Selected population and enrollment statistics for countries with populations over 10 million in 2009, by continent: Selected years, 1990 through 2009

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Table 409.

Country¹	Midyear population (in millions)			Persons per square kilo-meter, 2009	First level²										Second level³										Third level⁴
	Midyear population (in millions)				Enrollment (in thousands)				Gross enrollment ratio⁵						Enrollment (in thousands)				Gross enrollment ratio⁵						Enrollment (in thousands)				Gross enrollment ratio⁵
	1991	2000	2009		1999-2000		2008-09		1990-91		1999-2000		2008-09		1999-2000		2008-09		1990-91		1999-2000		2008-09		1999-2000		2008-09		1990-91		1999-2000		2008-09
1	2	3	4	5	6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20
World total⁶	5,374	6,095	6,793	52	650,860		701,646		99		99		107		450,736		531,248	⁷	52		60		68	⁷	99,485		164,582	⁷	14		19		27	⁷
Africa
Algeria⁸	26	30	34	14	4,843		3,253		100		108		108		—		4,585		61		—		96		—		1,150		11		—		31
Angola	10	13	17	13	—		—		92		—		—		355		—		12		14		—		—		—		1		—		—
Burkina Faso	9	12	16	58	852		1,906		33		45		78		190		468		7		10		20		11	⁷	48		1		1	⁷	3
Cameroon	12	15	19	40	2,237	⁹	3,351		101		86	⁹	114		700		1,269		28		27		41		66	⁷	174		3		4	⁷	9
Chad	6	8	10	8	914		1,671		54		66		90		137		422		8	¹⁰	11		24		6		20		1	^11,12	1		2
Cote d'Ivoire	13	17	21	65	1,944		2,383		67		73		74		620	⁷	—		22		23	⁷	—		104	⁷	—		—		6	⁷	—
Democratic Rep. of the Congo	41	52	68	30	—		10,244		70		—		90		—		3,399		21	¹³	—		37		—		380		2		—		6
Egypt⁸	56	65	79	79	7,947	⁷	10,407		94		93	⁷	101		8,028	⁷	6,696		76		76	⁷	67		—		—		16	^14,15	—		—
Ethiopia	50	64	85	85	5,847		13,571		33		55		102		1,195		3,926		14		14		34		68		—		1		1		—
Ghana⁸	16	20	24	105	2,561		3,659		75		83		105		1,057		1,812		36		40		57		—		203		1	¹¹	—		9
Guinea.	7	8	10	41	790		1,390		37		60		90		199	⁷	560	⁷	10		16	⁷	37	⁷	—		—		1		—		—
Kenya⁸	24	31	40	70	5,035		7,150		95		95		113		1,909		3,204		24	¹⁰	39		59		89		168		2	¹¹	3		4
Madagascar	12	16	21	36	2,208		4,324		103		104		160		—		1,022	⁷	18	¹⁰	—		32	⁷	32		68		3		2		4
Malawi	10	12	15	160	2,695		3,250		68		135		119		487		667		8		31		30		4		—		1		#		—
Mali	9	11	13	11	1,017		1,926		26		59		95		258	⁷	686		7		18	⁷	38		20		77		1		2		6
Morocco⁸	24	28	31	70	3,670		3,851		67		92		107		1,541		—		35		38		—		276		419		11		9		13
Mozambique⁸	13	18	22	28	2,544		5,072		67		75		114		124		598		8		6		23		12		—		#	¹²	1		—
Niger	8	11	15	12	579		1,554		29		32		62		106	⁷	257		7		7	⁷	12		—		16		1		—		1
Nigeria⁸	99	124	157	173	19,151		21,714		91		95		89		4,290	⁷	—		25		25	⁷	—		—		—		4	^11,16	—		—
Rwanda	7	8	11	436	1,432		2,265		70		105		151		130		347		8		11		27		9		55		#	¹⁷	1		5
Senegal	8	9	12	62	1,108		1,653		59		68		84		250		—		16		16		—		—		94		3		—		8
South Africa	39	45	49	40	7,445		7,129		122		106		101		4,142		4,688		74		86		94		—		—		13	¹⁸	—		—
Sudan⁸	27	34	43	18	2,567		4,744		53		47		74		980		1,837		24		25		38		204	⁷	—		3	¹¹	6	⁷	—
Tunisia	8	10	10	67	1,414		1,025		113		115		108		1,104	⁷	1,202		45		76	⁷	90		180		360		9		19		34
Uganda	18	24	32	164	6,559		8,298		74	^19,20	127		122		547		1,278	⁷	13	^10,20	16		27	⁷	56		124		1		3		4
United Republic of Tanzania	26	34	41	46	4,382		8,442		70		68		105		287	⁷	1,551	⁷	5		6	⁷	27	⁷	—		—		#	¹³	—		—
Zambia	8	10	13	18	1,590		2,841		99		82		113		—		—		24		—		—		25	⁷	—		2		2	⁷	—
Zimbabwe	10	12	11	29	—		—		116		—		—		—		—		50		—		—		—		—		5		—		—

