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South Africa: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes

9.51Mcount · 2025+5.8% since 2015

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

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20259,511,148
20249,519,633
20239,561,309
20229,602,089
20219,673,371
20209,651,478
20199,559,258
20189,429,908
20179,279,715
20169,174,139
20158,989,799
20148,894,433
20138,787,319
20128,738,919
20118,815,492
20108,905,911
20099,082,830
20089,253,798
20079,441,785
20069,588,473
20059,757,893
20049,922,517
200310,055,539
200210,169,862
200110,323,125
200010,407,478

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Population of compulsory school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-ce (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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