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

23.27Mcount · 2020-9.5% 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 India from 1970 to 2020.

19812020

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202023,273,529
201923,692,673
201824,195,409
201724,675,945
201625,056,551
201525,351,228
201425,529,322
201325,622,271
201225,661,883
201125,671,977
201025,707,824
200925,693,375
200825,637,207
200725,546,460
200625,430,104
200525,379,983
200425,252,405
200325,082,388
200224,899,477
200124,726,081
200024,662,926
199924,584,108
199824,482,511
199724,352,755
199624,191,208
199524,089,117
199423,977,968
199323,822,298
199223,594,682
199123,280,008
199023,007,946
198922,569,126
198822,036,561
198721,475,693
198620,937,048
198520,565,147
198420,190,992
198319,806,403
198219,403,918
198118,982,796
198018,700,763
197918,344,067
197817,944,906
197717,532,780
197617,131,092
197516,889,371
197416,629,804
197316,349,401
197216,047,234
197115,727,565
197015,536,338

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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