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

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

Countries reporting
205
Highest
177.59 million number
India
Lowest
1,276 number
Naoero
Median
691,665 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,261

What the numbers show

School age population, secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 177.59 million number in India; the lowest is 1,276 number in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 691,665 number, and the mean is 3.88 million number.

Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 90.7%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 48.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 177.59 million number 2020 up 4.1% rising
2 China 99.10 million number 2020 down 11.9% rising
3 Pakistan 31.99 million number 2020 up 9.9% rising
4 Indonesia 27.96 million number 2020 up 7.0% rising
5 Nigeria 27.80 million number 2020 up 35.7% rising
6 United States of America 25.05 million number 2018 down 3.6% rising
7 Brazil 24.56 million number 2011 up 1.0% flat
8 Bangladesh 21.46 million number 2020 down 2.2% rising
9 Ethiopia 15.69 million number 2020 up 30.0% rising
10 Mexico 13.46 million number 2020 up 0.3% rising
11 Philippines 12.71 million number 2020 up 56.4% rising
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.11 million number 2020 up 43.2% rising
13 Türkiye 10.85 million number 2020 up 21.5% rising
14 Egypt 10.66 million number 2020 up 7.3% rising
15 Russian Federation 10.49 million number 2020 down 1.3% falling
16 Viet Nam 9.41 million number 2020 down 17.4% rising
17 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.87 million number 2020 up 36.5% rising
18 Kenya 7.69 million number 2020 up 31.6% rising
19 Germany 7.08 million number 2020 down 3.9% falling
20 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.85 million number 2020 down 24.9% rising
21 Uganda 6.65 million number 2020 up 43.9% rising
22 Sudan 5.97 million number 2020 up 50.5% rising
23 Myanmar 5.95 million number 2020 up 0.3% rising
24 France 5.84 million number 2019 up 5.8% falling
25 Afghanistan 5.78 million number 2020 up 43.1% rising
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.25 million number 2020 down 2.5% falling
27 Thailand 5.15 million number 2020 down 11.8% rising
28 Iraq 5.12 million number 2020 up 26.6% rising
29 South Africa 5.00 million number 2020 down 0.1% rising
30 Colombia 4.78 million number 2020 down 8.2% rising
31 Angola 4.72 million number 2020 up 45.8% rising
32 Italy 4.59 million number 2020 up 2.2% falling
33 Algeria 4.53 million number 2020 down 5.0% rising
34 Ghana 4.49 million number 2020 up 18.6% rising
35 Madagascar 4.40 million number 2020 up 27.4% rising
36 Argentina 4.28 million number 2020 up 1.0% rising
37 Nepal 4.25 million number 2020 down 9.2% rising
38 Uzbekistan 4.24 million number 2020 down 14.3% rising
39 Côte d'Ivoire 4.15 million number 2020 up 27.4% rising
40 Cameroon 4.14 million number 2020 up 29.5% rising
41 Yemen 3.97 million number 2020 up 12.1% rising
42 Mozambique 3.76 million number 2020 up 41.1% rising
43 Niger 3.70 million number 2020 up 57.3% volatile
44 Morocco 3.62 million number 2020 down 4.3% rising
45 Burkina Faso 3.36 million number 2020 up 36.6% rising
46 Malaysia 3.05 million number 2020 down 10.0% rising
47 Malawi 2.86 million number 2020 up 40.2% rising
48 Republic of Korea 2.84 million number 2020 down 30.8% falling
49 Saudi Arabia 2.84 million number 2020 down 9.7% rising
50 Ukraine 2.83 million number 2014 down 36.2% falling
51 Spain 2.78 million number 2020 up 4.0% falling
52 Mali 2.77 million number 2020 up 43.6% rising
53 Sri Lanka 2.74 million number 2020 up 5.0% rising
54 Chad 2.70 million number 2020 up 41.6% volatile
55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.62 million number 2020 down 4.1% rising
56 Peru 2.60 million number 2020 down 10.2% rising
57 Senegal 2.57 million number 2020 up 28.2% rising
58 Canada 2.33 million number 2020 down 8.5% falling
59 Somalia 2.30 million number 2020 up 37.3% rising
