Nigeria vs United States: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male over time
- Nigeria
- United States
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 3.08 million number against 2.07 million number in United States, a difference of 1.01 million number.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.5 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was United States ahead.
Nigeria ranks 3rd and United States ranks 6th of 206 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and United States in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 895,246 number | 1.87 million number | 970,388 number | United States |
| 1980s | 1.25 million number | 1.74 million number | 488,743 number | United States |
| 1990s | 1.59 million number | 1.97 million number | 387,092 number | United States |
| 2000s | 2.01 million number | 2.01 million number | 4,679 number | United States |
| 2010s | 2.65 million number | 2.08 million number | 571,364 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 United States?
- Nigeria, at 3.08 million number against 2.07 million number in United States as of 2020.
- What is the difference in population of the official entrance age to primary education, male between Nigeria and United States?
- 1.01 million number, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and United States?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
- How do Nigeria and United States rank globally for population of the official entrance age to primary education, male?
- Nigeria ranks 3rd and United States ranks 6th 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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About this data
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.