What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Iraq and Republic of Korea?

81,070 number, with Iraq ahead.

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

43 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

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

Iraq vs Republic of Korea: School age population, tertiary education, male

Iraq

1.76 million number

in 2015

Republic of Korea

1.68 million number

in 2018

Iraq rank

30th

Republic of Korea rank

31st

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Iraq
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 1.76 million number against 1.68 million number in Republic of Korea, a difference of 81,070 number.

Across all 43 years both countries report, Republic of Korea has been ahead every year.

Iraq ranks 30th and Republic of Korea ranks 31st of 203 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1970s	515,878 number	1.83 million number	1.32 million number	Republic of Korea
1980s	699,346 number	2.23 million number	1.54 million number	Republic of Korea
1990s	1.04 million number	2.19 million number	1.16 million number	Republic of Korea
2000s	1.33 million number	1.84 million number	513,071 number	Republic of Korea
2010s	1.64 million number	1.80 million number	160,977 number	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Iraq or Republic of Korea?: Iraq, at 1.76 million number against 1.68 million number in Republic of Korea as of 2015.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Iraq and Republic of Korea?: 81,070 number, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Republic of Korea?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2015.
How do Iraq and Republic of Korea rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Iraq ranks 30th and Republic of Korea ranks 31st of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary 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, tertiary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

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