Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, male (number) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
220
Highest
12.63 million
India
Lowest
15
Niue
Median
51,876
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
10,166

What the numbers show

Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, male (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 12.63 million in India; the lowest is 15 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 51,876, and the mean is 322,161.

Over the past decade 155 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 94.1%), and the largest decrease in Saint Helena (down 39.4%).

Population of the official entrance age to secondary general: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 12.63 million 2025 down 3.1% rising
2 China 10.17 million 2025 up 19.5% falling
3 Pakistan 3.07 million 2025 up 17.3% rising
4 Nigeria 3.06 million 2025 up 29.3% rising
5 Indonesia 2.54 million 2025 up 12.0% rising
6 United States of America 2.16 million 2025 up 3.6% rising
7 Bangladesh 1.65 million 2025 down 8.7% rising
8 Ethiopia 1.54 million 2025 up 15.0% volatile
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.41 million 2025 up 42.5% volatile
10 Brazil 1.41 million 2024 down 11.6% falling
11 Egypt 1.30 million 2025 up 29.2% rising
12 Philippines 1.20 million 2025 up 3.1% rising
13 Mexico 1.14 million 2024 up 0.2% flat
14 Russian Federation 988,911 2025 up 28.7% falling
15 Viet Nam 907,220 2025 up 24.5% rising
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 808,407 2025 up 31.1% rising
17 Iran, Islamic Republic of 734,084 2025 up 25.8% rising
18 Türkiye 689,545 2025 up 10.6% rising
19 Kenya 687,959 2025 up 16.3% rising
20 Uganda 651,130 2025 up 29.4% volatile
21 Sudan 607,997 2025 up 17.0% rising
22 Iraq 599,012 2025 up 35.6% rising
23 Afghanistan 548,318 2025 up 18.8% volatile
24 South Africa 541,925 2025 up 11.5% rising
25 Japan 541,446 2025 down 9.3% falling
26 Angola 495,210 2025 up 49.7% volatile
27 Algeria 485,718 2025 up 57.1% rising
28 Yemen 482,129 2025 up 24.9% rising
29 Myanmar 450,619 2025 down 3.4% rising
30 Mozambique 449,077 2025 up 36.9% rising
31 France 432,894 2024 up 2.7% rising
32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 429,422 2024 up 21.2% rising
33 Colombia 422,035 2024 up 2.3% falling
34 Ghana 404,488 2025 up 22.9% rising
35 Germany 392,642 2024 up 7.2% falling
36 Madagascar 388,100 2025 up 20.3% rising
37 Thailand 386,955 2025 down 12.9% falling
38 Argentina 373,538 2025 up 5.0% rising
39 Niger 365,589 2025 up 54.1% volatile
40 Cameroon 361,663 2025 up 32.4% rising
41 Côte d'Ivoire 355,535 2025 up 19.4% rising
42 Morocco 346,212 2025 up 10.6% rising
43 Uzbekistan 343,286 2025 up 33.8% rising
44 Mali 329,550 2025 up 44.2% rising
45 Burkina Faso 322,405 2025 up 37.6% rising
46 Malaysia 296,321 2025 down 0.1% rising
47 Nepal 293,680 2025 down 9.9% rising
48 Peru 284,001 2025 up 4.2% rising
49 Syrian Arab Republic 282,768 2025 up 9.8% rising
50 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 281,013 2025 down 5.2% rising
51 Malawi 280,153 2025 up 29.3% rising
52 Italy 277,888 2024 down 3.9% flat
53 Somalia 276,821 2025 up 51.7% volatile
54 Saudi Arabia 274,912 2025 up 22.9% volatile
55 Chad 268,835 2025 up 45.6% volatile
56 Zambia 264,052 2025 up 37.7% rising
57 Spain 258,423 2024 up 12.0% rising
58 Republic of Korea 240,477 2024 down 9.7% falling
59 Senegal 235,543 2025 up 32.4% rising
60 Canada 231,710 2025 up 21.0% flat
61 Zimbabwe 228,556 2025 up 24.8% rising
62 Ukraine 218,353 2025 up 6.2% falling
63 Burundi 202,574 2025 up 69.3% rising
64 Kazakhstan 201,276 2025 up 45.9% flat
65 Poland 199,844 2024 up 4.2% falling
66 Guatemala 197,061 2025 up 1.8% rising
