Selected statistics for countries with populations over 10 million, by continent: 1980, 1990, 1991, and 1992

Table 387.

Selected statistics for countries\1\ with populations over 10 million, by continent: 1980, 1990, 1991, and 1992

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                              |    Population in millions            | Persons |                       First level\2\                                         |                  Second level\3\                                        |                     Third level\4\                                    |   Age
                              |______________________________________|  per    |______________________________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________|   for
           Country            |    1980    |    1990    |    1992    |  square |              Enrollment in thousands          |Enrollment ratio\5\           |           Enrollment in thousands        |Enrollment ratio\5\           |           Enrollment in thousands       |Enrollment ratio\5\          |compulsory
                              |            |            |            |kilometer|_______________________________________________|______________________________|__________________________________________|______________________________|_________________________________________|_____________________________|attendance
                              |            |            |            |in 1992  |       1980    |     1990      |       1992    |  1980  |   1990    |    1992 |    1980    |     1990       |    1992    |  1980  |    1990   |    1992 |    1980   |     1990     |       1992   |   1980  |    1990 |    1992 |\6\
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              1               |       2    |       3    |     4      |    5    |       6       |       7       |       8       |    9   |       10  |    11   |    12      |        13      |    14      |    15  |       16  |    17   |    18     |       19     |       20     |    21   |    22   |    23   |    24
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  World total\7\ .............|    4,426.2 |    5,257.2 |    5,462.0 |      40 |       556,904 |       610,874 |       626,843 |     96 |        99 |      98 |    249,718 |        299,254 |    318,608 |     45 |        50 |      53 |    45,722 |       64,433 |       70,524 |    11.0 |    12.7 |    13.9 |      ---
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            Africa            |            |            |            |         |               |               |               |        |           |         |            |                |            |        |           |         |           |              |              |         |         |         |
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Algeria\8\ ...................|       18.7 |       25.0 |       26.3 |      11 |         3,119 |         4,189 |         4,436 |     94 |        95 |      99 |      1,028 |          2,176 |      2,305 |     33 |        60 |      59 |\9\     79 |          286 |\10\      298 |     6.2 |    11.8 |\10\11.8 |     6-15
Angola .......................|        7.7 |       10.0 |       10.6 |       9 |         1,301 |           990 |           --- |    175 |        91 |     --- |        191 |            186 |        --- |     20 |        12 |     --- |         2 |            7 |          --- |     0.4 |     0.9 |     --- |     7-15
Cameroon .....................|        8.5 |       11.5 |       12.2 |      26 |         1,379 |         1,964 |           --- |     98 |       101 |     --- |        234 |            500 |        --- |     18 |        28 |     --- |\11\    12 |           33 |          --- |     1.7 |     3.4 |     --- |\12\ 6-12
Cote D'Ivoire ................|        8.3 |       12.0 |       12.9 |      40 |         1,025 |         1,415 |\10\     1,448 |     79 |        71 |\10\  69 |        222 |            --- |        --- |     19 |        23 |\10\  24 |        20 |\13\       24 |          --- |     2.9 |\14\ 2.5 |     --- |     7-13
Egypt\8\......................|       40.6 |       52.7 |       55.2 |      55 |         4,663 |         6,964 |\10\     6,542 |     78 |       101 |\10\ 101 |      2,929 |          5,507 |\10\  5,284 |     54 |        81 |\10\  80 |       716 |\15\      708 |          --- |    17.7 |    19.2 |\10\19.2 |     6-14
