Cameroon vs Thailand: School age population, primary education, male

Cameroon
2.39 million
in 2025
Thailand
2.26 million
in 2025
Cameroon rank
33rd
Thailand rank
36th

School age population, primary education, male over time

  • Cameroon
  • Thailand
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M197019972025

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 2.39 million against 2.26 million in Thailand, a difference of 131,050.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Thailand's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Thailand ahead.

Cameroon ranks 33rd and Thailand ranks 36th of 222 countries.

Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Thailand Difference Ahead
1970s 565,228 3.84 million 3.28 million Thailand
1980s 805,058 3.60 million 2.80 million Thailand
1990s 1.11 million 3.31 million 2.20 million Thailand
2000s 1.39 million 3.13 million 1.74 million Thailand
2010s 1.83 million 2.60 million 770,737 Thailand
2020s 2.24 million 2.30 million 56,988 Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, primary education, male, Cameroon or Thailand?
Cameroon, at 2.39 million against 2.26 million in Thailand as of 2025.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Cameroon and Thailand?
131,050, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Thailand?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Cameroon and Thailand rank globally for school age population, primary education, male?
Cameroon ranks 33rd and Thailand ranks 36th of 222 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cameroon vs Thailand: School age population, primary education, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-primary-education-male-number-2/cameroon/thailand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-primary-education-male-number-2/cameroon/thailand/">Cameroon vs Thailand: School age population, primary education, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, primary education, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
443 places, 20,724 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release