School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
31.86 million
India
Lowest
12
Niue
Median
128,428
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,793
What the numbers show
School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 31.86 million in India; the lowest is 12 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 128,428, and the mean is 745,923.
Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 305.5%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 67.6%).
School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) (age): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 31.86 million | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 2 | China | 17.25 million | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 6.15 million | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.60 million | 2025 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 5 | United States | 5.48 million | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 5.40 million | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 4.77 million | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 4.38 million | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 3.17 million | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 3.07 million | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 11 | Russia | 2.87 million | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 2.81 million | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 13 | South Africa | 2.35 million | 2025 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Uganda | 2.32 million | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Egypt | 2.30 million | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | Kenya | 2.07 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 2.07 million | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 18 | Angola | 1.82 million | 2025 | up 305.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Yemen | 1.81 million | 2025 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 20 | Turkey | 1.71 million | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 21 | Mozambique | 1.66 million | 2025 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 1.56 million | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 23 | Sudan | 1.44 million | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 24 | Madagascar | 1.33 million | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 25 | Niger | 1.29 million | 2025 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Japan | 1.28 million | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 1.23 million | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.22 million | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 29 | Mali | 1.17 million | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Germany | 1.16 million | 2024 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 31 | Colombia | 1.12 million | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 32 | Iraq | 1.07 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 33 | France | 1.06 million | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 34 | Philippines | 1.06 million | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 35 | Thailand | 1.03 million | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 36 | Chad | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Tanzania | 1.01 million | 2025 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 38 | Somalia | 975,621 | 2025 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 966,247 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 40 | Malawi | 910,558 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 41 | Myanmar | 857,143 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 42 | Cameroon | 850,072 | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 43 | Ghana | 822,319 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 44 | Argentina | 814,430 | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 794,383 | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 780,739 | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 739,744 | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 726,270 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 49 | Senegal | 696,353 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 667,943 | 2025 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 51 | Burundi | 637,756 | 2025 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 635,817 | 2025 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 53 | Italy | 630,022 | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 54 | Iran | 628,473 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 55 | Morocco | 627,468 | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea | 622,023 | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 57 | Venezuela | 613,864 | 2025 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 613,850 | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 59 | Canada | 578,778 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 567,169 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 61 | Spain | 551,823 | 2024 | down 23.2% | flat |
| 62 | Nepal | 538,823 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 63 | Cambodia | 534,912 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 516,076 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 65 | Rwanda | 508,197 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 66 | Algeria | 483,568 | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 67 | Papua New Guinea | 470,417 | 2025 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 457,525 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 444,721 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 70 | Ukraine | 441,979 | 2025 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 71 | South Sudan | 437,978 | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 72 | South Korea | 431,338 | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 73 | Benin | 416,190 | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 408,351 | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 75 | Togo | 393,083 | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 76 | Haiti | 363,896 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 77 | Chile | 349,094 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 338,980 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 79 | North Korea | 332,648 | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 80 | Honduras | 331,985 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 319,064 | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 315,651 | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 297,554 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 84 | Romania | 293,113 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 274,820 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 86 | Israel | 269,023 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 87 | Central African Republic | 267,079 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 88 | Tunisia | 267,001 | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 89 | Congo | 259,870 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 90 | Netherlands | 255,092 | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 91 | Bolivia | 243,543 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 235,705 | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 93 | Mauritania | 233,970 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 94 | Laos | 232,857 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 231,067 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 224,851 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 97 | Paraguay | 198,790 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 198,013 | 2025 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 99 | Jordan | 195,889 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 193,940 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 101 | Hungary | 181,606 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 102 | Belgium | 178,866 | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 103 | Czechia | 169,753 | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 104 | Gambia | 148,320 | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Cuba | 146,545 | 2025 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 145,412 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 107 | Palestine | 139,580 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 108 | Mongolia | 138,381 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 109 | Portugal | 130,382 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 129,486 | 2025 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 111 | Austria | 129,485 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 112 | Libya | 127,370 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 113 | Serbia | 126,880 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 123,413 | 2025 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Belarus | 119,730 | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 114,471 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 117 | Gabon | 98,314 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 118 | Finland | 97,035 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 119 | Georgia | 93,666 | 2025 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 120 | Denmark | 91,491 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 121 | Oman | 90,866 | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 122 | Eritrea | 88,904 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 