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China: School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, both sexes

17.42Mcount · 2020+5.9% since 2010

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to one year before the official primary entry age as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/ Annual figures for China from 1970 to 2020.

19812020

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202017,423,090
201917,413,701
201817,357,265
201717,264,829
201617,147,980
201517,037,165
201416,871,981
201316,698,266
201216,554,449
201116,468,007
201016,451,226
200916,586,885
200816,799,534
200717,026,250
200617,231,941
200517,570,676
200417,304,293
200317,141,510
200217,436,219
200118,378,265
200020,088,830
199922,536,796
199824,940,061
199726,700,315
199627,226,793
199526,785,089
199425,513,616
199323,909,260
199222,373,806
199121,273,082
199020,434,931
198919,635,893
198819,075,194
198718,872,054
198619,156,129
198519,953,165
198421,116,250
198322,415,280
198223,659,759
198124,648,843
198025,563,420
197926,429,807
197827,075,022
197727,389,421
197627,256,021
197526,808,459
197426,024,153
197325,030,682
197223,942,245
197122,880,964
197021,808,641

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-age-population-one-year-before-than-official (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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