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Table 393. Selected statistics for countries with populations over 10 million, by continent: 1980, 1990, and 1997
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                                 |Mid-year population in millions   |Persons  |                         First level\2\                                                          |                      Second level\3\                                                       |                          Third level\4\                                                    | Age for
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           Country\1\            |    1980    |    1990    |   1997 |square   |            Enrollment in thousands               |                Gross enrollment ratio\5\     |               Enrollment in thousands            |      Gross enrollmeratio\5\             |               Enrollment in thousands         |        Gross enrollment ratio\6\           | atten-
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                                 |            |            |        |in 1997  |        1980    |        1990    |           1997 |      1980     |     1990      |   1997       |       1980     |      1990      |   1997         |    1980     |    1990     |   1997      |     1980      |     1990      |   1997        |     1980     |    1990      |   1997       |
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     World total\6\ .............|    4,447.1 |    5,282.0 |5,817.2 |      45 |        541,556 |        596,853 |        668,450 |            96 |            99 |          102 |        264,379 |        315,008 |        398,116 |      47     |        51.8 |          60 |        51,037 |        68,613 |        88,156 |           12 |           14 |           17 |     ---
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             Africa              |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |             |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Algeria\7\ ......................|       18.7 |       24.9 |   29.3 |      12 |          3,119 |          4,189 |\8\       4,675 |            94 |           100 |\8\       107 |          1,029 |          2,176 |\8\       2,618 |      33     |          61 |\8\       63 |            79 |           286 |\9\        347 |            6 |           11 |\9\        12 |    6-15
Angola ..........................|        7.0 |        9.2 |   11.7 |       9 |          1,301 |\10\        990 |            --- |           175 |            92 |          --- |            191 |            186 |            --- |      21     |          12 |         --- |             2 |             7 |           --- |          0.4 |            1 |          --- |    7-15
Burkina Faso ....................|        6.9 |        9.1 |   10.5 |      38 |            202 |            504 |\9\         701 |            17 |            33 |\9\        40 |             28 |             99 |            --- |       3     |           7 |         --- |             2 |             5 |\8\          9 |          0.3 |            1 |\8\         1 |     ---
Cameroon ........................|        8.7 |       11.5 |   13.9 |      30 |          1,379 |          1,964 |\8\       1,921 |            98 |           101 |\8\        85 |            234 |            500 |            --- |      18     |          28 |\10\      27 |            12 |            33 |           --- |            2 |            3 |          --- |    6-12
Cote d'Ivoire ...................|        8.2 |       11.7 |   14.2 |      45 |          1,025 |          1,415 |\8\       1,736 |            75 |            67 |\8\        71 |            198 |            361 |\8\         534 |      19     |          22 |          25 |            20 |\11\        30 |\10\        52 |            3 |          --- |          --- |    7-13
Democratic Rep. of the Congo ....|       27.0 |       37.4 |   46.7 |      21 |          4,196 |          4,562 |\10\      5,418 |            92 |            70 |\10\       72 |            862 |\11\      1,097 |\10\      1,514 |      24     |\11\      21 |\10\      26 |            28 |            80 |\10\        93 |            1 |            2 |\10\        2 |     ---
Egypt\7\ ........................|       43.7 |       56.3 |   60.4 |      61 |          4,663 |          6,964 |          7,499 |            73 |            94 |          101 |          2,929 |          5,507 |\8\       6,727 |      50     |          76 |          78 |           716 |\12\\13\   628 |\12\\13\   850 |           16 |           16 |\9\        20 |    6-14
Ethiopia ........................|       36.4 |       48.1 |   59.8 |      60 |          2,131 |          2,466 |\8\       4,008 |            37 |            33 |\8\        43 |            426 |            866 |\9\         819 |       9     |          14 |\8\       12 |            14 |            34 |\8\         42 |          0.4 |            1 |\8\         1 |    7-13
