Table 410.

School-age populations as a percentage of total population, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2008

Country	5- to 14-year-olds as a percent of total population												15- to 19-year-olds as a percent of total population
	19851	19901	19951	1998	1999	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	19852	19902	19952	1998	1999	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
OECD average3	—	—	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	—	—	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Australia	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Austria	—	—	—	—	—	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Belgium	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Canada	13	12	12	14	14	—	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	5	5	7	7	—	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chile	—	—	—	—	—	19	18	18	18	17	16	15	—	—	—	—	—	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Czech Republic	(4)	(4)	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	(4)	(4)	6	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Denmark	12	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Estonia	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	10	10	10	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	8	8	7
Finland	11	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
France	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	5	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	6
Germany5	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Greece	—	—	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	—	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Hungary	—	—	—	—	—	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Iceland	16	15	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	7	7	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Ireland	18	18	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6
Israel	—	—	—	—	—	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	—	—	—	—	—	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Italy	13	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Japan	14	12	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Korea, Republic of	—	—	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	—	—	7	9	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7
Luxembourg	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Mexico	—	—	—	—	—	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	—	—	—	—	—	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Netherlands	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
New Zealand	15	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Norway	13	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Poland	—	—	—	—	—	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	—	—	—	—	—	9	8	8	8	8	7	7
Portugal	—	—	—	—	—	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Slovak Republic	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Slovenia	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	10	9	9	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6
Spain	15	13	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Sweden	11	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Switzerland	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Turkey	21	21	20	21	21	—	19	19	19	19	19	18	9	9	9	11	11	—	9	9	9	9	9	9
United Kingdom	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
United States	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Other reporting countries
Brazil	—	—	—	—	—	20	21	20	19	19	18	18	—	—	—	—	—	11	11	10	10	10	9	9
Russian Federation	(4)	(4)	14	—	14	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	8	9	9	9	8	8	7

—Not available.

1 Data are for the 5- to 13-year-old population.

2 Data are for the 14- to 17-year-old population.

3 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally. The average includes all current OECD countries for which a given year's data are available, even if they were not members of OECD in that year. However, if data were reported for less than 75 percent of the countries that were members of OECD in a given year, the average for that year is omitted.

4 Country did not exist in its current form in the given year.

5 Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, selected years, 1987 through 2001; and Online Education Database, retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared May 2011.)