Table 396. | School-age populations as a percent of total population, by country: Selected years, 1985 to 1999 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ |5- to 14-year-olds as a percent of tot| 15- to 19-year-olds as a percent of | population | 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| 13| 13| 14| 14| 14| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 7 Belgium ............| 11| 11| 11| 12| 12| 12| 6| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6 Canada .............| 13| 12| 12| 13| 14| 14| 6| 5| 5| 7| 7| 7 Czech Republic .....| --- | --- | 12| 13| 13| 12| --- | --- | 6| 8| 8| 7 Denmark ............| 12| 10| 10| 11| 11| 12| 6| 6| 5| 6| 6| 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Finland ............| 11| 12| 11| 13| 13| 13| 6| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6 France .............| 13| 12| 12| 13| 13| 13| 6| 6| 5| 7| 7| 7 Germany\3\ .........| 9| 9| 10| 11| 11| 11| 6| 4| 4| 5| 6| 6 Greece .............| --- | --- | 11| 12| 11| 11| --- | 5| 6| 7| 7| 7 Iceland ............| 16| 15| 14| 16| 16| 16| 7| 7| 6| 8| 8| 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ireland ............| 18| 18| 15| 17| 16| 15| 8| 8| 8| 9| 9| 9 Italy ..............| 13| 10| 9| 10| 10| 10| 6| 6| 5| 6| 6| 5 Japan ..............| 14| 12| 10| 11| 11| 10| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6 Korea, Republic of .| --- | --- | 14| 15| 14| 14| --- | --- | 7| 9| 9| 8 Luxembourg .........| 10| 10| 11| 12| 12| 12| 5| 4| 4| 5| 6| 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands ........| 12| 11| 11| 12| 12| 12| 7| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6 New Zealand ........| 15| 13| 13| 15| 15| 15| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7 Norway .............| 13| 11| 11| 13| 13| 13| 6| 6| 5| 6| 6| 6 Portugal ...........| 15| 14| 11| 12| 12| 11| 7| 7| 6| 8| 7| 7 Russian Federation .| --- | --- | 14| 16|--- | 14| --- | --- | 6| 7|--- | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | Spain ..............| 15| 13| 10| 11| 11| 10| 7| 7| 6| 8| 7| 7 Sweden .............| 11| 10| 11| 12| 13| 13| 5| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6 Switzerland ........| 11| 10| 10| 12| 12| 12| 6| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6 Turkey .............| 21| 21| 20| 20| 21| 21| 9| 9| 9| 11| 11| 11 United Kingdom .....| 11| 11| 12| 13| 13| 13| 6| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6 United States ......| 13| 13| 13| 15| 14| 15| 6| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7 ____________________|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____ |
---Not available. 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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