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

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

Countries reporting
204
Highest
123.01 million number
India
Lowest
953 number
Nauru, Republic of
Median
517,179 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
11,591

What the numbers show

School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 123.01 million number in India; the lowest is 953 number in Nauru, Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 517,179 number, and the mean is 3.29 million number.

Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan, Republic of (up 60.8%), and the largest decrease in Latvia, Republic of (down 50.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 123.01 million number 2019 up 6.6% rising
2 China, People's Republic of 87.41 million number 2019 down 33.0% rising
3 Indonesia 22.13 million number 2018 up 3.5% rising
4 United States 21.45 million number 2018 down 0.1% rising
5 Pakistan 20.96 million number 2018 up 19.6% rising
6 Brazil 15.94 million number 2011 down 7.4% flat
7 Nigeria 15.87 million number 2014 up 22.2% rising
8 Bangladesh 15.39 million number 2019 up 5.6% rising
9 Mexico 10.99 million number 2018 up 9.4% rising
10 Philippines 10.12 million number 2017 up 12.4% rising
11 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 9.34 million number 2014 up 41.1% rising
12 Egypt 8.29 million number 2017 up 1.0% rising
13 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.04 million number 2016 up 37.8% rising
14 Viet Nam 6.87 million number 2019 down 21.7% rising
15 Russian Federation 6.83 million number 2018 down 45.9% falling
16 Türkiye, Republic of 6.68 million number 2018 up 6.1% rising
17 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.76 million number 2018 down 36.0% rising
18 Kenya 5.26 million number 2019 up 25.0% rising
19 Least developed countries 92.37 million number 2019 up 20.0% rising
19 Tanzania 4.98 million number 2019 up 29.3% rising
20 Myanmar 4.95 million number 2018 up 5.2% rising
21 South Africa 4.95 million number 2018 down 7.3% rising
22 Thailand 4.89 million number 2017 down 4.3% rising
23 Germany 4.45 million number 2018 down 8.2% falling
24 Colombia 4.35 million number 2018 up 5.6% rising
25 United Kingdom 4.02 million number 2018 down 2.3% falling
26 France 3.87 million number 2018 down 6.1% falling
27 Sudan 3.86 million number 2015 up 29.6% rising
28 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 3.83 million number 2018 up 53.4% rising
29 Argentina 3.49 million number 2017 up 5.0% rising
30 Iraq 3.44 million number 2015 up 31.0% rising
31 Uganda 3.42 million number 2014 up 42.0% rising
32 Nepal 3.29 million number 2019 up 26.8% rising
33 Korea, Republic of 3.22 million number 2018 up 4.5% falling
34 Algeria 3.12 million number 2018 down 18.7% rising
35 Italy 2.95 million number 2018 down 2.8% falling
36 Mozambique, Republic of 2.93 million number 2018 up 39.0% rising
37 Morocco 2.91 million number 2019 down 5.1% rising
38 Ghana 2.88 million number 2019 up 24.5% rising
39 Yemen, Republic of 2.88 million number 2014 up 49.4% volatile
40 Uzbekistan, Republic of 2.88 million number 2019 down 4.5% rising
41 Malaysia 2.83 million number 2019 up 0.3% rising
42 Angola 2.71 million number 2016 up 32.6% rising
43 Madagascar, Republic of 2.69 million number 2018 up 41.8% rising
44 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 2.66 million number 2015 up 5.0% rising
45 Ukraine 2.60 million number 2014 down 30.8% falling
46 Peru 2.56 million number 2019 down 8.9% rising
47 Côte d’Ivoire 2.33 million number 2017 up 34.0% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 2.33 million number 2019 down 2.9% rising
49 Cameroon 2.32 million number 2018 up 23.8% rising
50 Canada 2.31 million number 2018 up 2.1% rising
51 Spain 2.25 million number 2018 down 11.8% falling
52 Poland, Republic of 2.18 million number 2018 down 29.5% falling
53 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1.96 million number 2018 up 3.1% rising
54 Niger 1.90 million number 2019 up 59.8% volatile
55 Burkina Faso 1.87 million number 2019 up 38.7% rising
56 Syrian Arab Republic 1.74 million number 2016 down 14.7% rising
57 Guatemala 1.68 million number 2015 up 29.4% rising
