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School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes (number) by country

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to lower secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.

Countries reporting
205
Highest
76.42 million number
India
Lowest
483 number
Palau
Median
359,174 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,264

What the numbers show

School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 76.42 million number in India; the lowest is 483 number in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 359,174 number, and the mean is 1.96 million number.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 148.6%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 58.4%).

School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 76.42 million number 2020 up 2.9% rising
2 China 49.83 million number 2020 down 8.3% flat
3 Nigeria 14.59 million number 2020 up 36.0% rising
4 Pakistan 14.07 million number 2020 up 9.9% rising
5 Brazil 14.03 million number 2011 up 1.3% flat
6 Indonesia 13.92 million number 2020 up 4.5% rising
7 United States of America 12.42 million number 2018 down 1.8% rising
8 Ethiopia 10.61 million number 2020 up 26.1% volatile
9 Bangladesh 9.04 million number 2020 down 5.6% flat
10 Philippines 8.54 million number 2020 up 39.4% rising
11 Russian Federation 7.70 million number 2020 up 9.4% falling
12 Mexico 6.71 million number 2020 down 0.1% rising
13 Viet Nam 5.52 million number 2020 down 7.9% rising
14 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.45 million number 2020 up 38.1% rising
15 Egypt 5.44 million number 2020 up 8.5% rising
16 Türkiye 5.41 million number 2020 up 38.1% rising
17 Germany 4.59 million number 2020 down 4.6% falling
18 Uganda 4.58 million number 2020 up 43.4% rising
19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.36 million number 2020 up 44.9% rising
20 Myanmar 3.91 million number 2020 down 2.2% rising
21 France 3.34 million number 2019 up 7.0% falling
22 Colombia 3.12 million number 2020 down 9.6% rising
23 Sudan 3.08 million number 2020 up 85.1% rising
24 Afghanistan 3.01 million number 2020 up 37.2% rising
25 Algeria 2.81 million number 2020 up 9.9% rising
26 Uzbekistan 2.73 million number 2020 down 8.8% rising
27 Kenya 2.69 million number 2020 up 27.8% rising
28 Iraq 2.62 million number 2020 up 23.6% rising
29 Madagascar 2.59 million number 2020 up 24.2% rising
30 Thailand 2.53 million number 2020 down 11.9% falling
31 Angola 2.51 million number 2020 up 48.1% rising
32 Cameroon 2.48 million number 2020 up 31.5% rising
33 Côte d'Ivoire 2.44 million number 2020 up 24.8% rising
34 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.39 million number 2020 down 32.9% rising
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.33 million number 2020 up 4.6% falling
36 Mozambique 2.31 million number 2020 up 39.7% rising
37 Niger 2.25 million number 2020 up 56.4% volatile
38 Argentina 2.15 million number 2020 up 2.4% rising
39 South Africa 2.07 million number 2020 up 5.6% rising
40 Yemen 2.05 million number 2020 up 14.6% rising
41 Burkina Faso 2.02 million number 2020 up 37.0% rising
42 Ghana 2.00 million number 2020 up 18.0% rising
43 Malawi 1.97 million number 2020 up 41.0% volatile
44 Ukraine 1.96 million number 2014 down 35.2% falling
45 Morocco 1.83 million number 2020 down 1.2% flat
46 Nepal 1.75 million number 2020 down 17.6% rising
47 Italy 1.72 million number 2020 up 4.9% falling
48 Chad 1.62 million number 2020 up 40.4% volatile
49 Peru 1.61 million number 2020 down 6.9% rising
50 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.58 million number 2020 down 3.7% rising
51 Senegal 1.54 million number 2020 up 30.0% rising
52 Kazakhstan 1.50 million number 2020 up 20.8% falling
53 Saudi Arabia 1.49 million number 2020 down 4.2% rising
54 Mali 1.48 million number 2020 up 45.7% rising
55 Malaysia 1.48 million number 2020 down 12.8% rising
56 Spain 1.46 million number 2020 down 17.3% falling
