Afghanistan vs GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Population of compulsory school age, male

Afghanistan
5.18 million
in 2025
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
172.51 million
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
24th
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
21st

Population of compulsory school age, male over time

  • Afghanistan
  • GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
050.0M100.0M150.0M199720112025

How they compare

GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 currently reports 172.51 million against 5.18 million in Afghanistan, a difference of 167.34 million.

That makes GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024's figure about 33.3 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 27 years both countries report, GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 24th and GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 21st of 197 countries.

GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 Difference Ahead
1990s 1.66 million 89.60 million 87.94 million GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
2000s 2.36 million 109.52 million 107.15 million GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
2010s 4.22 million 143.84 million 139.63 million GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
2020s 4.90 million 169.28 million 164.38 million GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of compulsory school age, male, Afghanistan or GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, at 172.51 million against 5.18 million in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, male between Afghanistan and GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
167.34 million, with GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
27 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank globally for population of compulsory school age, male?
Afghanistan ranks 24th and GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 21st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of compulsory school age, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population of compulsory school age, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
418 places, 11,049 data points, 1974–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release