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School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) by country

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.

Countries reporting
207
Highest
69.89 million number
India
Lowest
531 number
British Virgin Islands
Median
343,183 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
12,152

What the numbers show

School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 69.89 million number in India; the lowest is 531 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 343,183 number, and the mean is 2.06 million number.

Over the past decade 153 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 381.5%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 34.3%).

School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 69.89 million number 2019 down 9.7% rising
2 China, People's Republic of 52.25 million number 2019 up 5.9% falling
3 United States 12.02 million number 2018 up 0.2% rising
4 Pakistan 10.57 million number 2019 up 15.5% rising
5 Indonesia 9.66 million number 2019 up 4.5% rising
6 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 9.19 million number 2019 up 14.8% rising
7 Brazil 8.72 million number 2011 down 12.3% falling
8 Bangladesh 8.71 million number 2019 down 8.4% volatile
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.58 million number 2019 up 38.2% rising
10 Russian Federation 7.63 million number 2020 up 30.7% falling
11 Mexico 6.75 million number 2019 up 48.8% rising
12 Nigeria 6.07 million number 2019 up 29.5% falling
13 Egypt 5.06 million number 2019 up 43.8% rising
14 South Africa 4.68 million number 2019 up 381.5% volatile
15 Viet Nam 4.60 million number 2019 up 13.6% flat
16 Uganda 4.43 million number 2019 up 29.8% volatile
17 Kenya 4.20 million number 2019 up 9.4% rising
18 Türkiye, Republic of 4.12 million number 2019 up 6.6% rising
19 Least developed countries 75.59 million number 2019 up 18.2% rising
19 Tanzania 3.44 million number 2019 up 27.1% rising
20 Mozambique, Republic of 2.88 million number 2019 up 23.7% volatile
21 Uzbekistan, Republic of 2.69 million number 2020 up 30.7% rising
22 Niger 2.41 million number 2019 up 46.6% volatile
23 Yemen, Republic of 2.41 million number 2019 up 19.5% rising
24 Sudan 2.38 million number 2020 up 14.9% rising
25 France 2.36 million number 2019 down 0.9% flat
26 Germany 2.31 million number 2020 up 10.5% falling
27 Philippines 2.29 million number 2019 up 5.2% rising
28 Thailand 2.27 million number 2019 down 8.9% falling
29 Côte d’Ivoire 2.25 million number 2019 up 21.0% rising
30 Argentina 2.25 million number 2019 up 4.6% rising
31 Madagascar, Republic of 2.25 million number 2019 up 18.8% rising
32 Zambia 2.24 million number 2019 up 23.2% rising
33 Colombia 2.22 million number 2019 down 9.8% rising
34 Angola 2.14 million number 2019 up 184.8% rising
35 Iraq 2.13 million number 2019 up 27.0% rising
36 Mali 1.92 million number 2019 down 1.8% volatile
37 Burkina Faso 1.91 million number 2019 up 32.2% rising
38 Saudi Arabia 1.82 million number 2019 up 11.1% rising
39 Myanmar 1.79 million number 2019 down 15.3% rising
40 Malawi 1.66 million number 2019 up 16.4% rising
41 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.65 million number 2019 down 4.0% rising
42 United Kingdom 1.63 million number 2020 up 13.6% falling
43 Peru 1.59 million number 2019 down 8.8% rising
44 Chad 1.59 million number 2019 up 29.7% rising
45 Ghana 1.58 million number 2019 up 21.2% rising
46 Italy 1.53 million number 2020 down 9.4% falling
47 Cameroon 1.52 million number 2019 up 26.2% rising
48 Ukraine 1.51 million number 2014 up 21.1% falling
49 Somalia 1.49 million number 2019 up 24.2% volatile
50 Poland, Republic of 1.49 million number 2020 up 3.7% falling
51 Senegal 1.49 million number 2019 up 32.9% rising
52 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.39 million number 2019 up 23.0% rising
53 Morocco 1.39 million number 2019 up 13.6% rising
54 Korea, Republic of 1.35 million number 2019 up 182.8% rising
55 Spain 1.26 million number 2020 down 9.3% falling
56 Guatemala 1.20 million number 2019 up 51.1% rising
57 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.20 million number 2020 up 17.8% falling
58 Guinea 1.13 million number 2019 up 18.7% rising
