Education
School age population, tertiary education, male (number)
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2025
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League table
172 shown- 1India66.57M
- 2China42.77M
- 3Pakistan12.89M
- 4Nigeria12.26M
- 5United States11.8M
- 6Indonesia11.38M
- 7Bangladesh8.14M
- 8Ethiopia6.94M
- 9Philippines5.48M
- 10Egypt, Arab Rep.5.18M
- 11Congo, Dem. Rep.5.13M
- 12Russian Federation3.95M
- 13Viet Nam3.4M
- 14Tanzania3.24M
- 15Turkiye3.16M
- 16Iran, Islamic Rep.3.07M
- 17Japan3.04M
- 18Kenya2.99M
- 19Uganda2.61M
- 20South Africa2.58M
- 21Sudan2.54M
- 22Iraq2.29M
- 23Afghanistan2.26M
- 24Myanmar2.24M
- 25Thailand2.24M
- 26Yemen, Rep.2M
- 27Angola1.8M
- 28Argentina1.78M
- 29Mozambique1.71M
- 30Ghana1.67M
- 31Algeria1.62M
- 32Madagascar1.61M
- 33Malaysia1.58M
- 34Morocco1.54M
- 35Cote d'Ivoire1.53M
- 36Syrian Arab Republic1.47M
- 37Peru1.46M
- 38Nepal1.46M
- 39Cameroon1.39M
- 40Venezuela, RB1.36M
- 41Canada1.35M
- 42Saudi Arabia1.34M
- 43Uzbekistan1.34M
- 44Niger1.29M
- 45Mali1.2M
- 46Burkina Faso1.17M
- 47Malawi1.16M
- 48Zambia1.05M
- 49Ukraine1.01M
- 50Chad981,037
- 51Somalia, Fed. Rep.951,754
- 52Senegal944,989
- 53Guatemala944,469
- 54Sri Lanka895,465
- 55Korea, Dem. People's Rep.865,371
- 56Zimbabwe838,732
- 57Ecuador788,485
- 58Cambodia765,584
- 59Rwanda745,144
- 60Kazakhstan743,211
- 61Guinea709,376
- 62South Sudan697,260
- 63Benin692,032
- 64Burundi650,527
- 65Jordan645,200
- 66Chile627,026
- 67Bolivia580,624
- 68Haiti556,387
- 69Honduras542,260
- 70Papua New Guinea522,442
- 71Dominican Republic464,453
- 72Togo447,959
- 73Sierra Leone436,986
- 74United Arab Emirates425,539
- 75Tunisia415,012
- 76Tajikistan406,613
- 77Israel388,764
- 78Azerbaijan380,868
- 79Lao PDR363,005
- 80Libya333,374
- 81Nicaragua324,345
- 82Cuba310,259
- 83El Salvador294,792
- 84Liberia294,728
- 85Paraguay292,494
- 86Congo, Rep.289,296
- 87Central African Republic281,200
- 88Kyrgyz Republic280,349
- 89Lebanon260,483
- 90West Bank and Gaza257,971
- 91Turkmenistan255,483
- 92Mauritania240,838
- 93Belarus232,084
- 94Eritrea201,386
- 95Costa Rica194,024
- 96Singapore193,523
- 97Oman184,647
- 98Panama184,399
- 99Serbia175,289
- 100Hong Kong SAR, China139,300
- 101Gambia, The135,211
- 102Namibia131,339
- 103Kuwait125,809
- 104Uruguay125,237
- 105Botswana123,792
- 106Mongolia118,955
- 107Jamaica115,709
- 108Lesotho115,493
- 109Guinea-Bissau112,192
- 110Gabon110,453
- 111Georgia109,866
- 112Puerto Rico (US)101,903
- 113Armenia90,508
- 114Bosnia and Herzegovina87,541
- 115Qatar86,520
- 116Equatorial Guinea81,172
- 117Timor-Leste79,055
- 118Albania66,761
- 119Eswatini61,856
- 120Djibouti59,041
- 121Bahrain56,620
- 122North Macedonia51,974
- 123Trinidad and Tobago47,918
- 124Mauritius47,369
- 125Comoros41,980
- 126Solomon Islands40,104
- 127Fiji37,709
- 128Bhutan37,283
- 129Guyana35,448
- 130Suriname27,522
- 131Cabo Verde23,843
- 132Montenegro19,854
- 133Belize19,785
- 134Macao SAR, China19,400
- 135Brunei Darussalam18,277
- 136Maldives16,018
- 137Bahamas, The14,311
- 138Vanuatu13,873
- 139Iceland13,239
- 140Sao Tome and Principe12,406
- 141French Polynesia10,762
- 142New Caledonia10,725
- 143Samoa9,770
- 144Barbados9,207
- 145St. Lucia6,431
- 146Curacao5,878
- 147Tonga5,723
- 148Micronesia, Fed. Sts.5,555
- 149Kiribati5,409
- 150Seychelles4,408
- 151Grenada4,271
- 152Aruba3,637
- 153St. Vincent and the Grenadines3,636
- 154Antigua and Barbuda3,188
- 155Virgin Islands (U.S.)2,472
- 156Andorra2,356
- 157American Samoa2,263
- 158Dominica2,115
- 159Marshall Islands2,101
- 160Cayman Islands1,927
- 161Bermuda1,725
- 162St. Kitts and Nevis1,471
- 163Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1,395
- 164British Virgin Islands1,265
- 165Gibraltar1,261
- 166Turks and Caicos Islands1,152
- 167Liechtenstein1,073
- 168San Marino979
- 169Monaco859
- 170Palau571
- 171Naoero512
- 172Tuvalu389
School age population, tertiary education, male (number)