School age population, secondary education, male (number) by country

Name: School age population, secondary education, male (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

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

Countries reporting

205

Highest

93.69 million number

India

Lowest

639 number

Nauru

Median

353,157 number

Years covered

1970–2020

Data points

12,261

What the numbers show

School age population, secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 93.69 million number in India; the lowest is 639 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 353,157 number, and the mean is 2.00 million number.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 94.7%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 48.8%).

School age population, secondary education, male (number) (age male): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	93.69 million number	2020	up 3.9%	rising
2	China	53.20 million number	2020	down 10.5%	rising
3	Pakistan	16.62 million number	2020	up 10.7%	rising
4	Indonesia	14.40 million number	2020	up 8.2%	rising
5	Nigeria	14.16 million number	2020	up 36.1%	rising
6	United States	12.79 million number	2018	down 4.2%	rising
7	Brazil	12.53 million number	2011	up 2.3%	flat
8	Bangladesh	10.97 million number	2020	down 2.0%	rising
9	Ethiopia	7.92 million number	2020	up 29.8%	rising
10	Mexico	6.86 million number	2020	up 1.0%	rising
11	Philippines	6.55 million number	2020	up 57.6%	rising
12	Democratic Republic of Congo	6.09 million number	2020	up 43.4%	rising
13	Turkey	5.55 million number	2020	up 22.3%	rising
14	Egypt	5.48 million number	2020	up 7.7%	rising
15	Russia	5.37 million number	2020	down 1.5%	falling
16	Vietnam	4.90 million number	2020	down 16.1%	rising
17	Tanzania	3.97 million number	2020	up 36.8%	rising
18	Kenya	3.87 million number	2020	up 32.4%	rising
19	Germany	3.68 million number	2020	down 2.4%	falling
20	Iran	3.51 million number	2020	down 23.9%	rising
21	Uganda	3.34 million number	2020	up 47.1%	rising
22	Sudan	3.02 million number	2020	up 50.5%	rising
23	France	2.99 million number	2019	up 5.8%	falling
24	Myanmar	2.98 million number	2020	up 0.8%	rising
25	Afghanistan	2.97 million number	2020	up 42.7%	rising
26	United Kingdom	2.68 million number	2020	down 2.7%	falling
27	Thailand	2.64 million number	2020	down 11.0%	rising
28	Iraq	2.63 million number	2020	up 26.4%	rising
29	South Africa	2.52 million number	2020	down 0.2%	rising
30	Colombia	2.44 million number	2020	down 8.1%	rising
31	Italy	2.37 million number	2020	up 2.4%	falling
32	Angola	2.35 million number	2020	up 46.0%	rising
33	Algeria	2.31 million number	2020	down 4.9%	rising
34	Ghana	2.29 million number	2020	up 18.5%	rising
35	Madagascar	2.21 million number	2020	up 28.1%	rising
36	Argentina	2.18 million number	2020	up 1.2%	rising
37	Uzbekistan	2.17 million number	2020	down 14.4%	rising
38	Nepal	2.14 million number	2020	down 9.7%	rising
39	Cameroon	2.08 million number	2020	up 29.6%	rising
40	Cote d'Ivoire	2.08 million number	2020	up 27.9%	rising
41	Yemen	2.02 million number	2020	up 12.2%	volatile
42	Niger	1.88 million number	2020	up 57.5%	volatile
43	Mozambique	1.87 million number	2020	up 41.9%	rising
44	Morocco	1.85 million number	2020	down 3.8%	rising
45	Burkina Faso	1.71 million number	2020	up 37.0%	rising
46	Malaysia	1.57 million number	2020	down 9.6%	rising
47	South Korea	1.48 million number	2020	down 31.8%	falling
48	Ukraine	1.45 million number	2014	down 36.2%	falling
