Nigeria vs Pakistan: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male

Nigeria
3.08 million number
in 2020
Pakistan
2.70 million number
in 2020
Nigeria rank
3rd
Pakistan rank
4th

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

  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M3.0M197019952020

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 3.08 million number against 2.70 million number in Pakistan, a difference of 378,380 number.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Pakistan ahead.

Nigeria ranks 3rd and Pakistan ranks 4th of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 2 and Pakistan in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Pakistan Difference Ahead
1970s 895,246 number 1.00 million number 105,592 number Pakistan
1980s 1.25 million number 1.36 million number 110,571 number Pakistan
1990s 1.59 million number 1.87 million number 283,113 number Pakistan
2000s 2.01 million number 2.24 million number 232,050 number Pakistan
2010s 2.69 million number 2.49 million number 198,855 number Nigeria
2020s 3.08 million number 2.70 million number 378,380 number Nigeria

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, Nigeria or Pakistan?
Nigeria, at 3.08 million number against 2.70 million number in Pakistan as of 2020.
What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Nigeria and Pakistan?
378,380 number, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Pakistan?
51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Nigeria and Pakistan rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
Nigeria ranks 3rd and Pakistan ranks 4th 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.