School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
221
Highest
127.45 million
India
Lowest
136
Niue
Median
488,696
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,404
What the numbers show
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 221 countries. The highest value is 127.45 million in India; the lowest is 136 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 488,696, and the mean is 2.84 million.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Pierre and Miquelon (up 102.2%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 48.0%).
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 127.45 million | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 2 | China | 79.22 million | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 25.17 million | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 24.05 million | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 22.89 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 22.19 million | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 16.80 million | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 15.13 million | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 13.76 million | 2025 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 11.19 million | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 10.87 million | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.29 million | 2025 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Egypt | 10.16 million | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 14 | Russia | 7.66 million | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 15 | Vietnam | 6.76 million | 2025 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania | 6.48 million | 2025 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 17 | Turkey | 6.18 million | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 18 | Kenya | 6.03 million | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 6.00 million | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 5.92 million | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 21 | Uganda | 5.23 million | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 22 | South Africa | 5.10 million | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 23 | Sudan | 5.06 million | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 24 | Iraq | 4.47 million | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 4.43 million | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 4.42 million | 2025 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Thailand | 4.41 million | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 4.39 million | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 29 | Germany | 4.27 million | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 4.05 million | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 31 | France | 4.02 million | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 32 | Yemen | 3.91 million | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Angola | 3.60 million | 2025 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Argentina | 3.48 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 3.44 million | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 3.31 million | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 37 | Madagascar | 3.19 million | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 38 | Algeria | 3.17 million | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.08 million | 2025 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Morocco | 3.02 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 41 | Malaysia | 3.01 million | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 2.95 million | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 43 | Nepal | 2.93 million | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 44 | Syria | 2.90 million | 2025 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 2.88 million | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 46 | Cameroon | 2.78 million | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 47 | Venezuela | 2.65 million | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 2.61 million | 2025 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 49 | Spain | 2.61 million | 2024 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 50 | Canada | 2.58 million | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 51 | Niger | 2.53 million | 2025 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 2.49 million | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 53 | South Korea | 2.44 million | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 54 | Mali | 2.38 million | 2025 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 55 | Malawi | 2.35 million | 2025 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 2.32 million | 2025 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 57 | Zambia | 2.11 million | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 58 | Ukraine | 1.99 million | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 59 | Chad | 1.95 million | 2025 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Somalia | 1.89 million | 2025 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 61 | Guatemala | 1.87 million | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 1.86 million | 2025 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 1.77 million | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 64 | Poland | 1.73 million | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 1.69 million | 2025 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 66 | North Korea | 1.69 million | 2025 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 67 | Australia | 1.69 million | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 68 | Ecuador | 1.55 million | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 69 | Cambodia | 1.51 million | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 70 | Rwanda | 1.50 million | 2025 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 1.45 million | 2025 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 72 | Guinea | 1.40 million | 2025 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 73 | South Sudan | 1.39 million | 2025 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 74 | Benin | 1.36 million | 2025 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 75 | Burundi | 1.30 million | 2025 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 1.23 million | 2025 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 77 | Jordan | 1.19 million | 2025 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Bolivia | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 79 | Netherlands | 1.13 million | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 80 | Haiti | 1.11 million | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 81 | Honduras | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 82 | Romania | 1.00 million | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 994,919 | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 923,056 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 85 | Togo | 884,435 | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 868,445 | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 847,431 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 88 | Tunisia | 807,992 | 2025 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 89 | Israel | 756,603 | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 721,872 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 91 | Laos | 716,075 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 709,585 | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Belgium | 679,206 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 94 | Libya | 647,792 | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 640,220 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 606,232 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 97 | Sweden | 588,456 | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 98 | Liberia | 584,280 | 2025 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 578,411 | 2025 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 100 | Congo | 576,285 | 2025 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 101 | El Salvador | 574,434 | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 102 | Paraguay | 573,946 | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 551,923 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 104 | Portugal | 548,769 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 105 | Greece | 538,190 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 106 | Czechia | 526,058 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 107 | Palestine | 521,729 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 108 | Hungary | 512,938 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 109 | Lebanon | 496,444 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 491,842 | 2025 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 111 | Mauritania | 488,696 | 2025 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 112 | Austria | 477,510 | 2024 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 113 | Switzerland | 458,647 | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus | 451,909 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 115 | Eritrea | 400,565 | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 380,957 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 117 | Denmark | 368,415 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 118 | Singapore | 362,680 | 2025 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 119 | Panama | 361,542 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 120 | Serbia | 351,991 | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 121 | Norway | 330,553 