School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number) by country

Name: School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

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

Countries reporting

164

Highest

49.74 million number

India

Lowest

192 number

Naoero

Median

128,552 number

Years covered

1970–2020

Data points

4,244

What the numbers show

School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 49.74 million number in India; the lowest is 192 number in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 128,552 number, and the mean is 1.00 million number.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 146.5%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 79.0%).

School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	49.74 million number	2019	up 6.1%	rising
2	China	16.91 million number	2019	down 31.4%	falling
3	Nigeria	7.73 million number	2019	up 30.3%	rising
4	Bangladesh	6.23 million number	2019	down 48.2%	falling
5	Pakistan	4.32 million number	2019	up 13.5%	rising
6	United States of America	4.25 million number	2018	down 3.4%	rising
7	Philippines	4.11 million number	2019	up 7.6%	rising
8	Brazil	3.51 million number	2017	—	flat
9	Egypt	3.40 million number	2019	up 0.2%	rising
10	Iran, Islamic Republic of	2.73 million number	2012	down 24.2%	falling
11	Germany	2.66 million number	2020	down 6.0%	flat
12	Ethiopia	2.43 million number	2019	up 50.4%	rising
13	Algeria	2.32 million number	2006	up 9.8%	rising
14	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.29 million number	2008	up 16.9%	rising
15	Kenya	2.26 million number	2019	up 31.0%	rising
16	Tanzania, United Republic of	2.14 million number	2019	up 21.8%	rising
17	Myanmar	2.04 million number	2019	up 8.6%	flat
18	South Africa	1.94 million number	2019	down 9.3%	rising
19	Uganda	1.84 million number	2019	up 45.2%	rising
20	Colombia	1.73 million number	2019	down 0.1%	rising
21	France	1.69 million number	2019	up 1.8%	flat
22	Afghanistan	1.68 million number	2019	up 57.0%	rising
23	Iraq	1.57 million number	2019	up 35.1%	rising
24	Russian Federation	1.33 million number	2020	down 36.0%	falling
25	Viet Nam	1.30 million number	2019	down 28.9%	falling
26	Ghana	1.19 million number	2019	down 17.1%	rising
27	Morocco	1.16 million number	2019	down 7.6%	flat
28	Malaysia	1.14 million number	2012	up 18.8%	rising
29	Madagascar	1.12 million number	2019	up 40.3%	rising
30	Côte d'Ivoire	1.04 million number	2019	up 34.9%	rising
31	Cameroon	985,004 number	2019	up 22.1%	rising
32	Thailand	979,796 number	2013	down 9.2%	falling
33	Zimbabwe	927,379 number	2019	up 55.3%	rising
34	Spain	884,209 number	2020	down 3.7%	falling
35	Haiti	860,125 number	2019	up 7.0%	rising
36	Canada	858,075 number	2019	down 5.7%	rising
37	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	821,083 number	2009	up 18.9%	rising
38	Malawi	778,142 number	2019	up 29.1%	rising
39	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	771,856 number	2019	down 2.1%	rising
40	Poland	740,154 number	2020	down 32.9%	falling
41	Mali	733,442 number	2019	up 24.5%	rising
42	Syrian Arab Republic	650,571 number	2019	down 27.0%	falling
43	Sri Lanka	637,929 number	2019	up 95.4%	rising
44	Ecuador	627,726 number	2019	—	rising
45	Senegal	620,801 number	2019	up 25.0%	rising
46	Cambodia	602,888 number	2019	up 4.7%	rising
47	Italy	575,042 number	2020	down 1.9%	falling
48	Ukraine	512,170 number	2012	down 31.3%	falling
49	Rwanda	494,846 number	2019	up 15.7%	rising
50	Benin	469,335 number	2019	up 29.7%	rising
51	Yemen	464,398 number	2007	down 28.6%	falling
52	Sierra Leone	456,879 number	2019	up 80.0%	rising
53	Saudi Arabia	450,029 number	2019	down 54.6%	falling
54	Mozambique	448,429 number	2008	up 26.9%	rising
55	Niger	418,328 number	2019	up 59.6%	rising
56	Romania	403,753 number	2020	down 57.0%	falling
