School age population, primary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
222
Highest
54.55 million
India
Lowest
72
Niue
Median
257,148
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,724
What the numbers show
School age population, primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 54.55 million in India; the lowest is 72 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 257,148, and the mean is 1.67 million.
Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 67.5%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 37.5%).
School age population, primary education, female (number) (population): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 54.55 million | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 49.00 million | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 18.58 million | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 14.86 million | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 13.92 million | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 11.92 million | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.61 million | 2025 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 9.45 million | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 7.73 million | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 7.58 million | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 7.06 million | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 12 | Philippines | 6.78 million | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 6.33 million | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 14 | Tanzania | 6.27 million | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 4.84 million | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 16 | Iran | 4.40 million | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 4.05 million | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 18 | Vietnam | 3.89 million | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 19 | Sudan | 3.88 million | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 20 | South Africa | 3.66 million | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 21 | Russia | 3.63 million | 2025 | up 22.6% | flat |
| 22 | Mozambique | 3.43 million | 2025 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 3.42 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 24 | Iraq | 3.30 million | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 25 | Angola | 3.26 million | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Yemen | 3.15 million | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 2.92 million | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 28 | Turkey | 2.57 million | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 29 | Algeria | 2.46 million | 2025 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 2.45 million | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 31 | Cameroon | 2.35 million | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 32 | Niger | 2.34 million | 2025 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 2.33 million | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 34 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.28 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 35 | Myanmar | 2.18 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 2.16 million | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 37 | Argentina | 2.13 million | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 2.12 million | 2025 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 39 | Madagascar | 2.01 million | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 40 | Zambia | 1.97 million | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 1.97 million | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 42 | Colombia | 1.95 million | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 43 | France | 1.95 million | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 1.91 million | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 45 | Chad | 1.75 million | 2025 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Malawi | 1.72 million | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 1.63 million | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 48 | Malaysia | 1.63 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 1.60 million | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 50 | Germany | 1.57 million | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 1.56 million | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 52 | Venezuela | 1.47 million | 2025 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 1.36 million | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 54 | Nepal | 1.34 million | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 55 | Spain | 1.34 million | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 56 | Senegal | 1.32 million | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 57 | Canada | 1.29 million | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 58 | Syria | 1.25 million | 2025 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 59 | Burundi | 1.24 million | 2025 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 60 | South Korea | 1.21 million | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 61 | Italy | 1.20 million | 2024 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 62 | Guatemala | 1.18 million | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 63 | Benin | 1.17 million | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 64 | Somalia | 1.16 million | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 65 | Guinea | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 66 | Australia | 1.11 million | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 1.03 million | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 68 | Rwanda | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 69 | Ecuador | 908,634 | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 70 | South Sudan | 880,605 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 821,018 | 2025 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 72 | North Korea | 815,099 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 796,302 | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 74 | Poland | 738,764 | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 75 | Haiti | 728,571 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 76 | Togo | 728,253 | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 77 | Chile | 724,988 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 78 | Bolivia | 723,240 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 79 | Ukraine | 706,382 | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 669,641 | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 81 | Honduras | 639,623 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 639,047 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 83 | Tunisia | 619,246 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 559,399 | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 85 | Jordan | 559,182 | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 86 | Netherlands | 532,299 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 87 | Israel | 528,150 | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 528,059 | 2025 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 89 | Romania | 506,617 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 500,242 | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 486,514 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 92 | Liberia | 430,996 | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 93 | Mauritania | 426,048 | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 94 | Libya | 404,761 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 394,013 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 96 | Paraguay | 392,282 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 97 | Laos | 389,238 | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 98 | Belgium | 385,928 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 99 | Sweden | 363,245 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 100 | Cuba | 336,673 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 324,751 | 2025 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 102 | El Salvador | 315,558 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 310,130 | 2025 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 104 | Lebanon | 305,279 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 105 | Czechia | 286,591 | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 106 | Palestine | 280,841 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 279,927 | 2025 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 108 | Ireland | 274,561 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 109 | Greece | 270,596 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 110 | Switzerland | 267,517 | 2024 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 111 | Portugal | 262,078 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 112 | Namibia | 252,219 | 2025 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 245,992 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Panama | 226,389 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 115 | Gambia | 218,390 | 2025 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 116 | Eritrea | 216,337 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 117 | Norway | 214,103 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 118 | Denmark | 211,013 | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 119 | Belarus | 210,065 | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 209,079 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 195,435 | 2025 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 122 | New Zealand | 192,500 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 