What is the difference in school age population, pre-primary education, female between Iran and Republic of Korea?

17,729 number, with Iran ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Republic of Korea?

50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, pre-primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iran vs Republic of Korea: School age population, pre-primary education, female

Iran

673,763 number

in 2019

Republic of Korea

656,034 number

in 2019

Iran rank

53rd

Republic of Korea rank

54th

School age population, pre-primary education, female over time

Iran
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Iran currently reports 673,763 number against 656,034 number in Republic of Korea, a difference of 17,729 number.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Republic of Korea ahead.

Iran ranks 53rd and Republic of Korea ranks 54th of 206 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Iran averaged higher in 4 and Republic of Korea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iran	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1970s	463,727 number	433,345 number	30,382 number	Iran
1980s	702,402 number	383,754 number	318,648 number	Iran
1990s	872,197 number	309,535 number	562,662 number	Iran
2000s	576,489 number	286,408 number	290,081 number	Iran
2010s	617,612 number	657,885 number	40,273 number	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, pre-primary education, female, Iran or Republic of Korea?: Iran, at 673,763 number against 656,034 number in Republic of Korea as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, pre-primary education, female between Iran and Republic of Korea?: 17,729 number, with Iran ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Republic of Korea?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Iran and Republic of Korea rank globally for school age population, pre-primary education, female?: Iran ranks 53rd and Republic of Korea ranks 54th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, pre-primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, pre-primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 12,152 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.