59 Nepal 1.10 million number 2019 down 14.4% falling
60 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 1.09 million number 2019 up 14.3% rising
61 Cambodia 1.06 million number 2019 up 16.1% rising
62 Syrian Arab Republic 1.06 million number 2019 down 34.3% rising
63 Malaysia 1.03 million number 2020 up 1.4% rising
64 Rwanda 1.02 million number 2019 up 20.4% rising
65 Tajikistan, Republic of 997,986 number 2019 up 48.5% rising
66 South Sudan, Republic of 978,611 number 2019 up 19.1% rising
67 Ecuador 976,337 number 2019 up 5.1% volatile
68 Algeria 955,517 number 2020 up 60.3% falling
69 Zimbabwe 909,487 number 2019 up 28.5% rising
70 Papua New Guinea 849,005 number 2019 up 352.1% volatile
71 Haiti 754,949 number 2019 up 2.3% rising
72 Chile 748,901 number 2019 up 56.4% rising
73 Burundi 722,488 number 2019 up 45.5% rising
74 Benin 691,778 number 2019 up 26.8% rising
75 Togo 689,454 number 2019 up 19.8% rising
76 Sri Lanka 670,628 number 2019 up 87.6% rising
77 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 667,616 number 2019 down 12.4% falling
78 Sierra Leone 657,168 number 2019 up 13.6% rising
79 Kyrgyzstan 640,128 number 2020 up 58.4% rising
80 Tunisia 627,358 number 2019 up 31.2% flat
81 Honduras 592,703 number 2019 down 5.9% rising
82 Dominican Republic 580,254 number 2019 down 3.1% falling
83 Romania 554,413 number 2020 down 33.2% falling
84 Netherlands, The 527,965 number 2020 up 31.2% rising
85 Azerbaijan, Republic of 503,195 number 2019 up 34.2% falling
86 Israel 502,786 number 2019 up 25.4% rising
87 Bolivia 475,323 number 2019 up 0.1% rising
88 Sweden 473,365 number 2020 up 12.9% flat
89 Congo, Republic of 472,576 number 2019 up 28.9% rising
90 Jordan 467,670 number 2019 up 34.4% rising
91 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 464,675 number 2019 up 4.0% rising
92 Central African Republic 427,985 number 2019 up 4.7% rising
93 Turkmenistan 424,410 number 2019 up 5.4% rising
94 Liberia 417,420 number 2019 up 21.1% rising
95 Paraguay 412,484 number 2019 up 3.1% rising
96 Nicaragua 399,228 number 2019 up 2.1% flat
97 Canada 395,340 number 2019 up 12.5% falling
98 Belgium 392,747 number 2020 up 8.0% falling
99 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 383,917 number 2019 up 30.1% rising
100 Cuba 382,041 number 2019 down 1.2% rising
101 Belarus, Republic of 360,537 number 2019 up 33.6% falling
102 Hungary 353,272 number 2020 down 8.4% falling
103 El Salvador 343,183 number 2019 down 7.9% falling
104 Czech Republic 325,448 number 2020 up 5.1% falling
105 Australia 324,604 number 2019 up 20.2% rising
106 Mongolia 302,732 number 2019 up 125.3% rising
107 Gambia 297,924 number 2020 up 33.4% volatile
108 Palestine 272,543 number 2019 up 20.6% rising
109 Libya 265,580 number 2019 up 14.6% rising
110 Bulgaria 264,440 number 2019 up 0.0% falling
111 Serbia, Republic of 263,139 number 2019 down 14.3% falling
112 Austria 258,143 number 2020 up 8.2% falling
113 Portugal 252,728 number 2020 down 19.5% falling
114 Finland 236,837 number 2020 up 2.6% rising
115 Lebanon 214,430 number 1985 up 2.3% rising
116 United Arab Emirates 205,994 number 2019 up 50.7% volatile
117 Eritrea, The State of 192,954 number 2019 up 21.6% rising
118 Norway 184,105 number 2020 up 4.8% falling
119 Greece 177,356 number 2020 down 17.1% falling
120 Gabon 175,394 number 2019 up 45.6% rising
121 Switzerland 174,130 number 2020 up 17.1% falling
122 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 174,110 number 2019 up 25.9% falling
123 Georgia 172,816 number 2020 up 24.5% falling
124 Denmark 172,711 number 2020 down 33.5% volatile
125 Guinea-Bissau 172,182 number 2019 up 31.8% rising
126 Slovak Republic 168,993 number 2020 up 7.3% falling
127 Botswana 163,490 number 2019 up 12.7% rising
128 Croatia, Republic of 160,060 number 2019 down 1.3% falling
129 Oman 156,830 number 2019 up 63.4% rising
130 Panama 155,536 number 2019 up 9.8% volatile
131 Moldova, Republic of 151,810 number 2019 up 2.9% falling
132 Lesotho, Kingdom of 143,576 number 2019 down 1.2% rising
133 Uruguay 143,195 number 2019 down 2.6% falling
134 Costa Rica 143,155 number 2019 up 1.7% rising
135 Jamaica 142,639 number 2019 down 2.5% falling
136 Puerto Rico 135,856 number 2013 up 22.3% falling
