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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
221
Highest
66.57 million
India
Lowest
186
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Median
247,169
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,404

What the numbers show

School age population, tertiary education, male (number) is currently reported for 221 countries. The highest value is 66.57 million in India; the lowest is 186 in St. Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 247,169, and the mean is 1.46 million.

Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in St. Pierre and Miquelon (up 80.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 50.4%).

School age population, tertiary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 66.57 million 2025 up 7.5% rising
1 Anguilla 570 2025 up 16.1% rising
2 China (People’s Republic of) 42.77 million 2025 down 12.7% flat
2 Cook Islands 483 2025 down 26.1% falling
3 Pakistan 12.89 million 2025 up 12.4% rising
3 Montserrat 125 2025 down 30.2% volatile
4 Nigeria 12.26 million 2025 up 38.7% rising
4 Tokelau 114 2025 up 26.7% rising
5 United States 11.80 million 2025 up 4.6% rising
5 St. Helena 105 2025 down 26.6% falling
6 Indonesia 11.38 million 2025 up 2.2% rising
6 Niue 64 2025 up 6.7% volatile
7 Bangladesh 8.14 million 2025 up 6.2% rising
8 Brazil 7.79 million 2024 down 7.8% falling
9 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 6.94 million 2025 up 32.7% volatile
10 Mexico 5.64 million 2024 up 2.4% rising
11 Philippines 5.48 million 2025 down 0.1% rising
12 Egypt 5.18 million 2025 up 15.6% rising
13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.13 million 2025 up 34.9% volatile
14 Russian Federation 3.95 million 2025 down 1.0% falling
15 Viet Nam 3.40 million 2025 down 19.2% rising
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.24 million 2025 up 42.0% rising
17 Türkiye 3.16 million 2025 down 2.7% rising
18 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.07 million 2025 down 11.5% rising
19 Japan 3.04 million 2025 down 3.6% falling
20 Kenya 2.99 million 2025 up 33.1% rising
21 Uganda 2.61 million 2025 up 40.2% volatile
22 South Africa 2.58 million 2025 down 7.5% rising
23 Sudan 2.54 million 2025 up 22.9% rising
24 Iraq 2.29 million 2025 up 22.0% rising
25 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 2.26 million 2025 up 33.7% volatile
26 Colombia 2.26 million 2024 up 6.9% rising
27 Myanmar 2.24 million 2025 down 4.5% rising
28 Thailand 2.24 million 2025 down 9.1% rising
29 Germany 2.22 million 2024 down 3.1% falling
30 United Kingdom 2.08 million 2024 down 1.5% rising
31 France 2.07 million 2024 up 4.7% flat
32 Yemen, Republic of 2.00 million 2025 up 18.1% volatile
33 Angola 1.80 million 2025 up 43.5% volatile
34 Argentina 1.78 million 2025 down 1.5% rising
35 Mozambique, Republic of 1.71 million 2025 up 33.1% rising
36 Ghana 1.67 million 2025 up 23.2% rising
37 Algeria 1.62 million 2025 down 7.4% rising
38 Madagascar, Republic of 1.61 million 2025 up 27.0% rising
39 Malaysia 1.58 million 2025 up 0.5% rising
40 Morocco 1.54 million 2025 down 1.7% rising
41 Italy 1.54 million 2024 down 1.5% falling
42 Côte d’Ivoire 1.53 million 2025 up 21.1% volatile
43 Syrian Arab Republic 1.47 million 2025 up 74.8% rising
44 Peru 1.46 million 2025 up 12.0% rising
45 Nepal 1.46 million 2025 down 8.7% rising
46 Cameroon 1.39 million 2025 up 29.2% rising
47 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.36 million 2025 down 2.5% rising
48 Canada 1.35 million 2025 up 12.0% rising
49 Spain 1.34 million 2024 up 16.4% falling
50 Saudi Arabia 1.34 million 2025 down 15.1% volatile
51 Uzbekistan 1.34 million 2025 down 18.9% rising
52 Niger 1.29 million 2025 up 67.4% volatile
53 Korea 1.27 million 2024 down 32.2% falling
54 Mali 1.20 million 2025 up 46.3% rising
55 Burkina Faso 1.17 million 2025 up 36.8% volatile
