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| Table 394. - | Selected statistics for countries\1\ with populations over 10 million, by continent: 1980, 1990, and 1995 |
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| Population in millions |Persons | First level\2\ | Second level\3\ | Third level\4\ |Age for
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Country | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 |square | Enrollment in thousands | Enrollment ratio\6\ | Enrollment in thousands | Enrollment ratio\6\ | Enrollment in thousands | Enrollment ratio\6\ |attendance
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| | | |in 1995 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 |
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World total\7\.............| 4,447.4 | 5,282.4 |5,687.2 | 42 | 541,002 | 596,637 | 650,179 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 264,855 | 316,154 | 372,037 | 46 | 52 | 58 | 51,160 | 68,665 | 81,742 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 16.2 | ---
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Africa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Algeria\8\....................| 18.7 | 24.9 | 28.1 | 12 | 3,119 | 4,189 | 4,618 | 94 | 100 | 107 | 1,028 | 2,176 | 2,545 | 33 | 61 | 62 | 79 | 286 |\9\ 299 | 5.9 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 6-15
Angola .......................| 7.0 | 9.2 | 10.8 | 9 | 1,301 | 990 | --- | 174 | 91 | --- | 191 | 186 | --- | 21 | 12 | --- | 2 | 7 | --- | 0.4 | 0.8 | --- | 7-15
Cameroon .....................| 8.7 | 11.5 | 13.2 | 28 | 1,379 | 1,964 |\9\ 1,897 | 98 | 101 |\9\ 88 | 234 | 500 |\10\ 550 | 18 | 28 |\9\ 27 |\11\ 12 | 33 |\10\ 51 | 1.6 | 3.3 | --- |\12\ 6-12
Cote D'Ivoire ................| 8.2 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 42 | 1,025 | 1,415 | 1,662 | 75 | 67 | 69 | 222 | --- |\9\ 475 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 20 |\13\ 24 | --- | 2.8 |\14\ 3.1 | --- | 7-13
Egypt\8\......................| 43.7 | 56.3 | 62.1 | 62 | 4,663 | 6,964 |\15\ 7,470 | 73 | 94 | 100 | 2,929 |\15\ 5,507 |\15\ 6,143 | 50 | 76 | 74 | 716 |\16\ 628 | --- | 16.1 | 15.9 |\9\ 18.1 | 6-13
Ethiopia .....................| 36.4 | 48.1 | 56.4 | 51 | 2,131 | 2,466 |\9\ 2,722 | 36 | 33 |\9\ 31 |\17\ 666 | 866 |\9\ 756 | 9 | 14 |\9\ 11 | 14 | 34 | --- | 0.4 | 0.8 |\9\ 0.7 | 7-13
Ghana.........................| 10.8 | 15.0 | 17.3 | 73 |\19\ 1,378 | 1,945 | --- | 79 | 77 | --- | 693 |\20\ 830 | --- | 41 | 37 | --- | 8 | 10 | --- | 1.6 | 1.4 | --- |\21\ 6-14
Kenya\8\......................| 16.6 | 23.5 | 27.2 | 47 | 3,927 | 5,392 | 5,545 | 115 | 95 | 85 | 428 |\17\ 458 | --- | 20 | 24 | 24 | 13 |\20\ 31 | --- | 0.9 | 1.6 | --- | 6-14
Madagascar\8\.................| 9.1 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 25 | 1,724 | 1,571 |\10\ 1,505 | 133 | 84 |\10\ 72 |\22\ 234 | --- | --- |\23\ 29 | 17 |\10\ 14 | 23 | 36 | --- | 2.6 | 3.1 | --- | 6-13
Morocco ......................| 19.4 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 59 | 2,172 | 2,484 | 3,102 | 83 | 67 | 83 | 797 | 1,194 | 1,412 | 26 | 35 | 39 | 112 | 256 |\9\ 295 | 5.9 | 10.6 |\9\ 11.3 | 7-13
