School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, female (number) by country

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to one year before the official primary entry age as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/

Countries reporting

201

Highest

11.07 million number

India

Lowest

116 number

Palau

Median

62,662 number

Years covered

1970–2020

Data points

12,237

What the numbers show

School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, female (number) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 11.07 million number in India; the lowest is 116 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 62,662 number, and the mean is 319,054 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 95,435.

Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 93.4%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 35.5%).

School age population, one year before than official primary entry age: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	11.07 million number	2020	down 8.7%	rising
2	China	8.14 million number	2020	up 6.8%	falling
3	Nigeria	3.03 million number	2020	up 28.2%	rising
4	Pakistan	2.55 million number	2020	up 16.4%	rising
5	Indonesia	2.38 million number	2020	up 5.2%	rising
6	United States	1.96 million number	2018	up 0.1%	rising
7	Ethiopia	1.51 million number	2020	up 14.7%	rising
8	Brazil	1.47 million number	2011	down 10.3%	falling
9	Bangladesh	1.42 million number	2020	down 8.5%	rising
10	Democratic Republic of Congo	1.41 million number	2020	up 38.6%	rising
11	Egypt	1.25 million number	2020	up 46.0%	rising
12	Philippines	1.12 million number	2020	up 6.8%	rising
13	Mexico	1.10 million number	2020	down 1.3%	rising
14	Russia	913,803 number	2020	up 36.0%	falling
15	Tanzania	871,161 number	2020	up 28.4%	rising
16	Uganda	731,258 number	2020	up 30.8%	rising
17	Vietnam	724,872 number	2020	up 12.7%	flat
18	Kenya	695,335 number	2020	up 10.0%	rising
19	Iran	685,326 number	2020	up 21.3%	rising
20	Turkey	671,380 number	2020	up 6.2%	rising
21	Sudan	582,449 number	2020	up 15.2%	rising
22	South Africa	579,205 number	2020	up 18.5%	rising
23	Angola	534,149 number	2020	up 36.6%	rising
24	Afghanistan	531,041 number	2020	up 11.9%	rising
25	Iraq	522,219 number	2020	up 27.5%	rising
26	Mozambique	475,832 number	2020	up 23.5%	rising
27	Algeria	467,603 number	2020	up 60.2%	rising
28	Myanmar	440,993 number	2020	down 15.4%	flat
29	United Kingdom	398,744 number	2020	up 15.2%	falling
30	Niger	391,859 number	2020	up 47.5%	volatile
31	Yemen	391,793 number	2020	up 19.7%	rising
32	France	391,211 number	2019	up 1.0%	flat
33	Ghana	389,917 number	2020	up 21.4%	rising
34	Cameroon	379,320 number	2020	up 25.3%	rising
35	Cote d'Ivoire	371,355 number	2020	up 20.8%	rising
36	Madagascar	369,073 number	2020	up 18.2%	rising
37	Thailand	368,364 number	2020	down 8.9%	falling
38	Germany	367,905 number	2020	up 6.8%	falling
39	Argentina	367,502 number	2020	up 4.6%	rising
40	Colombia	359,521 number	2020	down 10.2%	rising
41	Morocco	340,035 number	2020	up 13.7%	rising
42	Uzbekistan	321,131 number	2020	up 30.2%	rising
43	Mali	312,055 number	2020	up 34.6%	rising
44	Burkina Faso	311,158 number	2020	up 27.9%	rising
45	Saudi Arabia	298,234 number	2020	up 11.7%	rising
46	Malawi	276,691 number	2020	up 20.8%	rising
47	Zambia	274,571 number	2020	up 23.9%	rising
48	Nepal	270,109 number	2020	down 11.2%	rising
49	Venezuela	267,392 number	2020	down 4.6%	rising
50	Chad	260,600 number	2020	up 29.9%	rising
51	Peru	257,489 number	2020	down 8.5%	rising
52	Italy	253,442 number	2020	down 6.6%	falling
53	Malaysia	248,668 number	2020	up 0.0%	rising
54	Somalia	245,004 number	2020	up 24.4%	rising
55	Senegal	244,791 number	2020	up 33.3%	rising
56	Ukraine	232,161 number	2014	up 11.7%	falling
57	Zimbabwe	225,004 number	2020	up 26.6%	rising
58	South Korea	219,006 number	2020	down 0.2%	falling
59	Spain	209,664 number	2020	down 4.3%	falling