Asia
Afghanistan⁸	14	22	28	44	749		4,946		27		22		104		—		1,716		9		—		44		—		95		2		—		4
Bangladesh	114	132	154	1,181	—		16,539	²¹	72		—		95	²¹	10,329		—		19		44		—		727		1,295		4		5		8
Cambodia	10	12	14	81	2,248		2,290		121		102		116		351		—		32		18		—		22		—		1		2		—
China	1,164	1,264	1,324	138	—		103,617		125		—		113		81,488		100,392		49		61		78		7,364		29,296		3		8		25
India	854	1,006	1,157	389	113,613		—		97		94		—		71,031		—		44	¹⁰	46		—		9,404		—		6		10		—
Indonesia	185	214	240	133	28,202	⁷	29,901		115		113	⁷	121		14,264	⁷	19,521		44		56	⁷	79		—		4,859		9	¹³	—		24
Iran, Islamic Republic of	60	69	76	50	8,288		5,655		112		109		103		9,955		7,929		55		82		83		1,405		3,350		10	¹⁴	18		36
Iraq	17	23	29	66	3,639		—		111		94		—		1,224		—		47	¹⁰	37		—		289		—		12	¹⁷	12		—
Japan	124	127	128	350	7,529		7,156		100		100		102		8,782		7,300		97		101		101		3,982		3,874		30	¹³	48		59
Kazakhstan	17	16	17	6	1,208		951		87		97		109		2,003		1,741		98		93		95		370		635		40		28		41
Korea, North (DPR)	21	23	24	201	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Korea, South (Republic of)	43	47	49	501	4,030		3,482		105		101		104		3,959		3,986		90		97		97		3,003		3,219		39		78		100
Malaysia	18	23	28	85	3,026		—		94		97		—		2,205		—		56		65		—		549		—		7		26		—
Myanmar	41	47	53	81	4,858		5,095		106		103		116		2,268		2,813		23		38		53		—		—		4	¹³	—		—
Nepal⁸	19	25	29	199	3,780	⁹	4,782		108		118	⁹	—		1,348		—		33		35		—		94		289		5		4		—
Pakistan	122	152	181	235	13,987	²¹	18,468		61	²²	69	²¹	85		—		9,433		23		—		33		—		—		3		—		—
Philippines	67	81	98	329	—		—		111		—		—		—		—		73		—		—		—		—		28		—		—
Saudi Arabia	16	21	25	12	—		3,255		73		—		99		—		2,990	⁷	44		—		97	⁷	404		758		12		22		33
Sri Lanka⁸	17	19	21	323	—		1,619		106		—		97		—		—		74		—		—		—		—		5	^13,23	—		—
Syrian Arab Republic	13	16	22	119	2,775		2,383		108		104		122		1,069		2,664		52		41		75		—		—		18		—		—
Taiwan	20	22	23	712	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Thailand	56	62	66	129	6,101		5,371		99		94		91		—		4,769		30		—		76		1,900		2,417		19	¹²	37		45
Turkey	58	67	77	100	6,562		—		99		98		—		5,658		—		47		70		—		1,588	⁷	—		13		23	⁷	—
Uzbekistan .	21	25	28	65	2,602		1,996		81		99		92		3,566		4,506		99		88		104		305		301		30		13		10
Vietnam	69	79	89	286	10,063		6,745		103		106		—		7,926		—		32		65		—		732		1,774		2		10		—
Yemen	13	17	23	43	2,464	⁷	—		79	¹⁶	74	⁷	—		1,151	⁷	—		23	¹⁶	43	⁷	—		173	⁷	—		4	¹³	10	⁷	—

