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South Africa: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes

5.10Mcount · 2025-7.7% since 2015

School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.5T8. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20255,098,356
20245,036,252
20235,078,636
20225,160,259
20215,202,539
20205,236,443
20195,271,453
20185,268,916
20175,291,615
20165,566,012
20155,521,167
20145,511,198
20135,565,070
20125,604,550
20115,680,871
20105,743,371
20095,815,096
20085,835,691
20075,798,375
20065,690,356
20055,500,058
20045,262,981
20035,010,352
20024,810,221
20014,630,140
20004,533,560

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). School age population, tertiary education, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-5t8 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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