Population of compulsory school age, male in Chad

Chad: Population of compulsory school age, male was 2.18 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
2.18 million number
Change on year
up 2.8%
World rank
50th
of 186 countries
All-time high
2.18 million number
in 2019
All-time low
666,308 number
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Population of compulsory school age, male in Chad, 1998–2019

500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M1998200820191998: 666.3k number1999: 693.4k number2000: 721.1k number2001: 748.8k number2002: 781.5k number2003: 816.1k number2004: 851.4k number2005: 885.9k number2006: 1.4M number2007: 1.5M number2008: 1.5M number2009: 1.6M number2010: 1.6M number2011: 1.7M number2012: 1.8M number2013: 1.8M number2014: 1.9M number2015: 1.9M number2016: 2.0M number2017: 2.1M number2018: 2.1M number2019: 2.2M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Chad recorded 2.18 million number for population of compulsory school age, male in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 37.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of compulsory school age, male in Chad peaked at 2.18 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 666,308 number, in 1998.

Chad ranks 50th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Population of compulsory school age, male in Chad, year by year

Annual values for Population of compulsory school age, male (number) in Chad, 1998 to 2019.
Year number Change
1998 666,308 number —
1999 693,402 number +4.1%
2000 721,107 number +4.0%
2001 748,767 number +3.8%
2002 781,515 number +4.4%
2003 816,148 number +4.4%
2004 851,400 number +4.3%
2005 885,866 number +4.0%
2006 1.42 million number +60.0%
2007 1.47 million number +3.9%
2008 1.53 million number +3.7%
2009 1.58 million number +3.6%
2010 1.64 million number +3.5%
2011 1.69 million number +3.4%
2012 1.75 million number +3.5%
2013 1.81 million number +3.5%
2014 1.87 million number +3.4%
2015 1.94 million number +3.3%
2016 1.99 million number +3.0%
2017 2.05 million number +3.0%
2018 2.12 million number +2.9%
2019 2.18 million number +2.8%

Chad compared with similar countries

  • Chad's 2.18 million number is above the median for low income countries, which is 2.07 million number, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
  • Chad's 2.18 million number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.03 million number, 2.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Population of compulsory school age, male in Chad changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2006 +60.0% 885,866 number 1.42 million number

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 679,855 number 666,308 number 693,402 number 2
2000s 1.08 million number 721,107 number 1.58 million number 10
2010s 1.90 million number 1.64 million number 2.18 million number 10

Countries ranked near Chad

  1. 47 Myanmar 2.34 million number compare
  2. 48 Ukraine 2.33 million number compare
  3. 49 Senegal 2.26 million number compare
  4. 51 North Korea 2.16 million number compare
  5. 52 South Korea 2.13 million number compare
  6. 53 Cameroon 2.10 million number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of compulsory school age, male in Chad?
Population of compulsory school age, male in Chad was 2.18 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of compulsory school age, male recorded in Chad?
The highest recorded value was 2.18 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest population of compulsory school age, male recorded in Chad?
The lowest recorded value was 666,308 number in 1998.
How does Chad rank for population of compulsory school age, male?
Chad ranks 50th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
Is population of compulsory school age, male rising or falling in Chad?
Over the last ten years it is up 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Chad data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population of compulsory school age, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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

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