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

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

Countries reporting
203
Highest
65.12 million number
India
Lowest
476 number
Nauru
Median
264,010 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
11,591

What the numbers show

School age population, tertiary education, male (number) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 65.12 million number in India; the lowest is 476 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 264,010 number, and the mean is 1.47 million number.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 71.0%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 49.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 65.12 million number 2019 up 7.3% rising
2 China 46.41 million number 2019 down 31.2% rising
3 Indonesia 11.33 million number 2018 up 5.5% rising
4 United States 10.98 million number 2018 down 0.3% rising
5 Pakistan 10.84 million number 2018 up 20.4% rising
6 Nigeria 8.05 million number 2014 up 22.1% rising
7 Brazil 7.97 million number 2011 down 6.3% flat
8 Bangladesh 7.84 million number 2019 up 6.4% rising
9 Mexico 5.53 million number 2018 up 12.2% rising
10 Philippines 5.19 million number 2017 up 13.0% rising
11 Ethiopia 4.72 million number 2014 up 43.0% rising
12 Egypt 4.23 million number 2017 up 0.8% rising
13 Vietnam 3.53 million number 2019 down 21.4% rising
14 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.53 million number 2016 up 37.9% rising
15 Russia 3.49 million number 2018 down 45.6% falling
16 Turkey 3.40 million number 2018 up 6.9% rising
17 Iran 2.90 million number 2018 down 36.3% rising
18 Kenya 2.63 million number 2019 up 25.7% rising
19 Tanzania 2.50 million number 2019 up 29.4% rising
20 South Africa 2.49 million number 2018 down 7.5% rising
21 Thailand 2.49 million number 2017 down 3.4% rising
22 Myanmar 2.47 million number 2018 up 5.7% rising
23 Germany 2.31 million number 2018 down 6.3% falling
24 Colombia 2.22 million number 2018 up 5.9% rising
25 United Kingdom 2.05 million number 2018 down 2.1% falling
26 France 1.98 million number 2018 down 5.5% falling
27 Afghanistan 1.97 million number 2018 up 52.1% rising
28 Sudan 1.95 million number 2015 up 29.8% rising
29 Argentina 1.77 million number 2017 up 5.9% rising
30 Iraq 1.76 million number 2015 up 30.9% rising
31 South Korea 1.68 million number 2018 up 2.9% falling
32 Uganda 1.66 million number 2014 up 39.5% rising
33 Nepal 1.60 million number 2019 up 27.3% rising
34 Algeria 1.59 million number 2018 down 18.4% rising
35 Italy 1.53 million number 2018 down 1.5% falling
36 Morocco 1.48 million number 2019 down 2.8% rising
37 Ghana 1.47 million number 2019 up 24.7% rising
38 Uzbekistan 1.47 million number 2019 down 3.2% rising
39 Yemen 1.46 million number 2014 up 50.0% volatile
40 Malaysia 1.46 million number 2019 up 0.6% rising
41 Mozambique 1.45 million number 2018 up 39.1% rising
42 Venezuela 1.35 million number 2015 up 4.8% rising
43 Angola 1.34 million number 2016 up 32.3% rising
44 Madagascar 1.34 million number 2018 up 41.6% rising
45 Ukraine 1.33 million number 2014 down 30.7% falling
46 Peru 1.22 million number 2019 down 16.6% rising
47 Saudi Arabia 1.21 million number 2019 down 1.7% rising
48 Canada 1.19 million number 2018 up 2.0% rising
49 Cameroon 1.16 million number 2018 up 23.8% rising
50 Cote d'Ivoire 1.16 million number 2017 up 33.6% rising
51 Spain 1.15 million number 2018 down 12.1% falling
52 Poland 1.11 million number 2018 down 29.7% falling
53 North Korea 1.00 million number 2018 up 3.6% rising
54 Niger 970,068 number 2019 up 71.0% volatile
55 Burkina Faso 948,662 number 2019 up 39.4% rising
56 Syria 896,682 number 2016 down 14.3% rising
57 Guatemala 849,463 number 2015 up 31.8% rising