Ethiopia .....................|       38.8 |       51.7 |       55.1 |      45 |         2,131 |         2,466 |         1,856 |     35 |        31 |      22 |        --- |            866 |        721 |      9 |        13 |      11 |        14 |           34 |\10,16\    26 |     0.4 |     0.8 |\10\ 0.8 |     7-13
Ghana ........................|       10.7 |       15.0 |       16.0 |      67 |\17\     1,378 |         1,945 |\10,17\  1,796 |     80 |        77 |      74 |        693 |\18\        830 |        --- |     41 |        38 |\10\  38 |       --- |          --- |          --- |     1.6 |     1.5 |     --- |     6-14
Kenya\8\ .....................|       16.7 |       24.0 |       25.7 |      44 |         3,927 |         5,392 |           --- |    115 |        95 |     --- |        428 |\14\        563 |        --- |     20 |        29 |      27 |        13 |\18\       31 |          --- |     0.9 |     2.2 |     --- |      ---
Madagascar\8\ ................|        8.8 |       11.2 |       12.8 |      22 |         1,724 |         1,571 |\19\     1,490 |    142 |        92 |\19\  79 |\20\    234 |            340 |\19\    313 |\21\ 31 |        18 |\19\  15 |        23 |           36 |           43 |     2.9 |     3.4 |\19\ 3.9 |     6-13
Morocco ......................|       20.1 |       24.5 |       26.3 |      59 |         2,172 |         2,484 |         2,728 |     83 |        65 |      69 |        797 |          1,124 |      1,208 |     26 |        34 |      35 |       112 |          221 |          --- |     6.0 |    10.2 |     --- |     7-16
Mozambique\8\ ................|       12.1 |       14.2 |       14.9 |      19 |\22\     1,387 |         1,206 |         1,199 |     99 |        64 |      60 |\23\    108 |            160 |        159 |      5 |         8 |       7 |         1 |\24\        2 |            3 |     0.1 |\25\ 0.1 |     0.3 |     7-14
Nigeria\8\ ...................|       80.6 |      108.5 |      115.7 |     125 |        13,760 |        13,777 |\10\    14,806 |    104 |        73 |\10\  76 |      2,346 |          3,123 |\10\  3,601 |     19 |        21 |\10\  23 |       150 |\18\      336 |          --- |     2.2 |\18\ 3.7 |     --- |     6-12
South Africa .................|       28.3 |       38.0 |       39.8 |      33 |           --- |         6,952 |\26\     5,644 |     84 |       105 |     109 |        --- |          2,743 |        --- |    --- |        65 |      71 |       --- |\26\      439 |\26\      490 |     --- |    13.4 |    13.9 |      ---
Sudan\8\ .....................|       18.7 |       25.2 |       26.7 |      11 |         1,464 |         2,043 |\10\     2,168 |     50 |        50 |\10\  51 |        384 |            732 |\10\    718 |     16 |        22 |\10\  21 |        29 |\18\       60 |          --- |     1.8 |     3.0 |     --- |      ---
Uganda .......................|       13.1 |       17.6 |       18.7 |      79 |\27\     1,292 |\14,27\  2,633 |           --- |\27\ 50 |\14,27\ 80 |     --- |\27\     87 |\14,27\     260 |        --- |\27\  5 |\14,27\ 14 |     --- |         6 |           18 |           21 |     0.5 |\27\ 1.1 |     1.3 |      ---
United Republic of Tanzania ..|       18.6 |       25.6 |       27.8 |      29 |\23,28\  3,538 |\28\     3,379 |\28\     3,603 |     93 |        69 |      68 |\28\     79 |\28\        167 |        190 |      3 |         5 |       5 |\25\     5 |\18\        5 |          --- |\25\ 0.3 |\18\ 0.2 |     --- |     7-14
Zaire ........................|       26.4 |       35.6 |       39.9 |      17 |         4,196 |\24\     4,562 |         4,871 |     92 |        70 |      70 |        862 |\24\      1,066 |        --- |     24 |\24\    24 |     --- |        28 |\14\       61 |          --- |     1.3 |\14\ 2.1 |     --- |     6-12
Zimbabwe .....................|        7.1 |        9.4 |       10.6 |      27 |         1,235 |         2,116 |         2,302 |     85 |       116 |     119 |         75 |            --- |\10\    711 |      8 |        49 |      47 |         8 |           49 |           62 |     1.3 |     5.2 |     6.1 |     7-15