Mozambique\8\.................| 12.1 | 14.2 | 17.3 | 22 | 1,387 | 1,260 | 1,415 | 99 | 67 | 60 |\24\ 108 | 160 | 185 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 |\18\ 5 | 7 | 0.1 |\17\ 0.1 | 0.5 |\21\ 6-12
Nigeria\8\....................| 72.0 | 96.2 | 111.7 | 121 |\22\ 12,117 | 13,607 |\9\ 16,191 | 105 | 85 |\9\ 89 |\22\ 1,865 | 2,908 |\9\ 4,451 | 16 | 23 |\9\ 30 | 150 |\20\ 336 | --- | 2.2 |\17\ 3.3 |\18\ 4.1 | 6-12
South Africa .................| 29.2 | 37.1 | 41.5 | 34 | 4,353 | 6,952 | 8,061 | 85 | 109 | 117 | --- |\25\ 2,939 |\9\ 3,571 |\13\ 55 | 68 | 84 | --- | 439 |\9\ 618 | --- | 12.8 | 17.3 | 7-16
Sudan\8\......................| 18.7 | 24.1 | 26.7 | 11 | 1,464 | 2,043 | 3,024 | 50 | 50 |\9\ 54 | 384 | 732 |\9\ 254 | 16 | 23 |\9\ 13 | 29 |\20\ 60 | --- | 1.7 | 3.0 | --- | 6-14
Uganda........................| 13.1 | 16.6 | 19.7 | 82 | 1,292 | 2,470 | 2,912 |\26\ 50 |\26\ 74 |\26\ 73 | 87 | 268 | 292 |\26\ 5 |\26\ 13 |\26\ 12 | 6 | 18 |\9\ 28 |\26\ 0.5 |\26\ 1.2 |\9\ 1.5 | ---
United Republic of Tanzania ..| 18.6 | 25.5 | 30.0 | 34 |\27\ 3,368 |\27\ 3,379 | 3,878 | 93 | 70 | 67 |\27\ 79 |\27\ 167 | 213 | 3 | 5 | 5 | --- |\20\ 5 | 13 | --- |\17\ 0.3 | 0.5 | 7-13
Zaire ........................| 27.0 | 37.4 | 45.5 | 19 | 4,196 | 4,562 |\9\ 5,418 | 92 | 70 |\9\ 72 | 862 |\25\ 1,097 |\9\ 1,541 | 24 |\17\ 23 |\9\ 26 | 28 | 80 |\9\ 93 | 1.2 | 2.4 |\9\ 2.3 | 6-12
Zimbabwe .....................| 7.1 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 29 | 1,235 | 2,116 | 2,483 | 85 | 116 | 116 | 75 | 661 | 711 | 8 | 49 | 47 | 8 | 49 | 46 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 7-15
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Asia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Afghanistan\8\................| 16.1 | 14.8 | 19.7 | 30 | 1,116 | 623 | 1,312 | 34 | 27 | 49 | 137 | 182 | 513 | 10 | 9 | 22 |\13\ 22 | 24 | --- | --- | 1.8 | --- | 7-13
Bangladesh ...................| 88.2 | 109.8 | 118.2 | 821 | 8,240 | 11,940 | --- | 61 | 69 | --- | 2,659 | 3,593 | --- | 18 | 21 | --- | 240 | 434 | --- | 2.8 | 4.4 | --- | 6-10
China\8\......................| 998.9 | 1,155.3 |1,220.2 | 127 | 146,270 | 122,414 | 131,951 | 113 | 127 | 118 | 56,778 | 53,063 | 63,800 | 46 | 49 | 67 |\28\ 1,161 |\28\ 3,822 | 5,622 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 5.3 |\21\ 7-16
India ........................| 688.9 | 850.8 | 929.0 | 283 | 73,873 | 99,118 | 109,734 | 83 | 97 | 100 | 32,748 |\17\ 44,485 | 66,634 | 30 | 44 | 49 | 3,545 | 4,951 | 5,582 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6-14
Indonesia ....................| 151.0 | 182.8 | 197.5 | 104 | 25,537 | 29,754 |\9\ 29,722 | 107 | 115 |\9\ 114 | 5,722 | 10,965 |\9\ 12,224 | 29 | 44 |\9\ 48 | 543 | 1,591 | 2,303 | 3.6 | 9.2 | --- | 7-13
Iran, Islamic Republic of\8\..| 39.3 | 59.2 | 68.4 | 42 | 4,799 | 9,370 |\9\ 9,746 | 87 | 110 |\9\ 99 | 2,718 | 5,085 |\9\ 7,653 | 42 | 54 |\9\ 69 |\17\ 184 | 312 | 1,048 | 0.0 | 9.6 |\9\ 14.8 | 6-10
Iraq .........................| 13.0 | 18.1 | 20.1 | 46 | 2,616 | 3,328 | --- | 113 | 111 | --- | 1,033 |\17\ 1,191 |\18\ 1,145 | 57 | 47 | --- | 107 |\14\ 210 | --- | 8.7 | 12.6 | --- | 6-12
