Selected population and enrollment statistics for countries with populations over 10 million in 2010, by continent and country: Selected years, 1990 through 2010

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Table 455.

Continent and country¹	Midyear population (in millions)			Persons per square kilo- meter, 2010	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	2010		1999- 2000		2009- 10	1990- 91		1999- 2000		2009- 10	1999- 2000		2009- 10		1990- 91		1999- 2000		2009- 10		1999- 2000		2009- 10		1990- 91		1999- 2000		2009- 10
1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8		9		10	11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20
World total⁶	5,370	6,090	6,864	52	654,779		691,318	99		99		106	450,724		543,487		52		60		70		99,899		177,684		14		19		29
Africa
Algeria⁷	26	31	36	15	4,843		3,312	100		108		110	—		—		61		—		—		—		1,144		11		—		31
Angola	10	13	17	14	—		4,273	92		—		124	355		850		12		15		31		—		66		1		—		4
Burkina Faso	9	12	16	59	852		2,048	33		42		76	190		538		7		10		21		11	⁸	51		1		1	⁸	3
Cameroon	12	15	19	41	2,237	⁹	3,510	101		87	⁹	120	700		1,283	⁸	28		28		42	⁸	66	⁸	220		3		4	⁸	11
Chad	6	8	11	8	914		1,727	54		68		93	137		430		8	¹⁰	11		25		6		22	⁸	1	^11,12	1		2	⁸
Cote d'Ivoire	13	17	21	66	1,944		—	67		74		—	620	⁸	—		22		24	⁸	—		104	⁸	—		—		7	⁸	—
Democratic Rep. of the Congo	41	52	70	31	—		10,572	70		—		94	—		3,484		21	¹³	—		38		—		—		2		—		—
Egypt⁷	56	65	80	81	7,947	⁸	10,004	94		98	⁸	101	8,028	⁸	6,846		76		83	⁸	72		—		2,646		16	^14,15	—		32
Ethiopia	49	64	86	86	5,847		13,635	33		55		102	1,195		4,207		14		14		36		68		435		1		1		5
Ghana⁷	16	19	24	104	2,561		—	75		85		—	1,057		—		36		41		—		—		—		1	¹¹	—		—
Guinea.	7	8	10	42	790		1,453	37		60		94	—		—		10		—		—		—		—		1		—		—
Kenya⁷	24	31	41	72	5,035		—	95		95		—	1,909		—		24	¹⁰	39		—		89		—		2	¹¹	3		—
Madagascar	12	16	21	36	2,208		4,242	103		103		149	—		—		18	¹⁰	—		—		32		74		3		2		4
Malawi	10	12	15	164	2,695		3,417	68		139		135	487		692		8		32		32		4		10		1		#		1
Mali	9	11	15	12	1,017		2,019	26		55		80	258	⁸	758		7		17	⁸	38		20		81		1		2		6
Morocco⁷	24	28	32	71	3,670		3,945	67		92		111	1,541		—		35		38		—		276		—		11		9		—
Mozambique⁷	13	18	22	29	2,544		5,278	67		75		115	124		672		8		6		25		12		—		#	¹²	1		—
Niger	8	11	15	12	579		1,726	29		33		66	106	⁸	303		7		7	⁸	13		—		17		1		—		1
Nigeria⁷	99	124	162	177	19,151		20,682	91		98		83	4,104		9,057		25		24		44		—		—		4	^11,16	—		—
Rwanda	7	8	11	448	1,432		2,299	70		104		143	130		426		8		11		32		9		63		#	¹⁷	1		5
Senegal	8	9	12	64	1,108		1,695	59		71		87	250		725		16		16		37		—		92	¹⁸	3		—		8	¹⁸
South Africa	39	45	49	40	7,445		—	122		106		—	4,142		—		74		85		—		—		—		13	¹⁹	—		—
Sudan⁷	22	27	33	18	2,567		—	53		48		—	980		—		24		25		—		204	⁸	—		3	¹¹	6	⁸	—
Tunisia	8	10	11	68	1,414		—	113		115		—	1,104	⁸	—		45		76	⁸	—		180		—		9		19		—
Uganda	17	23	32	160	6,559		8,375	74	^20,21	131		121	547		1,306	⁸	13	^10,21	16		28	⁸	56		—		1		3		—
United Republic of Tanzania	26	33	44	50	4,382		8,419	70		68		102	—		—		5		—		—		—		85		#	¹³	—		2
Zambia	8	10	13	18	1,590		2,899	99		84		115	—		—		24		—		—		25	⁸	—		2		2	⁸	—
Zimbabwe	10	12	12	30	—		—	116		—		—	—		—		50		—		—		—		95		5		—		6