57 Republic of Korea 1.38 million number 2020 down 30.2% falling
58 Sri Lanka 1.38 million number 2020 up 6.0% falling
59 Australia 1.27 million number 2020 up 11.6% rising
60 Guinea 1.26 million number 2020 up 25.8% volatile
61 Canada 1.17 million number 2020 up 46.4% falling
62 Guatemala 1.16 million number 2020 up 8.9% rising
63 Benin 1.11 million number 2020 up 29.9% rising
64 Poland 1.08 million number 2020 down 22.3% flat
65 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.08 million number 2019 down 9.8% falling
66 Burundi 1.04 million number 2020 up 23.2% rising
67 Syrian Arab Republic 1.02 million number 2020 down 58.4% volatile
68 Cambodia 937,538 number 2020 down 6.1% rising
69 Ecuador 931,022 number 2020 up 1.8% rising
70 Zambia 912,935 number 2020 up 39.8% rising
71 Tajikistan 892,888 number 2020 up 2.4% rising
72 Rwanda 887,938 number 2020 up 27.6% rising
73 Jordan 883,592 number 2020 up 46.9% rising
74 Romania 858,532 number 2020 down 3.2% falling
75 Somalia 816,013 number 2020 up 32.2% rising
76 Togo 771,057 number 2020 up 35.9% rising
77 Zimbabwe 730,665 number 2020 up 17.0% rising
78 Haiti 712,477 number 2020 up 6.0% rising
79 Azerbaijan 637,542 number 2019 down 16.5% flat
80 Honduras 618,741 number 2020 up 0.8% rising
81 Turkmenistan 606,768 number 2020 up 24.7% rising
82 Lao People's Democratic Republic 597,323 number 2020 down 2.7% rising
83 Netherlands 582,097 number 2020 down 2.6% falling
84 Sierra Leone 571,753 number 2020 up 26.0% rising
85 Palestine, State of 560,518 number 2019 down 10.7% rising
86 Kyrgyzstan 547,154 number 2020 down 0.5% rising
87 South Sudan 546,395 number 2020 up 19.9% rising
88 Central African Republic 511,757 number 2020 up 22.2% rising
89 Congo 504,294 number 2020 up 38.5% rising
90 Chile 498,355 number 2020 down 7.0% rising
91 Tunisia 485,933 number 2020 down 7.0% rising
92 Belarus 476,138 number 2020 up 0.4% flat
93 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 463,365 number 2020 up 5.5% rising
94 Czechia 444,237 number 2020 up 14.7% falling
95 Israel 423,343 number 2020 up 19.7% rising
96 Paraguay 404,759 number 2020 down 3.8% rising
97 Mauritania 401,580 number 2020 up 28.0% rising
98 Papua New Guinea 390,635 number 2020 up 19.1% rising
99 Hungary 389,475 number 2020 down 9.3% falling
100 Dominican Republic 382,284 number 2020 down 2.0% rising
101 Nicaragua 378,463 number 2020 down 0.2% rising
102 Cuba 367,346 number 2020 down 16.3% falling
103 Liberia 359,174 number 2020 up 38.4% rising
104 Libya 358,807 number 2020 up 3.3% rising
105 El Salvador 347,688 number 2020 down 18.9% rising
106 Oman 339,746 number 2020 up 125.4% rising
107 Austria 336,818 number 2020 down 4.9% falling
108 United Arab Emirates 336,583 number 2020 up 35.7% volatile
109 Sweden 333,920 number 2020 down 4.7% flat
110 Greece 326,372 number 2020 down 2.2% falling
111 Portugal 304,115 number 2020 down 9.6% falling
112 Bulgaria 289,351 number 2020 up 11.2% falling
113 Eritrea 288,471 number 2020 up 50.1% rising
114 Slovakia 278,960 number 2020 down 7.1% falling
115 Serbia 275,370 number 2019 down 13.4% falling
116 Belgium 264,333 number 2020 up 6.8% falling
117 Lebanon 258,170 number 1985 up 1.5% rising
118 New Zealand 257,308 number 2020 up 7.7% flat
119 Switzerland 245,606 number 2020 down 6.7% falling
120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 229,082 number 1998 down 26.3% falling
121 Kuwait 227,778 number 2020 up 44.1% rising
122 Panama 219,802 number 2020 up 8.2% rising
123 Costa Rica 213,088 number 2020 down 12.2% rising
124 Mongolia 206,168 number 2020 up 6.4% rising
125 Denmark 201,403 number 2020 down 4.7% falling
126 Ireland 193,792 number 2019 up 15.5% flat
127 Armenia 192,932 number 2020 down 0.9% falling
128 Norway 190,207 number 2020 down 1.6% flat
129 Republic of Moldova 186,023 number 2019 down 25.6% falling
130 Finland 179,750 number 2020 down 7.3% falling
131 Gabon 173,421 number 2020 up 25.8% rising
132 Croatia 165,678 number 2020 down 15.3% falling
133 Gambia 163,466 number 2020 up 26.7% rising
