How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and IDA total?

50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs IDA total: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both

Bangladesh

2.91 million number

in 2020

IDA total

43.13 million number

in 2019

Bangladesh rank

9th

IDA total rank

8th

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both over time

Bangladesh
IDA total

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 43.13 million number against 2.91 million number in Bangladesh, a difference of 40.22 million number.

That makes IDA total's figure about 14.8 times Bangladesh's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 9th and IDA total ranks 8th of 206 countries.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	IDA total	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2.22 million number	16.79 million number	14.57 million number	IDA total
1980s	2.68 million number	21.61 million number	18.93 million number	IDA total
1990s	3.09 million number	27.66 million number	24.57 million number	IDA total
2000s	3.20 million number	33.46 million number	30.25 million number	IDA total
2010s	3.04 million number	40.06 million number	37.02 million number	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of the official entrance age to primary education, both, Bangladesh or IDA total?: IDA total, at 43.13 million number against 2.91 million number in Bangladesh as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, both between Bangladesh and IDA total?: 40.22 million number, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and IDA total?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Bangladesh and IDA total rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, both?: Bangladesh ranks 9th and IDA total ranks 8th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bangladesh vs IDA total: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/population-of-the-official-entrance-age-to-primary-education-both-sexes-number/bangladesh/ida-total/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/population-of-the-official-entrance-age-to-primary-education-both-sexes-number/bangladesh/ida-total/">Bangladesh vs IDA total: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.