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

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

Countries reporting
205
Highest
13.36 million number
India
Lowest
117 number
Naoero
Median
58,225 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
10,014

What the numbers show

Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, male (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 13.36 million number in India; the lowest is 117 number in Naoero.

The median across all reporting countries is 58,225 number, and the mean is 318,646 number.

Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 88.4%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 41.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 13.36 million number 2020 up 1.3% rising
2 China 9.01 million number 2020 down 4.9% falling
3 Nigeria 2.56 million number 2020 up 36.2% rising
4 Pakistan 2.47 million number 2020 up 10.3% rising
5 Indonesia 2.37 million number 2020 up 3.0% rising
6 United States of America 2.12 million number 2018 down 1.3% rising
7 Brazil 1.84 million number 2011 up 13.5% rising
8 Bangladesh 1.53 million number 2020 down 6.6% rising
9 Ethiopia 1.36 million number 2020 up 20.5% rising
10 Mexico 1.14 million number 2020 up 0.7% rising
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.12 million number 2020 up 45.7% rising
12 Philippines 1.10 million number 2020 up 4.3% rising
13 Egypt 948,068 number 2020 up 9.6% rising
14 Russian Federation 833,999 number 2020 up 30.5% falling
15 Viet Nam 751,914 number 2020 up 6.9% rising
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 726,254 number 2020 up 41.7% rising
17 Türkiye 691,201 number 2020 up 3.0% rising
18 Kenya 683,890 number 2020 up 27.4% rising
19 Iran, Islamic Republic of 621,432 number 2020 up 6.7% rising
20 Uganda 605,479 number 2020 up 45.0% rising
21 Sudan 530,573 number 2020 up 24.0% rising
22 South Africa 529,288 number 2020 up 7.9% rising
23 Afghanistan 523,927 number 2020 up 32.9% rising
24 Myanmar 479,986 number 2020 down 6.0% rising
25 Iraq 455,587 number 2020 up 21.8% rising
26 Angola 433,853 number 2020 up 49.4% rising
27 Thailand 429,012 number 2020 down 11.2% falling
28 France 426,613 number 2019 up 6.4% falling
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 406,237 number 2020 up 8.4% falling
30 Mozambique 395,096 number 2020 up 39.1% rising
31 Algeria 392,565 number 2020 up 28.0% rising
32 Colombia 388,551 number 2020 down 11.2% rising
33 Germany 384,889 number 2020 down 4.2% falling
34 Argentina 365,380 number 2020 up 3.4% rising
35 Yemen 354,350 number 2020 up 17.0% rising
36 Ghana 347,625 number 2020 up 17.6% rising
37 Madagascar 335,926 number 2020 up 22.3% rising
38 Cameroon 326,293 number 2020 up 33.5% rising
39 Morocco 315,372 number 2020 up 1.7% rising
40 Côte d'Ivoire 314,252 number 2020 up 22.8% rising
41 Niger 305,338 number 2020 up 54.8% volatile
42 Uzbekistan 301,853 number 2020 up 5.4% rising
43 Italy 295,231 number 2020 up 5.6% falling
44 Nepal 286,648 number 2020 down 21.7% rising
45 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 270,803 number 2020 down 3.5% rising
46 Peru 270,535 number 2020 down 7.4% rising
47 Burkina Faso 270,081 number 2020 up 37.2% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 263,233 number 2020 up 1.1% rising
49 Mali 261,062 number 2020 up 47.5% rising
50 Malawi 259,641 number 2020 up 41.9% rising
51 Spain 259,141 number 2020 up 15.7% falling
52 Malaysia 248,544 number 2020 down 14.1% rising
53 Republic of Korea 235,450 number 2020 down 29.4% falling
54 Zambia 232,380 number 2020 up 40.6% rising
55 Chad 212,985 number 2020 up 38.5% volatile
56 Somalia 208,410 number 2020 up 31.2% rising
57 Senegal 205,547 number 2020 up 32.6% rising
58 Canada 201,862 number 2020 up 0.2% falling
59 Ukraine 197,742 number 2014 down 29.0% falling
60 Guatemala 196,210 number 2020 up 6.6% rising