60	Guatemala	195,397 number	2020	up 0.5%	rising
61	Kazakhstan	193,918 number	2020	up 69.7%	falling
62	Canada	192,046 number	2020	up 11.4%	flat
63	Guinea	185,923 number	2020	up 19.2%	rising
64	Poland	185,688 number	2020	up 7.5%	falling
65	Burundi	181,515 number	2020	up 44.6%	rising
66	Cambodia	173,720 number	2020	up 16.4%	rising
67	Benin	171,531 number	2020	up 26.6%	rising
68	Rwanda	169,285 number	2020	up 19.8%	rising
69	Syria	168,830 number	2020	down 35.5%	rising
70	Sri Lanka	163,494 number	2020	down 8.0%	falling
71	North Korea	162,212 number	2019	down 13.3%	falling
72	Australia	160,795 number	2020	up 18.5%	rising
73	Ecuador	159,067 number	2020	up 4.9%	rising
74	South Sudan	158,164 number	2020	up 15.8%	rising
75	Chile	123,085 number	2020	up 5.1%	flat
76	Haiti	122,896 number	2020	up 2.3%	rising
77	Tajikistan	119,305 number	2020	up 48.7%	rising
78	Bolivia	115,803 number	2020	down 0.1%	rising
79	Togo	114,045 number	2020	up 19.9%	rising
80	Jordan	113,467 number	2020	up 28.0%	rising
81	Sierra Leone	108,623 number	2020	up 14.1%	rising
82	Papua New Guinea	102,793 number	2020	up 11.8%	rising
83	Tunisia	101,524 number	2020	up 33.0%	flat
84	Honduras	96,244 number	2020	down 6.2%	rising
85	Dominican Republic	94,711 number	2020	down 3.4%	rising
86	Romania	91,015 number	2020	down 9.2%	falling
87	Netherlands	86,380 number	2020	down 11.8%	falling
88	Israel	81,619 number	2020	up 25.1%	rising
89	Azerbaijan	79,278 number	2019	up 28.3%	falling
90	Congo	77,929 number	2020	up 29.1%	rising
91	Laos	75,826 number	2020	up 4.1%	rising
92	Kyrgyzstan	75,647 number	2020	up 58.8%	rising
93	Central African Republic	70,284 number	2020	up 5.5%	rising
94	Turkmenistan	69,411 number	2020	up 42.9%	rising
95	Liberia	67,799 number	2020	up 19.6%	rising
96	Paraguay	67,109 number	2020	up 3.1%	rising
97	Palestine	65,969 number	2019	up 20.0%	rising
98	Nicaragua	64,819 number	2020	up 2.3%	rising
99	Libya	64,666 number	2020	up 14.3%	rising
100	Belgium	63,993 number	2020	up 9.1%	falling
101	Mauritania	62,662 number	2020	up 30.2%	rising
102	Cuba	61,746 number	2020	down 1.3%	falling
103	Belarus	59,034 number	2020	up 36.2%	falling
104	Sweden	57,750 number	2020	up 18.7%	flat
105	El Salvador	55,634 number	2020	down 8.1%	falling
106	Czechia	52,919 number	2020	up 9.7%	falling
107	United Arab Emirates	51,033 number	2020	up 48.0%	volatile
108	Eritrea	46,176 number	2020	up 14.9%	rising
109	Greece	43,889 number	2020	down 15.9%	falling
110	Hungary	43,536 number	2020	down 6.3%	falling
111	Switzerland	42,073 number	2020	up 16.1%	falling
112	Portugal	41,672 number	2020	down 19.3%	falling
113	Austria	41,174 number	2020	up 5.3%	falling
114	Oman	39,102 number	2020	up 64.9%	rising
115	Panama	38,052 number	2020	up 9.3%	rising
116	Mongolia	37,214 number	2020	up 69.2%	rising
117	Gambia	35,146 number	2020	up 34.1%	rising
118	Lebanon	35,094 number	1985	up 4.0%	rising
119	Costa Rica	34,888 number	2020	up 1.9%	rising
120	Bulgaria	32,887 number	2020	up 6.2%	falling
121	Namibia	32,514 number	2020	up 29.8%	rising
122	Serbia	32,501 number	2019	down 14.6%	falling
123	Ireland	31,638 number	2019	up 5.6%	flat
124	Norway	30,109 number	2020	up 5.1%	flat
125	Finland	29,835 number	2020	up 6.9%	falling
126	New Zealand	29,782 number	2020	up 3.7%	rising
127	Kuwait	29,777 number	2020	up 40.6%	rising
128	Gabon	28,827 number	2020	up 45.4%	rising
129	Guinea-Bissau	28,324 number	2020	up 31.9%	rising
130	Denmark	28,125 number	2020	down 12.1%	falling
131	Hong Kong	27,941 number	2020	up 30.5%	falling
132	Georgia	27,933 number	2020	up 31.7%	falling
133	Slovakia	27,534 number	2020	up 8.8%	falling
134	Botswana	26,973 number	2020	up 13.6%	rising
135	Lesotho	23,368 number	2020	down 0.3%	rising
136	Uruguay	23,339 number	2020	down 2.4%	falling
137	Jamaica	23,146 number	2020	down 2.3%	falling
138	Puerto Rico	22,328 number	2013	down 18.3%	falling
139	Armenia	20,217 number	2020	up 25.5%	falling