67 Benin 183,317 2025 up 32.9% rising
68 Guinea 181,218 2025 up 25.3% rising
69 Sri Lanka 178,421 2025 down 2.4% rising
70 South Sudan 172,672 2025 up 26.9% rising
71 Australia 172,345 2024 up 21.2% rising
72 Cambodia 169,210 2025 up 10.0% rising
73 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 166,809 2025 down 9.7% falling
74 Ecuador 166,493 2025 down 0.6% rising
75 Rwanda 164,111 2025 up 34.3% rising
76 Chile 129,389 2025 up 4.3% falling
77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 123,735 2025 up 5.9% rising
78 Tajikistan 122,682 2025 up 41.9% rising
79 Haiti 122,394 2025 up 5.7% rising
80 Togo 116,914 2025 up 30.5% rising
81 Papua New Guinea 116,751 2025 up 17.0% rising
82 Honduras 109,775 2025 down 0.5% rising
83 Tunisia 107,658 2025 up 28.0% rising
84 Romania 107,024 2024 up 0.8% falling
85 Sierra Leone 105,164 2025 up 18.6% rising
86 Netherlands 97,850 2024 down 6.0% flat
87 Jordan 97,837 2025 up 28.7% rising
88 Dominican Republic 97,072 2025 down 2.9% rising
89 Azerbaijan 89,592 2025 up 38.3% falling
90 Israel 87,147 2025 up 22.9% rising
91 Congo 83,986 2025 up 47.2% rising
92 Turkmenistan 82,467 2025 up 57.7% rising
93 Central African Republic 82,099 2025 up 25.8% rising
94 Lao People's Democratic Republic 77,960 2025 up 6.0% rising
95 Kyrgyzstan 77,710 2025 up 44.9% rising
96 Liberia 73,357 2025 up 29.7% rising
97 Belgium 71,041 2024 up 14.0% rising
98 Libya 70,420 2025 up 11.1% rising
99 Palestine, State of 70,302 2025 up 28.5% rising
100 Mauritania 68,754 2025 up 47.2% rising
101 Nicaragua 67,982 2025 up 6.2% rising
102 Sweden 66,753 2024 up 29.5% flat
103 Paraguay 64,749 2025 up 6.3% rising
104 United Arab Emirates 64,734 2025 up 37.8% volatile
105 Cuba 63,680 2025 down 8.9% falling
106 Belarus 61,355 2025 up 37.0% falling
107 Czechia 59,359 2024 up 23.6% flat
108 Lebanon 58,704 2025 up 4.4% rising
109 El Salvador 58,050 2025 down 15.3% rising
110 Greece 52,358 2024 down 4.3% falling
111 Portugal 51,394 2024 down 6.9% falling
112 Hungary 47,103 2024 down 5.3% falling
113 Oman 46,839 2025 up 92.1% rising
114 Switzerland 46,350 2024 up 7.2% flat
115 Austria 45,020 2024 up 7.8% falling
116 Eritrea 44,418 2025 up 8.6% rising
117 Mongolia 42,824 2025 up 94.1% rising
118 Ireland 39,906 2024 up 28.0% rising
119 Panama 39,494 2025 up 9.9% rising
120 Costa Rica 38,399 2025 down 1.0% falling
121 New Zealand 35,420 2024 up 19.7% rising
122 Gambia 35,371 2025 up 33.3% volatile
123 Hong Kong, China 35,300 2025 up 26.5% falling
124 Denmark 34,750 2024 down 0.4% flat
125 Norway 34,651 2024 up 6.8% rising
126 Kuwait 33,918 2025 up 39.3% rising
127 Finland 33,238 2024 up 10.4% falling
128 Serbia 32,732 2025 down 12.8% falling
129 Namibia 32,407 2025 up 27.0% rising
130 Bulgaria 31,690 2024 up 3.9% falling
131 Slovakia 29,539 2024 up 11.3% falling
132 Gabon 29,237 2025 up 37.7% rising
133 Georgia 27,854 2025 up 29.2% falling
134 Guinea-Bissau 27,689 2025 up 27.3% rising
135 Lesotho 26,995 2025 up 16.5% rising
136 Botswana 24,797 2025 up 7.1% rising
137 Uruguay 23,565 2025 down 9.6% flat
138 Singapore 22,855 2025 up 11.0% rising
139 Equatorial Guinea 21,285 2025 up 54.0% volatile
140 Armenia 20,943 2025 up 10.6% falling
141 Croatia 19,743 2024 down 3.6% falling
142 Jamaica 19,400 2025 down 21.6% falling
143 Republic of Moldova 16,076 2020 up 0.1% flat
144 Puerto Rico 15,869 2025 down 30.6% falling
145 Timor-Leste 15,422 2025 down 4.3% rising
146 Lithuania 15,200 2024 up 11.3% falling
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14,813 2025 down 22.6% falling
148 Qatar 14,323 2025 up 50.6% volatile
149 Eswatini 13,501 2025 up 0.5% rising
150 Albania 13,434 2025 down 35.3% falling
151 Slovenia 11,776 2024 up 25.0% flat