61 Poland 192,764 number 2020 down 15.1% falling
62 Zimbabwe 185,382 number 2020 up 18.5% rising
63 North Korea 179,117 number 2019 down 11.8% falling
64 Syria 178,402 number 2020 down 31.6% rising
65 Kazakhstan 176,358 number 2020 up 56.1% falling
66 Sri Lanka 173,070 number 2020 up 3.4% flat
67 Australia 166,393 number 2020 up 15.2% rising
68 Cambodia 164,746 number 2020 down 1.2% rising
69 Guinea 163,424 number 2020 up 24.0% rising
70 Ecuador 158,243 number 2020 up 0.4% rising
71 Rwanda 152,096 number 2020 up 28.5% rising
72 Benin 147,107 number 2020 up 29.7% rising
73 South Sudan 140,054 number 2020 up 20.0% rising
74 Burundi 138,898 number 2020 up 31.5% rising
75 Chile 127,149 number 2020 down 5.6% rising
76 Haiti 121,585 number 2020 up 5.9% rising
77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 118,428 number 2020 up 5.0% rising
78 Jordan 114,939 number 2020 up 46.3% rising
79 Romania 113,520 number 2020 up 1.3% falling
80 Honduras 104,638 number 2020 down 1.7% rising
81 Papua New Guinea 101,561 number 2020 up 18.4% rising
82 Togo 100,822 number 2020 up 35.5% rising
83 Tajikistan 100,062 number 2020 up 11.9% rising
84 Sierra Leone 97,907 number 2020 up 26.6% rising
85 Netherlands 97,616 number 2020 down 3.6% falling
86 Dominican Republic 97,039 number 2020 down 2.1% rising
87 Tunisia 85,271 number 2020 down 2.9% rising
88 Azerbaijan 80,611 number 2019 up 10.7% falling
89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 77,639 number 2020 up 1.4% rising
90 Israel 73,908 number 2020 up 19.2% rising
91 Paraguay 69,446 number 2020 down 3.7% rising
92 Belgium 68,355 number 2020 up 9.2% falling
93 Congo 67,035 number 2020 up 39.8% rising
94 Central African Republic 66,209 number 2020 up 20.5% rising
95 Nicaragua 65,803 number 2020 up 1.4% rising
96 Libya 62,726 number 2020 up 6.7% rising
97 Liberia 62,374 number 2020 up 36.7% rising
98 Cuba 61,903 number 2020 down 18.2% falling
99 Palestine, State of 60,595 number 2019 up 9.5% rising
100 Kyrgyzstan 60,528 number 2020 up 15.1% rising
101 Czechia 60,047 number 2020 up 34.2% falling
102 El Salvador 59,095 number 2020 down 19.7% rising
103 Sweden 58,225 number 2020 up 5.1% flat
104 Greece 56,701 number 2020 up 0.1% falling
105 Turkmenistan 54,719 number 2020 up 18.4% rising
106 Mauritania 52,914 number 2020 up 28.2% rising
107 Belarus 52,056 number 2020 up 17.2% falling
108 Eritrea 51,285 number 2020 up 63.5% rising
109 Portugal 50,941 number 2020 down 11.0% falling
110 Hungary 50,038 number 2020 down 1.8% falling
111 United Arab Emirates 47,454 number 2020 up 30.9% volatile
112 Austria 43,081 number 2020 down 1.1% falling
113 Switzerland 41,675 number 2020 down 5.7% falling
114 Bulgaria 39,036 number 2020 up 27.1% falling
115 Panama 37,675 number 2020 up 8.0% rising
116 Costa Rica 36,304 number 2020 down 11.0% rising
117 Oman 36,180 number 2020 up 42.5% rising
118 Denmark 34,728 number 2020 down 3.1% falling
119 Kuwait 34,708 number 2020 up 66.2% rising
120 Serbia 34,012 number 2019 down 11.4% falling
121 Lebanon 33,685 number 1985 up 0.9% rising
122 New Zealand 33,481 number 2020 up 12.2% flat
123 Ireland 33,251 number 2019 up 14.9% falling
124 Norway 32,666 number 2020 down 0.7% flat
125 Finland 31,084 number 2020 down 2.5% falling
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29,644 number 1998 down 24.3% falling
127 Hong Kong, China 29,528 number 2020 down 22.1% falling
128 Slovakia 29,396 number 2020 up 4.6% falling
129 Mongolia 28,376 number 2020 up 22.6% rising
130 Gambia 28,316 number 2020 up 28.3% volatile
131 Namibia 26,370 number 2020 up 5.0% rising
132 Georgia 25,889 number 2020 down 5.7% falling
133 Botswana 24,457 number 2020 up 16.7% rising
134 Uruguay 23,697 number 2020 down 10.2% flat
135 Guinea-Bissau 23,693 number 2020 up 32.4% rising
136 Gabon 23,088 number 2020 up 30.3% rising
137 Jamaica 23,030 number 2020 down 21.3% falling
