What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, male between Malawi and Sri Lanka?

176,790 number, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sri Lanka?

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.

Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Population of compulsory school age, male

Malawi

2.07 million number

in 2019

Sri Lanka

1.90 million number

in 2019

Malawi rank

54th

Sri Lanka rank

57th

Population of compulsory school age, male over time

Malawi
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 2.07 million number against 1.90 million number in Sri Lanka, a difference of 176,790 number.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

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

Malawi ranks 54th and Sri Lanka ranks 57th of 186 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.19 million number	1.58 million number	385,130 number	Sri Lanka
2000s	1.41 million number	1.50 million number	95,871 number	Sri Lanka
2010s	1.83 million number	1.69 million number	141,910 number	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population of compulsory school age, male, Malawi or Sri Lanka?: Malawi, at 2.07 million number against 1.90 million number in Sri Lanka as of 2019.
What is the difference in population of compulsory school age, male between Malawi and Sri Lanka?: 176,790 number, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sri Lanka?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Malawi and Sri Lanka rank globally for population of compulsory school age, male?: Malawi ranks 54th and Sri Lanka ranks 57th 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.