56 Malawi 1.16 million 2025 up 43.4% volatile
57 Zambia 1.05 million 2025 up 36.2% rising
58 Ukraine 1.01 million 2025 down 14.6% falling
59 Chad 981,037 2025 up 50.0% volatile
60 Somalia 951,754 2025 up 43.6% rising
61 Senegal 944,989 2025 up 41.9% rising
62 Guatemala 944,469 2025 up 12.0% rising
63 Sri Lanka 895,465 2025 up 5.8% rising
64 Poland 882,414 2024 down 31.1% falling
65 Australia 877,128 2024 up 8.4% rising
66 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 865,371 2025 down 16.3% rising
67 Zimbabwe 838,732 2025 up 46.3% rising
68 Ecuador 788,485 2025 up 3.4% rising
69 Cambodia 765,584 2025 down 5.0% rising
70 Rwanda 745,144 2025 up 44.4% rising
71 Kazakhstan 743,211 2025 up 9.7% flat
72 Guinea 709,376 2025 up 25.6% rising
73 South Sudan, Republic of 697,260 2025 up 46.2% rising
74 Benin 692,032 2025 up 29.9% volatile
75 Burundi 650,527 2025 up 34.1% rising
76 Jordan 645,200 2025 up 39.7% volatile
77 Chile 627,026 2025 down 12.7% flat
78 Bolivia 580,624 2025 up 10.1% rising
79 Netherlands 575,102 2024 up 7.1% rising
80 Haiti 556,387 2025 up 4.9% rising
81 Honduras 542,260 2025 up 10.6% rising
82 Papua New Guinea 522,442 2025 up 19.4% rising
83 Romania 516,462 2024 down 12.1% falling
84 Dominican Republic 464,453 2025 down 0.4% rising
85 Togo 447,959 2025 up 27.8% rising
86 Sierra Leone 436,986 2025 up 32.5% rising
87 United Arab Emirates 425,539 2025 up 28.8% volatile
88 Tunisia 415,012 2025 down 14.9% rising
89 Tajikistan, Republic of 406,613 2025 down 2.9% rising
90 Israel 388,764 2025 up 25.4% rising
91 Azerbaijan 380,868 2025 down 8.7% falling
92 Lao People's Democratic Republic 363,005 2025 up 3.3% rising
93 Belgium 350,295 2024 up 2.8% rising
94 Libya 333,374 2025 up 20.5% rising
95 Nicaragua 324,345 2025 up 1.4% rising
96 Cuba 310,259 2025 down 15.0% falling
97 Sweden 305,447 2024 down 9.9% rising
98 El Salvador 294,792 2025 down 11.4% rising
99 Liberia 294,728 2025 up 39.1% rising
100 Paraguay 292,494 2025 down 7.0% rising
101 Congo 289,296 2025 up 31.7% rising
102 Greece 282,336 2024 down 2.7% falling
103 Central African Republic 281,200 2025 up 30.5% rising
104 Kyrgyz Republic 280,349 2025 down 0.1% rising
105 Portugal 279,695 2024 down 0.7% falling
106 Czechia 265,510 2024 down 16.4% falling
107 Hungary 262,598 2024 down 17.0% falling
108 Lebanon 260,483 2025 down 7.4% rising
109 Palestine 257,971 2025 up 8.2% rising
110 Turkmenistan 255,483 2025 down 20.7% rising
111 Austria 247,169 2024 down 7.1% flat
112 Mauritania 240,838 2025 up 42.5% rising
113 Switzerland 237,683 2024 down 6.3% rising
114 Belarus, Republic of 232,084 2025 down 11.4% falling
115 Eritrea, The State of 201,386 2025 up 28.8% rising
116 Costa Rica 194,024 2025 down 10.2% falling
117 Singapore 193,523 2025 up 56.8% rising
118 Denmark 187,481 2024 down 0.8% rising
119 Oman 184,647 2025 up 20.6% rising
120 Panama 184,399 2025 up 10.1% rising
121 Serbia 175,289 2025 down 18.5% falling
122 Ireland 169,895 2024 up 21.0% flat
123 Norway 169,575 2024 down 2.5% rising
124 New Zealand 168,000 2024 up 0.8% rising
125 Finland 158,454 2024 down 8.8% falling
126 Bulgaria 144,912 2024 down 27.5% falling
127 Hong Kong (China) 139,300 2025 down 36.8% falling
128 Gambia, The 135,211 2025 up 23.0% volatile
129 Slovak Republic 132,750 2024 down 29.2% falling
130 Namibia 131,339 2025 up 5.7% rising
131 Kuwait 125,809 2025 up 23.9% rising
132 Uruguay 125,237 2025 down 8.8% rising
133 Botswana 123,792 2025 up 9.4% rising
134 Mongolia 118,955 2025 down 7.8% rising
135 Jamaica 115,709 2025 down 19.9% rising
136 Lesotho, Kingdom of 115,493 2025 up 4.5% rising
137 Guinea-Bissau 112,192 2025 up 29.2% rising
138 Gabon 110,453 2025 up 15.3% rising
139 Georgia 109,866 2025 down 11.0% falling
140 Croatia 102,115 2024 down 16.9% falling
141 Puerto Rico 101,903 2025 down 15.2% falling
142 Armenia 90,508 2025 down 15.6% falling