Asia
Afghanistan⁷	14	22	29	45	749		5,279	27		19		97	—		2,044		9		—		46		—		—		2		—		—
Bangladesh	114	132	156	1,199	—		16,987	72		—		—	10,329		11,395		19		48		51		727		—		4		6		—
Cambodia	10	12	14	82	2,248		2,273	121		106		127	351		949	⁸	32		17		46	⁸	22		—		1		3		—
China	1,164	1,264	1,330	139	—		101,019	125		—		111	81,488		99,218		49		62		81		7,364		31,047		3		8		26
India	854	1,006	1,173	395	113,613		—	97		94		—	71,031		107,687		44	¹⁰	45		63		9,404		20,741		6		9		18
Indonesia	185	214	243	134	28,202	⁸	30,342	115		106	⁸	118	14,264	⁸	19,976		44		53	⁸	77		3,126		5,001		9	¹³	15		23
Iran, Islamic Republic of	60	69	77	50	8,288		5,974	112		101		114	9,955		8,120		55		80		91		1,405		3,791		10	¹⁴	19		43
Iraq	17	23	30	68	3,639		—	111		95		—	1,224		—		47	¹⁰	38		—		289		—		12	¹⁷	12		—
Japan	124	127	128	350	7,529		7,099	100		101		103	8,782		7,296		97		102		102		3,982		3,836		30	¹³	49		60
Kazakhstan	17	16	17	6	1,208		958	87		96		111	2,003		1,714		98		94		97		—		610		40		28		38
Korea, North (DPR)	21	23	24	202	—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Korea, South (Republic of)	43	47	49	502	4,030		3,306	105		102		106	3,959		3,951		90		99		97		3,003		3,270		39		79		103
Malaysia	18	23	28	86	3,026		—	94		98		—	2,205		—		56		66		—		549		—		7		26		—
Myanmar	41	47	53	82	4,858		5,126	106		105		126	2,268		2,852		23		40		54		—		—		4	¹³	—		—
Nepal⁷	19	25	29	202	3,780	⁹	4,901	108		118	⁹	—	1,348		—		33		35		—		94		377		5		4		—
Pakistan	122	152	184	239	13,987	¹⁸	18,756	61	²²	70	¹⁸	95	—		9,685		23		—		34		—		—		3		—		—
Philippines	67	81	100	335	12,708		—	111		110		—	—		—		73		—		—		—		—		28		—		—
Saudi Arabia	16	21	26	12	—		3,321	73		—		106	—		3,036		44		—		101		404		904		12		23		37
Sri Lanka⁷	17	19	21	326	—		1,721	106		—		99	—		—		74		—		—		—		253		5	^13,23	—		15
Syrian Arab Republic	13	16	22	121	2,775		2,429	108		109		118	1,069		2,732		52		45		72		—		—		18		—		—
Taiwan	20	22	23	717	—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Thailand	56	62	66	130	6,101		—	99		97		—	—		4,807		30		—		77		1,900		2,427		19	¹²	35		46
Turkey	58	67	78	101	6,562		—	99		101		—	5,658		—		47		71		—		1,588	⁸	—		13		25	⁸	—
Uzbekistan .	21	25	28	66	2,602		1,971	81		99		94	3,566		4,449		99		88		105		305		—		30		13		—
Vietnam	69	79	90	289	10,063		6,923	103		108		106	7,926		8,800		32		64		77		732		2,020		2		10		22
Yemen	13	17	23	45	2,464	⁸	3,427	79	¹⁶	75	⁸	87	1,151	⁸	1,562	⁸	23	¹⁶	43	⁸	44	⁸	173	⁸	—		4	¹³	10	⁸	—

