What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, male between Bangladesh and Russian Federation?

1.43 million number, with Russian Federation ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Russian Federation?

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.

Bangladesh vs Russian Federation: Population of compulsory school age, male

Bangladesh

7.56 million number

in 2019

Russian Federation

8.99 million number

in 2020

Bangladesh rank

15th

Russian Federation rank

12th

Population of compulsory school age, male over time

Bangladesh
Russian Federation

How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 8.99 million number against 7.56 million number in Bangladesh, a difference of 1.43 million number.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 1.2 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Russian Federation ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 15th and Russian Federation ranks 12th of 186 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Russian Federation in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Russian Federation	Difference	Ahead
1990s	7.93 million number	9.75 million number	1.82 million number	Russian Federation
2000s	8.11 million number	7.84 million number	265,899 number	Bangladesh
2010s	7.87 million number	7.49 million number	381,974 number	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of compulsory school age, male, Bangladesh or Russian Federation?: Russian Federation, at 8.99 million number against 7.56 million number in Bangladesh as of 2020.
What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, male between Bangladesh and Russian Federation?: 1.43 million number, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Russian Federation?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Bangladesh and Russian Federation rank globally for population of compulsory school age, male?: Bangladesh ranks 15th and Russian Federation ranks 12th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bangladesh vs Russian Federation: Population of compulsory school age, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/population-of-compulsory-school-age-male-number/bangladesh/russian-federation/

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-male-number/bangladesh/russian-federation/">Bangladesh vs Russian Federation: Population of compulsory school age, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.