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 87,541 2025 down 14.7% falling
144 Qatar 86,520 2025 down 37.3% volatile
145 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 81,172 2025 up 26.2% volatile
146 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 79,055 2025 up 29.8% rising
147 Moldova 70,719 2020 down 36.6% falling
148 Lithuania 68,591 2024 down 34.7% falling
149 Albania 66,761 2025 down 50.4% falling
150 Eswatini 61,856 2025 up 3.1% rising
151 Djibouti 59,041 2025 up 19.9% volatile
152 Bahrain 56,620 2025 up 20.0% rising
153 Slovenia 53,471 2024 down 2.8% falling
154 North Macedonia 51,974 2025 down 33.0% falling
155 Trinidad and Tobago 47,918 2025 down 4.5% falling
156 Mauritius 47,369 2025 down 6.0% falling
157 Latvia 45,837 2024 down 29.4% falling
158 Comoros, Union of the 41,980 2025 up 26.5% rising
159 Solomon Islands 40,104 2025 up 43.8% rising
160 Fiji 37,709 2025 down 8.3% rising
161 Bhutan 37,283 2025 down 17.0% rising
162 Guyana 35,448 2025 down 10.4% falling
163 Estonia 34,012 2024 down 16.2% falling
164 Réunion 31,529 2025 up 8.2% rising
165 Suriname 27,522 2025 up 12.8% rising
166 Cyprus 24,808 2024 down 25.8% falling
167 Cabo Verde 23,843 2025 down 16.6% rising
168 Western Sahara 21,293 2025 up 12.4% rising
169 Montenegro 19,854 2025 down 7.6% falling
170 Belize 19,785 2025 up 7.6% rising
171 Macau (China) 19,400 2025 down 5.8% flat
172 Luxembourg 19,345 2024 up 12.5% rising
173 Brunei Darussalam 18,277 2025 down 10.6% rising
174 Maldives 16,018 2025 down 37.4% rising
175 Bahamas 14,311 2025 down 11.2% rising
176 Malta 14,103 2024 down 3.0% falling
177 Vanuatu 13,873 2025 up 12.8% rising
178 French Guiana 13,608 2025 up 31.7% rising
179 Iceland 13,239 2025 up 2.8% rising
180 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 12,406 2025 up 35.4% rising
181 Guadeloupe 12,011 2025 up 3.1% falling
182 French Polynesia 10,762 2025 up 1.3% flat
183 New Caledonia 10,725 2025 down 0.1% rising
184 Samoa 9,770 2025 up 4.6% rising
185 Martinique 9,639 2025 down 7.7% falling
186 Barbados 9,207 2025 up 2.0% falling
187 Saint Lucia 6,431 2025 down 23.2% rising
188 Curaçao 5,878 2025 up 18.6% rising
189 Tonga 5,723 2025 up 18.5% rising
190 Micronesia, Federated States of 5,555 2025 down 7.6% rising
191 Kiribati 5,409 2025 down 4.6% rising
192 Seychelles 4,408 2025 up 32.6% rising
193 Grenada 4,271 2025 down 12.9% falling
194 Aruba 3,637 2025 up 0.6% rising
195 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,636 2025 down 24.7% falling
196 Antigua and Barbuda 3,188 2025 down 13.4% falling
197 United States Virgin Islands 2,472 2025 down 9.2% falling
198 Andorra 2,356 2025 up 21.1% rising
199 American Samoa 2,263 2025 up 7.1% falling
200 Dominica 2,115 2025 down 33.0% falling
201 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 2,101 2025 up 1.6% rising
202 Cayman Islands 1,927 2025 up 2.3% rising
203 Bermuda 1,725 2025 up 7.1% falling
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,471 2025 down 19.7% falling
205 Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands 1,395 2025 up 15.9% rising
206 British Virgin Islands 1,265 2025 up 31.5% rising
207 Gibraltar 1,261 2025 up 20.1% rising
208 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,152 2025 up 7.8% rising
209 Liechtenstein 1,073 2025 down 5.5% flat
210 San Marino 979 2025 up 27.3% flat
211 Monaco 859 2025 up 8.3% rising
212 Palau, Republic of 571 2025 down 16.3% falling
213 Naoero, Republic of 512 2025 up 1.0% rising
214 Tuvalu 389 2025 down 25.8% rising
215 St. Pierre and Miquelon 186 2025 up 80.6% falling

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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, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
442 places, 20,404 data points, 1970–2025
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February 2026 Data Release