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             Asia             |            |            |            |         |               |               |               |        |           |         |            |                |            |        |           |         |           |              |              |         |         |         |
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Afghanistan\8\ ...............|       16.0 |\29\   16.1 |       19.1 |      29 |         1,116 |\18\       726 |           --- |     34 |\18\    24 |     --- |        137 |            --- |        --- |     10 |\18\     8 |     --- |\20\    23 |           24 |          --- |     --- |\18\ 1.6 |     --- |     7-15
Bangladesh ...................|       88.7 |      113.7 |      119.3 |     828 |         8,240 |        11,940 |           --- |     58 |        77 |     --- |      2,659 |          3,593 |        --- |     17 |        19 |     --- |       240 |          434 |          --- |     3.5 |     3.8 |     --- |     6-10
China\8\ .....................|      996.1 |    1,153.5 |    1,188.0 |     124 |       146,270 |       122,414 |       122,013 |    112 |       125 |     121 |     56,778 |         51,054 |     53,544 |     46 |        48 |      54 |\30\ 1,161 |\30\    2,147 |\30\    2,271 |     1.3 |     1.7 |\10\ 1.6 |     7-16
India ........................|\31\  675.0 |\31\  827.1 |\31\  870.0 |\31\ 265 |        73,873 |        99,118 |       105,370 |     83 |        98 |     102 |     32,748 |\25\     44,485 |     63,205 |     30 |        44 |      49 |     3,545 |\13\    4,806 |          --- |     5.7 |\18\ 6.0 |     --- |\32\ 6-14
Indonesia ....................|      147.5 |      179.3 |      191.2 |     100 |        25,537 |\18\    29,934 |        29,599 |    107 |\18\   116 |     115 |      5,722 |\18\     11,243 |     10,863 |     29 |\18\    45 |      43 |       --- |\18\    1,576 |        1,973 |     --- |\18\ 8.7 |    10.1 |     7-13
Iran, Islamic Republic of\8\ .|       39.3 |       54.5 |       57.0 |      35 |         4,799 |         9,370 |         9,937 |     87 |       111 |     109 |      2,718 |          5,085 |      6,323 |     42 |        54 |      62 |       --- |\17\      312 |\10\      636 |     --- |     9.8 |\10\12.2 |     6-10
Iraq .........................|       13.2 |       18.1 |       19.3 |      44 |         2,616 |         3,328 |         2,857 |    113 |       111 |      89 |      1,033 |\14\      1,167 |      1,145 |     57 |        47 |      43 |       107 |\18\      210 |          --- |     9.3 |\18\13.8 |     --- |     6-12
Japan ........................|      116.8 |      123.5 |      124.3 |     329 |        11,827 |         9,373 |         8,947 |    101 |       101 |     102 |      9,558 |         11,026 |\10\ 10,677 |     93 |        98 |\10\  97 |\33\ 2,412 |\18,33\ 2,683 |\10\    2,899 |    30.5 |\18\30.7 |\10\31.3 |     6-15
Kazakhstan ...................|        --- |       16.7 |       17.0 |       6 |           --- |           --- |\19\     1,227 |    --- |       --- |     --- |        --- |            --- |        --- |    --- |       --- |     --- |       260 |          287 |          --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |      ---
Korea, North (DPR) ...........|       18.0 |       21.8 |       22.6 |     --- |           --- |\24\     1,543 |           --- |    --- |\24\   104 |     --- |        --- |\24,34\   2,468 |        --- |    --- |       --- |     --- |       --- |\24\      390 |          --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     5-15
Korea, South (Republic of)....|       38.1 |       42.9 |       43.7 |     441 |         5,658 |         4,869 |         4,560 |    110 |       107 |     105 |      4,286 |          4,560 |      4,462 |     78 |        84 |      84 |       648 |        1,691 |        1,859 |    15.8 |    38.7 |    41.6 |     6-12
Malaysia .....................|       13.7 |       17.8 |       18.6 |      56 |         2,009 |         2,456 |         2,652 |     93 |        93 |      93 |      1,084 |          1,420 |      1,567 |     48 |        56 |      60 |        58 |          121 |          --- |     4.3 |     7.3 |     --- |     6-14
Myanmar (former Burma) .......|       33.6 |       41.8 |       43.7 |      65 |         4,148 |         5,385 |           --- |     91 |       105 |     --- |      1,066 |\24\      1,359 |        --- |     22 |        23 |     --- |\23\   165 |\24\      202 |          --- |     --- |\24\ 5.4 |     --- |     5-10
