What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Democratic Republic of Congo and Sub-Saharan Africa?

14.45 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Sub-Saharan Africa?

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 Sub-Saharan Africa: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

Democratic Republic of Congo

1.39 million number

in 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa

15.84 million number

in 2019

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

10th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

13th

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

Democratic Republic of Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 15.84 million number against 1.39 million number in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 14.45 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 11.4 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 13th of 206 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	328,508 number	5.08 million number	4.75 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s	436,009 number	6.74 million number	6.31 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s	603,994 number	8.69 million number	8.09 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	815,235 number	10.98 million number	10.16 million number	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	1.16 million number	14.31 million number	13.15 million number	Sub-Saharan 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, Democratic Republic of Congo or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 15.84 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?: 14.45 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 13th 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.