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Table 398. Selected population and enrollment statistics for countries with populations over 10 million, by continent: Selected years, 1990 through 2007
Country1  Midyear population
(in millions)
Persons
per
square
kilo-
meter,
2007
First level2  Second level3  Third level4 
Enrollment (in thousands) Gross enrollment ratio5  Enrollment (in thousands) Gross enrollment ratio5  Enrollment (in thousands) Gross enrollment ratio5 
1990 2000 2007 1989-90 1999-2000 2006-07 1989-90 1999-2000 2006-07 1989-90 1999-2000 2006-07 1989-90 1999-2000 2006-07 1989-90 1999-2000 2006-07 1989-90 1999-2000 2006-07
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
World total6  5,282 6,085 6,632 51 596,853   652,799 7  694,294 7  99.2   99 7  106 7  315,008   451,014   519,229 7  52   60   66 7  68,613   98,304   150,656 7  14   19   26 7 
Africa                                                                                
Algeria8  25 30 33 14 4,189   4,843   4,079   100   108   110   2,176       61       286     902   11     24  
Angola 9 13 12 10 990 9      92       186   355     12   15     7       1      
Burkina Faso 9 11 15 54 504   852   1,561   33   44   65   99   190   352   7   10   16   5   11 7  33   1   1 7  3  
Cameroon 11 15 18 39 1,964   2,237 10  3,120   101   86 10  110   500   700   751 11  28   27   25 11  33   66 7  132   3   4 7  7  
Cote d'Ivoire 12 16 20 62 1,415   1,944   2,180   67   69   72   361   620 7    22   22 7    30 12  104 7  157     7 7  8  
Democratic Rep. of the Congo 37 51 64 28 4,562     8,840   70     85   1,097 12    2,815   21 12    33   80     238   2     4  
Egypt8  56 64 80 81 6,964   7,947 7  9,988   94   101 7  105   5,507   8,028 7    76   85 7    628 13,14     16      
Ethiopia 48 64 80 71 2,466   5,847   12,175   33   52   91   866   1,195   3,430   14   13   30   34   68   210   1   1   3  
Ghana8  15 19 23 99 1,945   2,561   3,366   75   80   98     1,057   1,581 7  36   38   49 7  10 15  55   140   1   3   6  
Kenya8  23 30 37 65 5,392   5,035   6,688   95   97   113   618 16  1,909   2,729   24   39   53   35 15  89   140   2   3   3  
Madagascar 13 16 19 33 1,571   2,208   3,837   103   99   141   323 16    836 7  18     26 7  36   32   58   3   2   3  
Malawi 9 11 14 145 1,401   2,695   2,943   68   137   116   61   487   574   8   31   28   5   4 11  6   1      
Mali 8 11 12 10 395   1,017   1,717   26   61   83   84   258 7  534   7   19 7  32   5   20   51   1   2   4  
Morocco8  24 29 34 76 2,484   3,670   3,939   67   92   107   1,194   1,541   2,173   35   38   56   256   276   369   11   9   11  
Mozambique8  14 18 21 27 1,260   2,544   4,564   67   75   111   160   124   445   8   6   18   5 17  12     #   1    
Niger 8 11 14 11 369   579   1,235   29   33   53   77   106 7  214   7   7 7  11       11   1     1  
Nigeria8  96 127 143 157 13,607   19,151     91   92     2,908   4,104     25   24     208 15,18     4 17,18    
Senegal 8 10 13 68 708   1,108   1,572   59   67   84     250   505 7  16   16   26 7  19     77 7  3     7 7 
South Africa 37 43 48 40 6,952   7,445   7,312   122   108   103   2,742   4,142   4,780 7  74   86   97 7  439 19  645     13   14    
Sudan8  24 34 39 17 2,043   2,567   3,959   53   49   66   732   980   1,463   24   26   33   60 13  204 7    3   6 7   
Tunisia 8 10 10 66 1,406   1,414   1,069   113   113   105   565   1,104 7  1,268   45   75 7  88   69   180   326   9   19   31  
Uganda 17 22 30 152 2,470 20,21 6,559   7,538   74   125   116   245 16,21 547   1,001 7  13   16   23 7  18   56     1   3    
United Republic of Tanzania 25 34 39 44 3,379   4,382   8,317   70   69   112   167       5       7 12    55   #     1  
Zambia 8 10 11 16 1,461   1,590   2,790   99   80   119   190   276   607   24   23   43   15   25 7    2   2 7   
Zimbabwe 10 12 11 30 2,116   2,461     116   100     661   844     50   43     49   49 7    5   4 7   
                                                                                 