Japan ........................| 116.8 | 123.5 | 125.1 | 331 | 11,827 | 9,373 | 8,370 | 101 | 100 | 102 | 9,558 | 11,026 |\9\ 9,879 | 93 | 97 |\9\ 99 | 2,412 |\25\ 2,899 |\9\ 3,918 | 30.5 | 29.1 |\9\ 40.3 |\21\ 6-15
Kazakstan ....................| 14.9 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 6 | 1,064 | 1,197 | 1,373 | 84 | 87 | 96 | 1,996 | 2,144 |\10\ 2,020 | 93 | 98 | 83 | 525 | 537 | 419 | 34.1 | 40.1 | 32.7 | 6-18
Korea, North (DPR) ...........| 17.7 | 20.4 | 22.1 | 183 | --- |\29\ 1,543 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\29\ 2,468 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\29\ 390 | 196 | --- | --- | --- | 5-15
Korea, South (Republic of)....| 38.1 | 42.9 | 44.9 | 452 | 5,658 | 4,869 | 3,916 | 110 | 105 | --- | 4,286 | 4,560 | 4,707 | 78 | 90 | 101 |\30\ 648 | 1,691 | 2,225 | 14.7 | 38.6 | 52.0 | 6-15
Malaysia .....................| 13.8 | 17.9 | 20.1 | 61 | 2,009 | 2,456 | 2,803 | 93 | 93 | 91 | 1,084 | 1,456 | 1,625 | 48 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 121 |\9\ 191 | 4.1 | 7.2 | --- |\21\ 6-16
Myanmar (former Burma) .......| 33.8 | 41.4 | 45.1 | 67 | 4,148 | 5,385 | 5,414 | 91 | 105 | 100 | 1,066 | 1,281 |\9\ 1,753 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 163 |\25\ 196 |\9\ 245 | 4.7 | 4.3 |\9\ 5.4 | 5-10
Nepal\8\......................| 14.5 | 18.8 | 21.5 | 152 | 1,068 | 2,789 |\10\ 3,092 | 86 | 108 |\10\ 110 | 512 | 709 |\10\ 910 | 22 | 33 |\10\ 38 |\19\ 34 | 94 |\10\ 102 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 6-11
Pakistan .....................| 85.3 | 119.1 | 136.3 | 171 | 5,474 | 11,451 |\10\ 15,532 | 39 | 61 |\10\ 74 | 2,166 | 4,345 | --- | 14 | 23 | --- |\17\ 268 |\20\ 337 | --- |\18\ 2.5 | 2.9 | --- | ---
Philippines ..................| 48.3 | 60.8 | 67.8 | 226 |\19\ 8,034 | 10,427 | 11,542 | 112 | 113 | 116 | 2,929 | 4,034 | 4,810 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 1,276 | 1,709 |\9\ 1,833 | 24.4 | 27.4 |\9\ 27.4 | 13
Saudi Arabia .................| 9.6 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 8 | 927 | 1,877 | 2,248 | 61 | 73 | 78 | 349 | 893 | 1,425 | 29 | 44 | 58 | 62 | 154 |\9\ 234 | 7.1 | 11.6 |\9\ 15.3 | ---
Sri Lanka\8\..................| 14.8 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 273 | 2,081 | 2,112 | 1,962 | 103 | 105 | 113 | 1,267 | 2,082 | 2,314 | 55 | 74 | 75 | 43 |\25\ 55 | 64 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5-15
Syrian Arab Republic .........| 8.7 | 12.4 | 14.2 | 77 | 1,556 | 2,452 | 2,673 | 100 | 108 | 101 | 604 | 914 | 941 | 46 | 52 | 44 | 140 | 222 |\18\ 194 | 16.9 | 18.2 |\10\ 17.9 | 6-11
Thailand\8\...................| 46.7 | 55.6 | 58.2 | 114 | 7,393 | 6,957 | 5,962 | 99 | 99 | 87 | 1,920 | 2,230 | 3,794 | 29 | 30 | 55 |\17\ 1,027 |\20\ 952 | 1,220 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 20.1 | 6-11
Turkey .......................| 44.4 | 56.1 | 60.8 | 79 | 5,656 | 6,862 |\9\ 6,467 | 96 | 99 |\9\ 105 | 2,218 | 3,808 |\9\ 4,726 | 35 | 47 |\9\ 56 | 246 | 750 |\9\ 1,174 | 5.4 | 13.1 |\9\ 18.2 | 6-14
Uzbekistan ...................| 16.0 | 20.5 | 22.8 | 51 | 1,391 | 1,778 |\9\ 1,906 | 81 | 81 |\9\ 77 | 2,879 | 3,195 |\9\ 3,319 | 105 | 99 |\9\ 93 | 516 | 603 | --- | 28.5 | 30.4 |\18\ 31.7 | ---
