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 93.24 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 93.24 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 93.24 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 93.24 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 91.82 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 91.82 million
- WB: Ida Only 90.30 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 88.41 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 88.41 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 88.36 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 88.36 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 88.36 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 87.94 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 85.53 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release