East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Iran: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
15.41 million number
in 2019
Iran
714,329 number
in 2020
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
17th
Iran rank
18th

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

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Iran
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M197019952020

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 15.41 million number against 714,329 number in Iran, a difference of 14.69 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 21.6 times Iran's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 17th and Iran ranks 18th of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Iran Difference Ahead
1970s 17.52 million number 476,954 number 17.04 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1980s 16.83 million number 701,838 number 16.13 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 18.35 million number 917,150 number 17.44 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 15.60 million number 617,493 number 14.98 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 15.07 million number 633,854 number 14.44 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Iran?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 15.41 million number against 714,329 number in Iran as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Iran?
14.69 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Iran?
50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Iran rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 17th and Iran ranks 18th of 45 groups.
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.