Nepal\8\ .....................|       14.0 |       18.9 |       20.6 |     146 |         1,068 |         2,789 |         3,035 |     88 |        99 |     102 |        512 |\14\        709 |        855 |     22 |        33 |      36 |\17\    34 |           94 |\10\      110 |     3.0 |     5.8 |\10\ 6.6 |     6-11
Pakistan .....................|\35\   82.6 |\35\  112.0 |\35\  119.1 |\35\ 150 |\22\     5,474 |\22\     8,856 |           --- |     39 |        46 |     --- |      2,166 |          3,983 |        --- |     14 |        21 |     --- |\20\   157 |\18,36\   305 |          --- |     --- |\18\ 2.8 |     --- |      ---
Philippines ..................|       48.3 |       61.5 |       64.3 |     214 |\23\     8,034 |        10,427 |        10,680 |    111 |       111 |     109 |      2,929 |          4,034 |      4,422 |     64 |        73 |      76 |     1,276 |        1,709 |\10\    1,657 |    26.2 |    29.3 |\10\27.8 |     7-13
Saudi Arabia .................|        9.4 |       14.9 |       15.9 |       7 |           927 |         1,877 |         2,026 |     63 |        77 |      78 |        349 |            893 |      1,073 |     30 |        46 |      51 |        62 |          154 |\10\      164 |     7.3 |    13.3 |\10\13.7 |      ---
Sri Lanka\8\ .................|       14.8 |       17.0 |       17.4 |     265 |         2,081 |         2,112 |         2,059 |    103 |       107 |     107 |        --- |          2,082 |      2,185 |     55 |        74 |      75 |        43 |\13\       62 |          --- |     2.8 |     5.2 |\10\ 5.5 |     5-15
Syrian Arab Republic .........|        8.7 |       12.1 |       13.0 |      70 |         1,556 |         2,452 |         2,573 |    100 |       109 |     107 |        604 |\37\        914 |        917 |     46 |        52 |      48 |       140 |          222 |          194 |    19.2 |    18.8 |    18.7 |     6-11
Thailand\8\ ..................|       46.7 |       56.1 |       57.8 |     113 |         7,393 |         6,465 |         6,813 |     99 |        90 |      97 |      1,920 |          2,397 |        --- |     29 |        33 |     --- |\38\   361 |\18\      952 |        1,156 |    13.1 |\18\16.3 |    19.0 |     7-15
Turkey .......................|       44.5 |       56.1 |       58.8 |      75 |         5,656 |         6,862 |\10\     6,879 |     96 |       114 |\10\ 113 |      2,218 |          3,808 |\10\  3,987 |     35 |        48 |\10\  51 |       246 |          750 |          916 |     6.1 |    14.1 |\10\14.8 |     6-14
Uzbekistan ...................|        --- |       20.5 |       21.7 |      49 |           --- |           --- |           --- |    --- |       --- |     --- |        --- |            --- |        --- |    --- |       --- |     --- |       278 |          341 |          --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |      ---
Vietnam\8\ ...................|       53.7 |       66.2 |       69.3 |     209 |         7,887 |         8,862 |         9,476 |    109 |       103 |     108 |        --- |\18\      3,652 |        --- |     42 |        33 |      33 |\33\   115 |\18\      186 |          --- |     2.3 |     1.6 |     --- |     6-11
Yemen ........................|        --- |       11.2 |       12.0 |      23 |           703 |         1,671 |           --- |     51 |        82 |     --- |         73 |            421 |        --- |     11 |        31 |     --- |         8 |          --- |\10\       53 |     1.7 |\14\ 2.9 |     --- |      ---
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            Europe            |            |            |            |         |               |               |               |        |           |         |            |                |            |        |           |         |           |              |              |         |         |         |
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Belarus ......................|        9.6 |       10.3 |\10\   10.3 |\18\  49 |           750 |           615 |           635 |    --- |       --- |     --- |        760 |            968 |        970 |    --- |       --- |     --- |\39\   177 |          189 |          188 |     --- |     --- |     --- |\40\ 6-17
