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South Africa: School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes

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School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.02. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20254,709,586
20244,536,544
20234,385,574
20224,246,890
20214,235,400
20204,302,067
20194,407,533
20184,467,468
20174,472,578
20164,465,128
20154,479,440
20144,460,237
20134,449,326
20124,390,163
20114,223,063
20104,089,868
20093,937,472
20083,828,344
20073,764,270
20063,784,038
20053,846,967
20043,926,554
20034,043,208
20024,149,527
20014,213,219
20004,306,665

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-02 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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