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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 |
| 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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