57	Burkina Faso	401,763 number	2019	up 35.3%	rising
58	Zambia	380,007 number	2019	down 30.5%	falling
59	Libya	326,340 number	2017	down 15.8%	rising
60	Tunisia	325,174 number	2019	down 24.1%	falling
61	Chad	321,766 number	2019	up 40.0%	falling
62	Togo	304,414 number	2019	up 24.8%	rising
63	Australia	297,380 number	2019	up 1.2%	rising
64	Lao People's Democratic Republic	281,382 number	2019	down 3.8%	rising
65	Cuba	278,402 number	2019	down 17.8%	flat
66	Paraguay	251,982 number	2005	up 50.4%	rising
67	Nicaragua	238,167 number	2019	down 3.7%	flat
68	Greece	211,431 number	2020	down 11.0%	falling
69	Kazakhstan	208,177 number	2020	down 34.0%	falling
70	Netherlands	203,264 number	2020	down 2.3%	rising
71	Sweden	202,721 number	2020	up 58.3%	rising
72	Liberia	197,445 number	2019	up 40.5%	rising
73	Hungary	197,262 number	2020	down 20.7%	falling
74	Congo	195,107 number	2019	up 27.1%	rising
75	Papua New Guinea	175,593 number	2019	up 20.6%	rising
76	Tajikistan	172,125 number	2011	up 29.4%	rising
77	Mauritania	143,447 number	2012	up 146.5%	rising
78	Gambia	143,032 number	2019	up 29.8%	rising
79	Panama	141,135 number	2019	up 12.0%	rising
80	Denmark	140,267 number	2012	up 16.1%	flat
81	Serbia	137,894 number	2019	down 24.4%	falling
82	Azerbaijan	129,392 number	2019	down 30.0%	falling
83	Israel	127,713 number	2019	up 17.8%	rising
84	Belgium	127,069 number	2020	down 3.2%	rising
85	Ireland	126,093 number	2019	up 4.5%	falling
86	Oman	117,290 number	2012	up 19.6%	rising
87	Bulgaria	116,219 number	2019	down 42.2%	falling
88	Portugal	107,025 number	2020	down 6.3%	falling
89	Jamaica	102,458 number	2019	down 5.4%	rising
90	Palestine, State of	101,830 number	2019	up 17.0%	rising
91	Uruguay	99,389 number	2004	down 8.3%	falling
92	Kyrgyzstan	98,616 number	2020	down 20.2%	falling
93	Namibia	97,457 number	2019	up 3.7%	rising
94	Switzerland	92,019 number	2020	up 0.3%	rising
95	Turkmenistan	91,745 number	2019	down 60.2%	falling
96	Czechia	90,347 number	2020	down 65.5%	falling
97	Austria	89,105 number	2020	down 12.2%	falling
98	Mongolia	87,743 number	2019	down 52.9%	volatile
99	Kuwait	85,722 number	2019	up 10.1%	rising
100	Belarus	84,773 number	2019	down 79.0%	volatile
101	Guinea-Bissau	75,617 number	2019	down 20.0%	falling
102	Puerto Rico	73,937 number	2019	down 34.8%	falling
103	Norway	67,073 number	2020	up 5.6%	rising
104	Eritrea	63,513 number	2019	down 58.9%	rising
105	Hong Kong, China	63,498 number	2019	down 27.2%	falling
106	New Zealand	59,994 number	2019	down 7.3%	rising
107	Finland	59,909 number	2020	down 13.7%	volatile
108	Bhutan	56,762 number	2020	down 10.3%	rising
109	Slovakia	54,294 number	2020	down 31.2%	falling
110	Georgia	43,679 number	2020	down 31.1%	falling
111	Lesotho	43,040 number	2019	down 6.9%	falling
112	Botswana	42,066 number	2019	up 2.5%	rising
113	Republic of Moldova	38,046 number	2019	down 44.1%	falling
114	Djibouti	36,383 number	2019	down 0.2%	falling
115	Gabon	36,345 number	2019	down 41.4%	falling
116	Trinidad and Tobago	34,602 number	2019	down 22.8%	falling
117	Latvia	33,327 number	2019	down 50.8%	falling
118	Comoros	32,451 number	2019	up 132.6%	rising
119	Guyana	31,320 number	2019	down 2.7%	rising
120	Lithuania	30,169 number	2019	down 35.1%	falling
121	Fiji	29,175 number	2019	down 9.0%	falling
122	Qatar	26,214 number	2019	up 14.9%	flat
123	North Macedonia	25,296 number	2019	down 19.5%	falling
124	Eswatini	24,846 number	2019	down 0.4%	flat
125	Estonia	22,010 number	2020	down 39.9%	falling
126	Luxembourg	21,992 number	2020	up 26.0%	rising
127	Slovenia	21,409 number	2012	down 25.3%	falling
128	Cyprus	20,822 number	2019	down 17.9%	falling
129	Suriname	19,720 number	2019	down 48.7%	falling
130	Mauritius	19,078 number	2019	down 54.4%	falling
131	Montenegro	16,504 number	2019	down 8.8%	flat
132	Belize	15,888 number	2019	up 22.9%	rising
133	Bahrain	15,207 number	2019	down 6.1%	rising
