Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Chile

Chile: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female was 124,255 number in 2020. ▬ Flat

Latest (2020)
124,255 number
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
75th
of 206 countries
All-time high
144,088 number
in 1998
All-time low
117,422 number
in 2011
Years of data
51
1970–2020

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Chile, 1970–2020

050.0k100.0k150.0k197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Chile is 124,255 number, measured in 2020.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Chile peaked at 144,088 number in 1998 and was at its lowest, 117,422 number, in 2011.

Chile ranks 75th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Chile, year by year

Annual values for Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number) in Chile, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 127,388 number
1971 127,956 number +0.4%
1972 128,027 number +0.1%
1973 127,744 number -0.2%
1974 127,251 number -0.4%
1975 126,758 number -0.4%
1976 126,366 number -0.3%
1977 125,937 number -0.3%
1978 125,515 number -0.3%
1979 125,139 number -0.3%
1980 124,850 number -0.2%
1981 124,842 number -0.0%
1982 125,165 number +0.3%
1983 125,698 number +0.4%
1984 126,307 number +0.5%
1985 126,810 number +0.4%
1986 127,205 number +0.3%
1987 127,456 number +0.2%
1988 127,757 number +0.2%
1989 128,315 number +0.4%
1990 129,388 number +0.8%
1991 131,131 number +1.3%
1992 133,582 number +1.9%
1993 136,344 number +2.1%
1994 139,012 number +2.0%
1995 141,047 number +1.5%
1996 142,566 number +1.1%
1997 143,610 number +0.7%
1998 144,088 number +0.3%
1999 143,902 number -0.1%
2000 142,996 number -0.6%
2001 141,122 number -1.3%
2002 137,953 number -2.2%
2003 134,063 number -2.8%
2004 130,018 number -3.0%
2005 126,588 number -2.6%
2006 123,864 number -2.2%
2007 121,674 number -1.8%
2008 119,970 number -1.4%
2009 118,696 number -1.1%
2010 117,721 number -0.8%
2011 117,422 number -0.3%
2012 117,965 number +0.5%
2013 119,056 number +0.9%
2014 120,428 number +1.2%
2015 121,619 number +1.0%
2016 122,625 number +0.8%
2017 123,672 number +0.9%
2018 124,501 number +0.7%
2019 124,776 number +0.2%
2020 124,255 number -0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 126,808 number 125,139 number 128,027 number 10
1980s 126,440 number 124,842 number 128,315 number 10
1990s 138,467 number 129,388 number 144,088 number 10
2000s 129,694 number 118,696 number 142,996 number 10
2010s 120,978 number 117,422 number 124,776 number 10
2020s 124,255 number 124,255 number 124,255 number 1

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 72 Australia 160,330 number compare
  2. 73 Ecuador 157,609 number compare
  3. 74 South Sudan 154,989 number compare
  4. 76 Haiti 122,281 number compare
  5. 77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 115,626 number compare
  6. 78 Jordan 114,671 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Chile?
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Chile was 124,255 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Chile?
The highest recorded value was 144,088 number in 1998.
What is the lowest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 117,422 number in 2011.
How does Chile rank for population of the official entrance age to primary education, female?
Chile ranks 75th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
Is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Chile data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.