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

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary general education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.

Countries reporting
205
Highest
25.43 million number
India
Lowest
234 number
Naoero
Median
113,454 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
10,014

What the numbers show

Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 25.43 million number in India; the lowest is 234 number in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 113,454 number, and the mean is 616,245 number.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 89.3%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 43.1%).

Population of the official entrance age to secondary general: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 25.43 million number 2020 up 2.0% rising
2 China 16.73 million number 2020 down 6.4% falling
3 Nigeria 5.02 million number 2020 up 35.7% rising
4 Pakistan 4.76 million number 2020 up 10.5% rising
5 Indonesia 4.61 million number 2020 up 2.3% rising
6 United States of America 4.15 million number 2018 down 1.0% rising
7 Brazil 3.57 million number 2011 up 9.0% rising
8 Bangladesh 2.99 million number 2020 down 6.7% rising
9 Ethiopia 2.70 million number 2020 up 20.8% rising
10 Mexico 2.23 million number 2020 down 0.1% rising
11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.22 million number 2020 up 45.2% rising
12 Philippines 2.16 million number 2020 up 4.6% rising
13 Egypt 1.84 million number 2020 up 9.2% rising
14 Russian Federation 1.63 million number 2020 up 30.5% falling
15 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.44 million number 2020 up 41.1% rising
16 Viet Nam 1.43 million number 2020 up 4.5% rising
17 Kenya 1.36 million number 2020 up 26.7% rising
18 Türkiye 1.35 million number 2020 up 2.6% rising
19 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.21 million number 2020 up 6.2% rising
20 Uganda 1.20 million number 2020 up 42.4% rising
21 South Africa 1.05 million number 2020 up 7.7% rising
22 Sudan 1.05 million number 2020 up 23.9% rising
23 Afghanistan 1.03 million number 2020 up 33.2% rising
24 Myanmar 955,413 number 2020 down 6.2% rising
25 Iraq 887,311 number 2020 up 21.7% rising
26 Angola 871,796 number 2020 up 49.0% rising
27 France 834,913 number 2019 up 7.0% falling
28 Thailand 833,611 number 2020 down 11.7% falling
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 794,719 number 2020 up 8.5% falling
30 Mozambique 791,254 number 2020 up 38.2% rising
31 Algeria 769,603 number 2020 up 28.1% rising
32 Colombia 760,503 number 2020 down 11.3% rising
33 Germany 743,312 number 2020 down 5.2% falling
34 Argentina 717,738 number 2020 up 3.3% rising
35 Yemen 695,446 number 2020 up 16.9% rising
36 Ghana 681,027 number 2020 up 17.6% rising
37 Madagascar 667,587 number 2020 up 21.5% rising
38 Cameroon 647,851 number 2020 up 33.4% rising
39 Côte d'Ivoire 626,484 number 2020 up 22.0% rising
40 Morocco 614,098 number 2020 up 1.3% rising
41 Niger 600,877 number 2020 up 55.3% volatile
42 Uzbekistan 588,206 number 2020 up 4.9% rising
43 Italy 573,965 number 2020 up 5.5% falling
44 Nepal 573,490 number 2020 down 19.6% rising
45 Peru 550,998 number 2020 down 4.1% rising
46 Burkina Faso 530,465 number 2020 up 37.1% rising
47 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 529,691 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 517,620 number 2020 up 0.7% rising
49 Malawi 517,077 number 2020 up 41.0% rising
50 Mali 514,020 number 2020 up 47.0% rising
51 Spain 501,633 number 2020 up 15.0% falling
52 Malaysia 483,483 number 2020 down 14.1% rising
53 Zambia 462,315 number 2020 up 39.1% rising
54 Republic of Korea 455,639 number 2020 down 28.7% falling
55 Chad 425,138 number 2020 up 39.0% volatile
56 Somalia 414,553 number 2020 up 31.0% rising
57 Senegal 406,405 number 2020 up 32.2% rising
58 Canada 394,591 number 2020 up 0.3% falling
