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Table 392. School-age populations as a percent of total population: Selected countries, 1985 to 1999

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                    |  5- to 14-year-olds as a                     |  15- to 19-year-olds as a
                    |percent of total population                   |percent of total population
      Country       |______________________________________________|_______________________________________________
                    |1985\1\|1990\1\|1995\1\|  1996 | 1998 |  1999 |1985\2\|1990\2\|1995\2\|  1996 |  1998 |  1999
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
         1          |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |  6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Australia ..........|  14.5 |  13.1 |  12.9 |  14.0 | 14.0 |  14.0 |   6.6 |   6.4 |   5.6 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0
Belgium ............|  11.4 |  10.9 |  10.7 |  12.0 | 12.0 |  12.0 |   5.8 |   5.1 |   4.9 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
Canada .............|  12.8 |  12.4 |  12.2 |  13.0 | 14.0 |  14.0 |   6.1 |   5.5 |   5.4 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0
Czech Republic .....|   --- |   --- |  11.6 |  13.0 | 13.0 |  12.0 |   --- |   --- |   6.5 |   8.0 |   8.0 |   7.0
Denmark ............|  12.0 |  10.1 |   9.7 |  11.0 | 11.0 |  12.0 |   5.8 |   5.7 |   4.7 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   5.0
                    |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Finland ............|  11.5 |  11.8 |  11.4 |  13.0 | 13.0 |  13.0 |   5.6 |   4.9 |   5.1 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
France .............|  12.8 |  12.1 |  12.0 |  13.0 | 13.0 |  13.0 |   6.2 |   5.8 |   5.3 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0
Germany\3\ .........|   9.1 |   8.7 |  10.0 |  11.0 | 11.0 |  11.0 |   6.1 |   4.1 |   4.3 |   5.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
Greece .............|   --- |   --- |  10.7 |  12.0 | 11.0 |  11.0 |   --- |   5.5 |   5.8 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0
Iceland ............|  15.7 |  15.0 |  14.3 |  16.0 | 16.0 |  16.0 |   6.7 |   6.8 |   6.4 |   8.0 |   8.0 |   8.0
                    |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Ireland ............|  17.9 |  17.5 |  15.2 |  17.0 | 16.0 |  15.0 |   7.7 |   8.0 |   7.8 |   9.0 |   9.0 |   9.0
Italy ..............|  12.7 |  10.3 |   9.1 |  10.0 | 10.0 |  10.0 |   6.5 |   6.0 |   4.8 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   5.0
Japan ..............|  14.0 |  11.8 |  10.2 |  11.0 | 11.0 |  10.0 |   6.2 |   6.5 |   5.4 |   7.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
Korea, Republic of .|   --- |   --- |  14.5 |  15.0 | 14.0 |  14.0 |   --- |   --- |   7.1 |   9.0 |   9.0 |   8.0
Luxembourg .........|  10.2 |  10.1 |  10.5 |  12.0 | 12.0 |  12.0 |   5.5 |   4.4 |   4.4 |   5.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
                    |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Netherlands ........|  12.0 |  10.7 |  10.8 |  12.0 | 12.0 |  12.0 |   6.8 |   5.4 |   4.8 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
New Zealand ........|  15.3 |  13.5 |  13.5 |  15.0 | 15.0 |  15.0 |   7.5 |   6.7 |   5.7 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0
Norway .............|  12.5 |  11.0 |  11.2 |  13.0 | 13.0 |  13.0 |   6.4 |   5.8 |   4.9 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
Portugal ...........|  15.3 |  14.3 |  10.9 |  12.0 | 12.0 |  11.0 |   6.9 |   6.8 |   6.1 |   8.0 |   7.0 |   7.0
Russian Federation .|   --- |   --- |  14.3 |  16.0 |  --- |  14.0 |   --- |   --- |   5.8 |   7.0 |   --- |   8.0
                    |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Spain ..............|  15.0 |  12.9 |  10.2 |  11.0 | 11.0 |  10.0 |   6.8 |   6.8 |   6.2 |   8.0 |   7.0 |   7.0
Sweden .............|  11.3 |  10.2 |  10.8 |  12.0 | 13.0 |  13.0 |   5.4 |   5.2 |   4.6 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
Switzerland ........|  10.6 |  10.1 |  10.4 |  12.0 | 12.0 |  12.0 |   5.8 |   4.8 |   4.5 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
Turkey .............|  20.6 |  20.6 |  19.7 |  20.0 | 21.0 |  21.0 |   8.7 |   8.9 |   8.8 |  11.0 |  11.0 |  11.0
United Kingdom .....|  11.4 |  11.1 |  11.6 |  13.0 | 13.0 |  13.0 |   6.3 |   5.2 |   4.8 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   6.0
United States ......|  12.6 |  12.8 |  13.0 |  15.0 | 14.0 |  15.0 |   6.2 |   5.4 |   5.5 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______

---Not available.
\1\Data are for the 5- to 13-year-old population.
\2\Data are for the 14- to 17-year-old population.
\3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 2001.)


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