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WHERE KIDS ARE
May 23, 2002

"The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn." —Henry S. Hasskins



WHERE KIDS ARE

One in three children under the age of five resides in either India or China. The US Census Bureau in its report, "World Population Profile: 1998" authored by Thomas M. McDevitt (Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce, 1999), in 1998 there were 619 billion children under the age of five in the world with the greatest numbers residing in the following countries:

Country  Children 0 - 4
(in millions)

Percent
of all 0 - 4 year olds

India 117.4 19.0
China 97.4 15.7
Indonesia 22.6 3.7
Pakistan 20.5 3.3
Nigeria 19.7 3.2
USA 19.1 3.1
Brazil 17.1 2.8
Bangladesh 16.5 2.7
Mexico 12.1 2.0
Ethiopia 10.6 1.7
Philippines 10.5 1.7
Iran 10.3 1.7
Congo 9.5 1.5
Vietnam 8.3 1.3
Egypt 8.2 1.3
Russia 7.0 1.1
Turkey 6.6 1.1
Myranmar 6.2 1.0
Japan 6.1 1.0
Sudan 5.8 0.9
South Africa 5.3 0.9
Tazania 5.3 0.9
Laos 5.3 0.9
Thailand 4.9 0.8
Colombia 4.6 0.7


Watch for a detailed report on World Demographics in the July 2002 issue of Child Care Information Exchange. To learn about Exchange, go to www.ChildCareExchange.com.

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