School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
220
Highest
71.89 million
India
Lowest
134
Niue
Median
338,914
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,444
What the numbers show
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 71.89 million in India; the lowest is 134 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 338,914, and the mean is 1.99 million.
Over the past decade 155 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 241.3%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 59.1%).
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 71.89 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 2 | China | 53.98 million | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 18.04 million | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 17.70 million | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 14.54 million | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 12.76 million | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 12.01 million | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 11.63 million | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 9.63 million | 2025 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 10 | Philippines | 9.43 million | 2025 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 11 | Russia | 9.20 million | 2025 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 7.35 million | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 13 | Vietnam | 6.86 million | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 6.76 million | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Tanzania | 6.22 million | 2025 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.55 million | 2025 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Turkey | 5.41 million | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 18 | Uganda | 5.01 million | 2025 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Germany | 4.60 million | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 20 | Iran | 4.17 million | 2025 | up 83.6% | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 3.63 million | 2025 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 22 | Sudan | 3.58 million | 2025 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 23 | Myanmar | 3.50 million | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 24 | France | 3.44 million | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 25 | Iraq | 3.39 million | 2025 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 3.35 million | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 3.20 million | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 28 | Japan | 3.19 million | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 3.12 million | 2025 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Madagascar | 3.00 million | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 31 | Angola | 2.86 million | 2025 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 2.79 million | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 33 | Kenya | 2.75 million | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 2.74 million | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 35 | Niger | 2.74 million | 2025 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.70 million | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 37 | Mozambique | 2.61 million | 2025 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 2.53 million | 2024 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 2.44 million | 2025 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 2.34 million | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 41 | Thailand | 2.27 million | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 42 | Malawi | 2.22 million | 2025 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Ukraine | 2.22 million | 2025 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 44 | Argentina | 2.22 million | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 45 | South Africa | 2.17 million | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 2.03 million | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 47 | Somalia | 2.03 million | 2025 | up 186.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Chad | 2.02 million | 2025 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 1.92 million | 2025 | up 55.4% | flat |
| 50 | Mali | 1.89 million | 2025 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 1.78 million | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 1.71 million | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 53 | Syria | 1.71 million | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 54 | Peru | 1.69 million | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 55 | Malaysia | 1.67 million | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 56 | Italy | 1.65 million | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 57 | Venezuela | 1.65 million | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 1.59 million | 2024 | up 39.8% | falling |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 1.58 million | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Spain | 1.54 million | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 1.42 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea | 1.38 million | 2025 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 63 | South Korea | 1.38 million | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 64 | Benin | 1.38 million | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 65 | Canada | 1.35 million | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 66 | Australia | 1.34 million | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 67 | Burundi | 1.19 million | 2025 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 1.16 million | 2025 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 70 | Zambia | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 71 | Cambodia | 994,787 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 72 | Ecuador | 977,619 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 73 | North Korea | 968,332 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 74 | Rwanda | 957,013 | 2025 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 75 | Togo | 909,897 | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 894,265 | 2025 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 887,500 | 2025 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 78 | Papua New Guinea | 874,158 | 2025 | up 133.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Romania | 863,933 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 854,187 | 2025 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 81 | Jordan | 765,246 | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 736,746 | 2025 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 83 | Haiti | 728,858 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 84 | South Sudan | 683,297 | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 85 | Palestine | 665,620 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 86 | Congo | 643,210 | 2025 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 87 | Honduras | 641,507 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 88 | Central African Republic | 621,024 | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 618,066 | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 90 | Tunisia | 613,700 | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 91 | Laos | 605,074 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 92 | Netherlands | 582,734 | 2024 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 93 | Belarus | 571,955 | 2025 | up 29.0% | flat |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 570,182 | 2025 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 514,847 | 2025 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Chile | 511,857 | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 97 | Israel | 505,902 | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 98 | Bolivia | 485,930 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 485,039 | 2025 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Czechia | 481,674 | 2024 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 101 | Oman | 481,471 | 2025 | up 241.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Libya | 425,398 | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 103 | Liberia | 420,725 | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 401,375 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 105 | Sweden | 381,374 | 2024 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 106 | Cuba | 377,261 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 107 | Paraguay | 372,494 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 108 | Hungary | 365,433 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 109 | Austria | 351,501 | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 341,948 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 111 | El Salvador | 335,881 | 2025 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 321,516 | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 113 | Portugal | 305,396 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 114 | Mongolia | 303,009 | 2025 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 115 | Slovakia | 290,824 | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 116 | New Zealand | 281,170 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 117 | Belgium | 279,994 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 118 | Switzerland | 271,788 | 2024 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 119 | Eritrea | 265,392 | 2025 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Serbia | 261,984 