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Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, both sexes (number)

Name: Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, both sexes (number) by country, 2025
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Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, both sexes (number) league table
#	Country	number	Region	Income
1	India	24.16M	South Asia	Lower middle income
2	China	18.93M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Nigeria	6.02M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Pakistan	6.02M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
5	Indonesia	4.96M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	United States	4.21M	North America	High income
7	Bangladesh	3.16M	South Asia	Lower middle income
8	Ethiopia	3.04M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Congo, Dem. Rep.	2.83M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.55M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
11	Philippines	2.37M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
12	Russian Federation	1.92M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Viet Nam	1.78M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
14	Tanzania	1.61M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.43M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
16	Kenya	1.37M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Turkiye	1.36M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
18	Uganda	1.3M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Sudan	1.2M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Iraq	1.17M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
21	South Africa	1.08M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
22	Afghanistan	1.07M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
23	Japan	1.06M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
24	Angola	987,828	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Algeria	951,682	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
26	Yemen, Rep.	942,407	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
27	Mozambique	895,465	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Myanmar	878,699	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
29	Ghana	800,954	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Madagascar	766,571	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Thailand	757,701	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
32	Argentina	726,149	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
33	Cameroon	719,399	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Niger	718,372	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Cote d'Ivoire	689,021	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36	Morocco	673,616	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
37	Uzbekistan	662,525	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
38	Mali	651,175	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Burkina Faso	635,234	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Nepal	567,923	South Asia	Lower middle income
41	Malaysia	567,563	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
42	Malawi	562,177	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Peru	558,348	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	Syrian Arab Republic	551,475	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
45	Venezuela, RB	547,391	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
46	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	546,328	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Saudi Arabia	539,618	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
48	Chad	530,692	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Zambia	528,954	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Zimbabwe	454,951	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Senegal	452,134	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Canada	450,667	North America	High income
53	Ukraine	424,681	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
54	Burundi	403,854	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
55	Kazakhstan	395,724	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
56	Guatemala	388,955	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	Benin	361,772	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Guinea	357,493	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
59	Sri Lanka	349,794	South Asia	Upper middle income
60	South Sudan	341,578	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Cambodia	332,746	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
62	Rwanda	328,013	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Ecuador	325,621	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	325,446	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
65	Chile	254,186	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
66	Tajikistan	248,224	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
67	Bolivia	243,432	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
68	Haiti	243,271	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
69	Togo	231,265	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
70	Papua New Guinea	223,715	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
71	Honduras	214,399	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
72	Sierra Leone	209,178	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
73	Tunisia	208,175	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
74	Jordan	191,856	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
75	Dominican Republic	190,844	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Azerbaijan	170,643	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
77	Israel	170,298	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
78	Congo, Rep.	166,607	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Central African Republic	162,689	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
80	Turkmenistan	161,957	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Lao PDR	153,026	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
82	Kyrgyz Republic	151,667	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
83	Liberia	144,912	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
84	West Bank and Gaza	138,014	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
85	Libya	137,266	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
86	Mauritania	134,995	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
87	Nicaragua	134,014	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
88	United Arab Emirates	127,565	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
89	Paraguay	126,671	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Cuba	123,228	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Belarus	118,804	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Lebanon	114,958	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	El Salvador	112,285	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Oman	91,766	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
95	Eritrea	88,070	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
96	Mongolia	82,812	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
97	Panama	77,188	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
98	Costa Rica	75,284	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
99	Gambia, The	70,097	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
100	Hong Kong SAR, China	68,100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
101	Kuwait	65,824	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
102	Namibia	65,381	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Serbia	65,318	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
104	Gabon	58,194	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
105	Guinea-Bissau	54,774	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Georgia	53,859	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
107	Lesotho	53,812	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
108	Botswana	49,238	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
109	Uruguay	46,118	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
110	Singapore	44,461	East Asia & Pacific	High income
111	Equatorial Guinea	42,270	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
112	Armenia	40,212	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Jamaica	38,117	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Puerto Rico (US)	30,855	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
115	Timor-Leste	30,282	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28,611	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Qatar	28,268	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
118	Eswatini	26,883	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
119	Albania	25,932	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	North Macedonia	22,372	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Comoros	20,406	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
122	Bahrain	20,349	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
123	Solomon Islands	19,526	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
124	Trinidad and Tobago	18,961	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
125	Fiji	16,827	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	Guyana	15,689	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
127	Mauritius	13,797	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
128	Bhutan	12,950	South Asia	Lower middle income
129	Suriname	11,077	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
130	Cabo Verde	9,937	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
131	Montenegro	8,015	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Maldives	7,905	South Asia	Upper middle income
133	Vanuatu	7,844	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
134	Belize	7,492	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
135	Macao SAR, China	6,800	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Brunei Darussalam	6,610	East Asia & Pacific	High income
137	Sao Tome and Principe	6,033	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Samoa	5,582	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
139	Bahamas, The	5,293	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
140	Iceland	4,803	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	New Caledonia	4,213	East Asia & Pacific	High income
142	French Polynesia	4,084	East Asia & Pacific	High income
143	Barbados	3,287	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
144	Kiribati	3,028	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
145	Tonga	2,505	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
146	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2,395	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	Curacao	2,365	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	St. Lucia	2,101	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
149	Grenada	1,738	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
150	Seychelles	1,703	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
151	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1,588	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
152	Aruba	1,391	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1,167	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
154	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	931	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
155	American Samoa	923	East Asia & Pacific	High income
156	Marshall Islands	905	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
157	Dominica	887	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
158	Andorra	783	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Cayman Islands	762	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Bermuda	620	North America	High income
161	St. Kitts and Nevis	608	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
162	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	536	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
163	Gibraltar	485	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	Turks and Caicos Islands	477	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
165	British Virgin Islands	407	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
166	Liechtenstein	379	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	San Marino	337	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Monaco	321	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Naoero	312	East Asia & Pacific	High income
170	Palau	239	East Asia & Pacific	High income
171	Tuvalu	203	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, both sexes (number)