Europe
Belgium	10	10	10	344	774		—	101		109		—	1,058		—		103		145		—		356		—		40		57		—
Czech Republic	10	10	10	132	645		—	96		103		—	958		—		91		87		—		254		—		16	²⁴	29		—
France	59	61	65	101	3,885		4,159	108		105		110	5,929		5,873		99		108		113		2,015		—		40		54		—
Germany²⁵	80	82	82	234	3,656		3,068	101		105		102	8,307		7,664		98		98		103		—		—		34		—		—
Greece	10	11	11	82	645		—	98		96		—	739		—		93		89		—		422		—		36		51		—
Italy⁷	57	58	61	207	2,836		2,822	103		103		102	4,404		4,626		83		93		100		1,770		—		32		49		—
Netherlands⁷	15	16	17	489	1,279		1,294	102		109		108	1,379		1,475		120		123		121		488		—		40		53		—
Poland⁷	38	39	38	126	3,319		—	98		99		—	3,988		—		81		101		—		1,580		—		22		51		—
Portugal	10	10	11	117	811		—	123		122		—	831		—		67		105		—		374		—		23		47		—
Romania⁷	23	22	22	96	1,189		842	91		97		96	2,226		1,822		92		82		97		453		1,000		10		24		59
Russian Federation	148	147	143	9	6,138		—	109		103		—	—		—		93		—		—		6,331		—		52		55		—
Spain⁷	39	41	47	93	2,540		2,721	109		106		106	3,246		3,185		104		111		125		1,829		—		37		59		—
Ukraine⁷	52	49	45	78	2,079		1,540	89		108		99	5,204		3,133		93		99		96		1,812		2,635		47		49		79
United Kingdom⁷	58	59	62	258	4,632		—	104		101		—	5,315		—		85		102		—		2,024		—		30		58		—

North America
Canada	28	31	34	4	2,456		—	103		100		—	2,519		—		101		102		—		1,212		—		95		59		—
Cuba	11	11	11	101	1,046		853	98		101		103	790		809		89		83		89		159		801		21		22		95
Guatemala	9	11	14	127	1,909		2,660	78		104		116	504		983		23	¹³	38		59		—		—		8	¹²	—		—
Mexico	86	100	112	58	14,766		14,906	114		110		114	9,094		11,682		53		73		89		1,963		2,847		15		20		28
United States	253	282	309	34	24,973		24,393	102		102		102	22,594		24,193		93		93		96		13,203		20,428		75		69		95

South America
Argentina	34	37	41	15	4,728		—	106		114		—	3,428		—		71		87		—		1,767	⁸	—		38	¹³	53	⁸	—
Brazil	152	174	196	23	20,212		16,893	106		151		—	26,097		23,539		38		104		—		2,781		6,553		11	²⁶	16		—
Chile	13	15	17	23	1,799		—	100		100		—	1,391		—		73		83		—		452		—		21	¹³	37		—
Colombia	34	39	44	43	5,221		5,085	102		119		115	3,569		5,080		50	¹³	72		96		934		1,674		13		24		39
Ecuador	10	12	15	53	1,925		—	116		116		—	917		—		55	²⁷	57		—		—		—		20		—		—
Peru	22	26	29	23	4,338		3,763	118		123		108	2,374		2,651		67		86		91		—		1,207		30		—		43
Venezuela	20	23	27	31	3,328		3,458	96		101		103	1,543		2,255		35		60		83		668		—		29		28		—

Oceania
Australia⁷	17	19	22	3	1,906		2,015	108		101		105	2,589		2,282		82		162		131		845		1,276		35	²⁸	65		80

—Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

¹ Selection based on total population for midyear 2010.

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 Classification or data coverage of levels has been revised. Data by level may not be comparable over time.

⁸ Estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

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 National estimation.

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 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 September 10, 2012, from http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved August 24, 2012, from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/region.php. (This table was prepared September 2012.)

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