Australia vs North Korea: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

Australia
168,985 number
in 2020
North Korea
168,965 number
in 2019
Australia rank
70th
North Korea rank
71st

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

  • Australia
  • North Korea
0100.0k200.0k300.0k197019952020

How they compare

Australia currently reports 168,985 number against 168,965 number in North Korea, a difference of 20 number.

Across all 50 years both countries report, North Korea has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 70th and North Korea ranks 71st of 206 countries.

North Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia North Korea Difference Ahead
1970s 128,429 number 221,602 number 93,173 number North Korea
1980s 123,616 number 191,370 number 67,754 number North Korea
1990s 133,671 number 200,399 number 66,728 number North Korea
2000s 135,769 number 204,610 number 68,842 number North Korea
2010s 157,134 number 180,333 number 23,200 number North Korea

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, Australia or North Korea?
Australia, at 168,985 number against 168,965 number in North Korea as of 2020.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Australia and North Korea?
20 number, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and North Korea?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Australia and North Korea rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
Australia ranks 70th and North Korea ranks 71st 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.