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| Table 387. | School-age populations as a percentage of total population, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2002 |
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| 5- to 14-year-olds as a percent of | 15- to 19-year-olds as a percent of
| total population | total population
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Country |1985\1\|1990\1\|1995\1\|1996|1998|1999|2002|1985\2\|1990\2\|1995\2\|1996|1998|1999|2002
____________________|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|____
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15
____________________|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|____
Australia ..........| 14| 13| 13| 14| 14| 14| 14| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7
Belgium ............| 11| 11| 11| 12| 12| 12| 12| 6| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6| 6
Canada .............| 13| 12| 12| 13| 14| 14| ---| 6| 5| 5| 7| 7| 7| ---
Czech Republic .....| ---| ---| 12| 13| 13| 12| 12| ---| ---| 6| 8| 8| 7| 7
Denmark ............| 12| 10| 10| 11| 11| 12| 12| 6| 6| 5| 6| 6| 5| 5
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Finland ............| 11| 12| 11| 13| 13| 13| 12| 6| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6| 6
France .............| 13| 12| 12| 13| 13| 13| 12| 6| 6| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7
Germany\3\ .........| 9| 9| 10| 11| 11| 11| 11| 6| 4| 4| 5| 6| 6| 6
Greece .............| ---| ---| 11| 12| 11| 11| 10| ---| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6
Iceland ............| 16| 15| 14| 16| 16| 16| 16| 7| 7| 6| 8| 8| 8| 7
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Ireland ............| 18| 18| 15| 17| 16| 15| 14| 8| 8| 8| 9| 9| 9| 8
Italy ..............| 13| 10| 9| 10| 10| 10| 10| 6| 6| 5| 6| 6| 5| 5
Japan ..............| 14| 12| 10| 11| 11| 10| 10| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 6
Korea, Republic of .| ---| ---| 14| 15| 14| 14| 14| ---| ---| 7| 9| 9| 8| 7
Luxembourg .........| 10| 10| 11| 12| 12| 12| 13| 5| 4| 4| 5| 6| 6| 6
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Netherlands ........| 12| 11| 11| 12| 12| 12| 12| 7| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6| 6
New Zealand ........| 15| 13| 13| 15| 15| 15| 15| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7
Norway .............| 13| 11| 11| 13| 13| 13| 13| 6| 6| 5| 6| 6| 6| 6
Russian Federation .| ---| ---| 14| 16| ---| 14| 12| ---| ---| 6| 7| ---| 8| 8
Spain ..............| 15| 13| 10| 11| 11| 10| 10| 7| 7| 6| 8| 7| 7| 6
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Sweden .............| 11| 10| 11| 12| 13| 13| 13| 5| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6| 6
Switzerland ........| 11| 10| 10| 12| 12| 12| 12| 6| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6| 6
Turkey .............| 21| 21| 20| 20| 21| 21| ---| 9| 9| 9| 11| 11| 11| ---
United Kingdom .....| 11| 11| 12| 13| 13| 13| 13| 6| 5| 5| 6| 6| 6| 6
United States ......| 13| 13| 13| 15| 14| 15| 15| 6| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7
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---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\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 2004. (This table was prepared April 2005.)
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