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United Kingdom: Population of compulsory school age, both sexes

8.99Mcount · 2024+11.4% since 2014

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.CE. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20248,987,096NAT_EST
20238,892,599NAT_EST
20228,776,706NAT_EST
20218,705,029NAT_EST
20208,675,971NAT_EST
20198,625,071NAT_EST
20188,531,633NAT_EST
20178,405,432NAT_EST
20168,269,990NAT_EST
20158,156,363NAT_EST
20148,069,284NAT_EST
20138,003,546NAT_EST
20127,966,261NAT_EST
20117,949,592NAT_EST
20107,955,179NAT_EST
20097,983,582NAT_EST
20088,037,452NAT_EST
20078,121,436NAT_EST
20068,206,224NAT_EST
20058,274,021NAT_EST
20048,329,402NAT_EST
20038,364,288NAT_EST
20028,376,985NAT_EST
20018,394,438NAT_EST
20008,409,392NAT_EST

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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