134	Maldives	13,525 number	2019	down 26.0%	rising
135	Solomon Islands	13,021 number	2019	up 24.8%	rising
136	Vanuatu	10,930 number	2019	up 20.1%	rising
137	Cape Verde	9,628 number	2019	down 18.5%	rising
138	Malta	9,265 number	2019	up 62.2%	rising
139	Barbados	7,655 number	2019	down 0.6%	falling
140	Brunei Darussalam	6,853 number	2012	up 9.9%	rising
141	Bahamas	6,487 number	2019	up 5.0%	rising
142	Curaçao	6,444 number	2019	down 7.8%	falling
143	Micronesia, Federated States of	4,802 number	2019	up 9.6%	flat
144	Iceland	4,291 number	2020	down 4.1%	falling
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3,766 number	2019	down 6.1%	falling
146	Samoa	3,653 number	2019	up 0.4%	rising
147	Grenada	3,207 number	2019	down 23.0%	falling
148	Antigua and Barbuda	2,951 number	2019	up 4.6%	rising
149	Saint Lucia	2,865 number	2019	down 56.8%	falling
150	Marshall Islands	2,612 number	2019	down 9.4%	flat
151	Seychelles	2,515 number	2019	down 44.6%	falling
152	Dominica	2,266 number	2019	down 22.9%	rising
153	Tonga	2,196 number	2019	down 0.4%	falling
154	Kiribati	2,151 number	2008	up 31.1%	rising
155	San Marino	1,671 number	2010	up 20.8%	rising
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,579 number	2019	down 3.6%	falling
157	Cayman Islands	1,467 number	2019	up 8.3%	rising
158	British Virgin Islands	1,336 number	2019	up 102.1%	rising
159	Sint Maarten	1,282 number	2019	up 32.0%	rising
160	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,209 number	2019	up 36.3%	rising
161	Gibraltar	935 number	2019	up 6.6%	flat
162	Liechtenstein	834 number	2019	down 7.7%	rising
163	Palau	448 number	2019	down 32.5%	falling
164	Naoero	192 number	2019	up 1.1%	volatile

Regions and income groups

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

World 152.42 million number
IDA & IBRD total 136.03 million number
Low & middle income 135.80 million number
European Union 8.72 million number
Middle income 122.06 million number
Lower middle income 93.06 million number
IBRD only 90.84 million number
Early-demographic dividend 81.62 million number
South Asia 62.68 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 62.68 million number
IDA total 45.32 million number
Late-demographic dividend 30.12 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 29.96 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 29.96 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 29.94 million number
Upper middle income 29.00 million number
IDA only 28.55 million number
East Asia & Pacific 28.05 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 26.35 million number
Pre-demographic dividend 25.95 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 25.58 million number
Least developed countries 25.27 million number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 19.63 million number
OECD members 16.86 million number
IDA blend 16.64 million number
High income 16.63 million number
Post-demographic dividend 14.71 million number
Low income 13.73 million number
Europe & Central Asia 11.09 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 7.96 million number
Arab World 7.85 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 7.54 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 7.26 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 7.24 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 7.16 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 7.14 million number
Euro area 6.93 million number
North America 5.15 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.51 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 2.33 million number

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Indicator: School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 4,244 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

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