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School age population, early childhood education, both sexes (number) by country

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood education (ISCED 0) as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years, and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at...

Countries reporting
199
Highest
69.89 million number
India
Lowest
557 number
Bermuda
Median
510,409 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,152

What the numbers show

School age population, early childhood education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 69.89 million number in India; the lowest is 557 number in Bermuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 510,409 number, and the mean is 2.32 million number.

Over the past decade 155 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 693.1%), and the largest decrease in Turks and Caicos Islands (down 66.0%).

School age population, early childhood education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 69.89 million number 2019 down 9.7% flat
2 China, People's Republic of 52.25 million number 2019 up 5.9% falling
3 Nigeria 32.08 million number 2019 up 26.3% rising
4 Indonesia 29.26 million number 2019 up 6.4% rising
5 Brazil 17.13 million number 2011 up 72.3% rising
6 Mexico 13.38 million number 2019 up 195.1% volatile
7 Pakistan 10.57 million number 2019 down 43.1% falling
8 Russian Federation 9.53 million number 2020 up 28.6% rising
9 Vietnam 9.36 million number 2019 up 131.0% rising
10 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 9.19 million number 2019 up 14.8% rising
11 Bangladesh 8.71 million number 2019 down 8.4% falling
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.58 million number 2019 up 38.2% rising
13 South Africa 8.13 million number 2019 up 176.9% rising
14 Türkiye, Republic of 6.80 million number 2019 up 4.4% flat
15 Angola 6.72 million number 2019 up 693.1% volatile
16 Egypt, Arab Republic of 5.06 million number 2019 up 43.8% rising
17 Yemen, Republic of 4.87 million number 2019 up 141.9% rising
18 Germany 4.75 million number 2020 up 127.3% rising
19 Myanmar 4.52 million number 2019 down 12.2% falling
20 Argentina 4.49 million number 2019 up 4.1% rising
21 Colombia 4.47 million number 2019 up 81.8% rising
22 Uganda 4.43 million number 2019 up 29.8% rising
23 Kenya 4.20 million number 2019 up 9.4% rising
24 Ghana 4.07 million number 2019 up 24.0% rising
25 Thailand 3.74 million number 2019 down 9.3% falling
26 Morocco 3.46 million number 2019 up 183.0% rising
27 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.44 million number 2019 up 27.1% rising
28 Peru 3.33 million number 2019 up 91.5% rising
29 United Kingdom 3.21 million number 2020 up 123.0% rising
30 Mozambique, Republic of 2.88 million number 2019 up 23.7% rising
31 Guatemala 2.85 million number 2019 up 258.4% volatile
32 Uzbekistan, Republic of 2.69 million number 2020 up 30.7% rising
33 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 2.65 million number 2019 down 8.0% flat
34 Ukraine 2.52 million number 2014 up 102.6% falling
35 Spain 2.45 million number 2020 up 76.4% rising
36 Saudi Arabia 2.42 million number 2019 up 48.1% rising
37 Niger 2.41 million number 2019 up 46.6% rising
38 Sudan 2.38 million number 2020 up 14.9% rising
39 France 2.36 million number 2019 down 0.9% rising
40 Philippines 2.29 million number 2019 up 5.2% rising
41 Côte d'Ivoire 2.25 million number 2019 up 21.0% rising
42 Madagascar, Republic of 2.25 million number 2019 up 18.8% rising
43 Zambia 2.24 million number 2019 up 23.2% rising
44 Korea 2.16 million number 2019 up 352.4% volatile
45 Rwanda 2.13 million number 2019 up 150.8% rising
46 Iraq 2.13 million number 2019 up 27.0% rising
47 Cambodia 2.13 million number 2019 up 10.8% rising
48 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.98 million number 2020 up 94.2% rising
49 Guinea 1.92 million number 2019 up 102.6% rising
50 Mali 1.92 million number 2019 down 1.8% rising
51 Burkina Faso 1.91 million number 2019 up 32.2% rising
52 Malawi 1.66 million number 2019 up 16.4% rising
53 Chad 1.59 million number 2019 up 29.7% rising
54 Italy 1.53 million number 2020 down 9.4% flat
55 Cameroon 1.52 million number 2019 up 26.2% rising
