School-age populations as a percentage of total population, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2006

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Table A.1.05.

School-age populations as a percentage of total population, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2006

	5- to 14-year-olds as a percent of total population											15- to 19-year-olds as a percent of total population
Country	1985¹	1990¹	1995¹	1996	1998	1999	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	1985²	1990²	1995²	1996	1998	1999	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
OECD countries
Australia	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Austria	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	12	11	11	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6
Belgium	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Canada	13	12	12	13	14	14	—	13	13	13	12	6	5	5	7	7	7	—	7	7	7	7
Czech Republic	(³)	(³)	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	(³)	(³)	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6

Denmark	12	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6
Finland	11	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
France	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	6
Germany⁴	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	6	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Greece	—	—	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	—	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

Hungary	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	11	11	11	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6
Iceland	16	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	7	7	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Ireland	18	18	15	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7
Italy	13	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Japan	14	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	7	5	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

Korea, Republic of	—	—	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	—	—	7	9	9	8	7	7	6	7	7
Luxembourg	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Mexico	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	22	22	21	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	10	10	10	10
Netherlands	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
New Zealand	15	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8

Norway	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Poland	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	13	12	12	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	8	8	8	8
Portugal	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	11	10	10	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6
Slovak Republic	(³)	(³)	—	—	—	—	13	13	13	12	12	(³)	(³)	—	—	—	—	8	8	8	8	8
Spain	15	13	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	6	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5

Sweden	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Switzerland	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Turkey	21	21	20	20	21	21	—	19	19	19	19	9	9	9	11	11	11	—	9	9	9	9
United Kingdom	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
United States	13	13	13	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Non-OECD countries
Brazil	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	21	20	19	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	11	10	10	10
Chile	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	18	18	18	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	9	9	9	9
Estonia	(³)	(³)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	10	(³)	(³)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	8
Israel	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	18	18	18	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	9	8	8	8
Russian Federation	(³)	(³)	14	—	—	14	12	12	11	10	10	(³)	(³)	—	—	—	—	8	9	9	9	8
Slovenia	(³)	(³)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	10	(³)	(³)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6

— Not available.

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

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

³Country did not exist in its current form in the given year.

⁴Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.

SOURCE: Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Snyder, T.D., and Dillow, S.A. (2010). Digest of Education Statistics 2009 (NCES 2010-013), table 399. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S Department of Education. Washington, DC.