What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Chile and Sri Lanka?

83,062 number, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Sri Lanka?

51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.

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.

Chile vs Sri Lanka: School age population, primary education, male

Chile

772,991 number

in 2020

Sri Lanka

856,053 number

in 2020

Chile rank

75th

Sri Lanka rank

72nd

School age population, primary education, male over time

Chile
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 856,053 number against 772,991 number in Chile, a difference of 83,062 number.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Chile ranks 75th and Sri Lanka ranks 72nd of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1970s	768,047 number	870,292 number	102,245 number	Sri Lanka
1980s	772,860 number	928,921 number	156,060 number	Sri Lanka
1990s	862,240 number	922,520 number	60,280 number	Sri Lanka
2000s	840,760 number	834,219 number	6,541 number	Chile
2010s	752,643 number	875,319 number	122,676 number	Sri Lanka
2020s	772,991 number	856,053 number	83,062 number	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, primary education, male, Chile or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 856,053 number against 772,991 number in Chile as of 2020.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Chile and Sri Lanka?: 83,062 number, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Sri Lanka?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Chile and Sri Lanka rank globally for school age population, primary education, male?: Chile ranks 75th and Sri Lanka ranks 72nd of 206 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.

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Indicator: School age population, 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: 21 August 2026

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