Vietnam\8\....................| 53.7 | 66.7 | 73.8 | 222 | 7,887 | 8,862 | 10,229 | 109 | 103 | 114 | --- | --- | --- | 42 | 32 | 47 | 115 | 130 | 298 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 6-11
Yemen ........................| 8.2 | 11.6 | 15.0 | 28 | 703.369 |\31\ 1,671 |\10\ 2,679 | --- | 1 |\10\ 79 | 73 |\32\ 421 |\10\ 212 | --- | --- |\10\ 23 | 8 |\25\ 53 | --- | --- |\25\ 4.4 | --- | 6-15
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Europe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Belarus ......................| 9.7 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 50 | 750 | 615 | 632 | 104 | 95 | 97 | 760 | 968 | 1,055 | 98 | 93 | 94 | 340 | 322 | 314 | 38.9 | 45.7 | 42.6 |\21,33\ 6-15
Czechoslovakia (former)\8\....| 15.3 | 15.6 | 15.6 | --- | 1,904 | 1,924 |\9,34\ 861 | --- | 96 |\9\ 103 | 781 | 864 | --- | 89 | 83 | --- | 197 | 190 | --- | 17.4 | 16.0 | --- | 6-16
Czech Republic................| 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 130 | --- | 546 |\9\ 539 | --- | 96 |\9\ 103 | --- | --- |\9\ 1,193 | --- | --- |\9\ 96 | 120 | 118 |\9\ 179 | 17.5 | 16.0 |\9\ 20.8 | 6-15
Slovakia......................| 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 109 | --- | --- | 330 | --- | --- | 100 | --- | --- | 666 | --- | --- | 91 | --- |\18\ 66 | 92 | --- | --- | 20.2 | 6-15
France .......................| 53.9 | 56.7 | 58.1 | 105 | 4,610 | 4,149 |\9\ 4,072 | 111 | 108 |\9\ 106 | 5,014 | 5,522 |\9\ 6,004 | 85 | 100 |\9\ 111 | 1,077 | 1,699 |\10\ 2,083 | 25.3 | 39.6 |\10\ 49.6 | 6-16
Germany\35\...................| 78.3 | 79.4 | 81.6 | 229 | 3,636 | 3,431 |\9\ 3,727 | --- | 101 |\9\ 102 |\36\ 8,457 | 7,398 |\9\ 8,152 | --- | 98 |\9\ 103 | 1,624 | 2,049 |\9\ 2,140 | 27.2 | 33.9 |\9\ 42.7 | 6-18
Greece .......................| 9.6 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 79 | 901 | 813 |\9\ 711 | 103 | 98 | --- | 740 | 851 |\10\ 851 | 81 | 93 |\9\ 95 | 121 | 283 |\9\ 296 | 17.1 | 24.8 |\9\ 38.1 |\21\ 6-15
Hungary ......................| 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 109 | 1,162 | 1,131 |\9\ 985 | 96 | 95 |\9\ 97 | 357 | 514 |\9\ 523 | 70 | 79 |\9\ 81 | 101 | 102 |\9\ 155 | 14.1 | 14.0 |\9\ 19.1 | 6-16
Italy ........................| 56.4 | 57.0 | 57.2 | 190 | 4,423 | 3,056 |\9\ 2,816 | 100 | 97 |\9\ 98 | 5,308 | 5,118 |\10\ 4,938 | 72 | 79 |\9\ 88 | 1,118 | 1,452 |\9\ 1,792 | 27.0 | 30.8 |\9\ 40.6 | 6-13
Netherlands\8\................| 14.1 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 379 | 1,333 | 1,082 |\9\ 1,189 | 100 | 102 |\9\ 107 |\37\ 1,391 | 1,402 |\9\ 1,509 | 93 | 120 |\9\ 139 | 360 | 479 |\10\ 532 | 29.3 | 39.8 |\10\ 48.9 |\21\ 5-16
Poland .......................| 35.6 | 38.1 | 38.6 | 119 | 4,167 | 5,189 |\9\ 5,205 | 100 | 98 |\9\ 98 | 1,674 | 1,888 |\9\ 2,443 | 77 | 81 |\9\ 96 | 589 | 545 |\10\ 748 | 18.1 | 21.7 |\10\ 27.4 | 7-14
Romania ......................| 22.2 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 95 | 3,237 | 1,253 | 1,392 | 102 | 91 | 100 | 871 | 2,838 | 2,223 | 71 | 92 | 78 | 193 |\20\ 165 | 337 | 12.1 |\20\ 8.5 | 18.3 | 7-14
Russian Federation ...........| 138.7 | 148.3 | 148.5 | 9 | 6,009 | 7,596 |\9\ 7,849 | 102 | 109 |\9\ 108 | 12,991 | 13,956 |\10\ 13,732 | 96 | 93 |\10\ 87 | 5,700 | 5,100 |\9\ 4,458 | 46.1 | 52.2 |\9\ 42.9 |\21\ 7-17
