GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 vs Japan: School age population, one year before the official primary entry

GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
18.90 million
in 2024
Japan
468,140
in 2025
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
26th
Japan rank
29th

School age population, one year before the official primary entry over time

  • GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
  • Japan
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How they compare

GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 currently reports 18.90 million against 468,140 in Japan, a difference of 18.43 million.

That makes GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024's figure about 40.4 times Japan's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 has been ahead every year.

GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 26th and Japan ranks 29th of 221 groups.

GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 Japan Difference Ahead
2000s 15.29 million 605,971 14.69 million GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
2010s 17.66 million 543,889 17.12 million GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
2020s 18.94 million 502,417 18.44 million GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, one year before the official primary entry, GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 or Japan?
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, at 18.90 million against 468,140 in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in school age population, one year before the official primary entry between GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Japan?
18.43 million, with GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Japan?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Japan rank globally for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 26th and Japan ranks 29th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
443 places, 20,763 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release