UIS · Education

Sri Lanka: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes

1.77Mcount · 2025+4.5% since 2015

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

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20251,771,290
20241,751,577
20231,727,079
20221,703,367
20211,685,597
20201,675,174
20191,674,870
20181,681,637
20171,689,501
20161,693,739
20151,694,855
20141,688,180
20131,676,181
20121,662,637
20111,651,364
20101,651,389
20091,665,597
20081,692,278
20071,729,733
20061,774,640
20051,823,118
20041,868,331
20031,903,051
20021,923,460
20011,918,568
20001,897,580

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). School age population, tertiary education, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-5t8 (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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