Spain ........................| 37.5 | 39.3 | 39.6 | 78 | 3,610 | 2,820 |\9\ 2,365 | 109 | 107 |\9\ 105 | 3,977 | 4,755 |\9\ 4,745 | 87 | 105 |\9\ 118 | 698 | 1,222 |\9\ 1,527 | 23.2 | 36.7 |\9\ 46.1 | 6-15
Ukrainian S.S.R. .............| 50.0 | 51.9 | 51.8 | 86 | 3,592 | 3,991 |\9,38\ 2,659 | 102 | 89 |\10\ 87 | 3,406 | 3,408 |\10\ 4,731 | 94 | 93 |\10\ 91 |\39\ 1,684 |\39\ 1,652 | 1,541 | 41.6 | 46.6 |\10\ 40.6 |\21,33\ 7-15
United Kingdom ...............| 56.3 | 57.6 | 58.1 | 238 |\19\ 4,911 |\19\ 4,533 |\9,19\ 5,209 | 103 | 104 |\9,40\ 115 | 5,342 | 4,336 |\9\ 6,678 | 83 | 85 | 134 | 827 | 1,258 |\9\ 1,813 | 19.1 | 30.2 |\9\ 48.3 | 5-16
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic .| 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 100 | 1,432 | 467 | 449 | --- | 72 | 72 | --- | 788 | 832 | --- | 63 | 65 | --- |\25\ 133 | 160 | --- | 18.2 | 21.1 | 7-15
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Canada .......................| 24.6 | 27.8 | 29.4 | 3 | 2,185 | 2,376 |\9\ 2,413 | 99 | 103 |\9\ 102 | 2,323 | 2,292 |\9\ 2,470 | 88 | 101 |\9\ 106 |\41\ 1,173 | 1,917 |\10\ 2,011 | 57.1 | 94.7 |\10\102.9 |\21\ 6-16
Cuba\8\.......................| 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 99 | 1,469 | 888 | 1,074 | 106 | 98 | 105 | 1,146 | 1,002 | 705 | 81 | 89 | 80 | 152 | 242 | 122 | 17.3 | 20.9 | 12.7 | 6-11
Mexico .......................| 67.6 | 83.2 | 91.1 | 47 | 14,666 | 14,402 |\9\ 14,574 | 120 | 114 |\9\ 115 | 4,742 | 6,704 |\9\ 7,265 | 49 | 53 |\9\ 58 | 930 | 1,311 |\9\ 1,420 | 14.3 | 14.5 |\9\ 14.3 | 6-14
United States\42\.............| 230.4 | 254.1 | 267.1 | 29 | 20,420 | 22,429 |\9\ 23,824 | 99 | 102 |\9\ 102 |\43\ 21,585 |\43\ 19,270 |\9,43\ 21,123 | 91 | 93 |\9\ 97 | 12,097 | 13,710 | 14,419 | 55.5 | 75.2 |\9\ 81.1 |\21\ 7-16
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Argentina ....................| 28.1 | 32.5 | 34.8 | 13 | 3,917 | 4,965 |\9\ 5,181 | 106 | 106 |\44\ 113 | 1,327 | 2,160 |\44\ 2,594 | 56 | 68 |\44\ 77 | 491 |\25\ 1,008 |\9\ 1,070 | 21.8 |\25\ 38.1 | --- |\21\ 6-14
Brazil\8\ ....................| 121.7 | 148.0 | 159.0 | 19 | 22,598 | 28,944 |\9\ 31,220 | 98 | 106 |\9\ 112 | 2,819 | 3,499 |\9\ 4,510 | 33 | 38 |\9\ 45 | 1,409 | 1,540 |\9\ 1,716 | 11.1 | 11.2 |\9\ 11.3 | 7-14
Chile ........................| 11.1 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 19 | 2,185 |\27\ 1,991 | 2,150 | 109 | 100 | 99 | 538 | 699 | 679 | 53 | 73 | 69 | 145 |\25\ 262 | 343 | 12.3 |\25\ 23.2 | 28.2 | 6-13
Colombia .....................| 26.5 | 32.6 | 35.8 | 31 | 4,168 | 4,247 | 4,693 | 124 | 112 | 114 | 1,733 |\25\ 2,378 | 3,025 | 41 |\18\ 61 | 67 | 272 |\25\ 511 | 588 | 9.1 | 14.7 | 17.2 | 6-12
Ecuador ......................| 8.0 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 40 | 1,534 | 1,846 |\9\ 1,777 | 117 | 116 |\9\ 109 | 592 |\17\ 730 |\18\ 814 | 53 | 55 |\9\ 50 | 270 | 207 | --- | 34.9 | 20.0 | --- | 6-14
Peru .........................| 17.3 | 21.6 | 23.5 | 18 | 3,161 | 3,855 | 4,131 | 114 |\25\ 118 |\9\ 121 | 1,203 |\25\ 1,711 | 1,863 | 59 | 67 | 69 | 306 | 682 |\9\ 756 | 17.3 | 30.4 |\9\ 31.1 | 6-16
