What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, female between Australia and Zimbabwe?

116,710 number, with Australia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Zimbabwe?

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, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Zimbabwe: Population of compulsory school age, female

Australia

1.55 million number

in 2019

Zimbabwe

1.43 million number

in 2019

Australia rank

62nd

Zimbabwe rank

65th

Population of compulsory school age, female over time

Australia
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1.55 million number against 1.43 million number in Zimbabwe, a difference of 116,710 number.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

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

Australia ranks 62nd and Zimbabwe ranks 65th of 186 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.28 million number	1.17 million number	109,525 number	Australia
2000s	1.32 million number	1.13 million number	184,943 number	Australia
2010s	1.43 million number	1.27 million number	156,614 number	Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of compulsory school age, female, Australia or Zimbabwe?: Australia, at 1.55 million number against 1.43 million number in Zimbabwe as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, female between Australia and Zimbabwe?: 116,710 number, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Zimbabwe?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Australia and Zimbabwe rank globally for population of compulsory school age, female?: Australia ranks 62nd and Zimbabwe ranks 65th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of compulsory school age, female (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, female (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: 07 August 2026

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