Czechoslovakia (former)\8\ ...|       15.3 |       15.7 |       15.7 |     123 |         1,904 |         1,924 |\41\     1,511 |     92 |        94 |\10\  95 |        781 |            864 |\10\    849 |     89 |        83 |\10\  79 |       197 |          190 |\41\      183 |    17.1 |    17.9 |\10\16.3 |     6-16
France .......................|       53.9 |       56.7 |       57.4 |     104 |         4,610 |         4,149 |         4,060 |    111 |       108 |     106 |      5,014 |          5,522 |      5,574 |     85 |        99 |     102 |\42\ 1,077 |\42\    1,699 |        1,952 |    25.5 |    39.7 |    45.6 |     6-16
Germany\43\ ..................|       78.2 |       79.4 |       80.6 |     226 |         3,636 |         3,431 |         3,470 |    101 |       107 |      94 |\44\  8,457 |          7,398 |\10\  7,500 |     91 |       102 |\10\  97 |     1,624 |        2,238 |\10\    1,867 |    27.2 |    35.7 |     --- |     6-18
Greece .......................|        9.6 |       10.1 |       10.3 |      78 |           901 |\18\       835 |           --- |    103 |\18\    97 |     --- |    740.058 |\18\        844 |        --- |     81 |\18\    98 |     --- |       121 |          195 |          --- |    17.4 |    25.0 |     --- |     6-15
Hungary ......................|       10.7 |       10.4 |       10.3 |     111 |         1,162 |         1,131 |\10\     1,081 |     96 |        90 |\10\  89 |        357 |            514 |\10\    531 |     69 |        81 |\10\  82 |\39\   101 |\39\      102 |          117 |    12.9 |    14.9 |\10\15.3 |     6-16
Italy ........................|       56.4 |       57.7 |       56.8 |     188 |         4,423 |         3,056 |         2,960 |    100 |        93 |      95 |      5,308 |          5,118 |      4,892 |     72 |        75 |      77 |     1,118 |        1,452 |        1,615 |    27.6 |    29.8 |    33.7 |     6-13
Netherlands\8\ ...............|       14.1 |       15.0 |       15.2 |     372 |         1,333 |         1,082 |         1,046 |    100 |       102 |      98 |\45\  1,391 |          1,402 |      1,370 |     93 |       112 |     117 |       360 |          479 |\10\      494 |    30.0 |    37.6 |\10\38.8 |     5-16
Poland .......................|       35.6 |       38.1 |       38.4 |     119 |         4,167 |         5,189 |         5,232 |    100 |        98 |      98 |      1,674 |          1,888 |      2,031 |     77 |        83 |      84 |\39\   589 |\39\      545 |          584 |    17.6 |    22.1 |    23.0 |     7-14
Romania ......................|       22.2 |       23.2 |       22.7 |      96 |         3,237 |         1,253 |         1,201 |    102 |        91 |      88 |        871 |          2,838 |      2,452 |     71 |        92 |      82 |\39\   193 |\18,39\   165 |          236 |    11.0 |\18\ 8.7 |    11.9 |     6-14
Russian Federation ...........|        --- |      147.9 |\10\  148.2 |     --- |           --- |           --- |        11,872 |    --- |       --- |     --- |        --- |            --- |      9,443 |    --- |       --- |     --- |     3,046 |        2,861 |        2,638 |     --- |     --- |     --- |      ---
Spain ........................|       37.5 |       39.0 |       39.1 |      77 |         3,610 |         2,820 |\10\     2,662 |    109 |       108 |\10\ 107 |      3,977 |          4,755 |\10\  4,773 |     87 |       106 |\10\ 109 |       698 |        1,222 |\10\    1,302 |    24.2 |    37.1 |\10\39.5 |     6-15
Ukrainian S.S.R. .............|       50.0 |       51.8 |       52.2 |      86 |         3,595 |         3,991 |         4,102 |    --- |       --- |     --- |      3,406 |          3,408 |      3,282 |    --- |       --- |     --- |\39\   880 |          895 |\10\      890 |     --- |     --- |     --- |\40\ 6-17
United Kingdom ...............|       56.3 |       57.4 |       57.8 |     237 |         4,911 |         4,533 |           --- |    103 |       104 |     --- |      5,342 |          4,336 |        --- |     83 |        86 |     --- |       827 |        1,258 |\10\    1,385 |    20.1 |    27.8 |     --- |     5-16
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic .|        --- |        --- |       10.5 |     --- |           --- |           467 |           474 |    --- |       --- |     --- |        --- |            --- |        --- |    --- |       --- |     --- |       --- |          --- |          143 |     --- |     --- |     --- |     7-15
