School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) by country

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.

Countries reporting

206

Highest

33.24 million number

India

Lowest

261 number

British Virgin Islands

Median

162,890 number

Years covered

1970–2020

Data points

12,152

What the numbers show

School age population, pre-primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 33.24 million number in India; the lowest is 261 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 162,890 number, and the mean is 824,815 number.

Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 380.3%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 34.2%).

School age population, pre-primary education, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	33.24 million number	2019	down 8.9%	rising
2	China	24.41 million number	2019	up 6.8%	falling
3	United States	5.87 million number	2018	up 0.1%	rising
4	Pakistan	5.08 million number	2019	up 16.0%	rising
5	Indonesia	4.72 million number	2019	up 5.0%	rising
6	Ethiopia	4.53 million number	2019	up 14.5%	rising
7	Bangladesh	4.26 million number	2019	down 8.5%	volatile
8	Brazil	4.25 million number	2011	down 12.5%	falling
9	Democratic Republic of Congo	4.25 million number	2019	up 37.9%	rising
10	Russia	3.71 million number	2020	up 30.3%	falling
11	Mexico	3.30 million number	2019	up 48.2%	rising
12	Nigeria	2.97 million number	2019	up 29.2%	falling
13	Egypt	2.45 million number	2019	up 43.7%	rising
14	South Africa	2.31 million number	2019	up 380.3%	volatile
15	Uganda	2.20 million number	2019	up 29.8%	volatile
16	Vietnam	2.17 million number	2019	up 11.3%	falling
17	Kenya	2.09 million number	2019	up 9.6%	rising
18	Turkey	2.01 million number	2019	up 6.2%	rising
19	Tanzania	1.70 million number	2019	up 26.9%	rising
20	Mozambique	1.43 million number	2019	up 23.1%	volatile
21	Uzbekistan	1.31 million number	2020	up 30.4%	rising
22	Niger	1.18 million number	2019	up 46.6%	volatile
23	Yemen	1.18 million number	2019	up 19.4%	rising
24	Sudan	1.18 million number	2020	up 14.8%	rising
25	France	1.16 million number	2019	down 0.6%	flat
26	Germany	1.12 million number	2020	up 10.2%	falling
27	Cote d'Ivoire	1.12 million number	2019	up 20.7%	rising
28	Philippines	1.12 million number	2019	up 5.7%	rising
29	Madagascar	1.11 million number	2019	up 18.1%	rising
30	Zambia	1.11 million number	2019	up 22.9%	rising
31	Thailand	1.10 million number	2019	down 9.1%	falling
32	Argentina	1.10 million number	2019	up 4.5%	rising
33	Colombia	1.08 million number	2019	down 9.9%	rising
34	Angola	1.06 million number	2019	up 180.8%	rising
35	Iraq	1.03 million number	2019	up 26.9%	rising
36	Mali	942,761 number	2019	down 2.0%	volatile
37	Burkina Faso	938,591 number	2019	up 32.2%	rising
38	Saudi Arabia	893,657 number	2019	up 10.8%	rising
39	Myanmar	887,938 number	2019	down 15.4%	rising
40	Malawi	823,523 number	2019	up 15.7%	rising
41	Venezuela	809,401 number	2019	down 3.8%	rising
42	United Kingdom	796,626 number	2020	up 13.5%	falling
43	Chad	789,182 number	2019	up 29.5%	rising
44	Peru	782,207 number	2019	down 8.2%	rising
45	Ghana	774,590 number	2019	up 21.1%	rising
46	Cameroon	754,416 number	2019	up 26.0%	rising
47	Somalia	741,440 number	2019	up 23.9%	volatile
48	Italy	740,476 number	2020	down 9.6%	falling
49	Senegal	735,513 number	2019	up 32.7%	rising
50	Ukraine	730,667 number	2014	up 20.8%	falling
51	Poland	727,408 number	2020	up 3.8%	falling
52	Morocco	676,106 number	2019	up 13.5%	rising
53	Iran	673,763 number	2019	up 21.7%	rising
54	South Korea	656,034 number	2019	up 189.3%	rising
55	Spain	611,057 number	2020	down 9.1%	falling
56	Guatemala	588,009 number	2019	up 51.0%	rising
57	Kazakhstan	583,844 number	2020	up 17.6%	falling
58	Guinea	560,432 number	2019	up 18.7%	rising
59	Nepal	543,316 number	2019	down 11.9%	falling
60	Afghanistan	530,275 number	2019	up 14.2%	rising
61	Cambodia	520,973 number	2019	up 15.0%	rising
62	Syria	517,421 number	2019	down 34.2%	rising