Asia                                                                                
Afghanistan8  15 24 32 49 623   749   4,718   27   22   103   182     1,036   9     28   24       2      
Bangladesh 110 130 152 1,135 11,940     16,313   72     91   3,593   10,329   10,445   19   46   43   434   727   1,145   4   5   7  
Cambodia 9 12 14 79 1,330   2,248   2,480   121   102   119   264   351   875   32   18   40   7   22   92   1   2   5  
China 1,155 1,261 1,322 142 122,414     107,395   125     112   52,386   81,488   101,831   49   63   77   3,822   7,364   25,346   3   8   23  
India 851 1,016 1,130 380 99,118   113,613     97   94     54,180 16  71,031     44   46     4,951   9,404     6   10    
Indonesia 183 210 235 129 29,754   28,202 7  29,797   115   109 7  117   10,965   14,264 7  18,717   44   55 7  73   1,773 12    3,755   9     17  
Iran, Islamic Republic of 59 64 65 40 9,370   8,288   7,152   112   94   121   5,085   9,955     55   79     312 13  1,405   2,829   10   19   31  
Iraq 18 23 27 64 3,328   3,639     111   91     1,024 16  1,224     47   36     170 22  289     12 22  12    
Japan 124 127 127 340 9,373   7,529   7,220   100   101   100   11,026   8,782   7,427   97   102   101   2,899 12  3,982   4,033   30   47   58  
Kazakhstan 17 15 15 6 1,197   1,208   948   87   97   105   2,144   2,003   1,874   98   93   93   537   370   773   40   28   51  
Korea, North (DPR) 20 22 22 187                                    
Korea, South (Republic of) 43 47 48 491 4,869   4,030   3,838   105   100   107   4,560   3,959   3,917   90   94   98   1,691   3,003   3,209   39   78   95  
Malaysia 18 23 25 76 2,456   3,026     94   97     1,456   2,205     56   65     121   549     7   26    
Myanmar 41 46 47 72 5,385   4,858   5,014   106       1,281   2,268   2,686   23       196 12    508   4      
Nepal8  19 24 28 194 2,789   3,780 10  4,515   108   117 10  126   709   1,348   1,999 7  33   35   43 7  94   94   321   5   4   11  
Pakistan 119 138 169 218 11,451 23  13,987 11  17,979   61   69 11  92   4,345     9,145   23     33       955 11  3     5 11 
Philippines 61 76 94 316 10,427     13,145   111     109   4,034     6,366   73     83   1,709       28      
Saudi Arabia 16 21 28 13 1,877     3,174   73     98   893     2,826   44     94   154   404     12   22    
Sri Lanka8  17 19 21 323 2,112     1,622   106     109   2,082       74       55 12,24     5      
Syrian Arab Republic 12 16 19 105 2,452   2,775   2,310   108   104   126   914   1,069   2,549   52   41   72   222       18      
Taiwan 20 22 23 709                                    
Thailand 56 61 65 127 6,957   6,101   5,704   99   106   106   2,230     4,789   30     83   1,156 17  1,900   2,504   19 17  35   50  
Turkey 56 65 75 97 6,862   7,850 7  8,065 7  99   95 7  96 7  3,808     5,527 7  47     80 7  750   1,588 7  2,454   13   23 7  36  
Uzbekistan . 21 25 27 64 1,778   2,602   2,165   81   99   95   3,295   3,566   4,598   99   88   102   603   305   289   30   13   10  
Vietnam 67 79 85 262 8,862   10,063   7,041   103   106     3,236   7,926   9,845   32   65     130   732   1,588   2   9    
Yemen 12 18 22 42 2,679 18  2,464 7    79 18  74 7    212 18  1,151 7    23 18  43 7    53 12  173 7    4 12  10 7   
                                                                                 