60 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2.23 million number 2019 down 7.9% flat
61 Zambia 2.19 million number 2020 up 41.4% rising
62 Poland 2.12 million number 2020 down 28.5% falling
63 Guinea 2.12 million number 2020 up 28.0% rising
64 Zimbabwe 2.06 million number 2020 up 12.8% rising
65 Syrian Arab Republic 1.95 million number 2020 down 48.4% rising
66 Kazakhstan 1.95 million number 2020 up 5.7% falling
67 Guatemala 1.95 million number 2020 down 5.9% rising
68 Australia 1.87 million number 2020 up 8.6% rising
69 Ecuador 1.87 million number 2020 up 4.1% rising
70 Benin 1.87 million number 2020 up 30.4% rising
71 Cambodia 1.81 million number 2020 down 11.4% rising
72 Burundi 1.72 million number 2020 up 18.4% rising
73 Rwanda 1.70 million number 2020 up 26.2% rising
74 Romania 1.65 million number 2020 down 11.5% falling
75 Haiti 1.63 million number 2020 up 6.6% rising
76 South Sudan 1.55 million number 2020 up 20.6% rising
77 Chile 1.48 million number 2020 down 12.2% rising
78 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.38 million number 2020 up 8.0% rising
79 Jordan 1.30 million number 2020 up 46.5% rising
80 Togo 1.29 million number 2020 up 35.1% rising
81 Sierra Leone 1.26 million number 2020 up 44.7% rising
82 Tajikistan 1.21 million number 2020 down 0.6% rising
83 Netherlands 1.20 million number 2020 down 1.1% falling
84 Dominican Republic 1.15 million number 2020 down 0.7% rising
85 Papua New Guinea 1.14 million number 2020 up 22.9% rising
86 Tunisia 1.11 million number 2020 down 13.7% rising
87 Honduras 1.03 million number 2020 up 4.0% rising
88 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.02 million number 2020 up 10.4% rising
89 Azerbaijan 1.02 million number 2019 down 9.0% rising
90 Palestine, State of 868,168 number 2019 up 6.4% rising
91 Central African Republic 860,739 number 2020 up 22.9% rising
92 Congo 835,437 number 2020 up 36.6% rising
93 Czechia 826,156 number 2020 down 6.6% falling
94 Israel 822,625 number 2020 up 19.9% rising
95 Turkmenistan 801,151 number 2020 up 12.3% rising
96 Paraguay 799,274 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
97 Hungary 777,887 number 2020 down 16.5% falling
98 Belgium 775,016 number 2020 up 1.1% falling
99 Cuba 753,823 number 2020 down 14.0% falling
100 Kyrgyzstan 743,553 number 2020 down 6.1% rising
101 El Salvador 698,056 number 2020 down 16.4% rising
102 Libya 694,505 number 2020 down 1.8% rising
103 Liberia 691,665 number 2020 up 41.3% rising
104 Austria 690,498 number 2020 down 8.3% falling
105 Mauritania 676,504 number 2020 up 27.4% rising
106 Belarus 656,772 number 2020 down 6.8% falling
107 Sweden 650,715 number 2020 down 12.7% flat
108 Greece 641,230 number 2020 down 4.9% falling
109 Nicaragua 623,260 number 2020 down 1.6% rising
110 Portugal 619,891 number 2020 down 8.2% falling
111 Eritrea 599,530 number 2020 up 25.7% rising
112 Switzerland 591,088 number 2020 down 6.1% falling
113 Serbia 559,697 number 2019 down 15.2% falling
114 United Arab Emirates 558,365 number 2020 up 29.7% volatile
115 Bulgaria 537,164 number 2020 down 8.9% falling
116 Slovakia 488,467 number 2020 down 18.0% falling
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 452,910 number 1998 down 28.4% falling
118 New Zealand 438,901 number 2020 up 2.0% flat
119 Lebanon 437,832 number 1985 up 1.8% rising
120 Panama 435,108 number 2020 up 9.3% rising
121 Oman 424,139 number 2020 up 37.1% rising
122 Denmark 405,015 number 2020 down 4.0% falling
123 Norway 382,857 number 2020 down 0.9% flat
124 Kuwait 361,688 number 2020 up 34.3% rising
125 Finland 356,316 number 2020 down 10.2% falling
126 Costa Rica 355,821 number 2020 down 13.1% rising
127 Mongolia 335,262 number 2020 up 11.2% rising
128 Croatia 323,373 number 2020 down 16.8% falling
129 Ireland 322,602 number 2019 up 13.0% flat
130 Hong Kong, China 316,110 number 2020 down 45.2% falling
131 Gambia 313,346 number 2020 up 26.3% volatile
132 Armenia 294,730 number 2020 up 0.9% falling
133 Gabon 289,290 number 2020 up 22.3% rising