123 | Lesotho | 191,982 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 189,743 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 125 | Hungary | 182,035 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 126 | Botswana | 179,953 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 127 | Finland | 178,210 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 128 | Austria | 176,344 | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 167,178 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 130 | Georgia | 166,299 | 2025 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 131 | Kuwait | 154,650 | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 132 | Gabon | 154,043 | 2025 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 133 | Hong Kong | 150,400 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 135,778 | 2025 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Uruguay | 133,848 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 136 | Singapore | 132,290 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 137 | Serbia | 130,377 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 119,778 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 139 | Slovakia | 116,157 | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 140 | Jamaica | 103,828 | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 141 | East Timor | 97,186 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 142 | Eswatini | 95,932 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 143 | Qatar | 93,149 | 2025 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 76,111 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 145 | Armenia | 73,807 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 146 | Croatia | 69,742 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66,415 | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 148 | Moldova | 63,657 | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 149 | Slovenia | 63,153 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62,556 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 151 | Bahrain | 61,988 | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 152 | Latvia | 61,370 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 59,124 | 2025 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 154 | Albania | 58,758 | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 155 | Lithuania | 58,538 | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 156 | Comoros | 52,679 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 52,386 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 158 | Fiji | 50,631 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 47,965 | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 44,461 | 2024 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 161 | Mauritius | 38,136 | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 162 | Suriname | 32,115 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 163 | Bhutan | 32,103 | 2025 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 164 | Reunion | 30,038 | 2025 | down 18.9% | flat |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 28,629 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 166 | Cyprus | 27,532 | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 24,584 | 2025 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 22,891 | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 169 | Belize | 22,615 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 21,196 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 171 | Maldives | 19,958 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 172 | Macao | 19,100 | 2025 | up 67.5% | flat |
| 173 | Brunei | 19,024 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 174 | Montenegro | 18,636 | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17,540 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 176 | Samoa | 16,760 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 177 | French Guiana | 15,633 | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Iceland | 15,510 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 179 | Bahamas | 13,858 | 2025 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 180 | Malta | 13,586 | 2024 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 181 | Guam | 11,357 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 10,186 | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 183 | Guadeloupe | 9,722 | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 184 | Barbados | 9,501 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 185 | Kiribati | 9,072 | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 186 | French Polynesia | 9,014 | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 187 | Martinique | 8,357 | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 188 | Saint Lucia | 7,250 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 189 | Micronesia (country) | 6,884 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 190 | Tonga | 6,610 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 191 | Curacao | 5,981 | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 192 | Grenada | 5,134 | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,113 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 194 | Seychelles | 5,036 | 2025 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 195 | Aruba | 3,744 | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,639 | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 197 | Dominica | 2,779 | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 198 | American Samoa | 2,645 | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 199 | United States Virgin Islands | 2,536 | 2025 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 2,487 | 2025 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 2,292 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,087 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 203 | Andorra | 1,984 | 2025 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 204 | Bermuda | 1,709 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,529 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 206 | British Virgin Islands | 1,334 | 2025 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 207 | Gibraltar | 1,311 | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 208 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,203 | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 209 | Monaco | 884 | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 210 | Nauru | 867 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 211 | Liechtenstein | 864 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 212 | San Marino | 700 | 2025 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 213 | Cook Islands | 639 | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 630 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 215 | Palau | 616 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 216 | Anguilla | 507 | 2025 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 217 | Montserrat | 176 | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 218 | Saint Helena | 146 | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 219 | Tokelau | 135 | 2025 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 220 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 130 | 2025 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 221 | Falkland Islands | 128 | 2025 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 222 | Niue | 72 | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 370.95 million
- UIS: World 370.95 million
- MDG: World 370.95 million
- WB: World 370.95 million
- UNICEF: World 370.67 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 339.54 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 335.09 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 333.88 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 332.46 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 275.49 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 201.49 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 188.44 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 181.59 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 172.62 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 167.83 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 163.23 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 158.78 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 135.70 million
- WB: Ida Total 133.60 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 113.56 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 113.56 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 113.56 million
- UNICEF: Africa 113.56 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 112.63 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 101.68 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 100.76 million
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 100.38 million
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 100.38 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 100.33 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 100.33 million
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 100.32 million
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 99.97 million
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 96.56 million
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 96.09 million
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 95.93 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 90.83 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 90.76 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 90.66 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 90.63 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 90.63 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release