63	Rwanda	508,176 number	2019	up 19.4%	rising
64	Malaysia	500,140 number	2020	up 1.4%	rising
65	Tajikistan	485,721 number	2019	up 48.7%	rising
66	South Sudan	483,081 number	2019	up 19.0%	rising
67	Ecuador	477,398 number	2019	up 5.0%	volatile
68	Algeria	467,603 number	2020	up 60.2%	falling
69	Zimbabwe	452,841 number	2019	up 28.1%	rising
70	Papua New Guinea	410,162 number	2019	up 351.3%	volatile
71	Haiti	370,782 number	2019	up 2.2%	rising
72	Chile	367,734 number	2019	up 56.5%	rising
73	Burundi	358,488 number	2019	up 44.9%	rising
74	Togo	343,757 number	2019	up 19.6%	rising
75	Benin	340,759 number	2019	up 26.7%	rising
76	Sri Lanka	329,624 number	2019	up 85.8%	rising
77	Sierra Leone	328,005 number	2019	up 13.2%	rising
78	North Korea	326,096 number	2019	down 12.5%	falling
79	Kyrgyzstan	311,811 number	2020	up 57.4%	rising
80	Tunisia	304,769 number	2019	up 32.6%	flat
81	Honduras	289,699 number	2019	down 5.9%	rising
82	Dominican Republic	285,113 number	2019	down 3.2%	falling
83	Romania	269,422 number	2020	down 33.3%	falling
84	Netherlands	257,048 number	2020	up 31.4%	rising
85	Israel	244,608 number	2019	up 25.2%	rising
86	Azerbaijan	234,482 number	2019	up 34.2%	falling
87	Congo	233,995 number	2019	up 28.6%	rising
88	Bolivia	232,410 number	2019	down 0.0%	rising
89	Sweden	230,529 number	2020	up 13.0%	flat
90	Jordan	229,271 number	2019	up 34.4%	rising
91	Laos	227,793 number	2019	up 3.4%	rising
92	Central African Republic	212,510 number	2019	up 4.6%	rising
93	Turkmenistan	209,109 number	2019	up 5.1%	rising
94	Liberia	204,362 number	2019	up 20.9%	rising
95	Paraguay	201,580 number	2019	up 2.9%	rising
96	Nicaragua	194,952 number	2019	up 2.0%	flat
97	Canada	193,142 number	2019	up 13.3%	falling
98	Belgium	190,146 number	2020	up 7.1%	falling
99	Mauritania	188,742 number	2019	up 29.9%	rising
100	Cuba	185,821 number	2019	down 0.9%	rising
101	Belarus	174,788 number	2019	up 33.1%	falling
102	Hungary	172,058 number	2020	down 8.2%	falling
103	El Salvador	167,580 number	2019	down 8.1%	falling
104	Czechia	158,199 number	2020	up 5.0%	falling
105	Australia	158,046 number	2019	up 20.0%	rising
106	Mongolia	149,431 number	2019	up 125.0%	rising
107	Gambia	147,466 number	2020	up 33.3%	volatile
108	Palestine	133,196 number	2019	up 20.4%	rising
109	Libya	129,212 number	2019	up 14.6%	rising
110	Bulgaria	128,516 number	2019	up 0.2%	falling
111	Serbia	127,559 number	2019	down 14.4%	falling
112	Austria	124,998 number	2020	up 7.5%	falling
113	Portugal	122,322 number	2020	down 19.8%	falling
114	Finland	115,586 number	2020	up 2.4%	rising
115	Lebanon	105,279 number	1985	up 2.6%	rising
116	United Arab Emirates	101,676 number	2019	up 55.3%	volatile
117	Eritrea	94,276 number	2019	up 21.2%	rising
118	Norway	89,582 number	2020	up 4.1%	falling
119	Gabon	86,798 number	2019	up 45.4%	rising
120	Greece	85,808 number	2020	down 17.8%	falling
121	Guinea-Bissau	85,398 number	2019	up 31.3%	rising
122	Switzerland	84,678 number	2020	up 17.4%	falling
123	Denmark	84,244 number	2020	down 33.8%	volatile
124	Georgia	83,564 number	2020	up 27.8%	falling
125	Slovakia	82,580 number	2020	up 7.5%	falling
126	Hong Kong	81,545 number	2019	up 26.5%	falling
127	Botswana	80,858 number	2019	up 13.0%	rising
128	Croatia	77,368 number	2019	down 1.8%	falling
129	Oman	76,837 number	2019	up 61.6%	rising
130	Panama	76,080 number	2019	up 9.7%	volatile
131	Moldova	73,598 number	2019	up 2.8%	falling
132	Lesotho	71,469 number	2019	down 1.4%	rising
133	Uruguay	70,128 number	2019	down 2.5%	falling
134	Costa Rica	69,902 number	2019	up 1.7%	rising
135	Jamaica	69,691 number	2019	down 2.6%	falling
136	Puerto Rico	66,171 number	2013	up 22.4%	falling
137	Namibia	64,595 number	2019	up 28.8%	volatile
138	Ireland	62,415 number	2019	up 108.4%	falling
139	Armenia	60,504 number	2020	down 10.5%	falling
140	Kuwait	59,848 number	2019	up 43.3%	rising
141	New Zealand	59,564 number	2019	up 4.1%	rising
142	Lithuania	57,710 number	2019	up 5.4%	falling
143	Equatorial Guinea	51,393 number	2019	up 44.8%	volatile