Europe
Belgium	10	10	10	344	774		732		101		106		103		1,058		810		103		146		108		356		425		40		58		66
Czech Republic	10	10	10	132	645		460		96		103		103		958		868		91		88		95		254		417		16	²⁴	29		61
France	59	61	64	101	3,885		4,153		108		105		109		5,929		5,862		99		109		113		2,015		2,173		40		53		55
Germany²⁵	80	82	82	235	3,656		3,151		101		106		104		8,307		7,741		98		99		102		—		—		34		—		—
Greece	10	11	11	82	645		—		98		96		—		739		—		93		89		—		422		—		36		51		—
Hungary.	10	10	10	112	501		390		95		102		100		1,002		913		79		95		99		307		398		14		37		62
Italy⁸	57	58	60	206	2,836		—		103		103		—		4,404		—		83		93		—		1,770		—		32		49		—
Netherlands⁸	15	16	16	487	1,279		1,290		102		108		107		1,379		1,462		120		123		121		488		619		40		52		62
Poland⁸	38	39	38	127	3,319		2,294		98		99		97		3,988		2,958		81		100		99		1,580		2,150		22		50		71
Portugal	10	10	11	117	811		744		123		124		112		831		710		67		107		107		374		373		23		48		61
Romania⁸	23	22	22	96	1,189		856		91		103		99		2,226		1,862		92		81		94		453		1,098		10		24		67
Russian Federation	148	147	140	9	6,138		—		109		106		—		—		—		93		—		—		6,331		—		52		55		—
Spain⁸	39	41	46	93	2,540		2,684		109		105		107		3,246		3,065		104		111		121		1,829		1,801		37		59		73
Ukraine⁸	52	49	46	79	2,079		1,532		89		109		98		5,204		3,289		93		99		94		1,812		2,799		47		49		81
United Kingdom⁸	58	59	62	256	4,632		—		104		101		—		5,315		—		85		102		—		2,024		2,415		30		58		59

North America
Canada	28	31	33	4	2,456		—		103		99		—		2,519		—		101		103		—		1,212		—		95		59		—
Cuba	11	11	11	101	1,046		868		98		111		104		790		826		89		79		90		159		971		21		22		118
Guatemala	9	11	13	124	1,909		—		78		104		—		504		—		23	¹³	38		—		—		—		8	¹²	—		—
Mexico	86	100	111	57	14,766		14,861		114		111		117		9,094		11,475		53		73		90		1,963		2,705		15		20		28
United States	253	282	307	34	24,973		24,586		102		100		98		22,594		24,525		93		93		94		13,203		19,103		75		68		86

South America
Argentina	34	37	41	15	4,728		—		106		115		—		3,428		—		71		88		—		1,767	⁷	—		38	¹³	53	⁷	—
Brazil	154	176	199	24	20,212		17,452		106		151		—		26,097		23,617		38		104		—		2,781		6,115		11	²⁶	16		—
Chile	13	15	17	22	1,799		—		100		100		—		1,391		—		73		83		—		452		—		21	¹³	37		—
Colombia	34	39	44	42	5,221		5,299		102		119		120		3,569		4,992		50	¹³	72		95		934		1,570		13		24		37
Ecuador	10	12	15	53	1,925		—		116		115		—		917		—		55	²⁷	57		—		—		—		20		—		—
Peru	22	26	29	22	4,338		—		118		122		—		2,374		—		67		85		—		—		—		30		—		—
Venezuela	20	23	27	30	3,328		3,462		96		102		103		1,543		2,252		35		59		82		668		2,123		29		28		78

Oceania
Australia⁸	17	19	21	3	1,906		1,992		108		101		106		2,589		2,255		82		162		133		845		1,200		35	²⁸	65		82

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#Rounds to zero.

¹ Selection based on total population for midyear 2009.

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.

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 Policy change in 1999-2000: introduction of free universal primary education.

¹⁰ General education enrollment only. Excludes teacher training and vocational education enrollments.

¹¹ Excludes nonuniversity institutions (such as teacher training colleges and technical colleges) and excludes distance-learning universities.

¹² Data for 1992-93.

¹³ Data for 1991-92.

¹⁴ Excludes private institutions.

¹⁵ Data refer to universities and exclude Al Azhar.

¹⁶ Data for 1993-94.

¹⁷ Data for 1985-86.

¹⁸ Not including the former Independent States of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei.

¹⁹ Estimated.

²⁰ Data refer to government aided and maintained schools only.

²¹ National estimation.

²² Includes preprimary education.

²³ Excludes some nonuniversity institutions.

²⁴ Includes full-time students only.

²⁵ Data include both former East and West Germany.

²⁶ Excludes enrollments in programs formerly classified as doctoral.

²⁷ Including vocational education.

²⁸ Data do not include Vocational Education and Training Institutes (VETS).

NOTE: Data do not include adult education or special education provided outside regular schools. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Statistical Yearbook, 1999; unpublished tabulations; and tables 3B, 5, and 14, retrieved July 12, 2011, from http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved July 12, 2011, from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/region.php. (This table was prepared July 2011.)

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