Education
School age population, pre-primary education, female (number)
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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League table
172 shown- 1India31.86M
- 2China17.25M
- 3Pakistan6.15M
- 4Congo, Dem. Rep.5.6M
- 5United States5.48M
- 6Ethiopia5.4M
- 7Bangladesh4.77M
- 8Indonesia4.38M
- 9Nigeria3.17M
- 10Russian Federation2.87M
- 11South Africa2.35M
- 12Uganda2.32M
- 13Egypt, Arab Rep.2.3M
- 14Kenya2.07M
- 15Viet Nam2.07M
- 16Angola1.82M
- 17Yemen, Rep.1.81M
- 18Turkiye1.71M
- 19Mozambique1.66M
- 20Uzbekistan1.56M
- 21Sudan1.44M
- 22Madagascar1.33M
- 23Niger1.29M
- 24Japan1.28M
- 25Zambia1.23M
- 26Cote d'Ivoire1.22M
- 27Mali1.17M
- 28Iraq1.07M
- 29Philippines1.06M
- 30Thailand1.03M
- 31Chad1.02M
- 32Tanzania1.01M
- 33Somalia, Fed. Rep.975,621
- 34Burkina Faso966,247
- 35Malawi910,558
- 36Myanmar857,143
- 37Cameroon850,072
- 38Ghana822,319
- 39Argentina814,430
- 40Peru794,383
- 41Saudi Arabia780,739
- 42Senegal696,353
- 43Syrian Arab Republic667,943
- 44Burundi637,756
- 45Kazakhstan635,817
- 46Iran, Islamic Rep.628,473
- 47Morocco627,468
- 48Guinea622,023
- 49Venezuela, RB613,864
- 50Afghanistan613,850
- 51Canada578,778
- 52Guatemala567,169
- 53Nepal538,823
- 54Cambodia534,912
- 55Tajikistan516,076
- 56Rwanda508,197
- 57Algeria483,568
- 58Papua New Guinea470,417
- 59Malaysia457,525
- 60Zimbabwe444,721
- 61Ukraine441,979
- 62South Sudan437,978
- 63Benin416,190
- 64Ecuador408,351
- 65Togo393,083
- 66Haiti363,896
- 67Chile349,094
- 68Sierra Leone338,980
- 69Korea, Dem. People's Rep.332,648
- 70Honduras331,985
- 71Sri Lanka319,064
- 72Kyrgyz Republic315,651
- 73Dominican Republic274,820
- 74Israel269,023
- 75Central African Republic267,079
- 76Tunisia267,001
- 77Congo, Rep.259,870
- 78Bolivia243,543
- 79Turkmenistan235,705
- 80Mauritania233,970
- 81Lao PDR232,857
- 82Liberia224,851
- 83Paraguay198,790
- 84Azerbaijan198,013
- 85Jordan195,889
- 86Nicaragua193,940
- 87Gambia, The148,320
- 88Cuba146,545
- 89El Salvador145,412
- 90West Bank and Gaza139,580
- 91Mongolia138,381
- 92Lebanon129,486
- 93Libya127,370
- 94Serbia126,880
- 95United Arab Emirates123,413
- 96Belarus119,730
- 97Gabon98,314
- 98Georgia93,666
- 99Oman90,866
- 100Eritrea88,904
- 101Botswana87,507
- 102Guinea-Bissau86,491
- 103Namibia79,217
- 104Lesotho78,612
- 105Equatorial Guinea73,128
- 106Panama70,522
- 107Singapore67,791
- 108Uruguay65,851
- 109Hong Kong SAR, China61,800
- 110Kuwait56,865
- 111Costa Rica54,754
- 112Armenia51,128
- 113Jamaica48,523
- 114Qatar47,400
- 115Timor-Leste46,822
- 116Eswatini41,733
- 117Bosnia and Herzegovina38,254
- 118Comoros33,360
- 119Albania31,835
- 120Solomon Islands29,868
- 121Puerto Rico (US)29,059
- 122Bahrain28,594
- 123North Macedonia27,787
- 124Fiji23,967
- 125Trinidad and Tobago16,574
- 126Guyana16,350
- 127Bhutan14,080
- 128Mauritius12,733
- 129Cabo Verde11,966
- 130Montenegro10,734
- 131Suriname10,406
- 132Brunei Darussalam9,080
- 133Sao Tome and Principe8,974
- 134Vanuatu8,477
- 135Macao SAR, China7,600
- 136Iceland7,044
- 137Belize6,674
- 138New Caledonia6,114
- 139Maldives5,934
- 140Samoa5,383
- 141Kiribati4,707
- 142Bahamas, The4,333
- 143French Polynesia4,138
- 144Micronesia, Fed. Sts.3,471
- 145Barbados3,099
- 146Tonga2,124
- 147Curacao2,096
- 148St. Lucia2,014
- 149Seychelles1,727
- 150Guam1,441
- 151Grenada1,370
- 152St. Vincent and the Grenadines1,225
- 153American Samoa1,125
- 154Antigua and Barbuda1,093
- 155Aruba1,058
- 156Cayman Islands852
- 157Dominica715
- 158Andorra644
- 159St. Kitts and Nevis561
- 160Monaco533
- 161Turks and Caicos Islands520
- 162Sint Maarten (Dutch part)457
- 163Gibraltar449
- 164Virgin Islands (U.S.)429
- 165Marshall Islands411
- 166Liechtenstein389
- 167San Marino363
- 168British Virgin Islands321
- 169Naoero295
- 170Palau288
- 171Tuvalu286
- 172Bermuda279
School age population, pre-primary education, female (number)