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Nigeria: School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes

26.01Mcount · 2019+25.6% since 2009

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood educational development as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. 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/ Annual figures for Nigeria from 1999 to 2019.

19992019

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
201926,005,716
201825,579,316
201725,082,901
201624,481,725
201523,955,597
201423,422,897
201322,877,765
201222,324,152
201121,752,911
201021,209,225
200920,701,641
200820,190,525
200719,631,769
200618,987,494
200518,458,879
200417,972,340
200317,491,907
200216,986,778
200116,426,886
200016,003,934
199915,636,126

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, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-age-population-early-childhood-educational-development-programm (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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