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Education > Secondary education > Pupils: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 China 98.76 million 2004
2 India 83.86 million 2004
3 Brazil 24.59 million 2003
4 Indonesia 16.35 million 2004
5 Russia 13.56 million 2004
Emerging markets average (profile) 12.76 million 2004
Non-religious countries average (profile) 11.28 million 2004
6 Mexico 10.4 million 2004
7 Bangladesh 10.11 million 2005
8 Iran 9.94 million 2005
9 Vietnam 9.94 million 2005
South and Central Asia average (profile) 9.41 million 2002
10 Germany 8.38 million 2004
11 Egypt 8.33 million 2004
12 Japan 7.89 million 2004
13 Pakistan 7.24 million 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 5.91 million 2002
14 France 5.83 million 2004
15 United Kingdom 5.7 million 2004
16 Turkey 5.33 million 2004
17 Thailand 4.72 million 2005
18 South Africa 4.59 million 2004
19 Ethiopia 4.54 million 2005
South Asia average (profile) 4.51 million 2005
20 Italy 4.51 million 2004
21 Colombia 4.32 million 2005
22 Uzbekistan 4.23 million 2004
23 Ukraine 4.04 million 2005
24 Algeria 3.76 million 2005
25 South Korea 3.69 million 2005
26 Argentina 3.5 million 2003
27 Poland 3.48 million 2004
28 Spain 3.05 million 2004
29 Nigeria 3.01 million 1991
30 Saudi Arabia 2.73 million 2005
31 Canada 2.71 million 2002
32 Peru 2.66 million 2004
33 Malaysia 2.52 million 2003
34 Australia 2.49 million 2004
35 Kenya 2.46 million 2005
36 Syria 2.39 million 2005
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 2.23 million 2004
Muslim countries average (profile) 2.2 million 2004
37 Romania 2.15 million 2004
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 2.15 million 2004
38 Nepal 2.05 million 2005
39 Kazakhstan 2.04 million 2005
40 Venezuela 2.03 million 2005
High income OECD countries average (profile) 2.01 million 2004
41 Morocco 1.96 million 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 1.91 million 2004
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 1.77 million 2003
42 Iraq 1.75 million 2005
Europe average (profile) 1.71 million 2004
43 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.66 million 2003
European Union average (profile) 1.62 million 2004
44 Chile 1.59 million 2004
Eurozone average (profile) 1.57 million 2004
45 Yemen 1.49 million 2005
46 Netherlands 1.4 million 2004
47 Sudan 1.37 million 2005
48 Ghana 1.35 million 2005
49 Burma 1.27 million 1991
50 Tunisia 1.21 million 2004
OPEC countries average (profile) 1.2 million 1991
51 Cameroon 1.2 million 2005
52 Azerbaijan 1.07 million 2005
53 Bolivia 1.03 million 2005
54 Ecuador 999,713 2005
55 Tajikistan 984,410 2005
56 Czech Republic 982,208 2004
57 Hungary 963,242 2004
58 Cuba 937,493 2005
Former French colonies average (profile) 936,850.7 2002
59 Belarus 928,488 2005
60 Dominican Republic 808,352 2005
61 Belgium 805,778 2004
62 Libya 797,992 2003
63 Austria 770,391 2004
64 Serbia and Montenegro 761,408 2001
65 Guatemala 754,496 2005
66 Kyrgyzstan 721,205 2005
67 Sweden 711,798 2004
68 Cambodia 708,454 2005
69 Bulgaria 704,678 2004
70 Cote d'Ivoire 703,743 2002
71 Greece 695,838 2004
