School age population, tertiary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
221
Highest
66.57 million
India
Lowest
64
Niue
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 64 in Niue.
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 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (up 80.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 50.4%).
School age population, tertiary education, male (number) (age male): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 66.57 million | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 42.77 million | 2025 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 12.89 million | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 12.26 million | 2025 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 11.80 million | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 11.38 million | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 8.14 million | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 7.79 million | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 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 Congo | 5.13 million | 2025 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Russia | 3.95 million | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 15 | Vietnam | 3.40 million | 2025 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania | 3.24 million | 2025 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 17 | Turkey | 3.16 million | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.53 million | 2025 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Syria | 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 | 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 | South 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 | North Korea | 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 | 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 | 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 | Laos | 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 | Kyrgyzstan | 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 | 232,084 | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 115 | Eritrea | 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 | 139,300 | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 128 | Gambia | 135,211 | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovakia | 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 | 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 | 81,172 | 2025 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 146 | East Timor | 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 | 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 | Reunion | 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 | Cape 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 | Macao | 19,400 | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 19,345 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 173 | Brunei | 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 | Sao Tome and Principe | 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 | Curacao | 5,878 | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 189 | Tonga | 5,723 | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 190 | Micronesia (country) | 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 | 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 (Dutch part) | 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 | 571 | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 213 | Anguilla | 570 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 214 | Nauru | 512 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 215 | Cook Islands | 483 | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 389 | 2025 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 217 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 186 | 2025 | up 80.6% | falling |
| 218 | Montserrat | 125 | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 219 | Tokelau | 114 | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 220 | Saint Helena | 105 | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 221 | Niue | 64 | 2025 | up 6.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 316.98 million
- UIS: World 316.98 million
- MDG: World 316.98 million
- WB: World 316.98 million
- UNICEF: World 316.72 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 286.00 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 282.07 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 279.99 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 279.64 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 243.41 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 189.49 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 182.39 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 174.61 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 157.98 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 146.13 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 142.59 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 121.87 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 97.71 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 97.33 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 96.61 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 94.38 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 94.38 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 94.38 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 94.38 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 93.69 million
- WB: Ida Total 92.59 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 91.37 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 91.37 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 77.27 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 77.16 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 77.16 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 77.13 million
- WB: South Asia 76.49 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 76.49 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 75.62 million
- AIMS: East Asia 75.51 million
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 75.08 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 73.66 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 71.62 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 71.60 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release