Population of compulsory school age, male in Denmark

Denmark: Population of compulsory school age, male was 335,261 number in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
335,261 number
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
112th
of 186 countries
All-time high
346,658 number
in 2011
All-time low
265,173 number
in 1998
Years of data
23
1998–2020

Population of compulsory school age, male in Denmark, 1998–2020

0100.0k200.0k300.0k1998200920201998: 265.2k number1999: 272.0k number2000: 280.4k number2001: 289.0k number2002: 297.6k number2003: 305.1k number2004: 311.0k number2005: 315.4k number2006: 318.3k number2007: 319.8k number2008: 319.7k number2009: 318.1k number2010: 315.9k number2011: 346.7k number2012: 345.5k number2013: 344.3k number2014: 343.3k number2015: 342.4k number2016: 341.5k number2017: 342.0k number2018: 340.9k number2019: 338.7k number2020: 335.3k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Denmark recorded 335,261 number for population of compulsory school age, male in 2020.

That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of compulsory school age, male in Denmark peaked at 346,658 number in 2011 and was at its lowest, 265,173 number, in 1998.

Denmark ranks 112th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 268,608 number 265,173 number 272,042 number 2
2000s 307,440 number 280,354 number 319,822 number 10
2010s 340,107 number 315,868 number 346,658 number 10
2020s 335,261 number 335,261 number 335,261 number 1

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 109 Ireland 352,884 number compare
  2. 110 Uruguay 340,326 number compare
  3. 111 Puerto Rico 336,904 number compare
  4. 113 Norway 326,280 number compare
  5. 114 New Zealand 324,688 number compare
  6. 115 Mongolia 322,500 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of compulsory school age, male in Denmark?
Population of compulsory school age, male in Denmark was 335,261 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of compulsory school age, male recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 346,658 number in 2011.
What is the lowest population of compulsory school age, male recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 265,173 number in 1998.
How does Denmark rank for population of compulsory school age, male?
Denmark ranks 112th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
Is population of compulsory school age, male rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Denmark 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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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
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Population of male children within the age span that children are legally obliged to attend school.