What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Democratic Republic of Congo and East Asia & Pacific?

15.08 million number, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and East Asia & Pacific?

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, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs East Asia & Pacific: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

Democratic Republic of Congo

1.39 million number

in 2020

East Asia & Pacific

16.46 million number

in 2019

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

10th

East Asia & Pacific rank

12th

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

Democratic Republic of Congo
East Asia & Pacific

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific currently reports 16.46 million number against 1.39 million number in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 15.08 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific's figure about 11.9 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 10th and East Asia & Pacific ranks 12th of 206 countries.

East Asia & Pacific has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	East Asia & Pacific	Difference	Ahead
1970s	328,508 number	19.13 million number	18.80 million number	East Asia & Pacific
1980s	436,009 number	18.39 million number	17.95 million number	East Asia & Pacific
1990s	603,994 number	19.65 million number	19.04 million number	East Asia & Pacific
2000s	815,235 number	16.76 million number	15.95 million number	East Asia & Pacific
2010s	1.16 million number	16.13 million number	14.96 million number	East Asia & Pacific

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, Democratic Republic of Congo or East Asia & Pacific?: East Asia & Pacific, at 16.46 million number against 1.39 million number in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Democratic Republic of Congo and East Asia & Pacific?: 15.08 million number, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and East Asia & Pacific?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and East Asia & Pacific rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 10th and East Asia & Pacific ranks 12th 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: 04 September 2026

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.