Ghana\7\ ........................|       10.8 |       15.0 |   18.0 |      79 |\12\      1,378 |          1,945 |\10\      2,155 |            79 |            75 |\10\       79 |            693 |            --- |            --- |      41     |          36 |         --- |             8 |\14\        10 |           --- |            2 |            1 |          --- |    6-14
Kenya\7\ ........................|       16.6 |       23.5 |   28.6 |      50 |          3,927 |          5,392 |\9\\15\   5,545 |           115 |            95 |\9\        85 |            428 |\16\        618 |\9\\15\     632 |      20     |          24 |\9\       24 |            13 |\14\        35 |           --- |            1 |            2 |          --- |    6-14
Madagascar ......................|        9.1 |       12.6 |   14.2 |      24 |          1,724 |          1,571 |\9\       1,638 |           130 |           103 |\9\        92 |            --- |\16\        323 |\16\        302 |     ---     |          18 |\9\       16 |            23 |            36 |            27 |            3 |            3 |\9\         2 |    6-13
Malawi ..........................|        6.2 |        9.3 |   10.3 |     109 |            810 |          1,401 |\9\       2,887 |            60 |            68 |\9\       134 |             26 |             61 |\9\         142 |       5     |           8 |\9\       17 |             3 |             5 |\9\          6 |            1 |            1 |\9\         1 |     ---
Mali ............................|        6.9 |        7.9 |   10.3 |       8 |            291 |            395 |            863 |            26 |            26 |           49 |            --- |             84 |            188 |       8     |           7 |          13 |\17\         4 |             5 |            14 |            1 |            1 |            1 |     ---
Morocco\7\ ......................|       19.4 |       24.0 |   27.3 |      61 |          2,172 |          2,484 |\8\       3,161 |            83 |            67 |\8\        86 |\8\         797 |          1,194 |\8\       1,442 |      26     |          35 |\8\       39 |           112 |           256 |\8\        312 |            6 |           11 |\8\        11 |    7-16
Mozambique\7\ ...................|       12.1 |       14.2 |   16.6 |      21 |\19\      1,387 |          1,260 |\9\       1,415 |           ---              67 |\9\        60 |\16\         90 |            160 |\9\         185 |       5     |           8 |\9\        7 |\15\         1 |\20\         5 |\8\          7 |          0.1 |          0.3 |\8\         1 |    7-14
Nigeria\8\ ......................|       72.0 |       96.2 |  117.7 |     129 |         12,117 |         13,607 |\10\     16,191 |           109 |            91 |\10\       98 |          1,865 |          2,908 |\10\      4,451 |      18     |          25 |\10\      33 |           150 |\14\\21\   208 |           --- |            3 |\20\\21\    4 |          --- |    6-12
South Africa ....................|       29.2 |       37.1 |   40.7 |      33 |\15\      4,353 |          6,952 |\9\       8,159 |            90 |           122 |\9\       133 |            --- |          2,742 |\10\      3,571 |     ---     |          74 |\9\       95 |           --- |\22\       439 |\10\       618 |          --- |           13 |\9\        19 |    7-16
Sudan\7\ ........................|       18.7 |       24.1 |   27.7 |      12 |          1,464 |          2,043 |\8\       3,000 |            50 |            53 |\8\        51 |            384 |            732 |\8\         406 |      16     |          24 |\8\       21 |            29 |\14\        60 |           --- |            2 |            3 |          --- |    6-13
Uganda ..........................|       13.1 |       16.6 |   20.3 |     102 |\23\      1,292 |\15\\23\  2,470 |\9\       2,912 |            50 |            74 |\9\        74 |\16\\23\     73 |\16\\23\    245 |\16\\23\    256 |       5     |          13 |\9\       12 |             6 |            18 |\8\\24\     35 |            1 |            1 |\8\         2 |     ---
United Republic of Tanzania .....|       18.6 |       25.5 |   31.3 |      35 |          3,368 |          3,379 |          4,058 |            93 |            70 |           66 |             79 |            167 |            235 |       3     |           5 |           6 |           --- |\11\         7 |            18 |          0.3 |          0.3 |            1 |    7-14
Zimbabwe ........................|        7.1 |        9.9 |   11.5 |      30 |          1,235 |          2,116 |          2,511 |            85 |           116 |          112 |             75 |            661 |            806 |       8     |          50 |          50 |             8 |            49 |\8\\12\     47 |            1 |            5 |\8\         7 |    7-15