59 Guatemala 384,243 number 2020 up 6.2% rising
60 Ukraine 384,117 number 2014 down 29.3% falling
61 Poland 376,867 number 2020 down 14.9% falling
62 Zimbabwe 370,097 number 2020 up 17.8% rising
63 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 350,903 number 2019 down 11.5% falling
64 Syrian Arab Republic 350,123 number 2020 down 31.1% rising
65 Sri Lanka 343,408 number 2020 up 3.6% flat
66 Kazakhstan 342,703 number 2020 up 55.1% falling
67 Australia 324,473 number 2020 up 16.1% rising
68 Guinea 324,256 number 2020 up 24.1% rising
69 Cambodia 322,127 number 2020 down 1.0% rising
70 Ecuador 309,876 number 2020 up 0.4% rising
71 Rwanda 305,064 number 2020 up 28.3% rising
72 Benin 290,213 number 2020 up 29.6% rising
73 Burundi 277,097 number 2020 up 31.0% rising
74 South Sudan 276,851 number 2020 up 19.7% rising
75 Chile 249,985 number 2020 down 5.6% rising
76 Haiti 239,636 number 2020 up 5.6% rising
77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 231,955 number 2020 up 4.9% rising
78 Jordan 227,410 number 2020 up 47.3% rising
79 Romania 220,953 number 2020 up 1.0% falling
80 Honduras 205,212 number 2020 down 1.8% rising
81 Togo 200,932 number 2020 up 35.2% rising
82 Papua New Guinea 196,757 number 2020 up 18.1% rising
83 Sierra Leone 195,573 number 2020 up 26.1% rising
84 Tajikistan 194,521 number 2020 up 11.3% rising
85 Dominican Republic 191,114 number 2020 down 2.2% rising
86 Netherlands 190,004 number 2020 down 3.8% falling
87 Tunisia 164,406 number 2020 down 2.9% rising
88 Lao People's Democratic Republic 152,631 number 2020 up 0.6% rising
89 Azerbaijan 149,992 number 2019 up 8.2% falling
90 Israel 143,905 number 2020 up 19.2% rising
91 Paraguay 135,938 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
92 Congo 133,137 number 2020 up 39.4% rising
93 Belgium 133,056 number 2020 up 8.5% falling
94 Central African Republic 131,954 number 2020 up 20.3% rising
95 Nicaragua 127,591 number 2020 up 1.1% rising
96 Liberia 122,533 number 2020 up 35.8% rising
97 Libya 122,373 number 2020 up 6.7% rising
98 Cuba 120,388 number 2020 down 18.2% falling
99 Kyrgyzstan 118,703 number 2020 up 15.2% rising
100 Palestine, State of 118,613 number 2019 up 9.4% rising
101 Czechia 117,018 number 2020 up 34.5% falling
102 El Salvador 115,928 number 2020 down 20.0% rising
103 Sweden 113,454 number 2020 up 5.2% flat
104 Greece 110,154 number 2020 down 0.8% falling
105 Turkmenistan 108,064 number 2020 up 18.2% rising
106 Mauritania 104,419 number 2020 up 28.5% rising
107 Belarus 101,397 number 2020 up 17.2% falling
108 Eritrea 100,491 number 2020 up 62.1% rising
109 Portugal 99,883 number 2020 down 10.9% falling
110 Hungary 97,673 number 2020 down 1.6% falling
111 United Arab Emirates 92,346 number 2020 up 36.8% volatile
112 Austria 83,499 number 2020 down 1.8% falling
113 Switzerland 81,418 number 2020 down 5.2% falling
114 Bulgaria 76,030 number 2020 up 27.3% falling
115 Panama 73,784 number 2020 up 7.6% rising
116 Costa Rica 70,977 number 2020 down 11.1% rising
117 Denmark 67,746 number 2020 down 3.0% falling
118 Oman 67,654 number 2020 up 35.1% rising
119 Lebanon 66,319 number 1985 up 1.4% rising
120 Serbia 66,071 number 2019 down 11.8% falling
121 New Zealand 65,049 number 2020 up 11.7% flat
122 Ireland 64,938 number 2019 up 15.5% falling
123 Norway 63,829 number 2020 down 0.2% flat
124 Kuwait 62,197 number 2020 up 50.6% rising
125 Finland 60,788 number 2020 down 2.7% falling
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57,724 number 1998 down 24.0% falling
127 Slovakia 57,440 number 2020 up 4.8% falling
128 Gambia 56,255 number 2020 up 28.2% volatile
129 Mongolia 56,148 number 2020 up 22.2% rising
130 Hong Kong, China 55,992 number 2020 down 23.4% falling
131 Namibia 52,881 number 2020 up 4.2% rising
132 Georgia 49,032 number 2020 down 5.4% falling
133 Botswana 48,371 number 2020 up 16.1% rising
134 Guinea-Bissau 47,227 number 2020 up 30.6% rising