49	Saudi Arabia	1.45 million number	2020	down 9.1%	rising
50	Spain	1.43 million number	2020	up 4.0%	falling
51	Malawi	1.43 million number	2020	up 41.5%	rising
52	Mali	1.41 million number	2020	up 43.9%	rising
53	Sri Lanka	1.37 million number	2020	up 4.3%	rising
54	Chad	1.35 million number	2020	up 41.1%	volatile
55	Venezuela	1.34 million number	2020	down 3.9%	rising
56	Senegal	1.30 million number	2020	up 28.7%	rising
57	Peru	1.27 million number	2020	down 15.0%	rising
58	Canada	1.20 million number	2020	down 8.4%	falling
59	Somalia	1.15 million number	2020	up 37.6%	rising
60	North Korea	1.14 million number	2019	down 8.0%	flat
61	Zambia	1.10 million number	2020	up 43.1%	rising
62	Poland	1.08 million number	2020	down 28.9%	falling
63	Guinea	1.07 million number	2020	up 28.5%	rising
64	Zimbabwe	1.03 million number	2020	up 14.5%	rising
65	Kazakhstan	1.00 million number	2020	up 6.7%	falling
66	Syria	995,808 number	2020	down 48.8%	rising
67	Guatemala	993,367 number	2020	down 5.2%	rising
68	Australia	959,108 number	2020	up 7.3%	rising
69	Ecuador	952,017 number	2020	up 4.1%	rising
70	Benin	945,219 number	2020	up 30.7%	rising
71	Cambodia	912,299 number	2020	down 13.1%	rising
72	Burundi	858,779 number	2020	up 18.8%	rising
73	Romania	848,109 number	2020	down 11.4%	falling
74	Rwanda	845,524 number	2020	up 27.3%	rising
75	Haiti	821,745 number	2020	up 6.8%	rising
76	South Sudan	782,244 number	2020	up 20.9%	rising
77	Chile	753,299 number	2020	down 12.2%	rising
78	Bolivia	705,473 number	2020	up 8.0%	rising
79	Jordan	655,384 number	2020	up 45.2%	rising
80	Togo	647,131 number	2020	up 35.4%	rising
81	Sierra Leone	633,616 number	2020	up 44.9%	rising
82	Tajikistan	621,904 number	2020	up 0.2%	rising
83	Netherlands	613,792 number	2020	down 0.8%	falling
84	Papua New Guinea	586,009 number	2020	up 23.3%	rising
85	Dominican Republic	581,789 number	2020	down 0.6%	rising
86	Tunisia	578,161 number	2020	down 13.7%	rising
87	Azerbaijan	544,908 number	2019	down 6.6%	rising
88	Honduras	527,739 number	2020	up 4.3%	rising
89	Laos	518,881 number	2020	up 11.2%	rising
90	Palestine	442,457 number	2019	up 6.3%	rising
91	Central African Republic	431,221 number	2020	up 23.2%	rising
92	Czechia	423,643 number	2020	down 6.6%	falling
93	Israel	422,437 number	2020	up 19.9%	rising
94	Congo	420,128 number	2020	up 36.9%	rising
95	Paraguay	408,446 number	2020	down 3.6%	rising
96	Turkmenistan	405,292 number	2020	up 12.4%	rising
97	Hungary	399,488 number	2020	down 16.4%	falling
98	Belgium	397,973 number	2020	up 1.6%	falling
99	Cuba	387,701 number	2020	down 14.5%	falling
100	Kyrgyzstan	378,939 number	2020	down 5.7%	rising
101	Libya	356,004 number	2020	down 1.7%	rising
102	Austria	355,917 number	2020	down 7.7%	falling
103	El Salvador	353,157 number	2020	down 15.9%	rising
104	Liberia	351,695 number	2020	up 42.2%	rising
105	Mauritania	342,865 number	2020	up 27.1%	rising
106	Belarus	337,077 number	2020	down 7.0%	falling
107	Sweden	333,306 number	2020	down 12.9%	flat
108	Greece	328,713 number	2020	down 5.7%	falling
109	Nicaragua	321,972 number	2020	down 0.9%	rising
110	Portugal	317,057 number	2020	down 8.2%	falling
111	Eritrea	305,770 number	2020	up 27.3%	rising
112	Switzerland	301,791 number	2020	down 6.6%	falling
113	Serbia	287,481 number	2019	down 15.1%	falling
114	United Arab Emirates	279,744 number	2020	up 27.5%	volatile
115	Bulgaria	276,693 number	2020	down 8.7%	falling
116	Slovakia	250,238 number	2020	down 18.0%	falling