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              Asia               |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |             |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Afghanistan\7\ ..................|       16.1 |       14.8 |   24.1 |      37 |          1,116 |            623 |\9\       1,312 |            34 |            27 |\9\        49 |            137 |            182 |\9\         513 |      10     |           9 |\8\       22 |           --- |            24 |           --- |          --- |            2 |          --- |    7-13
Bangladesh ......................|       88.2 |      109.8 |  123.6 |     950 |          8,240 |         11,940 |            --- |            61 |            72 |          --- |          2,659 |          3,593 |            --- |      18     |          19 |         --- |           240 |           434 |           --- |            3 |            4 |          --- |    5-10
Cambodia ........................|        6.5 |        8.7 |   11.2 |      64 |          1,328 |          1,330 |          2,012 |           --- |           121 |          113 |\16\         18 |            264 |            313 |     ---     |          32 |          24 |             1 |             7 |             9 |          --- |            1 |            1 |     ---
China ...........................|      998.9 |    1,155.3 |1,227.2 |     132 |        146,270 |        122,414 |        139,954 |           113 |           125 |          123 |         56,778 |         52,386 |         71,883 |      46     |          49 |          70 |         1,663 |         3,822 |         6,075 |            2 |            3 |            6 |    7-15
Hong Kong .......................|        5.0 |        5.7 |    6.5 |    6568 |            540 |            525 |\9\         468 |           107 |           102 |\9\        94 |            469 |\16\\25\    431 |\9\         474 |      64     |          80 |\9\       73 |\14\        12 |\11\        85 |\21\        97 |           10 |\11\       19 |\21\       22 |     ---
India ...........................|      688.9 |      850.8 |  962.4 |     324 |         73,873 |         99,118 |\8\     110,390 |            83 |            97 |\8\       100 |         32,748 |\16\     54,180 |\8\      68,872 |      30     |          44 |\8\       49 |         3,545 |         4,951 |\8\      6,060 |            5 |            6 |\8\         7 |    6-14
Indonesia .......................|      151.0 |      182.8 |  200.4 |     111 |         25,537 |         29,754 |\8\      29,236 |           107 |           115 |\8\       113 |          5,722 |         10,965 |\8\      14,210 |      29     |          44 |\8\       56 |           543 |\11\     1,773 |\9\      2,303 |            4 |            9 |\8\        11 |    7-15
Iran, Islamic Republic of .......|       39.3 |       59.2 |   60.9 |      38 |          4,799 |          9,370 |\8\       9,238 |\26\        98 |           112 |\8\        98 |          2,718 |          5,085 |\8\       8,777 |\26\  45     |          55 |\8\       77 |\12\\26\   184 |\12\       312 |\8\\12\    579 |\26\        5 |           10 |\8\        18 |    6-11
Iraq ............................|       13.0 |       18.1 |   21.9 |      50 |          2,616 |          3,328 |\9\       2,904 |           113 |           111 |\9\        85 |          1,033 |\16\      1,024 |\9\       1,160 |      57     |          47 |\9\       42 |           107 |\26\       170 |           --- |            9 |\26\       12 |          --- |    6-12
Japan ...........................|      116.8 |      123.5 |  126.1 |     335 |         11,827 |          9,373 |          7,855 |           101 |           100 |          101 |          9,558 |         11,026 |\10\      9,879 |      93     |          97 |\9\      103 |         2,412 |\11\     2,899 |\10\     3,918 |           31 |           30 |\10\       41 |    6-15
Kazakhstan ......................|       14.9 |       16.7 |   15.8 |       6 |          1,064 |          1,197 |\8\       1,342 |            84 |            87 |\8\        98 |          1,996 |          2,144 |\8\       1,921 |      93     |          98 |\8\       87 |           525 |           537 |\10\       483 |           34 |           40 |\9\        33 |    6-17
Korea, North (DPR) ..............|       17.7 |       20.4 |   22.9 |     190 |            --- |            --- |            --- |           --- |           --- |          --- |            --- |            --- |            --- |     ---     |         --- |         --- |           --- |           --- |           --- |          --- |          --- |          --- |    5-15
Korea, South (Republic of) ......|       38.1 |       42.9 |   46.0 |     466 |          5,658 |          4,869 |          3,794 |           110 |           105 |           94 |          4,286 |          4,560 |\8\       4,662 |      78     |          90 |\8\      102 |           648 |         1,691 |\8\      2,542 |           15 |           39 |           68 |    6-15