Venezuela ....................| 15.1 | 19.5 | 21.8 | 24 |\45\ 3,158 |\45\ 4,053 |\10,45\ 4,217 | 93 | 96 |\10\ 94 |\46\ 222 |\46\ 281 |\10,45\ 311 | 21 | 35 |\10\ 35 | 307 | 550 | --- | 20.6 | 29.0 | --- | 5-15
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Australia ....................|\47\ 14.6 |\47\ 16.9 | 17.9 | 2 | 1,718 | 1,583 | 1,647 | 112 | 108 | 108 | 1,100 | 1,278 | 2,182 | 71 | 82 | 147 | 324 | 485 | 965 | 25.4 | 35.5 | 71.7 |\21\ 6-16
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\1\Selection based on total population for midyear 1993.
\2\First level enrollment generally consists of elementary school, grades 1-6. \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\In many countries, a child may be exempt from school attendance if there is no suitable school within a reasonable distance of his/her home. \6\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. The year shown in this 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. Because some countries have many students from outside the normal age range, ratios may exceed 100. \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 for 1994-95. \10\Data for 1993-94. \11\Data exclude Ecole Nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature (ENAM). \12\Eastern Cameroon. \13\Data for 1986-87. \14\Data for 1988-89. \15\Data do not include Al Azhar. \16\Excludes all private institutions. \17\Data for 1985-86. \18\Data for 1992. \19\Data refer to public education only. \20\Data for 1989-90. \21\The educational system allows for other alternatives. \22\Data for 1979. \23\Data for 1984. \24\Data for 1981. \25\Data for 1991-92. \26\Data refer to government maintained and aided schools only. \27\Data refer to Tanzania mainland only. \28\Includes full time students only. \29\Data for 1987-88. \30\Data do not include Air and Correspondence courses. \31\Data for Former Democratic Yemen do not include schools for nomads. \32\Former Yemen Arab Republic only. \33\Grade levels changed for compatibility with ISCED. \34\Data are a combination of data for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. \35\Data include both former East and West Germany. \36\Excludes technical education, consisting of both on the job training and school education. \37\Data do not include apprenticeships and health care training. \38\Enrollment data refer to grades 1-4 only. \39\Excludes students enrolled in third level programs in secondary specialized schools. \40\Includes infant classes in primary schools, previously considered as preprimary education. \41\Excludes trade and vocational programs. \42\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 (ages 5-10), second level includes grades 7 through 12 (ages 11-16), and third level includes ages 20-24. \43\Revised data series corresponding to grades 7-12. \44\Data for 1996-97. \45\Data refer to grades 1 to 9 (basic education). \46\Data refer to grades 10 and 11. \47\Includes Norfolk Island. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Some data have been 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" surveys. (This table was prepared October 1998.) |
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