140	Croatia	19,634 number	2020	down 2.3%	falling
141	Moldova	18,534 number	2019	up 5.0%	falling
142	Equatorial Guinea	17,051 number	2020	up 45.1%	volatile
143	Albania	16,452 number	2020	down 12.9%	falling
144	East Timor	15,247 number	2020	down 6.9%	rising
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15,169 number	2020	—	falling
146	Lithuania	14,239 number	2019	up 5.7%	falling
147	Eswatini	13,897 number	2020	down 1.3%	rising
148	Qatar	13,233 number	2020	up 70.5%	volatile
149	Comoros	11,508 number	2020	up 21.8%	rising
150	North Macedonia	11,258 number	2020	down 5.3%	falling
151	Slovenia	10,571 number	2020	up 21.9%	falling
152	Bahrain	10,473 number	2020	up 26.7%	rising
154	Latvia	9,553 number	2019	up 0.7%	falling
155	Solomon Islands	9,532 number	2020	up 32.0%	rising
156	Trinidad and Tobago	9,255 number	2020	down 0.6%	falling
157	Fiji	8,674 number	2020	up 7.6%	rising
158	Guyana	7,280 number	2020	down 7.3%	falling
159	Estonia	7,272 number	2020	up 15.7%	falling
160	Mauritius	6,321 number	2020	down 27.8%	falling
161	Bhutan	6,021 number	2020	down 11.1%	rising
162	Cape Verde	5,283 number	2020	up 0.5%	rising
163	Suriname	5,100 number	2020	up 0.7%	falling
164	Cyprus	4,674 number	2019	up 15.6%	falling
165	Belize	3,898 number	2020	up 1.7%	rising
166	Vanuatu	3,801 number	2020	up 32.1%	rising
167	Maldives	3,618 number	2020	up 34.0%	rising
168	Montenegro	3,512 number	2020	down 6.6%	falling
169	Brunei	3,425 number	2020	up 6.2%	rising
170	Macao	3,355 number	2020	up 93.4%	rising
171	Luxembourg	3,196 number	2020	up 14.1%	rising
172	Sao Tome and Principe	3,057 number	2020	up 10.1%	rising
173	Samoa	2,435 number	2020	up 2.4%	rising
174	Bahamas	2,391 number	2020	down 23.1%	rising
175	Iceland	2,207 number	2020	up 4.3%	rising
176	Malta	2,098 number	2020	up 15.1%	falling
177	Barbados	1,461 number	2020	down 19.9%	falling
178	Kiribati	1,374 number	2020	up 29.6%	rising
179	Tonga	1,216 number	2020	down 6.2%	falling
180	Micronesia (country)	1,140 number	2020	down 1.9%	rising
181	Saint Lucia	1,104 number	2020	down 6.2%	falling
182	Curacao	1,002 number	2020	down 2.2%	flat
183	Grenada	891 number	2020	up 15.6%	falling
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	825 number	2020	down 1.3%	falling
185	Seychelles	782 number	2020	up 18.1%	falling
186	Antigua and Barbuda	732 number	2020	up 10.6%	falling
187	Marshall Islands	699 number	2020	down 12.2%	rising
188	Aruba	535 number	2020	down 19.3%	rising
189	Dominica	421 number	2020	down 6.9%	falling
190	Cayman Islands	373 number	2020	down 0.3%	rising
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis	354 number	2020	up 1.7%	falling
192	Andorra	311 number	1998	up 15.6%	rising
193	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	285 number	2020	up 29.5%	rising
194	Bermuda	264 number	2020	down 24.6%	falling
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	243 number	2020	down 18.2%	rising
196	Gibraltar	203 number	2020	down 13.6%	flat
197	Liechtenstein	160 number	2020	down 2.4%	falling
198	San Marino	151 number	2020	up 9.4%	flat
199	Nauru	135 number	2020	up 18.4%	rising
200	Tuvalu	132 number	2020	up 10.0%	rising
201	British Virgin Islands	130 number	2020	down 34.0%	rising
202	Palau	116 number	2020	down 12.1%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

World 64.37 million number
IDA & IBRD total 58.08 million number
Low & middle income 57.86 million number
Middle income 48.49 million number
IBRD only 36.53 million number
Early-demographic dividend 30.44 million number
Lower middle income 28.75 million number
IDA total 21.60 million number
Upper middle income 19.74 million number
South Asia 16.19 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 16.19 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 15.81 million number

About this data

Indicator: School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 247 places, 12,237 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026