Malaysia ........................|       13.8 |       17.9 |   21.7 |      66 |          2,009 |          2,456 |\15\      2,841 |            93 |            94 |          101 |          1,084 |          1,456 |\12\      1,795 |      48     |          56 |          64 |            58 |           121 |\9\        211 |            4 |            7 |\9\        12 |     ---
Myanmar .........................|       33.8 |       41.4 |   43.9 |      67 |          4,148 |          5,385 |\9\       5,414 |            91 |           106 |\9\       121 |          1,066 |          1,281 |\16\      1,923 |      22     |          23 |\10\      30 |           163 |\11\       196 |\10\\27\   245 |            5 |            4 |\10\        5 |    5-10
Nepal\7\ ........................|       14.5 |       18.8 |   22.3 |     156 |          1,068 |          2,789 |\8\       3,448 |            86 |           108 |\8\       113 |            512 |            709 |\8\       1,121 |      22     |          33 |\8\       42 |\12\        34 |            94 |\8\        106 |            3 |            5 |\8\         5 |    6-11
Pakistan ........................|       85.3 |      119.1 |  128.5 |     167 |\28\      5,474 |\28\     11,451 |            --- |            40 |            61 |          --- |          2,166 |          4,345 |            --- |      14     |          23 |         --- |\26\       268 |           --- |           --- |\26\        2 |            3 |          --- |     ---
Philippines .....................|       48.3 |       60.8 |   73.5 |     247 |\12\      8,034 |         10,427 |         12,159 |           112 |           111 |          117 |          2,929 |          4,034 |          4,980 |      64     |          73 |          78 |         1,276 |         1,709 |\9\      2,022 |           24 |           28 |\9\        29 |    6-12
Saudi Arabia ....................|        9.6 |       16.0 |   20.1 |       9 |            927 |          1,877 |\8\       2,256 |            61 |            73 |\8\        76 |            349 |            893 |\8\       1,543 |      29     |          44 |\8\       61 |            62 |           154 |\8\        274 |            7 |           12 |\8\        16 |     ---
Sri Lanka\7\ ....................|       14.8 |       17.1 |   18.6 |     287 |          2,081 |          2,112 |\8\       1,844 |           103 |           106 |\8\       109 |          1,267 |          2,082 |\9\       2,314 |      55     |          74 |\9\       75 |\26\        59 |\11\\29\    55 |\9\\29\     64 |            3 |            5 |\9\         5 |    5-15
Syrian Arab Republic ............|        8.7 |       12.4 |   14.9 |      81 |          1,556 |          2,452 |\8\       2,690 |           100 |           108 |\8\       101 |            604 |            914 |\8\         958 |      46     |          52 |\8\       42 |           140 |           222 |\10\       216 |           17 |           18 |\10\       16 |    6-12
Thailand ........................|       46.7 |       55.6 |   60.6 |     119 |          7,393 |          6,957 |          5,928 |            99 |            99 |\8\        87 |          1,920 |          2,230 |          4,097 |
Turkey ..........................|       44.4 |       56.1 |   62.5 |      81 |          5,656 |          6,862 |\8\       6,389 |            96 |            99 |\8\       107 |          2,218 |          3,808 |\8\       4,761 |      29     |          30 |\8\       56 |\17\       911 |\20\     1,156 |         1,522 |           15 |\20\       19 |\8\        22 |    7-15
Uzbekistan ......................|       16.0 |       20.5 |   23.7 |      57 |          1,391 |          1,778 |\10\      1,906 |            81 |            81 |\10\       78 |          2,879 |          3,195 |\10\      3,319 |      35     |          47 |\8\       58 |           246 |           750 |\8\      1,434 |            5 |           13 |\8\        21 |    6-14
Viet Nam ........................|       53.7 |       66.7 |   75.5 |     232 |          7,887 |          8,862 |         10,431 |           109 |           103 |          113 |\16\      3,847 |\6\       3,236 |\16\      6,642 |     105     |          99 |\10\      94 |           516 |           603 |           --- |           28 |           30 |          --- |     ---
Yemen ...........................|        8.2 |       11.6 |   16.1 |      31 |            --- |\21\      2,679 |\8\       2,700 |           --- |\21\        79 |\8\        70 |            --- |\21\        212 |\8\         354 |      42     |          32 |          57 |           115 |           130 |\8\        509 |            2 |            2 |\8\         7 |    6-11
