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School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number)

number · higher is better · 208 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1India95.42M
  2. 2China51.63M
  3. 3Pakistan23.28M
  4. 4Nigeria16.36M
  5. 5Indonesia14.11M
  6. 6United States13.65M
  7. 7Bangladesh13.49M
  8. 8Congo, Dem. Rep.9.86M
  9. 9Egypt, Arab Rep.6.71M
  10. 10Ethiopia5.89M
  11. 11Kenya5.44M
  12. 12Turkiye5.16M
  13. 13Viet Nam4.62M
  14. 14Philippines4.6M
  15. 15Iran, Islamic Rep.3.94M
  16. 16Sudan3.36M
  17. 17Russian Federation3.35M
  18. 18South Africa3.27M
  19. 19Japan3.25M
  20. 20Iraq2.99M
  21. 21Tanzania2.93M
  22. 22Afghanistan2.88M
  23. 23Yemen, Rep.2.6M
  24. 24Angola2.56M
  25. 25Algeria2.38M
  26. 26Thailand2.36M
  27. 27Uganda2.31M
  28. 28Nepal2.3M
  29. 29Argentina2.17M
  30. 30Ghana2.16M
  31. 31Madagascar2.13M
  32. 32Morocco1.97M
  33. 33Cote d'Ivoire1.94M
  34. 34Cameroon1.91M
  35. 35Syrian Arab Republic1.8M
  36. 36Niger1.8M
  37. 37Myanmar1.75M
  38. 38Somalia, Fed. Rep.1.7M
  39. 39Mali1.7M
  40. 40Malaysia1.65M
  41. 41Burkina Faso1.65M
  42. 42Zimbabwe1.56M
  43. 43Mozambique1.56M
  44. 44Saudi Arabia1.49M
  45. 45Zambia1.47M
  46. 46Sri Lanka1.44M
  47. 47Canada1.38M
  48. 48Burundi1.36M
  49. 49Chad1.35M
  50. 50South Sudan1.28M
  51. 51Senegal1.24M
  52. 52Uzbekistan1.24M
  53. 53Peru1.15M
  54. 54Guatemala1.13M
  55. 55Venezuela, RB1.1M
  56. 56Malawi1.06M
  57. 57Chile1.04M
  58. 58Cambodia1M
  59. 59Korea, Dem. People's Rep.979,586
  60. 60Ecuador963,179
  61. 61Bolivia958,266
  62. 62Guinea944,543
  63. 63Haiti939,634
  64. 64Benin937,194
  65. 65Rwanda914,731
  66. 66Ukraine906,628
  67. 67Sierra Leone771,270
  68. 68Tunisia730,779
  69. 69Kazakhstan712,892
  70. 70Togo616,240
  71. 71Dominican Republic557,537
  72. 72Israel472,943
  73. 73Lao PDR447,677
  74. 74Honduras426,637
  75. 75Papua New Guinea417,570
  76. 76Libya412,353
  77. 77Congo, Rep.412,332
  78. 78Liberia399,551
  79. 79Central African Republic395,529
  80. 80United Arab Emirates389,078
  81. 81Tajikistan388,490
  82. 82Jordan370,058
  83. 83Paraguay357,919
  84. 84Cuba354,807
  85. 85West Bank and Gaza353,843
  86. 86Eritrea347,224
  87. 87Mauritania342,553
  88. 88El Salvador335,375
  89. 89Azerbaijan325,685
  90. 90Lebanon323,306
  91. 91Serbia266,405
  92. 92Nicaragua264,719
  93. 93Kyrgyz Republic254,925
  94. 94Turkmenistan230,550
  95. 95Panama222,196
  96. 96Belarus214,881
  97. 97Gambia, The185,700
  98. 98Mongolia184,541
  99. 99Kuwait179,748
  100. 100Hong Kong SAR, China155,900
  101. 101Georgia151,199
  102. 102Costa Rica149,763
  103. 103Guinea-Bissau149,543
  104. 104Gabon149,312
  105. 105Uruguay141,477
  106. 106Bosnia and Herzegovina129,103
  107. 107Oman124,565
  108. 108Armenia116,866
  109. 109Namibia112,477
  110. 110Puerto Rico (US)107,607
  111. 111Lesotho99,372
  112. 112Botswana96,623
  113. 113Timor-Leste92,651
  114. 114Singapore92,535
  115. 115Jamaica85,015
  116. 116North Macedonia83,574
  117. 117Albania80,347
  118. 118Qatar73,577
  119. 119Equatorial Guinea72,336
  120. 120Solomon Islands68,231
  121. 121Mauritius63,938
  122. 122Comoros54,620
  123. 123Bahrain53,556
  124. 124Eswatini52,575
  125. 125Fiji49,654
  126. 126Trinidad and Tobago38,159
  127. 127Suriname32,796
  128. 128Montenegro32,313
  129. 129Brunei Darussalam31,158
  130. 130Guyana30,284
  131. 131Cabo Verde29,170
  132. 132Bhutan26,213
  133. 133Samoa24,898
  134. 134Iceland20,066
  135. 135Vanuatu19,398
  136. 136Bahamas, The17,016
  137. 137Sao Tome and Principe16,859
  138. 138Macao SAR, China16,100
  139. 139Belize15,138
  140. 140Maldives13,883
  141. 141French Polynesia13,180
  142. 142New Caledonia12,702
  143. 143Kiribati10,416
  144. 144Micronesia, Fed. Sts.9,521
  145. 145Tonga7,291
  146. 146Barbados7,090
  147. 147Seychelles6,541
  148. 148St. Lucia4,981
  149. 149Curacao4,126
  150. 150Aruba4,123
  151. 151Marshall Islands3,855
  152. 152Grenada3,499
  153. 153St. Vincent and the Grenadines3,137
  154. 154Virgin Islands (U.S.)3,042
  155. 155Antigua and Barbuda2,798
  156. 156Bermuda2,740
  157. 157Cayman Islands2,440
  158. 158Gibraltar1,934
  159. 159American Samoa1,887
  160. 160San Marino1,798
  161. 161Andorra1,768
  162. 162Dominica1,764
  163. 163Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1,709
  164. 164British Virgin Islands1,663
  165. 165St. Kitts and Nevis1,182
  166. 166Liechtenstein1,167
  167. 167Turks and Caicos Islands1,075
  168. 168Palau969
  169. 169Monaco937
  170. 170Naoero532
  171. 171Tuvalu514

School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number)