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        North America         |            |            |            |         |               |               |               |        |           |         |            |                |            |        |           |         |           |              |              |         |         |         |
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Canada .......................|       24.0 |       26.6 |       27.4 |       3 |         2,185 |         2,372 |         2,438 |    100 |       107 |     107 |      2,323 |          2,293 |      2,392 |     89 |       104 |     107 |     1,173 |        1,917 |\10\    1,943 |    55.5 |    95.9 |    98.8 |     6-16
Cuba\8\ ......................|        9.7 |       10.6 |       10.8 |      98 |         1,469 |           888 |           942 |    106 |       100 |     102 |      1,146 |          1,002 |        820 |     81 |        91 |      84 |       152 |          242 |          198 |    20.5 |    20.9 |\10\19.4 |     6-11
Mexico .......................|       69.7 |       86.2 |       89.5 |      46 |        14,666 |        14,402 |        14,426 |    121 |       115 |     113 |      4,742 |          6,704 |      6,783 |     48 |        55 |      56 |       930 |        1,311 |          --- |    15.4 |    15.2 |    14.0 |     6-14
United States\47\.............|      227.2 |      249.4 |      255.0 |      26 |        21,076 |        22,392 |        22,975 |    101 |       104 |     102 |     21,945 |         19,313 |     20,515 |     94 |        96 |      98 |    12,097 |       13,820 |       14,486 |    58.0 |    77.7 |\10\81.6 |     7-16
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Argentina ....................|       28.2 |       32.3 |       33.1 |      12 |         3,917 |\14\     4,999 |\10\     4,874 |    106 |\14\   111 |\10\ 107 |\23\  1,366 |\14\      1,974 |\10\  2,160 |     56 |\14\    71 |\10\  71 |       491 |\24\      959 |\10\    1,077 |    21.6 |\24\40.8 |\10\43.4 |     6-14
Brazil\8\ ....................|      121.3 |      150.4 |      156.3 |      18 |        22,598 |        28,944 |\10\    28,742 |     99 |       108 |\10\ 106 |      2,819 |          3,499 |\10\  3,559 |     34 |        39 |\10\  39 |     1,409 |        1,540 |\10\    1,565 |    11.9 |    11.6 |\10\11.7 |     7-14
Chile ........................|       11.1 |       13.2 |       13.6 |      18 |         2,185 |         1,991 |         2,035 |    109 |        98 |      96 |        538 |            720 |        675 |     53 |        74 |      70 |       145 |          255 |\10\      287 |    13.2 |    20.7 |\10\23.3 |     6-13
Colombia .....................|       25.9 |       32.3 |       33.4 |      29 |         4,168 |         4,247 |         4,526 |    124 |       110 |     117 |      1,733 |\18\      2,283 |      2,687 |     41 |\18\    55 |      61 |\48\   272 |\18,48\   475 |\10\      511 |    10.2 |\18\13.7 |\10\14.8 |     6-14
Ecuador ......................|        8.1 |       10.3 |       10.7 |      38 |         1,534 |\14\     1,828 |           --- |    113 |\14\   116 |     --- |        592 |\24\        772 |        --- |     51 |\24\    56 |     --- |       270 |          207 |          --- |    36.5 |    20.1 |     --- |     6-14
Peru .........................|       17.3 |       21.6 |       22.5 |      17 |         3,161 |         3,855 |         3,853 |    114 |       121 |     119 |      1,203 |          1,698 |      1,704 |     59 |        68 |      67 |       306 |          682 |          778 |    19.4 |    35.6 |\10\39.4 |     6-12
Venezuela ....................|       15.0 |       19.3 |       20.2 |      22 |\49\     3,158 |\49\     4,053 |\10,49\  4,190 |     93 |        97 |\10\  99 |        222 |            281 |\10\    289 |     22 |        34 |\10\  34 |       307 |          550 |          --- |    21.4 |    29.5 |     --- |     5-15
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Australia ....................|       14.7 |       17.0 |       17.5 |       2 |         1,718 |         1,583 |         1,623 |    111 |       106 |     107 |      1,100 |          1,278 |      1,295 |     71 |        81 |      83 |       324 |          485 |          559 |    25.4 |    35.6 |    39.6 |     6-16
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\1\Selection based on total population for midyear 1991.
