School age population, secondary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
220
Highest
87.37 million
India
Lowest
109
Niue
Median
340,158
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,379
What the numbers show
School age population, secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 220 countries. The highest value is 87.37 million in India; the lowest is 109 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 340,158, and the mean is 2.01 million.
Over the past decade 153 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 115.7%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 38.9%).
School age population, secondary education, male (number) (population): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 87.37 million | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 2 | China | 56.91 million | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 21.14 million | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 17.34 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 14.69 million | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 13.59 million | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 12.02 million | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 10.49 million | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 9.08 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.69 million | 2025 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Egypt | 7.20 million | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 7.12 million | 2025 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 6.90 million | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 14 | Russia | 6.45 million | 2025 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 15 | Vietnam | 5.84 million | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 5.38 million | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 17 | Tanzania | 4.60 million | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 4.17 million | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 19 | Kenya | 4.11 million | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 20 | Uganda | 3.67 million | 2025 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Germany | 3.59 million | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 3.50 million | 2025 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 23 | Japan | 3.30 million | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 24 | Iraq | 3.27 million | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 25 | France | 3.10 million | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 3.08 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Algeria | 3.07 million | 2025 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 2.99 million | 2024 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 29 | Yemen | 2.73 million | 2025 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 30 | South Africa | 2.73 million | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 31 | Angola | 2.72 million | 2025 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 32 | Myanmar | 2.69 million | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 33 | Colombia | 2.60 million | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 34 | Madagascar | 2.59 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.38 million | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 2.36 million | 2025 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 37 | Cameroon | 2.36 million | 2025 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 38 | Italy | 2.35 million | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 39 | Niger | 2.31 million | 2025 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 2.29 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 41 | Ghana | 2.27 million | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 2.26 million | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 43 | Mozambique | 2.09 million | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 2.07 million | 2025 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 45 | Nepal | 2.06 million | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 2.06 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 47 | Somalia | 1.89 million | 2025 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Mali | 1.82 million | 2025 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 49 | Syria | 1.80 million | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 50 | Malaysia | 1.73 million | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 51 | Chad | 1.70 million | 2025 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Malawi | 1.63 million | 2025 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Spain | 1.61 million | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 54 | Ukraine | 1.61 million | 2025 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 55 | Poland | 1.58 million | 2024 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 56 | Senegal | 1.57 million | 2025 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 1.57 million | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 1.45 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 59 | Peru | 1.45 million | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 60 | South Korea | 1.42 million | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 61 | Venezuela | 1.41 million | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 62 | Canada | 1.40 million | 2025 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 1.35 million | 2025 | up 54.5% | flat |
| 64 | Burundi | 1.28 million | 2025 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 65 | Zambia | 1.25 million | 2025 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 1.23 million | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 67 | Guinea | 1.18 million | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 68 | Benin | 1.17 million | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 1.16 million | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 70 | Australia | 1.03 million | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 71 | Cambodia | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 72 | North Korea | 997,866 | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 73 | Ecuador | 992,611 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 74 | South Sudan | 991,441 | 2025 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 935,781 | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 897,069 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 77 | Haiti | 838,918 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 78 | Chile | 790,433 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 79 | Togo | 771,707 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 770,979 | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 81 | Bolivia | 733,682 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 698,753 | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 83 | Tunisia | 695,670 | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 676,535 | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 620,718 | 2025 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 86 | Netherlands | 601,875 | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 87 | Jordan | 573,492 | 2025 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 571,429 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 569,571 | 2025 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 90 | Honduras | 546,843 | 2025 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 91 | Laos | 534,994 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 92 | Congo | 531,304 | 2025 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 93 | Palestine | 513,797 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 510,148 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 509,942 | 2025 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 96 | Israel | 501,450 | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 97 | Czechia | 496,411 | 2024 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 442,515 | 2025 | up 71.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritania | 432,800 | 2025 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Libya | 430,463 | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 101 | Belgium | 429,917 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 102 | Liberia | 414,832 | 2025 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 103 | Belarus | 405,242 | 2025 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 104 | Hungary | 390,318 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 105 | Sweden | 385,551 | 2024 | up 20.7% | flat |
| 106 | Cuba | 375,070 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 107 | Paraguay | 373,172 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 108 | Austria | 362,127 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 109 | El Salvador | 347,039 | 2025 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 110 | Lebanon | 341,378 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 111 | Greece | 338,937 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 337,797 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 324,103 | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 114 | Portugal | 313,748 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 115 | Oman | 309,165 | 2025 | up 115.7% | rising |
