School age population, lower secondary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
220
Highest
37.54 million
India
Lowest
61
Niue
Median
174,299
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,444
What the numbers show
School age population, lower secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 37.54 million in India; the lowest is 61 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 174,299, and the mean is 1.02 million.
Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 241.2%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 60.1%).
School age population, lower secondary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 37.54 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 2 | China | 29.05 million | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 9.21 million | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 9.00 million | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 7.46 million | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 6 | United States of America | 6.57 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 6.09 million | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 5.90 million | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 5.03 million | 2025 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 10 | Philippines | 4.79 million | 2025 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 4.73 million | 2025 | up 30.1% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 3.76 million | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 3.50 million | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 3.44 million | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 15 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.13 million | 2025 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 16 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2.77 million | 2025 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Türkiye | 2.75 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 18 | Uganda | 2.51 million | 2025 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Germany | 2.37 million | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 20 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.15 million | 2025 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 1.85 million | 2025 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 22 | Sudan | 1.81 million | 2025 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 23 | Myanmar | 1.79 million | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 24 | France | 1.76 million | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 25 | Iraq | 1.74 million | 2025 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 1.71 million | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 1.66 million | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 28 | Japan | 1.64 million | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 1.60 million | 2025 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Madagascar | 1.52 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 31 | Angola | 1.44 million | 2025 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 1.40 million | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 33 | Yemen | 1.40 million | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 34 | Niger | 1.39 million | 2025 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.38 million | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 1.38 million | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 37 | Mozambique | 1.31 million | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 38 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.30 million | 2024 | up 21.3% | flat |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 1.24 million | 2025 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 1.18 million | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 41 | Thailand | 1.16 million | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 42 | Ukraine | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 43 | Argentina | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 44 | Malawi | 1.11 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 45 | South Africa | 1.09 million | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 47 | Somalia | 1.03 million | 2025 | up 186.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Chad | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 981,217 | 2025 | up 55.1% | flat |
| 50 | Mali | 957,579 | 2025 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 923,241 | 2025 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 882,476 | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 53 | Syrian Arab Republic | 873,876 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 54 | Malaysia | 871,068 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 55 | Peru | 860,901 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 56 | Italy | 851,644 | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 57 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 844,311 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 818,496 | 2024 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 806,006 | 2025 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Spain | 791,160 | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 721,413 | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 62 | Republic of Korea | 712,142 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 63 | Guinea | 701,807 | 2025 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Benin | 698,128 | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 65 | Canada | 694,674 | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 66 | Australia | 688,059 | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 67 | Burundi | 596,883 | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 68 | Guatemala | 584,716 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 69 | Tajikistan | 576,614 | 2025 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 70 | Zambia | 521,940 | 2025 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 71 | Cambodia | 506,135 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 72 | Ecuador | 500,016 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 73 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 496,238 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 74 | Rwanda | 478,775 | 2025 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 75 | Togo | 459,942 | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 457,225 | 2025 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 450,757 | 2025 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 449,344 | 2025 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 449,221 | 2025 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Romania | 443,982 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 81 | Jordan | 387,188 | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 378,878 | 2025 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 83 | Haiti | 366,667 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 84 | South Sudan | 345,265 | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 85 | Palestine, State of | 337,067 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 328,462 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 87 | Congo | 323,989 | 2025 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 88 | Tunisia | 317,690 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 89 | Central African Republic | 312,567 | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 310,737 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 91 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 307,841 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 92 | Netherlands | 298,650 | 2024 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 93 | Belarus | 294,521 | 2025 | up 29.4% | flat |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 289,341 | 2025 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 261,086 | 2025 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Chile | 260,524 | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 97 | Israel | 259,053 | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 98 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 246,992 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 99 | Czechia | 246,212 | 2024 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 100 | Oman | 245,367 | 2025 | up 241.2% | volatile |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 244,574 | 2025 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Libya | 218,404 | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 103 | Liberia | 212,851 | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 203,584 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 105 | Sweden | 196,491 | 2024 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 106 | Cuba | 193,486 | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 107 | Paraguay | 190,385 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 108 | Hungary | 187,908 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 109 | Austria | 181,329 | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 174,823 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 111 | El Salvador | 173,775 | 2025 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 165,709 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 113 | Mongolia | 156,501 | 2025 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 114 | Portugal | 155,080 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 115 | Slovakia | 148,887 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 116 | New Zealand | 144,000 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 117 | Belgium | 143,142 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 118 | Switzerland | 139,267 | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 119 | Eritrea | 133,803 | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Kuwait | 133,755 | 2025 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 121 | Serbia | 131,535 | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 122 | Ireland | 118,478 | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 123 | Panama | 117,178 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 116,780 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 125 | Gabon | 113,073 | 2025 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 126 | Armenia | 105,964 | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 127 | Denmark | 105,663 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 128 | Norway | 105,255 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 129 | Gambia | 102,649 | 2025 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 130 | Finland | 98,686 | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 97,115 | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 132 | Hong Kong, China | 96,000 | 2025 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 133 | Namibia | 91,641 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 134 | Lithuania | 91,373 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 135 | Georgia | 83,149 | 2025 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 81,071 | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 81,027 | 2025 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Croatia | 80,236 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 139 | Lesotho | 77,964 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 140 | Republic of Moldova | 77,400 | 2020 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 141 | Botswana | 73,789 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 142 | Uruguay | 70,967 | 2025 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61,126 | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 144 | Jamaica | 60,096 | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 145 | Albania | 55,323 | 2025 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 49,439 | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 147 | Timor-Leste | 45,867 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 148 | Singapore | 45,064 | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 44,346 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 150 | Qatar | 40,548 | 2025 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Comoros | 40,331 | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 152 | Eswatini | 39,917 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 35,749 | 2024 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 154 | Fiji | 33,404 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 155 | Latvia | 31,566 | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Bahrain | 30,013 | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 29,457 | 2025 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29,055 | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 159 | Bhutan | 27,194 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 160 | Réunion | 25,907 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 161 | Estonia | 25,215 | 2024 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 162 | Guyana | 23,648 | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 22,398 | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 164 | Mauritius | 21,660 | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 165 | Maldives | 17,092 | 2025 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 166 | Montenegro | 16,673 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 15,480 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 15,417 | 2025 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 169 | Cyprus | 14,950 | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 170 | Belize | 14,827 | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 13,859 | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 172 | French Guiana | 12,253 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 173 | Luxembourg | 11,030 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 174 | Macau, China | 9,500 | 2025 | up 41.8% | falling |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 9,095 | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 176 | French Polynesia | 8,697 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 8,522 | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,456 | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 179 | Bahamas | 8,062 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 180 | Iceland | 7,796 | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 181 | Martinique | 7,337 | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 182 | Malta | 7,220 | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 183 | Brunei Darussalam | 6,830 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 184 | Samoa | 5,766 | 2025 | up 30.1% | flat |
| 185 | Tonga | 5,383 | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 186 | Barbados | 5,074 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 187 | Curaçao | 4,461 | 2025 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 188 | Kiribati | 4,447 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 3,283 | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 190 | Grenada | 2,675 | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 2,573 | 2025 | up 41.5% | falling |
| 192 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2,480 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,397 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 194 | American Samoa | 1,901 | 2025 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,845 | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 196 | Andorra | 1,685 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,494 | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 198 | Aruba | 1,416 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 199 | Dominica | 1,298 | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 1,184 | 2025 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 201 | Bermuda | 944 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 202 | Marshall Islands | 943 | 2025 | down 60.1% | rising |
| 203 | Liechtenstein | 822 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 771 | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 205 | Gibraltar | 744 | 2025 | up 80.6% | falling |
| 206 | British Virgin Islands | 644 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 207 | Monaco | 641 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 208 | Naoero | 636 | 2025 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 209 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 635 | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 210 | Sint Maarten | 584 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 211 | Cook Islands | 553 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 212 | San Marino | 516 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 407 | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 214 | Anguilla | 312 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 215 | Palau | 255 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 143 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 217 | Tokelau | 118 | 2025 | up 90.3% | rising |
| 218 | Montserrat | 76 | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 219 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 74 | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 220 | Niue | 61 | 2025 | up 19.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 222.04 million
- UIS: World 222.04 million
- MDG: World 222.04 million
- WB: World 222.04 million
- UNICEF: World 221.89 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 201.52 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 199.16 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 197.45 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 194.71 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 168.37 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 126.75 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 122.11 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 114.39 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 104.01 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 100.89 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 97.10 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 95.22 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 74.39 million
- WB: Ida Total 72.42 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 66.60 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 61.31 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 59.98 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 59.10 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 57.35 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 57.35 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 57.35 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 57.35 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 55.71 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 55.71 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 55.71 million
- UNICEF: Africa 55.71 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 55.25 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 55.25 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 53.98 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 53.69 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 53.07 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 52.98 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 52.92 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 52.92 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 51.70 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release