Number of children in preschools in Sweden 2022, by age

In 2022, 508,842 children attended preschool in Sweden. Of these, the five-year-old made up the largest group with 116,000 children. Children aged four years made up the second largest age group. Meanwhile, less than 60,000 children aged one year attended preschool in Sweden. In Sweden, preschool is a combination of early childhood education and child care for children aged one to five years.