134 Hong Kong, China 161,779 number 2020 down 29.8% falling
135 Namibia 153,311 number 2020 up 1.6% rising
136 Lithuania 152,958 number 2019 down 37.4% falling
137 Botswana 142,814 number 2020 up 13.9% rising
138 Georgia 141,750 number 2020 down 12.7% falling
139 Uruguay 140,369 number 2020 down 10.5% flat
140 Jamaica 138,011 number 2020 down 19.4% flat
141 Guinea-Bissau 137,189 number 2020 up 28.8% rising
142 Albania 135,948 number 2020 down 40.5% falling
143 Lesotho 127,949 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
144 Puerto Rico 126,714 number 2020 down 23.8% falling
145 Equatorial Guinea 99,216 number 2020 up 51.6% rising
146 Timor-Leste 93,476 number 2020 up 12.2% rising
147 North Macedonia 90,980 number 2020 down 19.3% falling
148 Eswatini 85,653 number 2020 up 4.7% rising
149 Comoros 76,606 number 2020 up 20.9% rising
150 Djibouti 70,538 number 2020 down 3.1% rising
151 Qatar 65,187 number 2020 up 95.0% volatile
152 Fiji 64,560 number 2020 up 1.9% rising
153 Slovenia 59,442 number 2020 up 4.8% falling
154 Trinidad and Tobago 56,509 number 2020 up 3.6% falling
155 Latvia 56,029 number 2019 down 16.4% falling
156 Bhutan 54,429 number 2020 down 13.1% rising
157 Bahrain 54,189 number 2020 up 22.4% rising
158 Mauritius 48,174 number 2020 down 17.7% falling
159 Solomon Islands 45,783 number 2020 up 22.4% rising
160 Guyana 43,129 number 2020 down 20.4% falling
161 Suriname 41,014 number 2020 up 0.9% rising
162 Estonia 40,978 number 2020 up 0.3% falling
163 Montenegro 31,620 number 2020 down 5.7% falling
164 Belize 30,709 number 2020 up 3.8% rising
165 Cape Verde 30,289 number 2020 down 12.1% rising
166 Vanuatu 28,324 number 2020 up 35.1% rising
167 Cyprus 26,997 number 2019 down 14.1% falling
168 Bahamas 19,196 number 2020 down 0.4% rising
169 Luxembourg 19,091 number 2020 up 4.9% rising
170 French Polynesia 18,821 number 1997 up 12.7% rising
171 Maldives 17,272 number 2020 down 17.1% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 16,764 number 2020 up 38.6% rising
173 Iceland 13,240 number 2020 down 5.5% flat
174 Macau, China 13,054 number 2020 down 32.5% falling
175 Brunei Darussalam 12,246 number 2020 down 14.4% falling
176 Malta 12,104 number 2020 down 51.0% falling
177 Tonga 11,908 number 2020 up 24.0% rising
178 Barbados 10,783 number 2020 down 5.5% falling
179 Samoa 9,242 number 2020 up 3.9% falling
180 Kiribati 7,809 number 2020 up 5.4% rising
181 Saint Lucia 7,046 number 2020 down 30.1% flat
182 Marshall Islands 6,161 number 2020 up 148.6% volatile
183 United States Virgin Islands 5,673 number 1997 down 12.8% falling
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5,171 number 2020 down 18.6% falling
185 Grenada 4,865 number 2020 down 15.9% falling
186 Micronesia, Federated States of 4,716 number 2020 down 8.6% rising
187 Seychelles 4,361 number 2020 up 6.3% falling
188 Curaçao 4,269 number 2020 up 1.3% flat
189 Antigua and Barbuda 4,097 number 2020 down 9.6% falling
190 Aruba 2,809 number 2020 down 7.6% rising
191 Dominica 2,754 number 2020 down 37.2% falling
192 Andorra 2,625 number 1998 down 10.4% rising
193 Cayman Islands 2,427 number 2020 up 25.0% rising
194 American Samoa 2,203 number 1997 up 18.7% rising
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,156 number 2020 down 12.5% falling
196 Bermuda 2,015 number 2020 down 16.1% falling
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,707 number 2020 up 19.3% rising
198 Liechtenstein 1,575 number 2020 down 8.4% flat
199 British Virgin Islands 1,226 number 2020 up 5.6% rising
200 Tuvalu 985 number 2020 up 15.6% rising
201 Sint Maarten 968 number 2020 down 16.2% falling
202 San Marino 933 number 2020 up 9.4% falling
203 Gibraltar 918 number 2020 down 6.1% falling
204 Naoero 885 number 2020 up 5.0% rising
205 Palau 483 number 2020 down 35.5% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
250 places, 12,264 data points, 1970–2020
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to lower secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.