Digest of Education Statistics: 2009
Digest of Education Statistics: 2009

NCES 2010-013
April 2010

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Table 399. School-age populations as a percentage of total population, by age group and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2006
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 1996 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 19852 19902 19952 1996 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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
                                           
Reporting partner
   countries		                                            
Argentina — — — — — — 19 19 — —   — — — — — — 9 9 — —  
Brazil — — — — — — 20 21 20 19 19 — — — — — — 11 11 10 10 10
Chile — — — — — — 19 18 18 18 17 — — — — — — 9 9 9 9 9
China — — — — — — 20 20 — —   — — — — — — 8 8 — —  
Egypt — — — — — — 22 22 — —   — — — — — — 12 12 — —  
                                           
Estonia (3) (3) — — — — — — — 11 10 (3) (3) — — — — — — — 8 8
India — — — — — — 24 25 25 25   — — — — — — 11 10 10 10  
Indonesia — — — — — — 19 20 — —   — — — — — — 11 10 — —  
Israel — — — — — — 18 18 18 18 18 — — — — — — 9 9 8 8 8
Jamaica — — — — — — 22 21 — —   — — — — — — 10 9 — —  
                                           
Jordan — — — — — — 26 26 — —   — — — — — — 12 13 — —  
Malaysia — — — — — — 22 22 — —   — — — — — — 10 10 — —  
Paraguay — — — — — — 25 25 — —   — — — — — — 11 11 — —  
Peru — — — — — — 23 22 — —   — — — — — — 10 10 — —  
Philippines — — — — — — 24 24 — —   — — — — — — 10 11 — —  
                                           
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
Sri Lanka — — — — — — 17 17 — —   — — — — — — 10 10 — — 10
Thailand — — — — — — 15 15 — —   — — — — — — 8 7 — — 9
Tunisia — — — — — — 21 21 — —   — — — — — — 11 11 — — 8
Uruguay — — — — — — 16 16 — —   — — — — — — 8 8 — — 8
Zimbabwe — — — — — — 24 24 — —   — — — — — — 13 13 — — 6
—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 Country did not exist in its current form in the given year.  
4 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 July 28, 2009, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared July 2009.)

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