72 Slovakia 673,712 2004
73 Portugal 665,213 2004
74 Uganda 651,463 2005
75 Afghanistan 651,453 2005
76 Jordan 615,731 2004
77 Israel 607,224 2004
78 Turkmenistan 605,114 1991
79 Madagascar 592,834 2005
80 Switzerland 563,701 2004
81 Honduras 554,810 2004
82 Tanzania 524,325 2005
83 El Salvador 524,202 2005
84 Paraguay 510,881 2003
85 Senegal 501,473 2005
86 Hong Kong 498,354 2005
87 New Zealand 482,959 2002
88 Denmark 449,750 2004
89 Lithuania 448,764 2004
90 Nicaragua 437,853 2005
91 Mali 437,463 2005
92 Benin 435,449 2005
93 Finland 425,966 2004
94 Guinea 423,479 2005
95 Angola 413,695 2001
96 Zambia 408,971 2005
97 Norway 400,159 2004
98 Croatia 399,845 2003
99 Togo 399,038 2005
100 Albania 397,056 2004
101 Laos 393,856 2005
102 Moldova 382,577 2005
103 Armenia 365,400 2005
104 Lebanon 362,366 2005
105 Costa Rica 347,244 2005
106 Uruguay 343,617 2003
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 340,859 1991
108 Mongolia 339,249 2005
109 Ireland 320,560 2004
110 Georgia 315,428 2005
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 314,051.86 1991
111 Mozambique 305,877 2005
112 Burkina Faso 295,412 2005
113 United Arab Emirates 284,978 2005
114 Latvia 275,586 2004
115 Panama 256,224 2005
116 Kuwait 248,895 2005
117 Chad 236,754 2005
118 Jamaica 229,701 2003
119 Eritrea 216,944 2005
120 Singapore 214,584 1991
121 Sierra Leone 213,839 2005
122 Rwanda 203,822 2005
123 Congo, Republic of the 198,178 2005
124 Papua New Guinea 190,321 2003
125 Haiti 188,558 1991
126 Slovenia 187,817 2004
127 Niger 181,641 2005
128 Burundi 173,717 2005
129 Botswana 169,727 2004
130 Liberia 135,509 2000
131 Mauritius 128,141 2005
132 Estonia 124,382 2004
133 Trinidad and Tobago 105,381 2005
134 Gabon 105,191 2002
135 Fiji 101,741 2005
136 Oman 101,567 1991
137 Lesotho 94,460 2005
138 Mauritania 92,796 2005
139 The Gambia 85,181 2004
140 Namibia 73,409 1991
141 East Timor 73,164 2005
142 Guyana 72,259 2004
143 Bahrain 71,645 2005
144 Swaziland 67,696 2004
145 Central African Republic 66,492 2003
146 Cyprus 64,534 2004
147 Malawi 59,096 1991
148 Qatar 55,705 2005
149 Cape Verde 51,672 2005
150 Macau 46,539 2005
151 Suriname 45,818 2005
152 Brunei 43,900 2005
153 Somalia 43,400 1991
154 Comoros 43,349 2005
155 Bhutan 42,144 2005
156 Malta 41,723 2004
157 Luxembourg 35,208 2004
158 Iceland 32,700 2004
159 Belize 32,322 2005
160 Maldives 30,588 2005
161 Djibouti 30,142 2005
162 Guinea-Bissau 26,543 2001
163 Barbados 21,418 2005
164 Equatorial Guinea 21,173 2002
165 Netherlands Antilles 15,268 2003
166 Saint Lucia 13,786 2005
167 Grenada 13,675 2005
168 Tonga 12,962 2005
169 Vanuatu 10,723 2005
170 Samoa 9,843 1991
171 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9,780 2005
172 Seychelles 8,718 1991
173 Sao Tome and Principe 8,091 2005
174 Dominica 7,476 2005
175 Aruba 7,116 2005
176 Federated States of Micronesia 7,000 1991
177 Bermuda 5,480 1991
178 Antigua and Barbuda 5,276 2000
179 Andorra 3,737 2005
180 American Samoa 3,565 1991
181 Liechtenstein 3,273 2004
182 Monaco 3,078 2004
183 Kiribati 2,965 1991
184 San Marino 1,182 1991

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