134 Uruguay 286,338 number 2020 down 9.8% flat
135 Georgia 270,861 number 2020 down 21.3% falling
136 Guinea-Bissau 261,604 number 2020 up 50.3% rising
137 Republic of Moldova 259,539 number 2019 down 30.0% falling
138 Albania 256,938 number 2020 down 36.4% falling
139 Namibia 249,366 number 2020 up 0.4% rising
140 Puerto Rico 242,690 number 2020 down 28.4% falling
141 Botswana 234,108 number 2020 up 11.6% rising
142 Jamaica 233,201 number 2020 down 17.8% falling
143 Lesotho 215,517 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
144 Lithuania 208,608 number 2019 down 39.0% falling
145 North Macedonia 188,894 number 2020 down 21.2% falling
146 Timor-Leste 186,814 number 2020 up 14.8% rising
147 Equatorial Guinea 146,912 number 2020 up 51.0% rising
148 Eswatini 137,921 number 2020 up 1.9% rising
149 Slovenia 132,018 number 2020 down 5.6% falling
150 Comoros 129,210 number 2020 up 20.1% rising
151 Djibouti 125,239 number 2020 down 0.4% rising
152 Qatar 124,613 number 2020 up 90.7% volatile
153 Mauritius 121,763 number 2020 down 14.4% falling
154 Fiji 109,501 number 2020 down 2.7% rising
155 Latvia 109,241 number 2019 down 31.4% falling
156 Bahrain 108,227 number 2020 up 25.7% rising
157 Solomon Islands 102,506 number 2020 up 25.3% volatile
158 Trinidad and Tobago 92,658 number 2020 down 1.2% falling
159 Bhutan 82,439 number 2020 down 12.7% rising
160 Estonia 77,017 number 2020 down 14.9% falling
161 Guyana 73,134 number 2020 down 18.3% falling
162 Suriname 71,334 number 2020 up 1.6% rising
163 Montenegro 62,969 number 2020 down 9.2% falling
164 Cape Verde 60,120 number 2020 down 15.3% rising
165 Cyprus 55,031 number 2019 down 16.1% falling
166 Belize 46,646 number 2020 up 7.2% rising
167 Luxembourg 46,518 number 2020 up 10.8% rising
168 Vanuatu 46,066 number 2020 up 35.4% rising
169 Brunei Darussalam 45,433 number 2020 down 7.5% rising
170 Bahamas 38,531 number 2020 up 0.1% rising
171 Sao Tome and Principe 31,968 number 2020 up 63.9% rising
172 French Polynesia 31,286 number 1997 up 6.1% rising
173 Iceland 30,254 number 2020 down 8.9% flat
174 Samoa 29,989 number 2020 up 1.1% falling
175 Malta 28,239 number 2020 down 20.8% falling
176 Maldives 26,656 number 2020 down 28.3% rising
177 Macau, China 25,731 number 2020 down 40.9% flat
178 Barbados 18,297 number 2020 down 4.4% falling
179 Tonga 16,452 number 2020 up 15.4% rising
180 Kiribati 15,970 number 2020 down 1.3% rising
181 Micronesia, Federated States of 13,932 number 2020 down 8.1% rising
182 Curaçao 13,212 number 2020 down 1.8% flat
183 Saint Lucia 12,197 number 2020 down 28.6% rising
184 United States Virgin Islands 10,634 number 1997 down 16.3% falling
185 Seychelles 9,539 number 2020 down 5.7% flat
186 Marshall Islands 9,124 number 2020 up 35.0% rising
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8,792 number 2020 down 16.9% falling
188 Grenada 7,805 number 2020 down 20.8% falling
189 Aruba 7,083 number 2020 down 7.6% rising
190 Antigua and Barbuda 6,890 number 2020 down 7.9% falling
191 Bermuda 4,837 number 2020 down 15.3% flat
192 Cayman Islands 4,736 number 2020 up 17.0% rising
193 Dominica 4,676 number 2020 down 38.6% falling
194 American Samoa 4,229 number 1997 up 14.0% rising
195 Andorra 4,003 number 1998 down 22.0% flat
196 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3,626 number 2020 down 10.6% falling
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,952 number 2020 up 25.5% rising
198 Liechtenstein 2,782 number 2020 down 7.5% flat
199 San Marino 2,480 number 2020 down 1.7% falling
200 Sint Maarten 2,453 number 2020 down 12.4% falling
201 British Virgin Islands 2,121 number 2020 up 13.0% rising
202 Gibraltar 1,844 number 2020 down 5.7% falling
203 Tuvalu 1,684 number 2020 up 15.7% rising
204 Palau 1,417 number 2020 down 35.4% falling
205 Naoero 1,276 number 2020 up 2.3% rising

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, secondary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
250 places, 12,261 data points, 1970–2020
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.