What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, both sexes between Dominican Republic and Honduras?

448,500 number, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Honduras?

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.

Dominican Republic vs Honduras: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes

Dominican Republic

2.89 million number

in 2019

Honduras

2.44 million number

in 2019

Dominican Republic rank

66th

Honduras rank

69th

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes over time

Dominican Republic
Honduras

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 2.89 million number against 2.44 million number in Honduras, a difference of 448,500 number.

That makes Dominican Republic's figure about 1.2 times Honduras's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 66th and Honduras ranks 69th of 186 countries.

Dominican Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Honduras	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.73 million number	1.52 million number	214,515 number	Dominican Republic
2000s	1.77 million number	1.73 million number	47,967 number	Dominican Republic
2010s	2.92 million number	2.42 million number	496,372 number	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of compulsory school age, both sexes, Dominican Republic or Honduras?: Dominican Republic, at 2.89 million number against 2.44 million number in Honduras as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, both sexes between Dominican Republic and Honduras?: 448,500 number, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Honduras?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Dominican Republic and Honduras rank globally for population of compulsory school age, both sexes?: Dominican Republic ranks 66th and Honduras ranks 69th 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.

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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: 21 August 2026

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