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	232,348 number	1998	down 28.8%	falling
118	New Zealand	224,748 number	2020	up 1.9%	flat
119	Lebanon	222,289 number	1985	up 1.2%	rising
120	Panama	221,849 number	2020	up 9.6%	rising
121	Oman	209,293 number	2020	up 34.8%	rising
122	Denmark	206,715 number	2020	down 4.5%	falling
123	Kuwait	200,397 number	2020	up 45.1%	rising
124	Norway	195,593 number	2020	down 1.6%	flat
125	Finland	182,450 number	2020	down 9.7%	falling
126	Costa Rica	181,972 number	2020	down 13.0%	rising
127	Mongolia	169,290 number	2020	up 11.2%	rising
128	Croatia	166,009 number	2020	down 16.7%	falling
129	Ireland	165,105 number	2019	up 12.1%	flat
130	Hong Kong	164,351 number	2020	down 44.8%	falling
131	Armenia	157,538 number	2020	up 4.4%	falling
132	Gambia	157,214 number	2020	up 26.3%	volatile
133	Uruguay	146,383 number	2020	down 9.5%	flat
134	Gabon	145,667 number	2020	up 22.3%	rising
135	Georgia	143,400 number	2020	down 20.3%	falling
136	Albania	137,627 number	2020	down 34.9%	falling
137	Moldova	133,634 number	2019	down 29.2%	falling
138	Guinea-Bissau	131,031 number	2020	up 52.9%	rising
139	Puerto Rico	127,460 number	2020	down 26.1%	falling
140	Namibia	124,165 number	2020	up 1.3%	rising
141	Jamaica	118,787 number	2020	down 18.1%	falling
142	Botswana	118,403 number	2020	up 12.3%	rising
143	Lesotho	107,458 number	2020	down 3.9%	rising
144	Lithuania	106,748 number	2019	down 39.0%	falling
145	North Macedonia	97,301 number	2020	down 20.7%	falling
146	East Timor	94,701 number	2020	up 14.7%	rising
147	Equatorial Guinea	74,323 number	2020	up 49.0%	rising
148	Eswatini	69,321 number	2020	up 4.5%	rising
149	Djibouti	69,094 number	2020	up 2.2%	rising
150	Slovenia	68,034 number	2020	down 5.5%	falling
151	Comoros	65,672 number	2020	up 20.1%	rising
152	Qatar	63,137 number	2020	up 94.7%	volatile
153	Mauritius	62,070 number	2020	down 13.8%	falling
154	Bahrain	57,308 number	2020	up 31.2%	rising
155	Fiji	56,147 number	2020	down 3.1%	rising
156	Latvia	55,971 number	2019	down 30.9%	falling
157	Solomon Islands	52,925 number	2020	up 24.8%	volatile
158	Trinidad and Tobago	46,942 number	2020	down 1.0%	falling
159	Bhutan	41,895 number	2020	down 13.0%	rising
160	Estonia	39,565 number	2020	down 15.0%	falling
161	Suriname	36,982 number	2020	up 2.8%	rising
162	Guyana	36,758 number	2020	down 18.4%	falling
163	Montenegro	33,000 number	2020	down 8.7%	falling
164	Cape Verde	30,171 number	2020	down 15.0%	rising
165	Cyprus	27,820 number	2019	down 17.2%	falling
166	Vanuatu	23,962 number	2020	up 37.7%	rising
167	Luxembourg	23,843 number	2020	up 10.9%	rising
168	Belize	23,635 number	2020	up 8.2%	rising
169	Brunei	23,350 number	2020	down 7.8%	rising
170	Bahamas	19,200 number	2020	down 0.6%	rising
171	Sao Tome and Principe	16,144 number	2020	up 64.0%	rising
172	French Polynesia	15,815 number	1997	up 5.0%	rising
173	Samoa	15,545 number	2020	up 0.1%	falling
174	Iceland	15,358 number	2020	down 9.6%	flat
175	Malta	14,500 number	2020	down 20.7%	falling
176	Macao	13,285 number	2020	down 39.6%	falling
177	Maldives	12,867 number	2020	down 34.8%	rising
178	Barbados	9,352 number	2020	down 3.3%	falling
179	Tonga	8,604 number	2020	up 16.3%	rising
180	Kiribati	8,111 number	2020	down 1.8%	rising
181	Micronesia (country)	7,147 number	2020	down 8.8%	rising
182	Curacao	6,747 number	2020	down 1.1%	flat
183	Saint Lucia	6,150 number	2020	down 28.4%	rising
184	United States Virgin Islands	5,179 number	1997	down 18.9%	falling