Europe                                                                                
Belgium 10 10 10 343 719   774   732   101   106   103   769   1,058   825   103   146   110   276   356   394   40   58   62  
Czech Republic 10 10 10 132 546   645   463   96   103   101   1,268   958   937   91   88   96   118 25  254   363   16   29   55  
France 57 59 64 100 4,149   3,885   4,106   108   107   110   5,522   5,929   5,940   99   110   113   1,699   2,015   2,180   40   53   56  
Germany26  79 82 82 236 3,431   3,656   3,311   101   105   104   7,398   8,307   7,982   98   98   100   2,049       34      
Greece 10 11 11 82 813   645   639   98   96   101   851   739   682   93   89   102   283   422   603   36   51   91  
Italy8  57 58 58 198 3,056   2,836   2,820   103   101   105   5,118   4,404   4,553   83   93   101   1,452   1,770   2,034   32   49   68  
Netherlands8  15 16 17 489 1,082   1,279   1,281   102   108   107   1,402   1,379   1,444   120   123   120   479   488   590   40   52   60  
Poland8  38 39 39 127 5,189   3,319   2,485   98   99   97   1,888   3,988   3,206   81   100   100   545   1,580   2,147   22   50   67  
Portugal 10 10 11 116 1,020   811   754   123   124   115   670   831   680   67   108   101   186   374   367   23   48   56  
Romania8  23 22 22 97 1,253   1,189   918   91   103   105   2,838   2,226   1,954   92   81   87   193   453   928   10   24   58  
Russian Federation 148 146 141 8 7,596   6,138   5,010   109   107   96   13,956     10,798   93     84   5,100     9,370   52     75  
Spain8  39 39 40 81 2,820   2,540   2,556   109   106   106   4,755   3,246   3,080   104   111   120   1,222   1,829   1,777   37   59   69  
Ukraine8  52 50 46 77 3,991   2,079   1,648   89   109   100   3,408   5,204   3,709   93   99   94   1,652   1,812   2,819   47   49   76  
United Kingdom8  58 60 61 252 4,533   4,632   4,409   104   101   104   4,336   5,304   5,306   85   102   97   1,258   2,024   2,363   30   58   59  
                                                                                 
North America                                                                                
Canada 28 31 33 4 2,376   2,456     103   99     2,292   2,621     101   107     1,917   1,212     95   59    
Cuba 11 11 11 103 888   1,046   883   98   111   102   1,002   790   899   89   79   93   242   159   865   21   22   109  
Guatemala 9 11 13 117 1,165   1,909   2,449   78   104   113   295 12  504   864   23 12  38   56   70 17    234   8 17    18  
Mexico 83 98 109 57 14,402   14,766   14,631   114   110   114   6,704   9,094   11,122   53   72   89   1,311   1,963   2,529   15   20   27  
United States 254 282 301 33 22,429   24,973   24,492   102   100   99   19,270   22,594   24,731   93   94   94   13,819   13,203   17,759   75   69   82  
                                                                                 
South America                                                                                
Argentina 33 37 40 15 4,965   4,728     106   114     2,160   3,428     71   86     1,008 12  1,767 7    38 12  53 7   
Brazil 148 170 194 23 28,944   20,212   17,996   106   150   130   3,499   26,097   23,424   38   104   100   1,540 27  2,781   5,273   11   16   30  
Chile 13 15 16 22 1,991   1,799   1,679   100   100   106   720   1,391   1,612   73   83   91   262 12  452   753   21 12  37   52  
Colombia 33 42 44 43 4,247   5,221   5,299   102   115   116   2,378 12  3,569   4,657   50   69   85   487   934   1,373   13   23   32  
Ecuador 10 13 14 51 1,846   1,925   2,039   116   115   118   786 16,28 917   1,142   55   57   70   207     444   20     35  
Peru 22 26 29 23 3,855   4,338   3,994   118   121   117   1,698   2,374   2,861   67   87   98   678       30      
Venezuela 20 24 26 30 4,053   3,328   3,521   96   102   106   281   1,543   2,175   35   59   79   550   668     29   28    
                                                                                 
Oceania                                                                                
Australia8  17 19 21 3 1,583   1,906   1,973   108   101   107   1,278   2,589   2,511   82   162   149   485 29  845   1,084   36   66   75  
—Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
1 Selection based on total population for midyear 2007.
2 First-level enrollment consists of elementary school, typically corresponding to grades 1–6 in the United States.
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 secondary school level.
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. 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 Estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
8 Classification or data coverage of levels has been revised. Data by level may not be comparable over time.
9 Data for 1994-95.
10 Policy change in 1999-2000: introduction of free universal primary education.
11 National estimation.
12 Data for 1991-92.
13 Excludes private institutions.
14 Data refer to universities and exclude Al Azhar.
15 Excludes nonuniversity institutions (such as teacher training colleges and technical colleges) and excludes distance-learning universities.
16 General education enrollment only. Excludes teacher training and vocational education enrollments.
17 Data for 1992-93.
18 Data for 1993-94.
19 Not including the former Independent States of Transke, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei.
20 Estimated.
21 Data refer to government aided and maintained schools only.
22 Data for 1985-86.
23 Includes preprimary education.
24 Excludes some nonuniversity institutions.
25 Includes full-time students only.
26 Data include both former East and West Germany.
27 Not including former ISCED level 7.
28 Including vocational education.
29 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 because of rounding.
SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Statistical Yearbook, 1999; Global Education Digest, 2003 and 2007; unpublished tabulations; and tables 3B, 5, and 14, retrieved June 17, 2009, from http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx. World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2000 and World Development Report, 2002. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved June 22, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/tables.html. (This table was prepared July 2009.)

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