152 North Macedonia 11,334 2025 down 5.0% falling
153 Bahrain 10,417 2025 up 24.4% rising
154 Comoros 10,353 2025 up 15.5% rising
155 Solomon Islands 10,064 2025 up 31.5% rising
156 Latvia 9,913 2024 up 5.1% falling
157 Trinidad and Tobago 9,646 2025 up 3.4% falling
158 Estonia 8,518 2024 up 31.5% falling
159 Fiji 8,453 2025 down 0.5% rising
160 Guyana 7,959 2025 up 4.8% falling
161 Mauritius 7,087 2025 down 28.0% falling
162 Bhutan 6,781 2025 down 9.0% rising
163 Réunion 6,292 2025 down 12.2% falling
164 Suriname 5,630 2025 down 2.2% flat
165 Cape Verde 5,137 2025 up 2.3% rising
166 Cyprus 4,875 2024 up 4.2% falling
167 Western Sahara 4,683 2025 up 22.0% rising
168 Maldives 4,283 2025 up 43.6% rising
169 Montenegro 4,178 2025 up 2.5% falling
170 Vanuatu 4,036 2025 up 42.8% rising
171 Belize 3,833 2025 down 2.0% rising
172 Luxembourg 3,686 2024 up 19.1% rising
173 Macau, China 3,500 2025 up 66.7% falling
174 Brunei Darussalam 3,469 2025 down 5.2% rising
175 Sao Tome and Principe 3,015 2025 up 23.1% rising
176 French Guiana 2,953 2025 down 6.5% rising
177 Samoa 2,857 2025 up 25.5% flat
178 Bahamas 2,677 2025 down 2.5% rising
179 Iceland 2,475 2025 up 15.2% rising
180 Malta 2,460 2024 up 14.3% falling
181 Guadeloupe 2,147 2025 down 27.2% falling
182 French Polynesia 2,142 2025 down 4.0% falling
183 New Caledonia 2,113 2025 down 6.5% rising
184 Martinique 1,781 2025 down 24.1% falling
185 Barbados 1,671 2025 down 10.7% falling
186 Kiribati 1,514 2025 up 32.9% rising
187 Tonga 1,331 2025 up 6.3% flat
188 Micronesia, Federated States of 1,235 2025 up 2.2% rising
189 Curaçao 1,207 2025 up 18.7% falling
190 Saint Lucia 1,064 2025 down 23.9% falling
191 Grenada 887 2025 up 6.1% falling
192 Seychelles 870 2025 up 40.1% falling
193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 804 2025 down 10.4% falling
194 Aruba 709 2025 up 0.1% rising
195 Antigua and Barbuda 592 2025 down 10.8% falling
196 United States Virgin Islands 491 2025 down 19.0% falling
197 American Samoa 468 2025 down 22.9% flat
198 Marshall Islands 455 2025 down 24.5% rising
199 Dominica 449 2025 down 13.7% falling
200 Andorra 394 2025 down 1.5% rising
201 Cayman Islands 383 2025 up 27.2% rising
202 Bermuda 308 2025 down 12.0% falling
203 Saint Kitts and Nevis 301 2025 down 10.4% falling
204 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 289 2025 up 26.8% rising
205 Gibraltar 252 2025 up 21.7% flat
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 225 2025 unchanged rising
207 British Virgin Islands 204 2025 up 4.1% rising
208 Liechtenstein 196 2025 up 0.5% flat
209 San Marino 187 2025 up 9.4% flat
210 Monaco 161 2025 up 14.2% rising
211 Naoero 160 2025 up 50.9% rising
212 Cook Islands 133 2025 down 11.3% falling
213 Palau 127 2025 down 1.6% falling
214 Tuvalu 107 2025 unchanged rising
215 Anguilla 100 2025 unchanged rising
216 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 33 2025 down 8.3% falling
217 Montserrat 24 2025 down 22.6% volatile
218 Saint Helena 20 2025 down 39.4% falling
219 Tokelau 19 2025 up 18.8% falling
220 Niue 15 2025 up 15.4% volatile

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Population of the official entrance age to secondary general by country. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/population-of-the-official-entrance-age-to-secondary-general-education-male-number-2/

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-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/population-of-the-official-entrance-age-to-secondary-general-education-male-number-2/">Population of the official entrance age to secondary general by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
220 places, 10,166 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release