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 121 | Kuwait | 259,773 | 2025 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 122 | Ireland | 231,378 | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 123 | Panama | 229,170 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 229,075 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 125 | Gabon | 225,212 | 2025 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 126 | Denmark | 205,610 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 127 | Norway | 204,578 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 128 | Gambia | 203,489 | 2025 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 129 | Armenia | 202,984 | 2025 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 130 | Finland | 192,997 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 188,652 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 132 | Namibia | 184,861 | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 133 | Hong Kong | 184,800 | 2025 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 134 | Lithuania | 178,467 | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 135 | Georgia | 161,959 | 2025 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 160,939 | 2025 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 160,452 | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 138 | Croatia | 156,288 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 139 | Lesotho | 155,482 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 140 | Moldova | 150,835 | 2020 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 141 | Botswana | 146,674 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 142 | Uruguay | 139,275 | 2025 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 143 | Jamaica | 118,064 | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 117,957 | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 145 | Albania | 106,980 | 2025 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 96,467 | 2025 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 147 | East Timor | 90,189 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 148 | Singapore | 87,711 | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 87,335 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 150 | Qatar | 80,688 | 2025 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Eswatini | 79,417 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 79,371 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 69,352 | 2024 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 154 | Fiji | 66,782 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 155 | Latvia | 61,588 | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Bahrain | 58,956 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57,091 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 57,073 | 2025 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 159 | Bhutan | 51,811 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 160 | Reunion | 51,643 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 161 | Estonia | 49,358 | 2024 | up 39.0% | falling |
| 162 | Guyana | 46,597 | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 44,075 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 164 | Mauritius | 42,626 | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 165 | Montenegro | 32,217 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 166 | Maldives | 31,549 | 2025 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 29,952 | 2025 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 29,893 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 169 | Cyprus | 29,387 | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 170 | Belize | 28,981 | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 27,204 | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 172 | French Guiana | 24,810 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 173 | Luxembourg | 21,392 | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 174 | Macao | 18,300 | 2025 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 17,935 | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16,876 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 16,822 | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 16,773 | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 179 | Bahamas | 15,949 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 180 | Iceland | 15,135 | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 181 | Martinique | 14,710 | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 182 | Malta | 14,097 | 2024 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 183 | Brunei | 13,090 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 184 | Samoa | 11,272 | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 185 | Tonga | 10,143 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 186 | Barbados | 9,981 | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 187 | Kiribati | 8,955 | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 188 | Curacao | 8,759 | 2025 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 6,481 | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 190 | Grenada | 5,242 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 5,080 | 2025 | up 39.5% | falling |
| 192 | Micronesia (country) | 4,810 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4,713 | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 194 | American Samoa | 3,749 | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,638 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 196 | Andorra | 3,358 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 2,866 | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 198 | Aruba | 2,777 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 199 | Dominica | 2,584 | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 2,337 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 201 | Bermuda | 1,874 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 202 | Marshall Islands | 1,850 | 2025 | down 59.1% | rising |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,579 | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 204 | Liechtenstein | 1,565 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 205 | Gibraltar | 1,416 | 2025 | up 83.2% | falling |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,390 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 207 | British Virgin Islands | 1,283 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 208 | Monaco | 1,271 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 209 | Nauru | 1,223 | 2025 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 210 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,086 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 211 | Cook Islands | 1,051 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 212 | San Marino | 1,003 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 765 | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 214 | Anguilla | 624 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 215 | Palau | 482 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 286 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 217 | Tokelau | 223 | 2025 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 218 | Montserrat | 154 | 2025 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 219 | Saint Helena | 151 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 220 | Niue | 134 | 2025 | up 12.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 430.53 million
- UIS: World 430.53 million
- MDG: World 430.53 million
- WB: World 430.53 million
- UNICEF: World 430.24 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 390.51 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 385.88 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 382.56 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 377.26 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 325.00 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 243.49 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 234.03 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 219.03 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 201.85 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 195.93 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 188.60 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 187.06 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 146.26 million
- WB: Ida Total 142.38 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 127.31 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 118.10 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 115.78 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 115.47 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 110.34 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 110.34 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 110.34 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 110.34 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 110.06 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 110.06 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 110.06 million
- UNICEF: Africa 110.06 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 106.26 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 106.26 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 105.61 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 102.62 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 100.93 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 100.76 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 100.65 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 100.65 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 98.28 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release