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             Europe              |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |             |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Belarus\7\ ......................|        9.7 |       10.3 |   10.3 |      49 |            750 |            615 |\8\         625 |           104 |            95 |\8\        98 |            760 |            968 |\8\       1,065 |             |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
Belgium .........................|        9.9 |       10.0 |   10.2 |     310 |            842 |            719 |\9\         743 |           104 |           101 |\9\       103 |            836 |            769 |\9\       1,059 |      98     |          93 |\8\       93 |           340 |           335 |\8\        329 |           39 |           48 |\8\        44 |    6-15
Czech Republic ..................|       10.3 |       10.3 |   10.3 |     133 |            647 |            546 |\9\         542 |            96 |            96 |\9\       104 |\26\      1,161 |          1,268 |\9\       1,191 |      91     |         103 |\9\      146 |           196 |           276 |\9\        358 |           26 |           40 |\9\        56 |    6-18
France ..........................|       53.9 |       56.7 |   58.6 |     107 |          4,610 |          4,149 |\9\       4,005 |           111 |           108 |\8\       105 |          5,014 |          5,522 |\8\       5,980 |      99     |          91 |\9\       99 |\30\       118 |\30\       118 |\8\        207 |           17 |           16 |\8\        24 |    6-15
Germany\31\ .....................|       78.3 |       79.4 |   82.1 |     235 |          3,636 |          3,431 |\8\       3,859 |           --- |           101 |\8\       104 |          8,457 |          7,398 |\8\       8,382 |      85     |          99 |\8\      111 |         1,077 |         1,699 |\8\      2,062 |           25 |           40 |\8\        51 |    6-16
Greece ..........................|        9.6 |       10.2 |   10.5 |      81 |            901 |            813 |\8\         652 |           103 |            98 |\8\        93 |            740 |            851 |\8\         818 |     ---     |          98 |\8\      104 |         1,624 |         2,049 |\8\      2,132 |           27 |           34 |\8\        47 |    6-18
Hungary\7\ ......................|       10.7 |       10.4 |   10.2 |     110 |          1,162 |          1,131 |\9\         507 |            96 |            95 |\9\       103 |            357 |            514 |\9\       1,112 |      81     |          93 |\8\       95 |           121 |           283 |\8\        363 |           17 |           36 |\8\        47 |    6-15
Italy\7\ ........................|       56.4 |       57.0 |   57.5 |     196 |          4,423 |          3,056 |\8\       2,810 |           100 |           103 |\8\       101 |          5,308 |          5,118 |\8\       4,602 |      70     |          79 |\9\       98 |           101 |           102 |\9\        195 |           14 |           14 |\9\        24 |    6-16
Netherlands\7\ ..................|       14.1 |       15.0 |   15.6 |     460 |          1,333 |          1,082 |\8\       1,231 |           100 |           102 |\8\       108 |          1,391 |          1,402 |\8\       1,416 |      72     |          83 |\8\       95 |         1,118 |         1,452 |\8\      1,893 |           27 |           32 |\8\        47 |    6-14
Poland\7\ .......................|       35.6 |       38.1 |   38.7 |     127 |          4,167 |          5,189 |\9\       5,021 |           100 |            98 |\9\        96 |          1,674 |          1,888 |\9\       2,539 |      93     |         120 |\8\      132 |           360 |           479 |\8\        469 |           29 |           40 |\8\        47 |    5-18
Romania\7\ ......................|       22.2 |       23.2 |   22.6 |      98 |          3,308 |          1,253 |\8\       1,405 |           104 |            91 |\8\       103 |          1,148 |          2,838 |\8\       2,212 |      77     |          81 |\9\       98 |           589 |           545 |\9\        720 |           18 |           22 |\9\        25 |    7-15
Russian Federation ..............|      138.7 |      148.3 |  147.3 |       9 |          6,009 |          7,596 |\10\      7,849 |           102 |           109 |\10\      107 |         12,991 |         13,956 |\21\     13,732 |      94     |          92 |\8\       78 |           193 |           193 |\8\        412 |           12 |           10 |\8\        23 |    7-14
Spain\7\ ........................|       37.5 |       39.3 |   39.3 |      79 |          3,610 |          2,820 |\15\      2,610 |           109 |           109 |\8\       109 |          3,977 |          4,755 |\8\       3,852 |      96     |          93 |\21\      87 |         5,700 |         5,100 |\10\     4,458 |           46 |           52 |\10\       43 |    6-15