58 Mali 809,905 number 2017 up 30.0% rising
59 Australia 793,546 number 2018 down 0.5% rising
60 Malawi 787,389 number 2014 up 41.0% rising
61 Ecuador 771,561 number 2016 up 13.4% rising
62 Sri Lanka 769,608 number 2019 down 3.1% rising
63 Cambodia 764,503 number 2019 up 6.9% rising
64 Senegal 742,166 number 2019 up 26.1% rising
65 Zambia 723,815 number 2014 up 27.5% rising
66 Chile 701,207 number 2018 down 2.7% rising
67 Zimbabwe 646,925 number 2015 down 0.0% rising
68 Chad 645,233 number 2015 up 47.7% rising
69 Somalia 623,358 number 2014 up 49.1% rising
70 Rwanda 572,928 number 2019 up 9.8% rising
71 Kazakhstan 568,567 number 2019 down 29.7% flat
72 Guinea 565,837 number 2017 up 41.1% rising
73 Romania 548,054 number 2018 down 33.4% falling
74 Benin 534,092 number 2018 up 36.1% rising
75 Bolivia 528,115 number 2015 up 18.1% rising
76 Haiti 527,840 number 2018 up 6.7% rising
77 Netherlands 522,466 number 2018 up 2.7% falling
78 Honduras 518,797 number 2018 up 22.9% rising
79 South Sudan 513,884 number 2014 up 61.4% rising
80 Burundi 513,671 number 2018 up 25.9% rising
81 Jordan 470,212 number 2018 up 47.7% rising
82 Dominican Republic 466,652 number 2017 up 6.6% rising
83 Tajikistan 433,842 number 2017 up 8.7% rising
84 Tunisia 433,691 number 2019 down 18.8% rising
85 Papua New Guinea 374,045 number 2014 up 19.1% rising
86 Cuba 367,879 number 2018 down 14.6% falling
87 Azerbaijan 364,441 number 2019 down 23.0% rising
88 Togo 362,687 number 2019 up 23.2% rising
89 Laos 353,865 number 2019 up 1.7% rising
90 Paraguay 345,846 number 2015 up 11.7% rising
91 Belgium 334,153 number 2018 up 1.6% falling
92 Sierra Leone 333,685 number 2014 up 29.1% rising
93 El Salvador 319,525 number 2018 up 20.2% rising
94 United Arab Emirates 319,220 number 2017 up 2.5% volatile
95 Israel 312,576 number 2018 up 14.4% rising
96 Nicaragua 311,689 number 2015 up 3.0% rising
97 Sweden 306,310 number 2018 up 4.0% rising
98 Hungary 288,528 number 2018 down 9.1% falling
99 Libya 276,440 number 2018 down 15.9% rising
100 Greece 275,232 number 2018 down 18.7% falling
101 Portugal 270,537 number 2018 down 13.1% falling
102 Czechia 264,010 number 2018 down 24.0% falling
103 Kyrgyzstan 263,233 number 2019 down 13.0% rising
104 Palestine 256,332 number 2019 up 28.0% rising
105 Austria 255,578 number 2018 down 0.9% falling
106 Switzerland 254,509 number 2018 up 9.6% flat
107 Turkmenistan 234,019 number 2019 down 16.3% rising
108 Belarus 228,776 number 2018 down 41.7% falling
109 Congo 217,064 number 2017 up 21.8% rising
110 Central African Republic 208,001 number 2014 up 12.6% rising
111 Mauritania 205,962 number 2019 up 25.0% rising
112 Denmark 196,871 number 2018 up 26.7% falling
113 Costa Rica 196,350 number 2019 down 10.4% rising
114 Liberia 195,171 number 2014 up 26.8% rising
115 Serbia 189,751 number 2019 down 21.6% falling
116 Hong Kong 188,118 number 2019 down 14.6% falling
117 Norway 179,645 number 2018 up 20.3% flat
118 Oman 171,349 number 2019 down 10.9% volatile
119 Panama 170,884 number 2016 up 10.6% rising
120 Bulgaria 170,525 number 2018 down 35.1% falling
121 Finland 166,886 number 2018 down 0.3% falling
122 New Zealand 166,004 number 2018 up 4.2% rising
123 Slovakia 163,162 number 2018 down 25.1% falling
124 Eritrea 153,559 number 2016 down 11.6% rising
125 Ireland 152,740 number 2018 down 7.7% rising
126 Qatar 140,862 number 2019 up 30.2% volatile
127 Lebanon 135,215 number 1985 up 0.5% rising
128 Jamaica 134,339 number 2019 down 0.4% rising
129 Uruguay 130,935 number 2017 up 3.4% rising
130 Georgia 124,952 number 2019 down 26.4% falling
131 Croatia 124,698 number 2018 down 16.2% falling
132 Namibia 120,782 number 2017 up 17.2% rising
133 Albania 119,504 number 2019 down 16.4% rising
