Education
Population of compulsory school age, female (number)
number · higher is better · 193 countries
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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League table
155 shown- 1India88.89M
- 2China73.93M
- 3Pakistan35.04M
- 4Nigeria27.27M
- 5United States24.73M
- 6Indonesia21M
- 7Philippines14.74M
- 8Egypt, Arab Rep.14.6M
- 9Ethiopia12.43M
- 10Russian Federation9.73M
- 11Congo, Dem. Rep.9.61M
- 12Kenya8.13M
- 13Viet Nam7.96M
- 14Turkiye7.76M
- 15Bangladesh7.58M
- 16Iran, Islamic Rep.6.42M
- 17Tanzania6.27M
- 18Angola5.28M
- 19Sudan5.07M
- 20Afghanistan4.94M
- 21Uganda4.84M
- 22Argentina4.82M
- 23South Africa4.74M
- 24Algeria4.64M
- 25Yemen, Rep.4.49M
- 26Japan4.47M
- 27Ghana4.43M
- 28Peru3.8M
- 29Cote d'Ivoire3.59M
- 30Uzbekistan3.51M
- 31Iraq3.3M
- 32Thailand3.27M
- 33Burkina Faso3.17M
- 34Mali3.05M
- 35Morocco2.9M
- 36Chad2.75M
- 37Nepal2.43M
- 38Saudi Arabia2.41M
- 39Senegal2.38M
- 40Cameroon2.35M
- 41Malawi2.28M
- 42Ecuador2.27M
- 43Ukraine2.22M
- 44Myanmar2.18M
- 45Somalia, Fed. Rep.2.16M
- 46Canada2.16M
- 47Syrian Arab Republic2.08M
- 48Madagascar2.01M
- 49Zambia1.97M
- 50Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1.93M
- 51Sri Lanka1.87M
- 52Kazakhstan1.74M
- 53Bolivia1.68M
- 54Malaysia1.63M
- 55Zimbabwe1.56M
- 56Chile1.49M
- 57Dominican Republic1.39M
- 58Israel1.27M
- 59Honduras1.27M
- 60South Sudan1.22M
- 61Togo1.18M
- 62Benin1.17M
- 63Guinea1.14M
- 64Tajikistan1.11M
- 65Rwanda1.02M
- 66Sierra Leone946,376
- 67Jordan937,240
- 68Tunisia915,256
- 69Turkmenistan873,230
- 70Congo, Rep.819,463
- 71Paraguay815,955
- 72Central African Republic794,971
- 73El Salvador766,604
- 74Kyrgyz Republic750,075
- 75Haiti728,571
- 76Lao PDR686,471
- 77Azerbaijan684,770
- 78United Arab Emirates677,594
- 79West Bank and Gaza670,486
- 80Mauritania619,161
- 81Libya611,755
- 82Belarus591,659
- 83Lebanon525,995
- 84Cuba520,448
- 85Nicaragua458,896
- 86Costa Rica449,285
- 87Mongolia431,210
- 88Liberia430,996
- 89Oman425,847
- 90Panama408,903
- 91Eritrea347,926
- 92Gambia, The319,230
- 93Uruguay315,432
- 94Gabon291,986
- 95Kuwait280,668
- 96Serbia260,826
- 97Namibia252,219
- 98Guinea-Bissau246,559
- 99Georgia245,109
- 100Hong Kong SAR, China239,200
- 101Armenia227,396
- 102Lesotho191,982
- 103Puerto Rico (US)185,426
- 104Qatar168,544
- 105Timor-Leste141,508
- 106North Macedonia136,513
- 107Equatorial Guinea135,778
- 108Singapore132,290
- 109Bosnia and Herzegovina123,246
- 110Albania110,415
- 111Jamaica103,828
- 112Eswatini95,932
- 113Bahrain90,931
- 114Mauritius82,525
- 115Comoros62,732
- 116Trinidad and Tobago62,556
- 117Guyana47,965
- 118Cabo Verde47,778
- 119Maldives40,349
- 120Montenegro34,180
- 121Suriname32,361
- 122Macao SAR, China30,700
- 123Bahamas, The30,185
- 124Belize29,847
- 125Brunei Darussalam28,276
- 126Iceland22,849
- 127Samoa22,266
- 128Barbados17,887
- 129Sao Tome and Principe17,540
- 130Tonga16,956
- 131Curacao13,732
- 132Kiribati13,580
- 133St. Lucia10,448
- 134Grenada9,413
- 135Micronesia, Fed. Sts.9,214
- 136Seychelles9,178
- 137St. Vincent and the Grenadines8,960
- 138Aruba8,184
- 139Antigua and Barbuda6,118
- 140Marshall Islands5,613
- 141Dominica4,985
- 142Cayman Islands4,633
- 143Bermuda3,934
- 144Andorra3,657
- 145St. Kitts and Nevis3,502
- 146Turks and Caicos Islands3,381
- 147Sint Maarten (Dutch part)3,079
- 148Gibraltar2,935
- 149British Virgin Islands2,517
- 150Naoero1,997
- 151Monaco1,821
- 152Liechtenstein1,607
- 153San Marino1,524
- 154Palau1,324
- 155Tuvalu902
Population of compulsory school age, female (number)