123 | Switzerland | 87,873 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 124 | Botswana | 87,507 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 125 | Slovakia | 86,639 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 86,491 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 127 | Norway | 82,853 | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 128 | Greece | 81,216 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 129 | Namibia | 79,217 | 2025 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Lesotho | 78,612 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 131 | Equatorial Guinea | 73,128 | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Panama | 70,522 | 2025 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 133 | Moldova | 68,576 | 2020 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 134 | Croatia | 68,244 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 135 | Singapore | 67,791 | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 136 | Uruguay | 65,851 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 137 | Hong Kong | 61,800 | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 138 | New Zealand | 61,040 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 139 | Ireland | 58,555 | 2024 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 140 | Kuwait | 56,865 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 54,754 | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 142 | Lithuania | 53,053 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 143 | Armenia | 51,128 | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 144 | Jamaica | 48,523 | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 145 | Qatar | 47,400 | 2025 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 146 | East Timor | 46,822 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 147 | Eswatini | 41,733 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38,254 | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 149 | Latvia | 37,765 | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 33,360 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 151 | Albania | 31,835 | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 29,868 | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 153 | Puerto Rico | 29,059 | 2025 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 154 | Estonia | 28,903 | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 155 | Slovenia | 28,647 | 2024 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 156 | Bahrain | 28,594 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 27,787 | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 158 | Fiji | 23,967 | 2025 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 159 | Reunion | 22,564 | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16,574 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 161 | Guyana | 16,350 | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 162 | Cyprus | 14,312 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 163 | Bhutan | 14,080 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 164 | Mauritius | 12,733 | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 165 | French Guiana | 12,632 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 11,966 | 2025 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 167 | Montenegro | 10,734 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 168 | Suriname | 10,406 | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 10,301 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 170 | Brunei | 9,080 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 9,066 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,974 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 8,477 | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 174 | Macao | 7,600 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 7,351 | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 176 | Iceland | 7,044 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 177 | Belize | 6,674 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 6,114 | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 179 | Martinique | 6,022 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 180 | Maldives | 5,934 | 2025 | down 42.2% | rising |
| 181 | Samoa | 5,383 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 182 | Kiribati | 4,707 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 183 | Malta | 4,334 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 184 | Bahamas | 4,333 | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 185 | French Polynesia | 4,138 | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 3,471 | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 187 | Barbados | 3,099 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 188 | Tonga | 2,124 | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 189 | Curacao | 2,096 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 2,014 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 1,727 | 2025 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 192 | Guam | 1,441 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 193 | Grenada | 1,370 | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,225 | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 195 | American Samoa | 1,125 | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,093 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 197 | Aruba | 1,058 | 2025 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 852 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Dominica | 715 | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 200 | Andorra | 644 | 2025 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 201 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 561 | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 202 | Monaco | 533 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 203 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 520 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 204 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 457 | 2025 | down 36.1% | flat |
| 205 | Gibraltar | 449 | 2025 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 206 | United States Virgin Islands | 429 | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 207 | Marshall Islands | 411 | 2025 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 389 | 2025 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 209 | San Marino | 363 | 2025 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 321 | 2025 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 211 | Nauru | 295 | 2025 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 212 | Palau | 288 | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 286 | 2025 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 214 | Bermuda | 279 | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 215 | Cook Islands | 181 | 2025 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 136 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 217 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 71 | 2025 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 218 | Montserrat | 56 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 219 | Tokelau | 45 | 2025 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 220 | Saint Helena | 18 | 2025 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 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 168.16 million
- UIS: World 168.16 million
- MDG: World 168.16 million
- WB: World 168.16 million
- UNICEF: World 168.05 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 152.89 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 151.31 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 149.65 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 148.35 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 120.26 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 91.87 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 87.26 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 81.80 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 80.59 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 72.75 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 71.44 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 71.38 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 60.78 million
- WB: Ida Total 59.44 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 48.26 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 47.64 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 47.64 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 47.64 million
- UNICEF: Africa 47.64 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 47.00 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 45.41 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 45.11 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 45.11 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 45.11 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 45.11 million
- WB: Ida Only 44.49 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 44.42 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 44.42 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 43.76 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 43.76 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 43.73 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 43.73 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 43.73 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 43.53 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 42.34 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release