58 Mali 1.61 million number 2017 up 30.6% rising
59 Malawi 1.59 million number 2014 up 41.2% rising
60 Australia 1.56 million number 2018 up 0.9% rising
61 Sri Lanka 1.54 million number 2019 down 4.1% rising
62 Ecuador 1.52 million number 2016 up 13.2% rising
63 Cambodia 1.51 million number 2019 up 5.9% rising
64 Senegal 1.49 million number 2019 up 25.0% rising
65 Zambia 1.47 million number 2014 up 28.6% rising
66 Chile 1.38 million number 2018 down 2.7% rising
67 Zimbabwe 1.35 million number 2015 down 0.1% rising
68 Chad 1.29 million number 2015 up 47.7% rising
69 Somalia 1.25 million number 2014 up 49.0% rising
70 Rwanda 1.16 million number 2019 up 10.4% rising
71 Guinea 1.13 million number 2017 up 36.7% rising
72 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.11 million number 2019 down 31.7% flat
73 Haiti 1.06 million number 2018 up 6.4% rising
74 Benin 1.06 million number 2018 up 35.3% rising
75 Romania 1.06 million number 2018 down 34.2% falling
76 Bolivia 1.04 million number 2015 up 18.1% rising
77 Burundi 1.03 million number 2018 up 26.0% rising
78 South Sudan, Republic of 1.02 million number 2014 up 60.8% rising
79 Netherlands, The 1.02 million number 2018 up 2.3% falling
80 Honduras 1.02 million number 2018 up 22.3% rising
81 Jordan 932,422 number 2018 up 50.6% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 928,845 number 2017 up 6.0% rising
83 Tajikistan, Republic of 849,185 number 2017 up 7.1% rising
84 Tunisia 838,860 number 2019 down 20.4% rising
85 Papua New Guinea 728,582 number 2014 up 19.0% rising
86 Togo 723,244 number 2019 up 22.6% rising
87 Cuba 715,406 number 2018 down 15.1% falling
88 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 701,168 number 2019 up 1.4% rising
89 Azerbaijan, Republic of 692,066 number 2019 down 26.8% rising
90 Paraguay 676,282 number 2015 up 11.4% rising
91 Sierra Leone 662,880 number 2014 up 29.9% rising
92 Belgium 653,387 number 2018 up 1.0% falling
93 El Salvador 648,643 number 2018 up 17.5% rising
94 Israel 608,855 number 2018 up 13.1% rising
95 Nicaragua 606,520 number 2015 up 1.6% rising
96 Sweden 594,891 number 2018 up 3.4% rising
97 Hungary 563,247 number 2018 down 9.5% falling
98 Libya 542,871 number 2018 down 15.7% rising
99 Portugal 542,759 number 2018 down 11.3% falling
100 Greece 536,831 number 2018 down 18.6% falling
101 United Arab Emirates 517,692 number 2017 up 9.7% volatile
102 Kyrgyzstan 516,666 number 2019 down 14.2% rising
103 Czech Republic 515,983 number 2018 down 23.7% falling
104 Palestine 503,938 number 2019 up 28.3% rising
105 Switzerland 499,765 number 2018 up 8.7% flat
106 Austria 496,255 number 2018 down 2.2% falling
107 Turkmenistan 463,079 number 2019 down 16.8% rising
108 Belarus, Republic of 445,306 number 2018 down 41.7% falling
109 Congo, Republic of 432,790 number 2017 up 21.4% rising
110 Central African Republic 416,333 number 2014 up 12.5% rising
111 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 406,316 number 2019 up 25.1% rising
112 Liberia 387,530 number 2014 up 27.3% rising
113 Costa Rica 384,589 number 2019 down 10.5% rising
114 Denmark 382,964 number 2018 up 25.6% falling
115 Serbia, Republic of 368,449 number 2019 down 22.2% falling
116 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 367,892 number 2019 down 18.4% falling
117 Norway 347,806 number 2018 up 18.7% flat
118 Panama 337,038 number 2016 up 11.1% rising
119 Bulgaria 330,439 number 2018 down 35.1% falling
120 Finland 326,291 number 2018 down 0.2% falling
121 New Zealand 322,712 number 2018 up 3.4% rising
122 Slovak Republic 318,395 number 2018 down 25.4% falling
123 Eritrea, The State of 304,262 number 2016 down 12.0% rising
124 Ireland 299,162 number 2018 down 9.5% rising
125 Oman 294,677 number 2019 down 10.7% volatile
126 Lebanon 268,554 number 1985 up 1.7% rising
127 Jamaica 263,211 number 2019 up 0.2% rising
128 Uruguay 257,364 number 2017 up 3.3% rising
129 Namibia 244,869 number 2017 up 17.0% rising
130 Croatia, Republic of 243,630 number 2018 down 16.5% falling
131 Mongolia 236,675 number 2018 down 24.3% rising
132 Georgia 236,603 number 2019 down 28.2% falling
133 Albania 232,597 number 2019 down 16.6% rising
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 221,486 number 2019 — falling