134 Mongolia 119,148 number 2018 down 24.3% rising
135 Kuwait 114,964 number 2019 up 3.3% rising
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 114,229 number 2019 β€” falling
137 Lesotho 106,410 number 2018 down 7.8% rising
138 Moldova 106,343 number 2019 down 40.8% falling
139 Puerto Rico 105,242 number 2018 down 26.1% falling
140 Botswana 102,062 number 2019 up 1.2% rising
141 Gambia 98,256 number 2014 up 54.7% rising
142 Armenia 94,506 number 2019 down 31.6% falling
143 Gabon 90,334 number 2014 up 41.6% rising
144 Lithuania 82,551 number 2018 down 31.7% falling
145 Guinea-Bissau 81,927 number 2014 up 27.5% rising
146 North Macedonia 71,675 number 2018 down 16.3% falling
147 East Timor 62,319 number 2014 up 49.2% rising
148 Eswatini 60,016 number 2015 up 8.6% rising
149 Equatorial Guinea 57,320 number 2014 up 50.2% volatile
150 Slovenia 51,183 number 2018 down 26.4% falling
151 Mauritius 48,290 number 2017 up 2.6% rising
152 Djibouti 47,337 number 2014 up 31.0% rising
153 Bahrain 47,156 number 2019 down 17.7% rising
154 Latvia 45,341 number 2018 down 49.9% falling
155 Trinidad and Tobago 43,729 number 2018 down 30.0% flat
156 Guyana 41,901 number 2015 up 37.1% falling
157 Bhutan 39,335 number 2020 down 0.2% rising
158 Comoros 38,509 number 2017 up 21.1% rising
159 Fiji 37,688 number 2016 down 6.1% rising
160 Estonia 33,567 number 2018 down 36.5% falling
161 Maldives 30,690 number 2017 up 26.9% volatile
162 Cyprus 28,349 number 2018 down 5.8% flat
163 Solomon Islands 27,329 number 2014 up 23.0% rising
164 Cape Verde 25,104 number 2018 down 11.1% rising
165 Suriname 24,806 number 2015 up 14.1% rising
166 Montenegro 21,810 number 2019 down 8.0% falling
167 Belize 19,657 number 2019 up 26.8% rising
168 Luxembourg 19,562 number 2018 up 35.6% rising
169 Brunei 18,506 number 2019 down 1.6% rising
170 Macao 17,541 number 2019 down 31.0% rising
171 Bahamas 16,518 number 2015 up 22.3% rising
172 Malta 13,308 number 2018 down 11.0% flat
173 Iceland 12,549 number 2018 up 8.8% rising
174 Vanuatu 11,614 number 2014 up 13.1% rising
175 Barbados 9,586 number 2015 down 2.5% falling
176 Sao Tome and Principe 9,195 number 2017 up 2.6% rising
177 Samoa 9,128 number 2018 up 9.3% rising
178 Saint Lucia 7,700 number 2019 down 2.4% rising
179 Micronesia (country) 6,011 number 2014 down 4.3% rising
180 Kiribati 5,334 number 2014 up 17.7% rising
181 Curacao 5,005 number 2014 up 19.9% rising
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,818 number 2018 down 3.2% rising
183 Grenada 4,486 number 2018 down 17.1% flat
184 Tonga 4,398 number 2014 down 16.2% rising
185 Aruba 3,881 number 2016 up 16.8% rising
186 Dominica 3,866 number 2015 up 19.1% falling
187 Antigua and Barbuda 3,776 number 2015 up 20.9% rising
188 Seychelles 3,294 number 2019 down 18.9% rising
189 Marshall Islands 3,064 number 2019 down 15.8% rising
190 American Samoa 2,556 number 1999 up 5.9% rising
191 Andorra 2,064 number 1998 up 1.6% rising
192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,032 number 2015 down 12.7% rising
193 Bermuda 1,904 number 2018 down 8.9% falling
194 Cayman Islands 1,893 number 2015 up 42.3% rising
195 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,587 number 2015 β€” rising
196 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,262 number 2015 up 17.8% rising
197 Gibraltar 1,230 number 2017 up 12.7% rising
198 Liechtenstein 1,118 number 2018 up 0.3% rising
199 British Virgin Islands 1,081 number 2018 up 42.6% rising
200 San Marino 859 number 2019 up 4.2% flat
201 Palau 798 number 2014 up 17.9% rising
202 Tuvalu 484 number 2014 down 5.7% rising
203 Nauru 476 number 2014 down 4.4% rising

Regions and income groups

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