| 116 | Eritrea | 308,605 | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 117 | Serbia | 265,040 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 263,811 | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 119 | Slovakia | 260,209 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 120 | New Zealand | 252,670 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 121 | Mongolia | 251,775 | 2025 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 122 | Panama | 230,646 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 123 | Kuwait | 226,329 | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 124 | Denmark | 213,067 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 125 | Norway | 207,904 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 196,246 | 2025 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Finland | 195,245 | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 128 | Ireland | 193,503 | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 193,386 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 130 | Gabon | 187,906 | 2025 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 131 | Hong Kong | 176,600 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 132 | Armenia | 166,261 | 2025 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 133 | Georgia | 160,513 | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 134 | Croatia | 160,158 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 156,495 | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 136 | Namibia | 147,979 | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 137 | Uruguay | 143,153 | 2025 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 128,136 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 139 | Lesotho | 127,746 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 140 | Botswana | 122,305 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 141 | Moldova | 119,338 | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 142 | Lithuania | 119,305 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 117,489 | 2025 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 104,987 | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 145 | Jamaica | 103,346 | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 146 | Albania | 96,963 | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 147 | Singapore | 93,171 | 2025 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 148 | East Timor | 92,707 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 86,782 | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 150 | Slovenia | 79,135 | 2024 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 151 | Qatar | 78,870 | 2025 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Comoros | 68,235 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 153 | Eswatini | 66,049 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 64,836 | 2025 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Latvia | 62,689 | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 156 | Fiji | 58,031 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 157 | Bahrain | 57,034 | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 158 | Mauritius | 53,960 | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 159 | Estonia | 48,903 | 2024 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 48,494 | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 161 | Reunion | 46,495 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 162 | Bhutan | 40,884 | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 39,032 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 164 | Guyana | 39,031 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 165 | Montenegro | 33,282 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 30,608 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 167 | Cyprus | 29,509 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 27,025 | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 25,547 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 25,382 | 2025 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 171 | Maldives | 24,515 | 2025 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 172 | Brunei | 23,027 | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 173 | Belize | 22,559 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 174 | French Guiana | 21,523 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 175 | Samoa | 18,564 | 2025 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 176 | Iceland | 18,097 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 177 | Macao | 17,700 | 2025 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16,864 | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 179 | Bahamas | 16,638 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 180 | Malta | 16,629 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 181 | Guadeloupe | 16,424 | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 182 | French Polynesia | 15,415 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 14,973 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 184 | Martinique | 13,599 | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 185 | Kiribati | 9,555 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 186 | Tonga | 9,212 | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 187 | Barbados | 8,685 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 188 | Micronesia (country) | 7,323 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 189 | Curacao | 6,554 | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 190 | Seychelles | 5,883 | 2025 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 5,853 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 192 | Grenada | 4,462 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4,003 | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 194 | Aruba | 3,518 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,263 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 196 | United States Virgin Islands | 3,025 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 197 | Marshall Islands | 2,990 | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 198 | American Samoa | 2,859 | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 199 | Andorra | 2,595 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 200 | Cayman Islands | 2,440 | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 201 | Bermuda | 2,389 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 202 | Dominica | 2,142 | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 203 | Gibraltar | 1,720 | 2025 | up 105.5% | falling |
| 204 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,500 | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 1,492 | 2025 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 206 | San Marino | 1,443 | 2025 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 207 | Liechtenstein | 1,441 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,346 | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 209 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,133 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 210 | Monaco | 1,121 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 211 | Cook Islands | 949 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 212 | Nauru | 920 | 2025 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 213 | Palau | 743 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 682 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 215 | Anguilla | 548 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 264 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 217 | Tokelau | 180 | 2025 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 218 | Saint Helena | 169 | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 219 | Montserrat | 137 | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 220 | Niue | 109 | 2025 | up 23.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 435.13 million
- UIS: World 435.13 million
- MDG: World 435.13 million
- WB: World 435.13 million
- UNICEF: World 434.82 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 394.96 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 390.61 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 387.20 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 385.19 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 334.58 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 252.40 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 248.76 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 236.58 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 215.00 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 207.76 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 201.52 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 178.52 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 140.91 million
- WB: Ida Total 138.21 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 136.96 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 136.87 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 131.63 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 131.63 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 131.63 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 131.63 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 127.55 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 127.55 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 126.60 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 112.11 million
- WB: South Asia 103.65 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 103.65 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 102.67 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 102.67 million
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 102.67 million
- UNICEF: Africa 102.67 million
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 101.08 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 99.62 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 99.44 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 99.39 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 99.39 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release