School age population, secondary education, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
220
Highest
167.30 million
India
Lowest
233
Niue
Median
665,674
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,379
What the numbers show
School age population, secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 167.30 million in India; the lowest is 233 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 665,674, and the mean is 3.90 million.
Over the past decade 155 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 115.8%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 39.1%).
School age population, secondary education, both sexes (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 167.30 million | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 2 | China | 105.61 million | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 41.32 million | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 34.05 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 28.65 million | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 26.41 million | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 23.11 million | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 20.64 million | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 17.90 million | 2025 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.41 million | 2025 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Egypt | 14.06 million | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 14.03 million | 2025 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 13.57 million | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 14 | Russia | 12.55 million | 2025 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 15 | Vietnam | 11.48 million | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 10.57 million | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 17 | Tanzania | 9.16 million | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 18 | Kenya | 8.19 million | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 8.11 million | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 20 | Uganda | 7.32 million | 2025 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Germany | 6.95 million | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 6.94 million | 2025 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 23 | Japan | 6.44 million | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 24 | Iraq | 6.38 million | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 25 | France | 6.04 million | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 26 | Algeria | 6.01 million | 2025 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 6.01 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 5.83 million | 2024 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 29 | South Africa | 5.43 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 30 | Angola | 5.43 million | 2025 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 31 | Yemen | 5.34 million | 2025 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Myanmar | 5.25 million | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 5.13 million | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 5.08 million | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 35 | Cameroon | 4.71 million | 2025 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.63 million | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 37 | Thailand | 4.62 million | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 38 | Italy | 4.55 million | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Niger | 4.54 million | 2025 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Ghana | 4.50 million | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 4.45 million | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 4.39 million | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 43 | Mozambique | 4.17 million | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 4.09 million | 2025 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 45 | Nepal | 4.01 million | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 4.01 million | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 47 | Somalia | 3.73 million | 2025 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Mali | 3.59 million | 2025 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 49 | Syria | 3.51 million | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 50 | Chad | 3.36 million | 2025 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Malaysia | 3.32 million | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 52 | Malawi | 3.28 million | 2025 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 3.13 million | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 54 | Ukraine | 3.13 million | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 55 | Poland | 3.08 million | 2024 | up 28.4% | falling |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 3.08 million | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Senegal | 3.02 million | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 2.86 million | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 59 | Peru | 2.84 million | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 60 | South Korea | 2.76 million | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 61 | Venezuela | 2.75 million | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 62 | Canada | 2.73 million | 2025 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 2.64 million | 2025 | up 54.2% | flat |
| 64 | Burundi | 2.55 million | 2025 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 65 | Zambia | 2.51 million | 2025 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 2.46 million | 2025 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 67 | Guinea | 2.33 million | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 68 | Benin | 2.31 million | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 2.29 million | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 70 | Australia | 2.00 million | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 71 | Cambodia | 2.00 million | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 72 | South Sudan | 1.96 million | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 73 | North Korea | 1.95 million | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 74 | Ecuador | 1.94 million | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 1.87 million | 2025 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 1.75 million | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 77 | Haiti | 1.67 million | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 78 | Chile | 1.55 million | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 1.55 million | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 80 | Togo | 1.53 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 81 | Bolivia | 1.44 million | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 1.39 million | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 83 | Tunisia | 1.34 million | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 1.29 million | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 1.18 million | 2025 | up 30.1% | falling |
| 86 | Netherlands | 1.17 million | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 87 | Jordan | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 1.13 million | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 1.12 million | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 90 | Honduras | 1.07 million | 2025 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 91 | Congo | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 92 | Laos | 1.05 million | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 93 | Palestine | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 991,671 | 2025 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 96 | Israel | 978,845 | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 97 | Czechia | 964,088 | 2024 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 874,117 | 2025 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritania | 857,400 | 2025 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Belgium | 837,847 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 101 | Libya | 837,751 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 102 | Liberia | 820,276 | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 103 | Belarus | 786,836 | 2025 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 104 | Hungary | 759,441 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 105 | Sweden | 748,612 | 2024 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 106 | Cuba | 732,068 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 107 | Paraguay | 730,413 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 108 | Austria | 702,428 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 109 | El Salvador | 671,256 | 2025 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 666,094 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 111 | Lebanon | 665,254 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 653,999 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 113 | Switzerland | 627,417 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 114 | Portugal | 617,238 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 115 | Eritrea | 612,616 | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 116 | Oman | 606,036 | 2025 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 117 | Serbia | 528,389 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 511,941 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 119 | Slovakia | 507,888 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 120 | New Zealand | 492,350 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 