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

23,938 number, with Australia 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, male (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, male

Australia

793,546 number

in 2018

Sri Lanka

769,608 number

in 2019

Australia rank

59th

Sri Lanka rank

62nd

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Australia
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Australia currently reports 793,546 number against 769,608 number in Sri Lanka, a difference of 23,938 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Australia ranks 59th and Sri Lanka ranks 62nd of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1970s	600,801 number	694,526 number	93,726 number	Sri Lanka
1980s	673,016 number	817,228 number	144,212 number	Sri Lanka
1990s	685,154 number	869,481 number	184,327 number	Sri Lanka
2000s	724,474 number	871,263 number	146,788 number	Sri Lanka
2010s	819,927 number	775,055 number	44,872 number	Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Australia or Sri Lanka?: Australia, at 793,546 number against 769,608 number in Sri Lanka as of 2018.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Australia and Sri Lanka?: 23,938 number, with Australia 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, male?: Australia ranks 59th and Sri Lanka ranks 62nd of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, male (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

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