135 Uruguay 46,299 number 2020 down 10.6% flat
136 Gabon 45,797 number 2020 up 30.1% rising
137 Jamaica 45,384 number 2020 down 20.7% falling
138 Puerto Rico 43,221 number 2020 down 20.7% falling
139 Croatia 42,931 number 2020 down 13.3% falling
140 Lesotho 42,171 number 2020 down 3.6% rising
141 Armenia 40,958 number 2020 up 17.9% falling
142 Republic of Moldova 37,365 number 2019 down 13.4% falling
143 Albania 31,643 number 2020 down 43.1% falling
144 Timor-Leste 31,028 number 2020 up 9.9% rising
145 Eswatini 29,520 number 2020 up 7.7% rising
146 Equatorial Guinea 26,476 number 2020 up 52.2% rising
147 Lithuania 25,745 number 2019 down 27.4% falling
148 Qatar 23,586 number 2020 up 89.3% volatile
149 North Macedonia 22,200 number 2020 down 16.9% falling
150 Slovenia 20,500 number 2020 up 9.9% falling
151 Comoros 19,887 number 2020 up 21.8% rising
152 Latvia 19,351 number 2019 down 4.6% falling
153 Trinidad and Tobago 19,150 number 2020 up 8.5% falling
154 Bahrain 18,149 number 2020 up 17.6% rising
155 Djibouti 17,466 number 2020 down 5.2% rising
156 Fiji 16,653 number 2020 up 6.9% flat
157 Solomon Islands 15,617 number 2020 up 21.5% rising
158 Mauritius 15,476 number 2020 down 19.9% falling
159 Estonia 14,277 number 2020 up 11.6% falling
160 Guyana 14,110 number 2020 down 22.3% falling
161 Bhutan 13,453 number 2020 down 12.6% rising
162 Suriname 10,286 number 2020 up 0.7% flat
163 Cape Verde 10,139 number 2020 down 9.2% rising
164 Cyprus 9,151 number 2019 down 9.9% falling
165 Montenegro 7,952 number 2020 down 2.3% falling
166 Vanuatu 7,565 number 2020 up 33.9% rising
167 Belize 7,544 number 2020 down 0.5% rising
168 Bahamas 6,346 number 2020 down 1.1% rising
169 Maldives 6,343 number 2020 down 1.6% rising
170 Luxembourg 6,253 number 2020 up 2.5% rising
171 Brunei Darussalam 6,093 number 2020 down 15.1% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 5,739 number 2020 up 37.6% rising
173 French Polynesia 4,969 number 1997 up 20.3% rising
174 Samoa 4,652 number 2020 up 4.0% falling
175 Macau, China 4,532 number 2020 down 23.6% falling
176 Iceland 4,514 number 2020 down 0.3% flat
177 Malta 4,070 number 2020 down 12.0% falling
178 Barbados 3,523 number 2020 down 6.9% falling
179 Kiribati 2,762 number 2020 up 9.3% rising
180 Tonga 2,418 number 2020 down 1.3% falling
181 Micronesia, Federated States of 2,369 number 2020 down 8.5% rising
182 Saint Lucia 2,262 number 2020 down 31.2% falling
183 Curaçao 2,109 number 2020 up 1.4% flat
184 United States Virgin Islands 1,896 number 1997 down 11.5% falling
185 Grenada 1,689 number 2020 down 10.5% falling
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,685 number 2020 down 20.5% falling
187 Marshall Islands 1,544 number 2020 up 21.1% rising
188 Seychelles 1,501 number 2020 up 12.8% falling
189 Aruba 1,401 number 2020 down 7.4% rising
190 Antigua and Barbuda 1,354 number 2020 down 11.4% falling
191 American Samoa 1,126 number 1997 up 20.3% rising
192 Dominica 906 number 2020 down 35.1% falling
193 Cayman Islands 820 number 2020 up 29.1% rising
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 712 number 2020 down 14.5% falling
195 Bermuda 660 number 2020 down 16.5% falling
196 Andorra 648 number 1998 down 8.6% rising
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 546 number 2020 up 12.8% rising
198 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 483 number 2020 down 16.6% falling
199 Gibraltar 458 number 2020 down 6.3% rising
200 Liechtenstein 400 number 2020 down 10.9% flat
201 British Virgin Islands 391 number 2020 down 2.0% rising
202 San Marino 312 number 2020 up 14.7% falling
203 Tuvalu 251 number 2020 up 14.6% rising
204 Palau 243 number 2020 up 11.0% falling
205 Naoero 234 number 2020 up 8.8% rising

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 10,014 data points, 1970–2020
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary general education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.