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School age population, tertiary education, female (number)

Name: School age population, tertiary education, female (number) by country, 2025
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School age population, tertiary education, female (number) league table
#	Country	number	Region	Income
1	India	60.88M	South Asia	Lower middle income
2	China	36.45M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Pakistan	12.28M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
4	Nigeria	11.8M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	United States	11.09M	North America	High income
6	Indonesia	10.81M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
7	Bangladesh	8.66M	South Asia	Lower middle income
8	Ethiopia	6.82M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Philippines	5.38M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
10	Congo, Dem. Rep.	5.17M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Egypt, Arab Rep.	4.98M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
12	Russian Federation	3.71M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Viet Nam	3.36M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
14	Tanzania	3.24M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Kenya	3.03M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Turkiye	3.02M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
17	Iran, Islamic Rep.	2.93M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
18	Japan	2.87M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
19	Uganda	2.62M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	South Africa	2.52M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
21	Sudan	2.51M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Iraq	2.18M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
23	Thailand	2.17M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
24	Afghanistan	2.16M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
25	Myanmar	2.15M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
26	Yemen, Rep.	1.92M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
27	Angola	1.8M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Mozambique	1.73M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Argentina	1.7M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	Ghana	1.65M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Madagascar	1.59M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Algeria	1.55M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
33	Cote d'Ivoire	1.55M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Morocco	1.48M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
35	Nepal	1.48M	South Asia	Lower middle income
36	Malaysia	1.44M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
37	Syrian Arab Republic	1.43M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
38	Peru	1.42M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
39	Cameroon	1.39M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Venezuela, RB	1.29M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
41	Uzbekistan	1.27M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
42	Niger	1.24M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Canada	1.23M	North America	High income
44	Malawi	1.18M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Mali	1.17M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
46	Burkina Faso	1.15M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Saudi Arabia	1.15M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
48	Zambia	1.06M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Ukraine	972,410	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
50	Chad	965,292	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	934,579	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
52	Guatemala	927,008	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
53	Senegal	910,617	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Sri Lanka	875,825	South Asia	Upper middle income
55	Zimbabwe	856,057	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	827,878	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
57	Ecuador	759,471	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Rwanda	755,134	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Cambodia	748,588	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
60	Kazakhstan	711,502	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	Guinea	694,657	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	South Sudan	689,041	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Benin	671,853	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	Burundi	652,542	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
65	Chile	606,939	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
66	Bolivia	565,716	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
67	Haiti	554,269	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
68	Jordan	547,646	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
69	Honduras	517,910	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
70	Papua New Guinea	472,477	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
71	Dominican Republic	458,603	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Tajikistan	440,818	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
73	Togo	436,476	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	Sierra Leone	431,459	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
75	Tunisia	392,980	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
76	Israel	367,839	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
77	Lao PDR	353,070	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
78	Azerbaijan	341,004	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	Nicaragua	315,875	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
80	Libya	314,418	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
81	Central African Republic	297,211	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
82	Cuba	295,973	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Liberia	289,552	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
84	Congo, Rep.	286,989	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
85	United Arab Emirates	284,046	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
86	Paraguay	281,452	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	El Salvador	279,642	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Kyrgyz Republic	271,574	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
89	West Bank and Gaza	263,758	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
90	Mauritania	247,858	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
91	Turkmenistan	236,359	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Lebanon	235,961	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	Belarus	219,825	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Eritrea	199,179	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Costa Rica	186,933	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
96	Panama	177,143	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
97	Serbia	176,702	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
98	Singapore	169,157	East Asia & Pacific	High income
99	Oman	139,269	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
100	Gambia, The	133,456	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
101	Hong Kong SAR, China	133,300	East Asia & Pacific	High income
102	Namibia	128,761	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Botswana	123,331	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
104	Kuwait	122,605	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
105	Uruguay	122,127	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
106	Lesotho	115,552	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
107	Jamaica	111,817	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Mongolia	110,845	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
109	Guinea-Bissau	110,787	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
110	Gabon	109,945	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
111	Georgia	103,376	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Puerto Rico (US)	97,166	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
113	Armenia	89,537	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina	80,692	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
115	Timor-Leste	77,172	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
116	Equatorial Guinea	75,832	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
117	Albania	69,860	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Eswatini	61,374	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
119	Djibouti	58,415	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
120	Qatar	52,321	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
121	North Macedonia	50,957	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Trinidad and Tobago	46,004	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Mauritius	45,848	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
124	Bahrain	40,833	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
125	Comoros	39,990	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
126	Fiji	38,376	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
127	Solomon Islands	38,223	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
128	Bhutan	34,794	South Asia	Lower middle income
129	Guyana	34,205	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
130	Suriname	26,914	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	Cabo Verde	21,709	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
132	Macao SAR, China	20,900	East Asia & Pacific	High income
133	Montenegro	19,200	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
134	Belize	19,122	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
135	Brunei Darussalam	16,820	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Bahamas, The	14,297	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
137	Vanuatu	13,509	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
138	Maldives	13,190	South Asia	Upper middle income
139	Iceland	12,913	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Sao Tome and Principe	12,745	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
141	New Caledonia	10,736	East Asia & Pacific	High income
142	French Polynesia	10,287	East Asia & Pacific	High income
143	Samoa	9,146	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
144	Barbados	8,956	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
145	St. Lucia	6,139	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
146	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	5,639	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	Curacao	5,497	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	Kiribati	5,354	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
149	Tonga	5,178	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
150	Grenada	4,113	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
151	Seychelles	3,875	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
152	Aruba	3,464	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	3,395	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
154	Antigua and Barbuda	3,106	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
155	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	2,428	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
156	Dominica	2,170	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
157	Andorra	2,145	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	American Samoa	2,089	East Asia & Pacific	High income
159	Cayman Islands	1,940	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Marshall Islands	1,864	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
161	St. Kitts and Nevis	1,613	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
162	Bermuda	1,558	North America	High income
163	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,396	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
164	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,291	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
165	Gibraltar	1,249	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	British Virgin Islands	1,245	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
167	Liechtenstein	1,044	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	San Marino	835	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Monaco	819	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Palau	541	East Asia & Pacific	High income
171	Naoero	469	East Asia & Pacific	High income
172	Tuvalu	364	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

School age population, tertiary education, female (number)