144	Albania	49,908 number	2019	down 12.9%	falling
145	East Timor	46,912 number	2019	up 43.9%	rising
146	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45,241 number	2019	—	falling
147	Eswatini	41,827 number	2019	down 2.2%	rising
148	Latvia	40,895 number	2019	up 3.7%	falling
149	Qatar	39,397 number	2019	up 75.9%	volatile
150	Comoros	34,714 number	2019	up 21.5%	rising
151	North Macedonia	33,882 number	2019	down 5.4%	falling
152	Slovenia	31,372 number	2020	up 17.2%	falling
153	Bahrain	31,328 number	2019	up 27.8%	rising
154	Solomon Islands	28,641 number	2019	up 31.8%	rising
155	Estonia	28,173 number	2020	up 4.5%	falling
156	Fiji	26,251 number	2019	up 6.2%	rising
157	Guyana	22,026 number	2019	up 37.9%	falling
158	Djibouti	20,559 number	2020	up 19.5%	rising
159	Trinidad and Tobago	18,644 number	2019	up 0.6%	falling
160	Cape Verde	15,918 number	2019	down 0.5%	rising
161	Cyprus	13,615 number	2019	up 10.5%	falling
162	Mauritius	12,776 number	2019	down 28.1%	falling
163	Bhutan	12,066 number	2020	down 10.4%	rising
164	Maldives	10,795 number	2019	up 32.9%	rising
165	Montenegro	10,521 number	2019	down 30.5%	falling
166	Brunei	10,245 number	2019	up 6.9%	rising
167	Suriname	10,196 number	2019	up 0.4%	falling
168	Macao	9,996 number	2019	up 91.1%	rising
169	Luxembourg	9,641 number	2020	up 15.6%	rising
170	Sao Tome and Principe	9,191 number	2019	up 10.1%	rising
171	Belize	7,778 number	2019	up 2.1%	rising
172	French Polynesia	7,516 number	1997	up 17.9%	rising
173	Vanuatu	7,499 number	2019	up 31.7%	rising
174	Iceland	6,487 number	2020	up 0.5%	rising
175	Samoa	4,991 number	2019	up 4.8%	rising
176	Bahamas	4,803 number	2019	down 21.4%	rising
177	Malta	4,174 number	2019	up 12.9%	flat
178	Kiribati	4,132 number	2019	up 28.8%	rising
179	Micronesia (country)	3,429 number	2019	down 3.7%	rising
180	Barbados	2,942 number	2019	down 18.9%	falling
181	Tonga	2,445 number	2019	down 7.1%	falling
182	American Samoa	2,222 number	1997	up 39.2%	rising
183	Saint Lucia	2,211 number	2019	down 6.7%	falling
184	Curacao	2,008 number	2019	down 1.4%	flat
185	Grenada	1,781 number	2019	up 10.4%	falling
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,661 number	2019	down 3.5%	falling
187	Guam	1,589 number	1997	up 23.9%	rising
188	Seychelles	1,560 number	2019	up 13.3%	falling
189	Antigua and Barbuda	1,461 number	2019	up 8.4%	falling
190	Marshall Islands	1,414 number	2019	down 11.6%	rising
191	Aruba	1,086 number	2019	down 17.2%	rising
192	Andorra	944 number	1998	up 23.4%	rising
193	United States Virgin Islands	938 number	1997	down 12.7%	falling
194	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	856 number	2019	up 96.3%	rising
195	Dominica	839 number	2019	down 9.6%	falling
196	Cayman Islands	753 number	2019	up 2.7%	volatile
197	Saint Kitts and Nevis	709 number	2019	up 1.0%	falling
198	Turks and Caicos Islands	485 number	2019	down 17.5%	rising
199	San Marino	452 number	2019	up 10.0%	flat
200	Gibraltar	410 number	2019	up 73.7%	rising
201	Nauru	408 number	2019	up 16.6%	rising
202	Tuvalu	398 number	2019	up 9.6%	rising
203	Palau	348 number	2019	down 15.5%	falling
204	Liechtenstein	347 number	2019	down 1.4%	falling
205	Bermuda	274 number	2019	down 23.2%	falling
206	British Virgin Islands	261 number	2019	down 30.6%	rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 170.16 million number
IDA & IBRD total 152.96 million number
Low & middle income 151.97 million number
Middle income 125.14 million number
IBRD only 99.64 million number
Early-demographic dividend 79.89 million number
Lower middle income 70.05 million number
Upper middle income 55.09 million number
IDA total 53.54 million number
South Asia 44.01 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 44.01 million number
Late-demographic dividend 41.75 million number

About this data

Indicator: School age population, pre-primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 12,152 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.