56 Haiti 1.52 million number 2019 up 105.9% rising
57 Somalia 1.49 million number 2019 up 24.2% rising
58 Poland 1.49 million number 2020 up 3.7% falling
59 Senegal 1.49 million number 2019 up 32.9% falling
60 Chile 1.44 million number 2019 up 199.8% rising
61 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.39 million number 2019 up 23.0% flat
62 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.36 million number 2019 down 10.3% falling
63 Australia 1.32 million number 2019 up 17.7% rising
64 Canada 1.17 million number 2019 up 10.7% flat
65 Romania 1.13 million number 2020 up 35.9% rising
66 Nepal 1.10 million number 2019 down 14.4% falling
67 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 1.09 million number 2019 up 14.3% rising
68 Syrian Arab Republic 1.06 million number 2019 down 34.3% falling
69 Malaysia 1.03 million number 2020 up 1.4% falling
70 Israel 1.01 million number 2019 up 152.1% rising
71 Tajikistan, Republic of 997,986 number 2019 up 48.5% rising
72 South Sudan, Republic of 978,611 number 2019 up 19.1% rising
73 Ecuador 976,337 number 2019 up 5.1% rising
74 Algeria 955,517 number 2020 up 60.3% falling
75 Kyrgyz Republic 947,862 number 2020 up 134.6% rising
76 Lao People's Democratic Republic 942,992 number 2019 up 2.4% rising
77 Zimbabwe 909,487 number 2019 up 28.5% rising
78 Papua New Guinea 849,005 number 2019 up 352.1% volatile
79 El Salvador 806,388 number 2019 down 6.5% rising
80 Azerbaijan, Republic of 803,380 number 2019 up 29.3% rising
81 Nicaragua 794,086 number 2019 up 0.1% rising
82 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 793,037 number 2019 up 34.3% rising
83 Belgium 768,135 number 2020 up 111.2% rising
84 Cuba 734,292 number 2019 down 2.1% falling
85 Burundi 722,488 number 2019 up 45.5% flat
86 Sweden 713,417 number 2020 up 11.6% rising
87 Turkmenistan 698,429 number 2019 up 73.4% rising
88 Paraguay 692,789 number 2019 up 2.7% rising
89 Benin 691,778 number 2019 down 36.6% rising
90 Togo 689,454 number 2019 up 19.8% rising
91 Sri Lanka 670,628 number 2019 down 6.3% falling
92 Sierra Leone 657,168 number 2019 up 16.2% rising
93 Tunisia 627,358 number 2019 up 31.2% rising
94 United Arab Emirates 604,697 number 2019 up 342.5% volatile
95 Honduras 592,703 number 2019 down 5.9% flat
96 Dominican Republic 580,254 number 2019 down 3.1% flat
97 Netherlands 527,965 number 2020 up 31.2% rising
98 Austria 527,420 number 2020 up 11.8% flat
99 Oman 517,589 number 2019 up 439.3% volatile
100 Greece 510,409 number 2020 up 138.6% volatile
101 Belarus, Republic of 476,701 number 2019 up 2.6% flat
102 Bolivia 475,323 number 2019 up 0.1% rising
103 Congo, Republic of 472,576 number 2019 up 28.9% rising
104 Jordan 467,670 number 2019 up 34.4% rising
105 Panama 466,617 number 2019 up 229.3% volatile
106 Hungary 444,137 number 2020 up 15.1% flat
107 Central African Republic 427,985 number 2019 up 4.7% rising
108 Costa Rica 422,805 number 2019 down 0.4% falling
109 Liberia 417,420 number 2019 up 21.1% rising
110 Serbia, Republic of 392,034 number 2019 up 26.1% rising
111 Gambia, The 378,154 number 2020 up 32.8% rising
112 Denmark 360,032 number 2020 up 38.6% rising
113 Finland 343,608 number 2020 up 48.8% rising
114 Namibia 327,319 number 2019 up 28.7% rising
115 Czech Republic 325,448 number 2020 up 5.1% rising
116 Ireland 315,427 number 2019 up 410.5% volatile
117 Norway 304,332 number 2020 up 73.3% rising
118 Mongolia 302,732 number 2019 down 2.9% falling
119 New Zealand 301,436 number 2019 up 66.7% rising
120 Uruguay 285,439 number 2019 up 94.1% rising
121 Jamaica 283,143 number 2019 up 93.6% rising
122 Palestine 272,543 number 2019 up 20.6% rising
123 Libya 265,580 number 2019 up 14.6% rising
124 Bulgaria 264,440 number 2019 up 0.0% flat
125 Puerto Rico 259,985 number 2013 up 134.0% rising
126 Portugal 252,728 number 2020 down 19.5% falling
127 Croatia, Republic of 235,968 number 2019 up 45.6% rising
128 Moldova, Republic of 222,019 number 2019 up 50.5% rising
129 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 218,656 number 2019 up 204.5% volatile
130 Lithuania 205,642 number 2019 up 20.7% falling
131 Eritrea, The State of 192,954 number 2019 down 39.2% rising
132 Gabon 175,394 number 2019 up 45.6% rising
