Kenya vs Tanzania: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female

Kenya
694,451 number
in 2020
Tanzania
851,820 number
in 2020
Kenya rank
18th
Tanzania rank
15th

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

  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k197019952020

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 851,820 number against 694,451 number in Kenya, a difference of 157,369 number.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Tanzania ahead.

Kenya ranks 18th and Tanzania ranks 15th of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Tanzania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Tanzania Difference Ahead
1970s 225,983 number 233,582 number 7,598 number Tanzania
1980s 334,570 number 319,420 number 15,150 number Kenya
1990s 437,715 number 429,232 number 8,483 number Kenya
2000s 539,905 number 549,087 number 9,182 number Tanzania
2010s 668,546 number 749,047 number 80,501 number Tanzania
2020s 694,451 number 851,820 number 157,369 number Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of the official entrance age to primary education, female, Kenya or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 851,820 number against 694,451 number in Kenya as of 2020.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, female between Kenya and Tanzania?
157,369 number, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Tanzania?
51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Kenya and Tanzania rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, female?
Kenya ranks 18th and Tanzania ranks 15th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (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, female (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

Female 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.