What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Australia and Sri Lanka?

10,544 number, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sri Lanka?

49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Sri Lanka: School age population, tertiary education, female

Australia

762,221 number

in 2018

Sri Lanka

772,765 number

in 2019

Australia rank

61st

Sri Lanka rank

60th

School age population, tertiary education, female over time

Australia
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 772,765 number against 762,221 number in Australia, a difference of 10,544 number.

Across all 49 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 61st and Sri Lanka ranks 60th of 203 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1970s	582,556 number	678,525 number	95,969 number	Sri Lanka
1980s	649,539 number	797,267 number	147,728 number	Sri Lanka
1990s	661,456 number	848,007 number	186,551 number	Sri Lanka
2000s	687,332 number	869,255 number	181,923 number	Sri Lanka
2010s	771,153 number	790,136 number	18,984 number	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, female, Australia or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 772,765 number against 762,221 number in Australia as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Australia and Sri Lanka?: 10,544 number, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sri Lanka?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Australia and Sri Lanka rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, female?: Australia ranks 61st and Sri Lanka ranks 60th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Sri Lanka: School age population, tertiary education, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-tertiary-education-female-number/australia/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-tertiary-education-female-number/australia/sri-lanka/">Australia vs Sri Lanka: School age population, tertiary education, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.