121 | Mongolia | 487,550 | 2025 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 122 | Panama | 451,366 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 123 | Kuwait | 439,521 | 2025 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 124 | Denmark | 415,626 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 125 | Norway | 403,863 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 389,189 | 2025 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Finland | 381,579 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 378,838 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 129 | Ireland | 376,408 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 130 | Gabon | 374,524 | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 131 | Hong Kong | 340,700 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 132 | Armenia | 319,850 | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 133 | Georgia | 313,158 | 2025 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 134 | Croatia | 311,629 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 309,995 | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 136 | Namibia | 297,338 | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 137 | Uruguay | 280,752 | 2025 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 138 | Lesotho | 254,854 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 247,060 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 243,297 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 141 | Lithuania | 233,315 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 233,275 | 2025 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Moldova | 232,056 | 2020 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 204,074 | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 145 | Jamaica | 203,079 | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 146 | Albania | 187,327 | 2025 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 147 | East Timor | 182,840 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 148 | Singapore | 180,246 | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 170,909 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 150 | Qatar | 154,265 | 2025 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovenia | 153,844 | 2024 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 152 | Comoros | 133,991 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 153 | Eswatini | 131,992 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 125,304 | 2025 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Latvia | 122,460 | 2024 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 156 | Fiji | 116,436 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 157 | Bahrain | 112,512 | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 158 | Mauritius | 106,564 | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 95,250 | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 95,123 | 2024 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 161 | Reunion | 92,425 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 162 | Bhutan | 78,024 | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 163 | Guyana | 76,881 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 164 | Suriname | 76,871 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 165 | Montenegro | 64,530 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 59,063 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 167 | Cyprus | 57,363 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 53,016 | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 49,432 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 49,350 | 2025 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 171 | Maldives | 45,432 | 2025 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 172 | Brunei | 44,248 | 2025 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 173 | Belize | 44,119 | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 174 | French Guiana | 43,215 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 175 | Samoa | 36,170 | 2025 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 176 | Iceland | 35,201 | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 177 | Macao | 34,400 | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 33,735 | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 179 | Bahamas | 32,965 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 32,287 | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 181 | Malta | 32,112 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 182 | French Polynesia | 29,953 | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 29,524 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 184 | Martinique | 26,885 | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 185 | Kiribati | 19,371 | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 186 | Tonga | 17,434 | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 187 | Barbados | 17,071 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 188 | Micronesia (country) | 14,331 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 189 | Curacao | 12,885 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 190 | Seychelles | 11,621 | 2025 | up 44.7% | falling |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 11,462 | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 192 | Grenada | 8,741 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,850 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 194 | Aruba | 6,900 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6,436 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 196 | United States Virgin Islands | 5,908 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 197 | Marshall Islands | 5,705 | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 198 | American Samoa | 5,636 | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 199 | Andorra | 5,126 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 4,777 | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 201 | Bermuda | 4,614 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 202 | Dominica | 4,348 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 203 | Gibraltar | 3,350 | 2025 | up 112.3% | falling |
| 204 | British Virgin Islands | 2,946 | 2025 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 205 | San Marino | 2,801 | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 206 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2,795 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,761 | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 2,732 | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 209 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,465 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 210 | Monaco | 2,208 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 211 | Cook Islands | 1,825 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 212 | Nauru | 1,755 | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 213 | Palau | 1,451 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 1,279 | 2025 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 215 | Anguilla | 1,097 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 519 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 217 | Tokelau | 330 | 2025 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 218 | Saint Helena | 318 | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 219 | Montserrat | 281 | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 220 | Niue | 233 | 2025 | up 17.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 843.29 million
- UIS: World 843.29 million
- MDG: World 843.29 million
- WB: World 843.28 million
- UNICEF: World 842.68 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 765.02 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 756.49 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 749.85 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 746.02 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 645.63 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 484.46 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 476.71 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 453.05 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 417.04 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 403.28 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 391.24 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 351.03 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 277.34 million
- WB: Ida Total 272.03 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 263.90 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 263.69 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 253.49 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 253.49 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 253.49 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 253.49 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 245.54 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 245.54 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 241.83 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 219.93 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 203.02 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 203.02 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 203.02 million
- UNICEF: Africa 203.02 million
- WB: South Asia 198.87 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 198.87 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 198.87 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 189.15 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 188.80 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 188.70 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 188.70 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release