Ukraine\7\ ......................|       50.0 |       51.9 |   50.7 |      88 |          3,592 |          3,991 |\21\      2,659 |           102 |            89 |\21\       87 |          3,406 |          3,408 |\21\      4,731 |      87     |         104 |\8\      120 |           698 |         1,222 |\8\      1,684 |           23 |           37 |\8\        51 |    6-16
United Kingdom\7\ ...............|       56.3 |       57.6 |   59.0 |     244 |          4,911 |          4,533 |\8\       5,328 |           103 |           104 |\8\       116 |          5,342 |          4,336 |\8\       6,549 |      94     |          93 |\21\      91 |         1,684 |         1,652 |\9\      1,541 |           42 |           47 |\9\        42 |    6-15
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic\7\ .|        9.5 |       10.2 |   10.6 |     104 |            --- |\32\        467 |\8\         438 |           --- |            72 |\8\        69 |            --- |            788 |\8\         815 |      83     |          85 |\8\      129 |           827 |         1,258 |\9\      1,821 |           19 |           30 |\8\        52 |    5-16
                                 |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |     ---     |          63 |\8\       62 |           --- |\11\       133 |\8\        172 |          --- |\11\       18 |\8\        22 |    7-15
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          North America          |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |             |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Canada ..........................|       24.6 |       27.8 |   30.0 |       3 |          2,185 |          2,376 |\9\       2,448 |            99 |           103 |\9\       102 |          2,323 |          2,292 |\9\       2,505 |             |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
Cuba.............................|        9.7 |       10.6 |   11.1 |     101 |          1,469 |            888 |\8\       1,095 |           106 |            98 |\8\       106 |          1,146 |          1,002 |\8\         713 |      88     |         101 |\9\      105 |\33\     1,173 |         1,917 |\9\      1,763 |           57 |           95 |\9\        88 |    6-16
Guatemala .......................|        6.9 |        9.2 |   10.5 |      97 |            803 |          1,165 |          1,545 |            71 |            78 |           88 |            172 |\11\        295 |            385 |      81     |          89 |\8\       81 |           152 |           242 |\8\        112 |           17 |           21 |\8\        12 |    6-16
Mexico ..........................|       67.6 |       83.2 |   94.3 |      49 |         14,666 |         14,402 |\8\      14,651 |           120 |           114 |\8\       114 |          4,742 |          6,704 |\8\       7,914 |      19     |\11\      23 |          26 |            51 |\20\        70 |\9\         80 |            8 |\20\        8 |\9\         8 |    7-14
United States....................|      230.4 |      254.1 |  267.7 |      29 |         20,420 |         22,429 |\9\      24,046 |            99 |           102 |\9\       102 |         21,585 |         19,270 |\9\      21,474 |      49     |          53 |\8\       64 |           930 |         1,311 |\8\      1,612 |           14 |           15 |\8\        16 |    6-14
                                 |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |      91     |          93 |\9\       97 |        12,097 |        13,710 |\9\     14,262 |           56 |           75 |\9\        81 |    6-16
          South America          |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |             |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Argentina .......................|       28.1 |       32.5 |   35.7 |      13 |          3,917 |          4,965 |          5,153 |           106 |           106 |\8\       113 |          1,327 |          2,160 |\8\       2,594 |             |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
Brazil ..........................|      121.7 |      148.0 |  163.7 |      19 |         22,598 |         28,944 |         34,229 |            98 |           106 |          125 |          2,819 |          3,499 |          6,405 |      56     |          71 |\8\       77 |           491 |\11\     1,008 |\10\     1,070 |           22 |\11\       38 |\10\       36 |    6-14
Chile ...........................|       11.1 |       13.1 |   14.6 |      20 |          2,185 |          1,991 |\8\       2,242 |           109 |           100 |\8\       101 |            538 |            720 |\8\         739 |      33     |          38 |          62 |         1,409 |\34\     1,540 |\8\\34\  1,869 |           11 |           11 |\8\        15 |    7-14
Colombia ........................|       26.5 |       32.6 |   40.0 |      39 |          4,168 |          4,247 |\8\\15\   4,917 |           112 |           102 |\8\       113 |          1,733 |\11\      2,378 |\8\       3,318 |      53     |          73 |\8\       75 |           145 |\11\       262 |           381 |           12 |\11\       21 |           31 |    6-13
