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Afghanistan: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes

10.11Mcount · 2025+20.0% since 2015

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.CE. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202510,114,400
20249,884,443
20239,658,317
20229,581,200
20219,487,745
20209,238,595
20199,033,352
20188,849,983
20178,682,770
20168,537,883
20158,426,930
20148,186,496
20137,990,152
20127,769,084
20117,457,101
20107,274,671
20097,048,332
20086,741,091
20074,750,241
20064,564,810
20054,340,351
20044,200,180
20033,965,999
20023,634,307
20013,494,287
20003,492,242

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Population of compulsory school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-ce (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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