138 Puerto Rico 22,254 number 2020 down 21.2% falling
139 Croatia 22,001 number 2020 down 13.4% falling
140 Armenia 21,831 number 2020 up 16.6% falling
141 Lesotho 20,969 number 2020 down 3.9% rising
142 Republic of Moldova 19,302 number 2019 down 12.2% falling
143 Albania 17,011 number 2020 down 41.2% falling
144 Timor-Leste 15,751 number 2020 up 9.9% rising
145 Eswatini 14,797 number 2020 up 8.8% rising
146 Equatorial Guinea 13,335 number 2020 up 51.6% rising
147 Lithuania 13,178 number 2019 down 27.7% falling
148 Qatar 12,059 number 2020 up 88.4% volatile
149 North Macedonia 11,467 number 2020 down 16.1% falling
150 Slovenia 10,567 number 2020 up 9.8% falling
151 Comoros 10,114 number 2020 up 21.8% rising
152 Latvia 9,939 number 2019 down 5.2% falling
153 Trinidad and Tobago 9,707 number 2020 up 8.6% falling
154 Djibouti 9,689 number 2020 down 2.2% rising
155 Bahrain 9,004 number 2020 up 12.5% rising
156 Fiji 8,489 number 2020 up 5.5% rising
157 Solomon Islands 8,062 number 2020 up 20.5% rising
158 Mauritius 7,884 number 2020 down 19.7% falling
159 Estonia 7,356 number 2020 up 11.9% falling
160 Guyana 7,151 number 2020 down 22.6% falling
161 Bhutan 6,826 number 2020 down 12.5% rising
162 Suriname 5,329 number 2020 up 1.0% flat
163 Cape Verde 5,109 number 2020 down 8.8% rising
164 Cyprus 4,756 number 2019 down 9.3% falling
165 Montenegro 4,169 number 2020 down 1.7% falling
166 Vanuatu 3,920 number 2020 up 29.8% rising
167 Belize 3,850 number 2020 up 1.2% rising
168 Maldives 3,222 number 2020 down 3.4% rising
169 Luxembourg 3,174 number 2020 up 1.6% rising
170 Bahamas 3,170 number 2020 down 1.3% rising
171 Brunei Darussalam 3,142 number 2020 down 16.1% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 2,898 number 2020 up 37.7% rising
173 French Polynesia 2,521 number 1997 up 19.3% rising
174 Samoa 2,416 number 2020 up 3.6% falling
175 Macau, China 2,344 number 2020 down 23.3% falling
176 Iceland 2,317 number 2020 up 0.0% flat
177 Malta 2,109 number 2020 down 10.3% falling
178 Barbados 1,789 number 2020 down 7.1% falling
179 Kiribati 1,396 number 2020 up 8.1% rising
180 Tonga 1,282 number 2020 up 0.1% falling
181 Micronesia, Federated States of 1,204 number 2020 down 9.5% rising
182 Saint Lucia 1,144 number 2020 down 30.5% falling
183 Curaçao 1,074 number 2020 unchanged flat
184 United States Virgin Islands 918 number 1997 down 15.4% falling
185 Grenada 869 number 2020 down 9.1% falling
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 855 number 2020 down 21.6% falling
187 Marshall Islands 789 number 2020 up 19.9% rising
188 Seychelles 769 number 2020 up 12.6% falling
189 Aruba 710 number 2020 down 7.3% rising
190 Antigua and Barbuda 684 number 2020 down 10.7% falling
191 American Samoa 592 number 1997 up 24.9% rising
192 Dominica 461 number 2020 down 35.0% falling
193 Cayman Islands 417 number 2020 up 30.3% rising
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 355 number 2020 down 13.0% falling
195 Bermuda 336 number 2020 down 16.4% falling
196 Andorra 332 number 1998 down 9.8% flat
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 279 number 2020 up 13.4% rising
198 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 246 number 2020 down 12.1% falling
199 Gibraltar 233 number 2020 down 9.0% rising
200 Liechtenstein 215 number 2020 down 4.9% flat
201 British Virgin Islands 204 number 2020 up 1.5% rising
202 San Marino 167 number 2020 up 17.6% falling
203 Tuvalu 129 number 2020 up 15.2% rising
204 Palau 127 number 2020 up 6.7% falling
205 Naoero 117 number 2020 up 9.3% rising

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to secondary general education, male (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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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary general education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.