Which has higher population of compulsory school age, male, China or Early-demographic dividend?

Early-demographic dividend, at 288.13 million number against 81.64 million number in China as of 2019.

What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, male between China and Early-demographic dividend?

206.49 million number, with Early-demographic dividend ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Early-demographic dividend?

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.

China vs Early-demographic dividend: Population of compulsory school age, male

China

81.64 million number

in 2019

Early-demographic dividend

288.13 million number

in 2019

China rank

2nd

Early-demographic dividend rank

5th

Population of compulsory school age, male over time

China
Early-demographic dividend

How they compare

Early-demographic dividend currently reports 288.13 million number against 81.64 million number in China, a difference of 206.49 million number.

That makes Early-demographic dividend's figure about 3.5 times China's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Early-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

China ranks 2nd and Early-demographic dividend ranks 5th of 186 countries.

Early-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Early-demographic dividend	Difference	Ahead
1990s	112.89 million number	117.78 million number	4.88 million number	Early-demographic dividend
2000s	98.42 million number	156.40 million number	57.98 million number	Early-demographic dividend
2010s	81.26 million number	280.68 million number	199.42 million number	Early-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of compulsory school age, male, China or Early-demographic dividend?: Early-demographic dividend, at 288.13 million number against 81.64 million number in China as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, male between China and Early-demographic dividend?: 206.49 million number, with Early-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Early-demographic dividend?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do China and Early-demographic dividend rank globally for population of compulsory school age, male?: China ranks 2nd and Early-demographic dividend ranks 5th 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.