Ecuador .........................|        8.0 |       10.3 |   11.9 |      43 |          1,534 |          1,846 |\8\\32\   1,888 |           117 |           116 |\8\       127 |            592 |\16\\35\    786 |            --- |      39     |          50 |\8\       67 |           272 |           487 |\8\        644 |            9 |           13 |\8\        17 |    6-12
Peru ............................|       17.3 |       21.6 |   24.4 |      19 |          3,161 |          3,855 |          4,163 |           114 |           118 |          123 |          1,203 |          1,698 |          1,970 |      53     |          55 |\10\      50 |           270 |           207 |           --- |           35 |           20 |          --- |    5-15
Venezuela .......................|       15.1 |       19.5 |   22.8 |      26 |          3,158 |          4,053 |\8\       4,262 |            93 |            96 |\8\        91 |            222 |            281 |\8\         378 |      59     |          67 |          72 |           306 |           678 |           658 |           17 |           30 |           26 |    6-12
                                 |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |      21     |          35 |\8\       40 |           307 |           550 |           --- |           21 |           29 |          --- |    6-15
             Oceania             |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |             |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Australia\7\ ....................|\40\   14.6 |       16.9 |   18.5 |       2 |          1,718 |          1,583 |          1,856 |           112 |           108 |          101 |          1,100 |          1,278 |          2,368 |      71     |          82 |         153 |\36\       324 |\36\       485 |         1,042 |           25 |           36 |           80 |    6-15
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---Not available. \1\Selection based on total population for midyear 1997.
\2\First level enrollment generally consists of elementary school, grades 1-6. ear
\3\Second level enrollment includes general education, teacher training (at the second level), and technical and vocational education. This level generally corresponds to secondary education in the United States, grades 7-12.
\4\Third level enrollment includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the high school level. There is considerable variation in reporting from country to country.
\5\Data represent the total enrollment of all ages in the school level divided by the population of the specific age groups that correspond to the school level. The year shown in this column is the one in which the school or academic y column is the one in which the school or academic year starts. Adjustments have been made for the varying lengths of first and second level programs. Ratios may exceed 100 because some countries have many students from outside the normal age range.
\6\Enrollment totals and ratios exclude Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Data do not include adult education or special education provided outside regular schools.
\7\Classification or data coverage of levels have been revised. Data by level may not be comparable over time.
\8\Data for 1996-97.
\9\Data for 1995-96.
\10\Data for 1994-95.
\11\Data for 1991-92.
\12\Excludes private institutions.
\13\Data refer to universities and exclude Al Azhar.
\14\Excludes non-university institutions (such as teacher training colleges and technical colleges) and excludes distance-learning universities.
\15\Estimated.
\16\General education enrollment only. Excludes teacher training and vocational education enrollments.
\17\Data for 1981-82
\18\Does not include professional schools.
\19\Includes initiation classes where students learn Portuguese.
\20\Data for 1992-93.
\21\Data for 1993-94.
\22\Not including the former Independent States of Transke, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei.
\23\Data refer to government aided and maintained schools only.
\24\Not including private non-university institutions.
\25\Day schools only.
\26\Data for 1985-86
\27\Does not include medical science.
\28\Includes preprimary education.
\29\Excludes some non-university institutions.
\30\Includes full-time students only.
\31\Data include both former East and West Germany.
\32\Data refer to the end of school year.
\33\Not including part-time students at community colleges.
\34\Not including ISCED level 7.
\35\Including vocational education.
\36\Data do not include Vocational Education and Training Institutes (VETS). NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, Statistical Yearbook, 1999; World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2000. (This table was prepared September 2000.)


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