What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, male between Afghanistan and United Kingdom?

291,640 number, with Afghanistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and United Kingdom?

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

Afghanistan vs United Kingdom: Population of compulsory school age, male

Afghanistan

4.75 million number

in 2019

United Kingdom

4.46 million number

in 2020

Afghanistan rank

24th

United Kingdom rank

26th

Population of compulsory school age, male over time

Afghanistan
United Kingdom

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 4.75 million number against 4.46 million number in United Kingdom, a difference of 291,640 number.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1998 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 24th and United Kingdom ranks 26th of 186 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.77 million number	4.26 million number	2.49 million number	United Kingdom
2000s	2.43 million number	4.23 million number	1.81 million number	United Kingdom
2010s	4.35 million number	4.18 million number	166,033 number	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of compulsory school age, male, Afghanistan or United Kingdom?: Afghanistan, at 4.75 million number against 4.46 million number in United Kingdom as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, male between Afghanistan and United Kingdom?: 291,640 number, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and United Kingdom?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Afghanistan and United Kingdom rank globally for population of compulsory school age, male?: Afghanistan ranks 24th and United Kingdom ranks 26th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Population of compulsory school age, male (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, male (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 male children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.