185	Seychelles	4,871 number	2020	down 7.5%	flat
186	Marshall Islands	4,658 number	2020	up 34.5%	rising
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4,520 number	2020	down 16.4%	falling
188	Grenada	4,002 number	2020	down 19.6%	falling
189	Aruba	3,593 number	2020	down 8.1%	rising
190	Antigua and Barbuda	3,481 number	2020	down 7.1%	falling
191	Bermuda	2,464 number	2020	down 14.8%	flat
192	Cayman Islands	2,404 number	2020	up 17.7%	rising
193	Dominica	2,381 number	2020	down 39.4%	falling
194	American Samoa	2,224 number	1997	up 20.1%	rising
195	Andorra	2,051 number	1998	down 22.9%	falling
196	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,816 number	2020	down 10.8%	falling
197	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,506 number	2020	up 25.9%	rising
198	Liechtenstein	1,467 number	2020	down 3.1%	flat
199	San Marino	1,317 number	2020	down 0.6%	falling
200	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,253 number	2020	down 7.7%	falling
201	British Virgin Islands	1,091 number	2020	up 16.3%	rising
202	Gibraltar	935 number	2020	down 8.6%	falling
203	Tuvalu	865 number	2020	up 17.1%	rising
204	Palau	729 number	2020	down 35.9%	falling
205	Nauru	639 number	2020	up 2.7%	rising

Regions and income groups

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

World 409.51 million number
IDA & IBRD total 366.25 million number
Low & middle income 364.89 million number
Middle income 318.56 million number
IBRD only 250.14 million number
Early-demographic dividend 208.12 million number
Lower middle income 192.89 million number
South Asia 127.72 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 127.72 million number
Upper middle income 125.67 million number
IDA total 116.40 million number
East Asia & Pacific 96.25 million number
Late-demographic dividend 94.14 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 89.77 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 88.63 million number
IDA only 75.81 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 75.60 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 75.60 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 75.53 million number
Least developed countries 71.26 million number
Pre-demographic dividend 66.45 million number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 56.17 million number
OECD members 55.25 million number
Low income 46.34 million number
High income 44.62 million number
Post-demographic dividend 40.75 million number
IDA blend 40.30 million number
Europe & Central Asia 38.90 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 33.36 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 32.79 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 32.01 million number
Arab World 23.71 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23.57 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.03 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 20.91 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 20.47 million number
European Union 19.72 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 18.94 million number
North America 14.11 million number
Euro area 13.38 million number

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Indicator: School age population, secondary education, male (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
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

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