Afghanistan vs South Africa: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

Afghanistan
554,847 number
in 2020
South Africa
590,215 number
in 2020
Afghanistan rank
23rd
South Africa rank
21st

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

  • Afghanistan
  • South Africa
200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k600.0k197019952020

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 590,215 number against 554,847 number in Afghanistan, a difference of 35,368 number.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 51 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 23rd and South Africa ranks 21st of 206 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan South Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 184,367 number 349,657 number 165,290 number South Africa
1980s 194,004 number 450,138 number 256,134 number South Africa
1990s 274,080 number 535,803 number 261,724 number South Africa
2000s 407,748 number 489,000 number 81,252 number South Africa
2010s 526,621 number 544,661 number 18,040 number South Africa
2020s 554,847 number 590,215 number 35,368 number South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of the official entrance age to primary education, male, Afghanistan or South Africa?
South Africa, at 590,215 number against 554,847 number in Afghanistan as of 2020.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Afghanistan and South Africa?
35,368 number, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and South Africa?
51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Afghanistan and South Africa rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
Afghanistan ranks 23rd and South Africa ranks 21st of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male (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, male (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

Male 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.