133 Switzerland 174,130 number 2020 up 17.1% flat
134 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 174,110 number 2019 up 25.9% falling
135 Georgia 172,816 number 2020 up 24.5% flat
136 Guinea-Bissau 172,182 number 2019 up 31.8% rising
137 Albania 172,172 number 2019 up 40.8% falling
138 Slovak Republic 168,993 number 2020 up 7.3% falling
139 Botswana 163,490 number 2019 up 12.7% rising
140 Qatar 161,333 number 2019 up 249.9% volatile
141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 150,013 number 2019 — falling
142 Lesotho, Kingdom of 143,576 number 2019 down 1.2% falling
143 Armenia, Republic of 128,745 number 2020 down 11.6% falling
144 Latvia 127,665 number 2019 up 0.5% flat
145 Kuwait 126,227 number 2019 up 48.4% rising
146 North Macedonia, Republic of 116,190 number 2019 up 58.0% falling
147 Bahrain, Kingdom of 109,836 number 2019 up 28.1% rising
148 Slovenia, Republic of 105,452 number 2020 up 9.5% falling
149 Estonia, Republic of 98,412 number 2020 down 8.0% rising
150 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 95,664 number 2019 up 44.6% rising
151 Eswatini, Kingdom of 84,508 number 2019 down 1.4% falling
152 Comoros, Union of the 70,735 number 2019 up 21.6% rising
153 Solomon Islands 59,137 number 2019 up 32.0% rising
154 Cyprus 56,012 number 2019 up 121.6% rising
155 Fiji, Republic of 53,856 number 2019 up 5.1% flat
156 Guyana 45,368 number 2019 up 42.0% rising
157 Djibouti 40,649 number 2020 up 8.0% flat
158 Mauritius 38,862 number 2019 up 7.1% flat
159 Trinidad and Tobago 37,908 number 2019 up 0.8% rising
160 Montenegro 36,625 number 2019 down 23.5% falling
161 Cabo Verde 32,315 number 2019 up 0.3% falling
162 Iceland 25,173 number 2020 up 91.4% rising
163 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 24,916 number 2019 down 12.6% rising
164 Bhutan 24,547 number 2020 down 10.3% falling
165 Maldives 22,797 number 2019 up 37.0% rising
166 Brunei Darussalam 21,166 number 2019 up 7.8% rising
167 Suriname 21,154 number 2019 up 0.4% flat
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 Belize 15,701 number 2019 up 1.9% rising
171 Vanuatu 15,548 number 2019 up 32.4% rising
172 Barbados 15,100 number 2019 up 103.0% rising
173 Samoa 10,378 number 2019 up 5.8% rising
174 Bahamas, The 9,980 number 2019 down 18.4% falling
175 Grenada 9,055 number 2019 up 173.8% rising
176 St. Lucia 8,859 number 2019 down 4.7% falling
177 Kiribati 8,697 number 2019 up 30.9% rising
178 Malta 8,662 number 2019 up 14.3% falling
179 Antigua and Barbuda 7,401 number 2019 up 34.9% rising
180 Micronesia, Federated States of 7,109 number 2019 down 3.3% falling
181 Tonga 5,002 number 2019 down 8.8% falling
182 Dominica 4,520 number 2019 up 137.0% rising
183 Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands 4,118 number 2019 down 0.6% flat
184 Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands 3,502 number 2019 up 158.8% rising
185 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3,324 number 2019 down 4.1% falling
186 Seychelles 3,213 number 2019 up 14.0% rising
187 Cayman Islands 2,926 number 2019 down 44.2% falling
188 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 2,889 number 2019 down 11.5% rising
189 St. Kitts and Nevis 2,807 number 2019 down 2.0% rising
190 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 2,216 number 2019 down 17.4% falling
191 San Marino, Republic of 1,701 number 2019 up 92.4% rising
192 Gibraltar 1,675 number 2019 up 251.2% volatile
193 British Virgin Islands 1,373 number 2019 down 23.2% rising
194 Turks and Caicos Islands 993 number 2019 down 66.0% falling
195 Naoero, Republic of 825 number 2019 up 16.9% flat
196 Tuvalu 815 number 2019 up 9.1% rising
197 Palau, Republic of 746 number 2019 down 10.3% falling
198 Liechtenstein, Principality of 742 number 2019 up 2.1% falling
199 Bermuda 557 number 2019 down 23.4% falling

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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, early childhood education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 5,152 data points, 1970–2020
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood education (ISCED 0) as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years, and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/