137 Namibia 129,171 number 2019 up 28.9% volatile
138 Armenia 128,745 number 2020 down 11.6% falling
139 Ireland 128,075 number 2019 up 107.3% falling
140 Kuwait 126,227 number 2019 up 48.4% rising
141 New Zealand 122,124 number 2019 up 4.1% rising
142 Lithuania, Republic of 118,202 number 2019 up 5.0% falling
143 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 104,256 number 2019 up 45.2% volatile
144 Albania 104,207 number 2019 down 14.8% falling
145 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 95,664 number 2019 up 44.6% rising
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 92,951 number 2019 — falling
147 Latvia, Republic of 84,755 number 2019 up 4.4% falling
148 Eswatini, Kingdom of 84,508 number 2019 down 1.4% rising
149 Qatar 80,744 number 2019 up 75.1% volatile
150 Comoros, Union of the 70,735 number 2019 up 21.6% rising
151 North Macedonia, Republic of 70,370 number 2019 down 4.3% falling
152 Bahrain, Kingdom of 66,625 number 2019 up 32.2% rising
153 Slovenia, Republic of 64,544 number 2020 up 17.0% falling
154 Solomon Islands 59,137 number 2019 up 32.0% rising
155 Estonia, Republic of 57,687 number 2020 up 4.2% falling
156 Fiji, Republic of 53,856 number 2019 up 5.1% rising
157 Guyana 45,368 number 2019 up 42.0% falling
158 Djibouti 40,649 number 2020 up 8.0% rising
159 Trinidad and Tobago 37,908 number 2019 up 0.8% falling
160 Cabo Verde 32,315 number 2019 up 0.3% rising
161 Cyprus 27,987 number 2019 up 10.7% falling
162 Mauritius 26,055 number 2019 down 28.2% falling
163 Bhutan 24,547 number 2020 down 10.3% rising
164 Maldives 22,797 number 2019 up 37.0% rising
165 Montenegro 21,870 number 2019 down 31.2% falling
166 Brunei Darussalam 21,166 number 2019 up 7.8% rising
167 Suriname 21,154 number 2019 up 0.4% falling
168 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 20,566 number 2019 up 91.0% rising
169 Luxembourg 19,887 number 2020 up 14.9% rising
170 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 18,590 number 2019 up 10.3% rising
171 Belize 15,701 number 2019 up 1.9% rising
172 French Polynesia 15,686 number 1997 up 19.9% rising
173 Vanuatu 15,548 number 2019 up 32.4% rising
174 Iceland 13,113 number 2020 down 0.3% rising
175 Samoa 10,378 number 2019 up 5.8% rising
176 Bahamas, The 9,980 number 2019 down 18.4% rising
177 Kiribati 8,697 number 2019 up 30.9% rising
178 Malta 8,662 number 2019 up 14.3% flat
179 Micronesia, Federated States of 7,109 number 2019 down 3.3% rising
180 Barbados 5,999 number 2019 down 19.3% falling
181 Tonga 5,002 number 2019 down 8.8% falling
182 American Samoa 4,597 number 1997 up 34.9% rising
183 St. Lucia 4,474 number 2019 down 6.7% falling
184 Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands 4,118 number 2019 down 0.6% flat
185 Grenada 3,635 number 2019 up 9.9% falling
186 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3,324 number 2019 down 4.1% falling
187 Guam 3,247 number 1997 up 23.9% rising
188 Seychelles 3,213 number 2019 up 14.0% falling
189 Antigua and Barbuda 2,969 number 2019 up 8.2% falling
190 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 2,889 number 2019 down 11.5% rising
191 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 2,216 number 2019 down 17.4% rising
192 Andorra, Principality of 1,997 number 1998 up 26.7% rising
193 United States Virgin Islands 1,877 number 1997 down 13.6% falling
194 Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands 1,744 number 2019 up 92.9% rising
195 Dominica 1,706 number 2019 down 10.5% falling
196 Cayman Islands 1,531 number 2019 up 2.7% volatile
197 St. Kitts and Nevis 1,418 number 2019 down 0.8% falling
198 Turks and Caicos Islands 993 number 2019 down 17.4% rising
199 San Marino, Republic of 936 number 2019 up 5.9% flat
200 Gibraltar 852 number 2019 up 78.6% rising
201 Nauru, Republic of 825 number 2019 up 16.9% rising
202 Tuvalu 815 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
203 Palau, Republic of 746 number 2019 down 10.3% falling
204 Liechtenstein 742 number 2019 up 2.1% falling
205 Bermuda 557 number 2019 down 23.4% falling
206 British Virgin Islands 531 number 2019 down 30.9% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,152 data points, 1970–2020
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.