\2\First-level enrollment generally consists of elementary grades.
\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.
\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 are the total enrollment of all ages in the school level divided by the population of the specific age groups which correspond to the school level. Adjustments have been made for the varying lengths of first- and second-level programs. All third-level ratios are based on the 20- to 24-year-old population. Because some countries have many students from outside the normal age range, ratios may exceed 100.
\6\In many countries and territories, a child may be exempt from school attendance if there is no suitable school within a reasonable distance of his/her home.
\7\Enrollment totals and ratios exclude Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Data do not include adult education or special education provided outside regular schools.
\8\Classification of first and/or second levels have been revised. Data by level may not be comparable over time.
\9\Data refer only to institutions under the Ministry of Education.
\10\Data for 1991.
\11\Data exclude "Enam."
\12\Eastern Cameroon.
\13\Data for 1986.
\14\Data for 1988.
\15\Excludes students in Al Azhar University and all private institutions.
\16\Data do not include Asmara University and Kotebe College.
\17\Data refer to public education only.
\18\Data for 1989.
\19\Data for 1993.
\20\Data for 1979.
\21\Data for 1984.
\22\Includes education preceding the first level.
\23\Data for 1981.
\24\Data for 1987.
\25\Data for 1985.
\26\Data do not include Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, or Ciskei.
\27\Data refer to government maintained and aided schools only.
\28\Data refer to Tanzania mainland only.
\29\Not including nomads.
\30\Includes full-time students only.
\31\Includes data for Jammu and Kashmir.
\32\Data pertain to the majority of states.
\33\Includes correspondence courses.
\34\General education only.
\35\Excludes data for Jammu, Kashmir, Junagardh, Manavadar, Gilgit, and Baltistan.
\36\Data refer to universities only.
\37\Includes United Nations Refugee Welfare Agency schools with 18,305 pupils.
\38\Excludes Open University with an enrollment of 243,825 in 1979.
\39\Includes evening and correspondence courses.
\40\Grade levels changed for compatibility with ISCED.
\41\Data are a combination of data for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
\42\The total number of students is overestimated due to inclusion of enrollment in non-university institutions.
\43\Data include both former East and West Germany.
\44\Excludes technical education, consisting of both on the job training and school education.
\45\Data do not include apprenticeships and health care training.
\46\Data includes trade and vocational programs.
\47\Population data are from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Population Estimates. Enrollment totals and ratios are based on data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics and the U.S. Bureau of the Census. First level includes grades 1 through 6 and second level includes grades 7 through 12. Enrollment data are for the 1980-81, 1990-91, and 1991-92 school years.
\48\Includes students at the Open University.
\49\Data refer to grades 1 to 9 (basic education).

---Data not available.

NOTE.--Data revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, Statistical Yearbook, various years; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20; and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data and "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey. (This table was prepared May 1995.)

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