What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, both between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Turkey?

27.56 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Turkey?

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.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Turkey: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

28.93 million number

in 2019

Turkey

1.37 million number

in 2020

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

18th

Turkey rank

20th

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

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Turkey

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 28.93 million number against 1.37 million number in Turkey, a difference of 27.56 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 21.1 times Turkey's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 18th and Turkey ranks 20th of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1970s	33.86 million number	1.05 million number	32.81 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
1980s	32.46 million number	1.25 million number	31.21 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s	35.27 million number	1.30 million number	33.98 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	29.45 million number	1.30 million number	28.15 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	28.21 million number	1.32 million number	26.89 million number	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

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, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) or Turkey?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), at 28.93 million number against 1.37 million number in Turkey as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, both between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Turkey?: 27.56 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Turkey?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Turkey rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, both?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 18th and Turkey ranks 20th of 45 groups.
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.

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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.