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 122 | Ireland | 329,317 | 2024 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 123 | New Zealand | 325,420 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 323,916 | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 125 | Finland | 307,157 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 281,392 | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 127 | Hong Kong | 272,600 | 2025 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 128 | Gambia | 268,667 | 2025 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Namibia | 260,100 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 130 | Slovakia | 259,056 | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 131 | Kuwait | 248,414 | 2025 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 132 | Uruguay | 247,364 | 2025 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 133 | Botswana | 247,123 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 134 | Lesotho | 231,045 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 135 | Mongolia | 229,800 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 136 | Jamaica | 227,526 | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 222,979 | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 138 | Gabon | 220,398 | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 139 | Georgia | 213,242 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 199,069 | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 195,139 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 142 | Armenia | 180,045 | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 168,233 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 157,004 | 2025 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 145 | East Timor | 156,227 | 2025 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 146 | Qatar | 138,841 | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Moldova | 138,628 | 2020 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 148 | Albania | 136,621 | 2025 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 149 | Lithuania | 133,228 | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 150 | Eswatini | 123,230 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 117,456 | 2025 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 102,931 | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 153 | Slovenia | 101,411 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 154 | Bahrain | 97,453 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 93,922 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 156 | Mauritius | 93,217 | 2025 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 157 | Latvia | 89,266 | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 158 | Comoros | 81,970 | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 78,327 | 2025 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 160 | Fiji | 76,085 | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 161 | Bhutan | 72,077 | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 162 | Guyana | 69,653 | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 163 | Estonia | 67,576 | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 164 | Reunion | 61,831 | 2025 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 165 | Suriname | 54,436 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 166 | Cyprus | 48,651 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 45,552 | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 41,194 | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 169 | Macao | 40,300 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 170 | Montenegro | 39,054 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 171 | Belize | 38,907 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 37,322 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 173 | Brunei | 35,097 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 174 | Maldives | 29,208 | 2025 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 175 | Bahamas | 28,608 | 2025 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 27,382 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 177 | French Guiana | 27,308 | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 178 | Iceland | 26,152 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 179 | Malta | 26,138 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25,151 | 2025 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 181 | Guadeloupe | 23,169 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 21,461 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 21,049 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 184 | Samoa | 18,916 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 185 | Martinique | 18,788 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 186 | Barbados | 18,163 | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Lucia | 12,570 | 2025 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 188 | Curacao | 11,375 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 189 | Micronesia (country) | 11,194 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 190 | Tonga | 10,901 | 2025 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 191 | Kiribati | 10,763 | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 192 | Grenada | 8,384 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 193 | Seychelles | 8,283 | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 194 | Aruba | 7,101 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,031 | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6,294 | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 197 | United States Virgin Islands | 4,900 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 198 | Andorra | 4,501 | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 199 | American Samoa | 4,352 | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 200 | Dominica | 4,285 | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 201 | Marshall Islands | 3,965 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 202 | Cayman Islands | 3,867 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 203 | Bermuda | 3,283 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,084 | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 205 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2,686 | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,548 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 207 | Gibraltar | 2,510 | 2025 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 207 | British Virgin Islands | 2,510 | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 2,117 | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 210 | San Marino | 1,814 | 2025 | up 20.5% | flat |
| 211 | Monaco | 1,678 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 212 | Anguilla | 1,159 | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 213 | Palau | 1,112 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 214 | Nauru | 981 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 215 | Cook Islands | 941 | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 753 | 2025 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 217 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 372 | 2025 | up 102.2% | falling |
| 218 | Montserrat | 248 | 2025 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 219 | Saint Helena | 230 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 220 | Tokelau | 226 | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 221 | Niue | 136 | 2025 | up 32.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 615.77 million
- UIS: World 615.77 million
- MDG: World 615.77 million
- WB: World 615.77 million
- UNICEF: World 615.25 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 555.44 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 548.01 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 543.79 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 543.28 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 471.26 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 363.82 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 350.78 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 335.69 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 308.07 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 285.28 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 278.39 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 241.69 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 189.52 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 188.84 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 186.42 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 184.72 million
- WB: Ida Total 184.18 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 183.02 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 183.02 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 183.02 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 183.02 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 177.12 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 177.12 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 149.05 million
- WB: South Asia 148.08 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 148.08 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 146.85 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 146.63 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 146.63 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 146.57 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 143.67 million
- AIMS: East Asia 143.45 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 139.61 million
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 139.05 million
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 139.05 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release