135 Kuwait 213,253 number 2019 down 1.0% rising
136 Lesotho, Kingdom of 211,705 number 2018 down 8.8% rising
137 Moldova, Republic of 207,665 number 2019 down 41.2% falling
138 Botswana 202,724 number 2019 up 0.3% rising
139 Puerto Rico 198,888 number 2018 down 29.4% falling
140 Gambia 197,631 number 2014 up 51.7% rising
141 Qatar 184,395 number 2019 up 30.8% volatile
142 Gabon 179,211 number 2014 up 42.6% rising
143 Armenia 178,853 number 2019 down 37.2% falling
144 Guinea-Bissau 167,187 number 2014 up 26.6% rising
145 Lithuania, Republic of 160,432 number 2018 down 32.8% falling
146 North Macedonia, Republic of 139,413 number 2018 down 16.5% falling
147 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 122,946 number 2014 up 49.4% rising
148 Eswatini, Kingdom of 121,274 number 2015 up 3.3% rising
149 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 100,935 number 2014 up 43.7% volatile
150 Slovenia, Republic of 99,249 number 2018 down 26.5% falling
151 Mauritius 95,699 number 2017 up 2.6% rising
152 Latvia, Republic of 87,721 number 2018 down 50.3% falling
153 Djibouti 87,312 number 2014 up 20.9% rising
154 Trinidad and Tobago 86,496 number 2018 down 30.0% flat
155 Bahrain, Kingdom of 84,836 number 2019 down 11.8% rising
156 Guyana 82,414 number 2015 up 36.2% falling
157 Comoros, Union of the 75,840 number 2017 up 20.8% rising
158 Bhutan 74,468 number 2020 down 1.9% rising
159 Fiji, Republic of 74,034 number 2016 down 5.2% rising
160 Estonia, Republic of 65,051 number 2018 down 36.6% falling
161 Cyprus 57,992 number 2018 down 3.8% flat
162 Solomon Islands 52,974 number 2014 up 21.1% rising
163 Cabo Verde 49,368 number 2018 down 10.7% rising
164 Suriname 48,584 number 2015 up 12.7% rising
165 Maldives 46,388 number 2017 up 3.4% volatile
166 Montenegro 41,918 number 2019 down 9.3% falling
167 Belize 39,334 number 2019 up 26.4% rising
168 Luxembourg 37,885 number 2018 up 33.5% rising
169 Brunei Darussalam 35,153 number 2019 down 3.5% rising
170 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 34,250 number 2019 down 35.8% rising
171 Bahamas, The 32,912 number 2015 up 21.7% rising
172 Malta 25,687 number 2018 down 12.1% flat
173 Vanuatu 24,399 number 2014 up 21.2% rising
174 Iceland 24,397 number 2018 up 8.2% rising
175 Barbados 18,979 number 2015 down 3.1% falling
176 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 18,190 number 2017 up 2.4% rising
177 Samoa 17,279 number 2018 up 8.5% rising
178 St. Lucia 15,415 number 2019 down 3.3% rising
179 Micronesia, Federated States of 11,535 number 2014 down 5.9% rising
180 Kiribati 10,559 number 2014 up 16.0% rising
181 Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands 10,119 number 2014 up 24.4% rising
182 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 9,432 number 2018 down 4.6% rising
183 Grenada 8,856 number 2018 down 16.7% flat
184 Tonga 8,751 number 2014 down 13.7% rising
185 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 7,635 number 2016 up 12.7% rising
186 Antigua and Barbuda 7,510 number 2015 up 15.6% rising
187 Dominica 7,490 number 2015 up 14.2% falling
188 Seychelles 6,410 number 2019 down 14.7% rising
189 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 5,925 number 2019 down 15.8% rising
190 American Samoa 5,011 number 1999 up 7.4% rising
191 St. Kitts and Nevis 4,047 number 2015 down 11.0% flat
192 Andorra, Principality of 3,995 number 1998 up 3.2% rising
193 Cayman Islands 3,760 number 2015 up 39.7% rising
194 Bermuda 3,742 number 2018 down 10.1% falling
195 Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands 3,283 number 2015 — rising
196 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,496 number 2015 up 16.3% rising
197 Gibraltar 2,361 number 2017 up 10.9% rising
198 Liechtenstein 2,218 number 2018 up 1.8% flat
199 British Virgin Islands 2,141 number 2018 up 32.2% rising
200 San Marino, Republic of 1,665 number 2019 up 4.8% flat
201 Palau, Republic of 1,514 number 2014 up 22.4% rising
202 Tuvalu 965 number 2014 down 0.3% rising
203 Nauru, Republic of 953 number 2014 down 4.4% rising

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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, tertiary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.