What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, both sexes between Burkina Faso and Mali?

575,030 number, with Burkina Faso ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?

22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burkina Faso vs Mali: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes

Burkina Faso

5.37 million number

in 2019

Mali

4.80 million number

in 2019

Burkina Faso rank

42nd

Mali rank

45th

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes over time

Burkina Faso
Mali

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 5.37 million number against 4.80 million number in Mali, a difference of 575,030 number.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 42nd and Mali ranks 45th of 186 countries.

Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.96 million number	2.43 million number	526,255 number	Burkina Faso
2000s	3.49 million number	2.88 million number	610,689 number	Burkina Faso
2010s	4.72 million number	4.09 million number	631,799 number	Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of compulsory school age, both sexes, Burkina Faso or Mali?: Burkina Faso, at 5.37 million number against 4.80 million number in Mali as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, both sexes between Burkina Faso and Mali?: 575,030 number, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Burkina Faso and Mali rank globally for population of compulsory school age, both sexes?: Burkina Faso ranks 42nd and Mali ranks 45th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (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

Burkina Faso vs Mali: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/population-of-compulsory-school-age-both-sexes-number/burkina-faso/mali/

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 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/population-of-compulsory-school-age-both-sexes-number/burkina-faso/mali/">Burkina Faso vs Mali: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 231 places, 4,849 data points, 1975–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Population of children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.